2008: The Unbroken Glass Ceiling

by Diego Del Campo
Women in positions of power in the public sphere is still a relatively new, if slowly progressing sight. It’s become now conventional wisdom that 2008 was a year when women broke barriers in politics. Hillary Clinton was a serious contender to win her party’s nomination, and Sarah Palin became the first woman [...]

I Told You So

By Stephen Noriega

I posted the blog on September 15th, 2008. It was right after the GOP convention, when everyone loved her. I said this was the worst pick for the John McCain campaign. Now I get to say, “I told you so” with pride, annoying volume and belligerent indignation.

Photo by The National Inquirer, distributed 2008

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The Republican 2012 Lineup

By Matt Knipple
            Now that the 2008 Presidential Election is over, it is time for us Republicans to look at who is going to unseat President Obama in 2012 (actually, I think this is very unlikely barring a massive meltdown by the new President).  Republicans have been frantically looking as to who will be our [...]

“That one”… (you know, the black one)

A Polemical Essay by: That Girl
I’ll say this: I don’t think John McCain is racist. But he sure knows how to hang with the worst of them.
With a Bear Market currently mauling a little china shop known as the Global Financial System and McCain’s less than spectacular performance in demonstrating the urgency of [...]

The Last Month of Dirt, aka What Will Stick?

By: Jet Peterson

Now that we have reached the last month of the campaign season, the mud-slinging is increased.  The old claims and the old relations are being dug up to create a guilt by association. Barack Obama has been in associations with the domestic terrorist Bill Ayers. John McCain has associations with Keating. Both are [...]

A Battle of the VP’s: Who’s Hungrier?

By Matt Knipple. 
Ever since Presidential hopeful, Senator John McCain, selected Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, as his nominee for Vice President the day after other Presidential hopeful, Senator Barack Obama’s acceptance speech, the election has pretty much been all about Mrs. Palin.  Some would even venture to say that the ticket should be Palin/McCain, [...]

Palin energizes voters

by Sarah Popp
Not long ago, Alaska governor Sarah Palin was largely unknown. In fact, more than 65 percent of Americans said they had never heard of her. In recent days, much of the election coverage has centered on Palin, almost turning the election into the Sarah Palin show. Whether McCain made a good [...]