DATELINE: Oakland, California
When we planned this trip, it always had definite bookends: the Iowa Caucus, at the start, and then Super Tuesday as the grand finale, the closest America has ever got to having a nationwide primary. With so many states voting on one day, it seemed like when the dust settled on 6 February […]
Entries Tagged as 'California'
Super Tuesday - the end of the beginning
February 6th, 2008 · 6 Comments
Tags: On the road · Democrats · Republicans · Electoral college · History · Speeches · Too close to call · John McCain · Barack Obama · Hillary Clinton · Mike Huckabee · Mitt Romney · California
A message from Captain Vote’s conga-line
February 5th, 2008 · 3 Comments
DATELINE: Berkeley, California
The University of California at Berkeley is to political activism what Manchester is to rain; historically, it’s drenched in the stuff. It drips down the walls and gets into the water supply. Going back to the Vietnam protests and the formation of the Black Panthers in nearby Oakland, it’s famously a hotbed of […]
Tags: On the road · Democrats · Barack Obama · California
Super Tuesday - a political migraine brewing in America’s forehead
February 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments
DATELINE: Oakland, California
It’s D-Day eve, Mundane Monday, Calm Before The Storm Monday, and the most intense of the 22 migraine-intense battles going on when the polls open tomorrow morning is the contest for California’s massive haul of 370 pledged delegates - particularly in the absurdly tight Democratic race. Hillary Clinton had a substantial lead in […]
Tags: On the road · Democrats · Electoral college · Too close to call · Barack Obama · Hillary Clinton · California
