Tag archive for ‘election 2008’

Low turnout, questionable numbers mark Michigan primaries

On the outside, it looked like a very good night for Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney.
On the inside, the reality of both candidates’ primary wins in Michigan yesterday is a bit more complex. Senator Clinton won with 55% - a healthy majority in the delicate game of politics, to be sure, and yet a [...]

The Saint endorses two presidential candidates

Perhaps we’ve come to expect too much. And yet, following the disastrous presidency of George W. Bush, we aren’t asking much. So, then, it follows that perhaps we’ve come to expect too little. But that surely cannot be the case – after all, we’re Americans. If any nation looks forward to pessimism, it’s us.
Pessimism aside, [...]

“It’s huge” — Record attendance as Iowa caucuses shake up campaigns

At Des Moines Precinct 9, poll workers summed it up in simple terms: “It’s huge.”
For the Des Moines workers and the thousands like them working tirelessly across the state of Iowa, tonight’s Iowa caucuses - particularly for the Democrats - were unprecedented in scale. With 93.5% of precincts reporting, the Iowa State Democratic Party said [...]