Southern Politics
June 1, 2007 -
Wal-Mart's shareholders meeting in Bentonville, Arkansas today may have featured JLo singing her heart out, but the overall tone was subdued and cautious,
May 31, 2007 -
As Chris noted here yesterday, former Tennessee Senator and actor Fred Thompson has all but made it official that he is running for president in 2008.
May 30, 2007 -
National pundits may be writing off the South in 2008, but don't tell Southern states that. In a bid to shake off being treated as the neglected stray dogs of presidential politics, state leaders are battling to put the South back on the electoral map.
May 21, 2007 -
It's official: Florida's bid to shake up the 2008 elections -- which we first reported on in March -- is now reality. Today, Republican Gov. Charlie Crist signed into law a bill that moves Florida's presidential primary ahead of February's "Super Tuesday," drastically altering the road candidates must take to get nominated. As Stateline.org reports:
April 26, 2007 -
As you've probably heard by now, the Iraq Supplemental Funding bill which also includes provisions to begin troop withdrawals was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday by a 218 to 208 vote, largely along party lines.
February 22, 2007 -
The folks at Emerging Democratic Majority's Donkey Rising blog (who noticed our post earlier this week about the South's prominent role in next year's presidential primaries) opine on Thomas Schaller's latest ode t
February 14, 2007 -
News that House Speaker Jim Black (D) of North Carolina will plead guilty to federal corruption charges tomorrow marks the final chapter in the downfall of one of the most powerful political empires in the state's history.