Elections and Voting

April 25, 2008 - During presidential candidate John McCain's visit to New Orleans yesterday, reporters asked him about Pastor John Hagee's statements that Hurricane Katrina was God's judgment against New Orleans for a gay pride parade.

April 25, 2008 - Are Sens. Clinton and Obama fighting hard for North Carolina? Earlier this week, columnist Rob Christensen suggested that the Democratic presidential hopefuls were largely bypassing the state, given that the result -- an Obama victory -- is considered a foregone conclusion:

April 24, 2008 - We got an anonymous comment yesterday from someone responding to Chris's recent post about the South Carolina church sign asking if "Obama" and "Osama" were brothers. As comment moderator, I aim to avoid spreading misinformation in our forum.

April 23, 2008 - Hey, North Carolina -- you're up. After waiting in the on-deck circle for a Pennsylvania primary that settled nothing, North Carolina will step to the plate May 6 with a chance to help settle the Democratic presidential race. N.C. is far and away the biggest primary left with 134 delegates (115 pledged, 19 supers).

April 22, 2008 - A church in Jonesville, South Carolina -- 30 minutes east of Spartanburg -- has jumped into the 2008 election season with this contribution: a sign that asks, "Obama, Osama, hmm, are they brothers?"

April 21, 2008 - It's official: One-stop registration and voting is a hit in North Carolina.

April 19, 2008 - How is Hillary Clinton honoring Passover this evening?