On AlterNet: election 2008
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Bob Herbert, The New York Times. October 12, 2008.
For the nitwits who vote for the man or woman they'd most like to have over for dinner, I suggest you take a look at how well your 401(k) is doing.
oregondem, Daily Kos. October 11, 2008.
Cut through the legal language, and the abuse of power is as bad as anything we've seen in the Bush era.
AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. October 10, 2008.
Palin has taken to smearing Obama. But it's her own record that continues to yield alarming information, undermining her skills and credibility.
Norman Solomon, AlterNet. October 9, 2008.
Some progressives believe the McCain campaign is doomed. Let's not forget how low the Republicans will go to win.
Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. October 9, 2008.
Not only are there a number of state-level initiatives, there are also a handful of initiatives at the county or municipal level.
Robert Scheer, Truthdig. October 8, 2008.
McCain is not a perfect replica of George W. Bush. But neither man seems to have any sense of how we actually live or what we need from government.
Allison H. Fine, Huffington Post. October 8, 2008.
Hurry up and register -- it might already be too late in your state.
Chalmers Johnson, Tomdispatch.com. October 8, 2008.
A small election victory won't drastically turn around any of the darker challenges our country faces -- only a massive victory can do that.
AlterNetOctober 8, 2008.
Liliana Segura, Don Hazen, Joshua Holland, David Sirota, Jill Tubman, Arianna Huffington, Andrew Sullivan and others share their thoughts.
Frank Rich, The New York Times. October 6, 2008.
Sarah Palin is the only hope for saving a ticket headed by a warrior who is out of juice and out of ideas. It seems she knows this only too well.
Paul Harris, The Observer UK. October 6, 2008.
After eight years of disappointment in Florida, Obama’s supporters are dreaming of revenge in one of the crucial battlegrounds of the election.
Bill Boyarsky, Truthdig. October 3, 2008.
Palin couldn't smile her way out of trying to explain what Sen. John McCain would do about the financial crisis that is dragging the country down.
AlterNetOctober 3, 2008.
AlterNet's Heather Gehlert, Don Hazen and Joshua Holland on the debate along with Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, Chris Bowers and Christy Hardin Smith.
Rose Aguilar, AlterNet. October 2, 2008.
Over the past few days, I've asked women who have fought for social justice what question they would like you to ask Sarah Palin at tonight's debate.
Bill Berkowitz, Mike Reynolds, Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. October 1, 2008.
Thanks to Palin, McCain can now pay for expensive attacks on Obama, giving him the same kind of clout Bush had in battleground states.
Andrew Halcro, Christian Science Monitor. October 1, 2008.
I know firsthand: She's a master of the nonanswer.
Tim Shipman, The Telegraph (UK). October 1, 2008.
Obama's senior aides believe he is on course for a landslide victory over McCain and will comfortably exceed most current electoral vote projections.
Patricia McBride, AlterNet. October 1, 2008.
I drove to Las Vegas, along with hundreds of other Southern Californians, to help register voters and canvass from door to door.
Roger Bybee, Foreign Policy in Focus. September 30, 2008.
Obama is coming under fire from the Beltway Establishment for questioning trade orthodoxy.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. September 30, 2008.
Interviews with supporters at a McCain-Palin presidential rally in Ohio share their heartfelt reasons for embracing the vice presidential candidate.
Frank Rich, The New York Times. September 28, 2008.
Why would a man who forever advertises his own honor toy so selfishly with our national interest in a time of crisis?
Matt Taibbi, RollingStone.com. September 27, 2008.
The scariest thing about John McCain's running mate isn't how unqualified she is -- it's what her candidacy says about America.
Ricky Van Veen, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. September 25, 2008.
"I found my son's skates this morning ... how hard can it be to find bin Laden?"
Ali Gharib, IPS News. September 22, 2008.
The New York Times alone distributed some 145,000 copies of Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West to 11 markets.
Chip Ward, Tomdispatch.com. September 22, 2008.
The Bush admin has been a nightmare for the environment -- and the nomination of Palin is an insurance policy taken out on its continuation.
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