Politics - Sept. 5, 2008
Do Americans demand another "folksy" president?
Americans elect folksy presidents. For the past 30 years, every man who's graced the Oval Office has been incredibly folksy, the kind of guy America wants to sit down with and drink a beer.
Tags: president, obama, mccain, bush, clinton, reagan, folksy

Politics - Feb. 20, 2008
Feelings of abandonment
The Wisconsin primary is over and, just like that, the phone calls and e-mails from candidates stopped coming.
Tags: obama, clinton, mccain, huckabee, wisconsin primary, phone calls, e-mails

Politics - Feb. 17, 2008
If “superdelegates” ruin the election, dissolve the Democratic party
The party that claims to echo the will of the people can’t pick its leaders in back rooms and behind closed doors.
Tags: obama, clinton, mccain, election, superdelegate

Politics - Feb. 12, 2008
Don't bother moving up Wisconsin's primary
With the passing of Super Tuesday, we now can focus on our own Feb. 19 primary and the accompanying concerns of some that come down to this: Should state officials move the primary to an earlier date to grab more of the national spotlight and be politically more relevant?
Tags: presidential primary, obama, clinton, mccain

Politics - Jan. 10, 2008
Which opposing presidential candidate should you root for?
With presidential primary season heading into full swing, I've been pondering a political theory lately: When it comes to the other party, who should you root for?
Tags: president, election, clinton, obama, mccain, romney, huckabee

Milwaukee Buzz - April 16, 2007
Clinton cancels Riverside appearance
Former President Bill Clinton has canceled his Saturday, April 28 appearance at the Riverside Theater. A scheduling conflict was the reason provided by the theater.
Tags: clinton, riverside

Milwaukee Buzz - March 26, 2007
Former President Clinton returns to Milwaukee
Clinton will discuss the "challenge of globalization, emphasizing our growing interdependence and pointing the way toward a common future based on shared goals and values."
Tags: Clinton, Bill Clinton, President, Riverside

Politics - March 16, 2007
Picking on PIC: Job training might need to be switched
Mayor Barrett received a huge boost this week in his effort to wrest control of federal job training funds from the Private Industry Council and put them under the auspices of City Hall. Gov. Jim Doyle said he would support a change that would give the city $14 million in federal funds to run job-training programs.
Tags: PIC, Barrett, Doyle, Clinton, McGee, MMSD, Miller Park, sewage, Wi-Fi, Gschwind, Alderman

Milwaukee Buzz - Sept. 25, 2006
Cheney to give speech at Pfister luncheon
Vice President Dick Cheney appears at a fundraising luncheon for GOP gubernatorial candidate Mark Green and other Republican candidates.
Tags: cheney, pfister, green, doyle, clinton, democrat, republican