Jeff Fecke, Shakesville AlterNet: Election 2008. February 29, 2008. John Edwards is a talented man, and he deserves a place in whatever Democratic administration comes next.
Matt Stoller, Open Left AlterNet: PEEK. February 8, 2008. Most of the accusations are outright misleading or just not true, but there's a deep irony here, and it leads to Wynn's ugly past.
Tad Daley, AlterNet. February 5, 2008. Disenfranchised voters in more than 40 states lose the chance to not only influence the 2008 presidential election but also the course of history.
Phoenix Woman, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. February 2, 2008. Why is McCain so strong in the general? Because, thanks to the media, too many liberals, moderates, and antiwar people think he's one of them
Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films AlterNet: PEEK. February 2, 2008. Homeless people frequently don't have cable, Bill. Something you might learn if you talked to them.
Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Election 2008. February 2, 2008. Fueling candidates like Edwards are the foot soldiers of the progressive battle—bloggers and other political outsiders.
Ira Chernus, AlterNet. February 1, 2008. Voters should have flocked to a populist champion, a scrappy man of the people, but something went wrong along the way.
Jason Linkins, Huffington Post AlterNet: Media and Technology. January 31, 2008. They will come carrying a petition signed by 17,000 people demanding an apology from O'Reilly for his ignorance and abuse.
Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. January 31, 2008. "We must do better, if we want to live up to the great promise of this country that we all love so much."
Chris Bowers, Open Left AlterNet: Election 2008. January 30, 2008. In trying to determine if Edwards supporters will break more for Clinton or Obama, there are two main factors to consider: momentum and demographics.
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Democracy and Elections. January 30, 2008. Now that John Edwards and Dennis Kucinich are out of the race, it appears Ralph Nader is closer to getting in it.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media. January 30, 2008. Edwards did something that no one else did: He made poverty no longer a dirty word in the mouths of many.
Philip Barron, AlterNet AlterNet: Election 2008. January 30, 2008. Edwards' chief role in the 2008 presidential race had been that of progressive conscience/gadfly to the two frontrunners.
Paddy, Cliff Schecter's Blog AlterNet: PEEK. January 30, 2008. MSNBC is saying that it's very unlikely that Edwards would throw his endorsement to Clinton. Obama says he would "love" to have Edwards' support.
Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: Election 2008. January 27, 2008. I think most political observers expected an Obama victory, but I'm hard pressed to think of anyone who thought he'd win by 29 points.