Tuesday, February 5, 2008 — NBC News political director Chuck Todd needs to get his time zones straight. In his hour-by-hour guide to Super Tuesday, Todd lists all primary and caucus close dates in Eastern Time. That’s fine. Out here in California, we’re quite accustomed to subtracting three hours from published times. But when it [...]
California
Tales from the polls
February 5, 2008 – 9:43 pm
It used to be simple. Then I moved from the East Coast to California and everything changed. I found myself voting on propositions most people have never heard of but become experts on once inside the voting booth. But that has turned out to be the simplest part of the process. Today, near Berkeley’s campus [...]
Indian Gaming
February 5, 2008 – 3:49 pm
Jessica Meyers profiles a non-gaming tribe Published in Capitol Weekly POINT ARENA — Few of Mendocino County’s Manchester-Point Arena Band of Pomo Indians understand the raging debate that might decide their future. But there’s one thing they do know: It’s all about money, and they probably won’t see any of it. “It’s more money to [...]
Clinton and AME
January 30, 2008 – 12:38 am
Paul Gackle reports on Clinton’s visit to a black Church Published in Capitol Weekly. LOS ANGELES — Bill Clinton was planning to woo black voters in Central Los Angeles over the weekend from the pulpit of the influential First AME Church, for years a traditional stop for candidates. It’s a venue the former president knows [...]
