Month: February 2008

Since 1996 Ralph Nader has run for president of the United States not to win but to inject into the campaigns social values too long missing from the Democratic candidates policies and platforms. Last week Ralph Nader opened an...

     There has been a lot of ink and paper used up to explain the South Carolina primary and what it means to the candidates and the electoral process. The two facts that I think South Carolina makes abundantly...

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing click to enlargeThis past Sunday, my wife and I were having a bite to eat at a local burger joint when the table next to us started talking about how Barack...

I post this the day before Super Tuesday, which is tomorrow, February 5th, 2008.  My state, Ohio, holds its primary on March 4th.  As you may already know, I was backing Kucinich for president.  Of all the...

I’ll confess that I had a bout of irrational exuberance just prior to the New Hampshire primary when the polls showed Barack Obama with a healthy lead. I was stunned when Clinton pulled out a narrow victory there. But it...