Southern Politics

April 14, 2005 - OK, sorry, no more lame puns. At least I don't go in for exterminator jokes.

April 12, 2005 - West Virginia state legislators were surprised to discover that Senate Majority Whip Billy Wayne Bailey, a Democrat, had quietly slipped a provision reading, "English shall be the official language of the State of West Virginia," into a mundane parks and recreation bill that passed during the latest session of the l

April 12, 2005 - Our friend Pam Spaulding has a rundown on "The State of Bigoted Marriage Amendments" newly added to state constitutions. The South is, to no one's surprise, solid on the issue. Five Southern states passed constitutional amendments banning gay marriage just last year: Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi (plus, for good measure, border state Oklahoma). North Carolina has such an amendment under consideration.

April 7, 2005 - The Memphis Flyer on Howard Dean's recent visit to Tennessee:

February 21, 2005 - A handful of interesting stories from over the weekend:

February 18, 2005 - Today, Ralph Reed made official what everyone had expected -- he's running for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia in 2006:

October 1, 1996 - For better or worse, the South holds the key in the 1996 national elections.