Politics

Mix’ology: noun. The art and science of mixings In these final days of this presidential campaign, John McCain and his supporters have been trying desperately to raise doubts about Barack Obama’s identity. They have called him a terrorist sympathizer, a socialist, an unrepentant liberal. For weeks, their tagline has been “Who is Barack Obama?” The…

OK, we get it. Barack Obama has piles of money. Crazy money! Appearing on “The Daily Show” last night, he was asked to describe the unusual media buy that took over network television for half an hour in prime time Wednesday. “This is the Obama infomercial,” he said. And it was. If nothing else, the…

After the last presidential debate both Karl Rove and Slate’s “Poll Tracker” electoral maps projected that Sen. Obama would win the presidency with 313 electoral votes if the election was held that day. This would be a massive Electoral College victory for Sen. Obama. On that same day, the Associated Press reported that perhaps as…

John McCain has decided that if he is to have any chance of winning the election, he must win Pennsylvania. It is a shrewd, maybe desperate, calculation that speaks to today’s difficult political landscape. Pennsylvania has the second oldest population, and therefore is a natural demographic target for McCain. Not so fast. There has been…

An evening at the Urban League of Central Carolinas was advertised as a discussion of the black women’s agenda with a multigenerational panel. And it followed the program, until the topic turned to Sarah Palin. That’s when it got really interesting. You think Barack Obama exposed a racial divide this election season? Bring up the…

My sister and I live in Lake Wylie, S.C. in a house sandwiched between two Republican families. Normally, proximity to people of a different party is not even a blip on our emotional Richter scale, especially when the people are our dear friends. But this is the first election year I have lived in a…

I found Buckwheat in the woodworking shop of the Home for Retired Racial Stereotypes, chiseling something on the face of an elaborate oaken plaque. “What are you making?” I inquired. “I is here carvin’ de trophy we gonna give George W. Bush if Bro’ Barack Obama wins de ‘lection,” squeaked the famous Our Gang character.…

As Jennifer Hudson closed her eyes, holding that last note of the national anthem at the Democratic National Convention in August, one can only imagine what she was dreaming in that brief moment. Certainly not about the nightmares October would bring.As much of the country is brimming with promise, poised for hopeful discussions about how…

On a recent morning, a normally hidden employee of the “Steve Harvey Morning Show” stepped into the spotlight and made a bold confession. The security guard, whose nickname is Big Boom, had not voted in all of his 53 years. He explained that he had never registered or voted because he could not read. He…

If John McCain isn’t the next president, it won’t be for lack of trying—he’s called Barack Obama everything from a terrorist to a socialist. And yet, with a week to go, it is increasingly clear this election is Obama’s to lose. Which leaves McCain with one last tried-and-true tactic: Steal the thing. For all the…