Politics

February 5, 2008 - Here we are, the Big Day for the Election 2008 primaries -- which may turn out to be just Another Day, especially for Democrats, if the races stay tight and Sens. Clinton and Obama split the delegate count.

February 4, 2008 - Forget the Super Bowl -- in the political world, it's now the Super Tuesday Channel, all the time. And what about the Southern wing of the electoral tsunami that will sweep the nation tomorrow?

February 1, 2008 - Last week, I wrote about signs of the South's growing influence in U.S. politics.

January 31, 2008 - In his State of the Union speech this week, President Bush went after his favorite political whipping post: Congressional earmarks -- "special interest projects that are often snuck in at the last minute, without discussion or debate."

January 29, 2008 - The following states will have primaries or caucuses on Feb. 5th (number of Democratic delegates in parenthesis):

January 28, 2008 - Yesterday's Raleigh News & Observer ran a terrific story on last week's surprise victory by the grassroots movement fighting the U.S.

January 28, 2008 - Ex-lefty curmudgeon Christopher Hitchens has a piece in Slate -- echoing our blog post earlier today -- about Bill Clinton's history with racial politics.