With Nomination Secured, Obama Should Reevaluate Health Care Proposal
Category: Barack Obama
The historic presidential nominee should consider adopting a Clinton-style health care plan.
Posted on: June 4, 2008 4:53 PM, by Nick Anthis • 15 Comments •
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The Gas Tax Suspension: Political Pandering of the Worst Kind
Category: Election 2008
This morning, I had to wake up to another article about John McCain's and Hillary Clinton's proposal to temporarily waive the gas tax this summer. That's it. I'm just going to have to come out and say it: this is...
Posted on: May 3, 2008 8:07 AM, by Nick Anthis • 4 Comments •
Did Rush Limbaugh Win the Texas Democratic Primary for Hillary Clinton?
Category: Election 2008
David Weigel of Reason magazine makes a compelling case.
Posted on: March 5, 2008 5:55 PM, by Nick Anthis • 14 Comments •
A Quick Comparison of the Clinton and Obama Health Care Plans
Category: health policy
Both are similar and neither goes far enough, but Clinton edges out Obama slightly just for making health insurance mandatory
Posted on: February 25, 2008 5:20 PM, by Nick Anthis • 11 Comments •
String of Obama Victories Portends a Strong Performance in the General Election
Category: Barack Obama
Obama wins big in Maryland, Virginia, and DC, but now he has even bigger fish to fry.
Posted on: February 13, 2008 5:07 PM, by Nick Anthis • 0 Comments •
Obamamentum
Category: Barack Obama
Obama wins Louisiana (57-36), Washington (68-31), and Nebraska (68-32), while John McCain still struggles to seal the deal.
Posted on: February 10, 2008 9:10 AM, by Nick Anthis • 5 Comments •
R.I.P. the John Edwards Campaign
Category: Election 2008
Netroots, change, and fighting poverty: who will carry on Edwards' legacy?
Posted on: January 30, 2008 6:15 PM, by Nick Anthis • 4 Comments •
South Carolina a Huge Victory for Obama, Democrats
Category: Election 2008
Obama's 295,091 votes last night trump second place finisher Hillary Clinton's 141,128 and Republican victor John McCain's 147,283.
Posted on: January 27, 2008 9:53 AM, by Nick Anthis • 1 Comments •
The Jena Who What Huh?
Category: racism
Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson "doesn't know anything about" the Jena Six.
Posted on: September 20, 2007 8:24 PM, by Nick Anthis • 16 Comments •
Campaign Blogging: Fundamentally Different From Everyday Political Blogging
Category: blogosphere
...for now, at least.
Posted on: August 12, 2007 12:28 PM, by Nick Anthis • 1 Comments •
New Poll Gives Reason to be Optimistic for the Future
Category: elections
A new poll indicates that today's young adults are more progressive than their parents on health care, homosexuality, and general ideology.
Posted on: June 27, 2007 11:00 AM, by Nick Anthis • 2 Comments •
SCOTUS: Who's Your Daddy?
Category: Supreme Court
Paternalism is the word of the day as the Supreme Court slices away at reproductive freedoms.
Posted on: April 20, 2007 11:55 AM, by Nick Anthis • 2 Comments •
