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.
