At campaign events during the last week, former State Senate President Don Perata is suggesting that Oakland needs a firmer hand in City Hall and that he’s the one to provide it. By John Grennan. Originally published in Oakland North on 4/28/10.
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Election Night Webcast
November 24, 2008 – 3:04 pm
Our election night webcast was produced by the Political Reporting program at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, in association with the News 21 Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education. Listen to the archive of the webcast, view images from the evening and the show schedule here.
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Continuing the Dream
November 24, 2008 – 8:06 am
Many factors went into making Barack Obama the man he is today. But had he come of age at any other time, the color of his skin would have dashed any of his hopes.
Ian Sherr traveled to Selma, Alabama, to revisit its civil rights legacy and to find out exactly what Barack Obama’s presidency means [...]
Bright and Love in dead heat for votes
November 4, 2008 – 12:51 am
by Ian Sherr
MONTGOMERY, AL—Since Bobby Bright was asking for his vote, Roger Gaither thought this would be the perfect opportunity to ask the Democratic congressional candidate what might be the most important question of the campaign.
“People around here talk about how when you were asked if you support Obama, you raised your hand and said [...]
Website links Obama Volunteers and Donors
November 2, 2008 – 11:40 pm
Kim Geiger investigates a new website designed to help people campaign for Obama.
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Shifting Sands – Nevada’s 3rd District is Leaning Blue
November 1, 2008 – 9:01 am
by Tuomas Forsell
Republican congressman Jon Porter is fighting a race of his life in Nevada’s 3rd district.
Democratic candidate Dina Titus is looking to turn the district blue, and an influx of new residents, rising unemployment and one of the highest home foreclosure rates in the country could tip the race in her favor.
Musgrave Has Tough Fight In CO 4
October 29, 2008 – 11:15 pm
By Nicholas Kusnetz
FORT COLLINS—Marilyn Musgrave should be a shoo-in for reelection based on the overwhelmingly Republican electorate here in Colorado’s 4th congressional district. Instead, the three-term incumbent who went to Washington pushing a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage is fighting for her political life. This staunch conservative spends her time on the stump talking [...]
Listening Posts: Debate Watching in CO 4
October 7, 2008 – 11:45 pm
Fort Collins, Colorado – All the hope and energy of Colorado’s blossoming Democratic party were on display here Tuesday night as hundreds of enthusiastic Barack Obama fans crowded into Avogadro’s patio restaurant to watch the second presidential debate, cheering their candidate and jeering his opponent, Senator John McCain.
It is this energy that Colorado Democrats up [...]
Listening Posts: Debate Watching in MN 3
September 27, 2008 – 11:33 am
MINNEAPOLIS – Republicans said John McCain nailed it. Democrats said Barack Obama was downright presidential. And the undecided voters here at the Hopkins VFW Post said nothing they heard in tonight’s much anticipated debate pulled them off the fence.
Minnesotans of all political stripes congregated at house parties, restaurants and community centers throughout suburban Minneapolis to [...]
