With Chairman Michael Steele’s announcement that he will run for a second term at the helm of the Republican National Committee, the contours of the race for the chairmanship became much more defined. With so many experienced and qualified candidates running, the RNC is sure to end up with a proven leader. As a political junkie, I look forward to observing a spirited race. (more)
With Comedy Central’s “Rally to Restore Sanity” and the “March to Keep Fear Alive” scheduled the weekend before the midterm elections, politically minded college students face a choice: Do I want to spend a day with television comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert for a party on the National Mall, or sit in a windowless room for hours making cold calls to strangers for a political campaign? (more)
Rod Blagojevich paints himself as victim, but a capacity crowd of 1,000 people at Northwestern University saw him more as a political clown Tuesday night. (more)
In a speech Wednesday night at the George Washington University, Howard Dean told College Democrats that “the Tea Party is about a generation who grew up in an America where everyone looked like them” and implied that the movement is hostile to President Obama because of his race. (more)
For volunteers in a political campaign, the action usually begins in small residential neighborhoods, knocking on doors, passing out leaflets to suburbanites trying to hide their irritation at having to open the door. We never made it out of the parking lot. (more)
