http://dir.salon.com/topics/2006_elections/?source=rss&aim=2006_elections en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT By Bill Greener Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/10/27/undecideds/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/10/27/undecideds/index.html?source=rss A GOP operative argues that in a race between a white and black candidate, "undecideds" vote white. Meaning, "undecideds" will break for McCain. By Thomas Schaller Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/08/19/south_schaller/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/08/19/south_schaller/index.html?source=rss No economic-populism-inspired revivals are going to turn the region blue. Virginia's Jim Webb is a lonely exception. By Katharine Mieszkowski Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/01/25/hillary_clinton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/01/25/hillary_clinton/index.html?source=rss A very special T-shirt just for country music fans. By Joe Conason Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/08/31/gay_republicans/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/08/31/gay_republicans/index.html?source=rss The party's culture of concealment has led to embarrassment and personal destruction. Isn't it about time for the right to cure its homophobia? By Edward McClelland Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/05/08/rahm_emanuel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/05/08/rahm_emanuel/index.html?source=rss Was Rahm Emanuel the reason the Democrats took back the House in the 2006 election? A Chicago reporter makes the case. Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/25/freshmen_votes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/25/freshmen_votes/index.html?source=rss A list of how the House of Representatives' new Democrats voted on the Iraq war supplemental Thursday night. By Farhad Manjoo Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/06/crist/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/06/crist/index.html?source=rss Why did a Republican governor just add tens of thousands of Democrats to the voter rolls in Florida? By Alia Malek Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/30/civil_rights/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/30/civil_rights/index.html?source=rss It's not only the U.S. attorneys who are threatened by partisan politics. Since Day One, the Bush administration has been quietly dismantling the DOJ's Civil Rights Division. By Farhad Manjoo Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/23/move_on/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/23/move_on/index.html?source=rss The netroots group's support proved crucial to passage of the Democrats' Iraq spending plan. But antiwar activists say MoveOn has been co-opted by its access to power. By Mark Follman, Alex Koppelman and Jonathan Vanian Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/21/us_attorneys/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/21/us_attorneys/index.html?source=rss Long before it fired eight U.S. attorneys for political reasons, the Bush administration had politicized their jobs by making them push a favorite GOP talking point. By Tim Grieve Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/14/hillary/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/14/hillary/index.html?source=rss As transcripts show, Sen. Clinton's views on the war have slowly changed since 2002, but she still can't say her own vote to authorize force was a mistake. By Walter Shapiro Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/02/13/schumer_mcauliffe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/02/13/schumer_mcauliffe/index.html?source=rss Two new books by prominent Democrats are a reminder that the would-be party of the middle class runs on money from the rich. By Katharine Mieszkowski Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/01/23/luntz/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/01/23/luntz/index.html?source=rss Conservative word doctor Frank Luntz explains what Bush should say about the war, why Nancy Pelosi should keep quiet, and what the GOP can learn from Barack Obama. By Sidney Blumenthal Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/01/23/state_of_parties/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/01/23/state_of_parties/index.html?source=rss Unlike past presidents dealing with the consequences of war, Bush has walled himself off from the public and the Congress it elected. By Ed Kilgore Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/01/22/kilgore_ford/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/01/22/kilgore_ford/index.html?source=rss Tom Schaller's Salon piece attacking the DLC and Harold Ford reveals that he understands neither the organization nor its chairman-to-be. By Michael Scherer Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/01/21/rnc/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/01/21/rnc/index.html?source=rss At the party's winter meeting Tony Snow reassured worried Republicans that the president is not in the fetal position. But pep talks couldn't chase the fear that an unpopular war could doom the party in '08. By Joe Conason Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/01/19/bipartisanship/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/01/19/bipartisanship/index.html?source=rss Barack Obama may "hunger for a different kind of politics," but it won't happen without a reorientation toward a more progressive center. By Joan Walsh Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/01/05/democrats/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/01/05/democrats/index.html?source=rss It's time for Democrats to step up and do what they were elected to do: Oppose this president's disastrous war with a smart and courageous strategy. By Walter Shapiro Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/01/04/new_congress/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/01/04/new_congress/index.html?source=rss Checks and balances return to Washington, but will the new Democratic majority be able to do anything to end the war in Iraq? By Michael Scherer Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/12/16/sidarth/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/12/16/sidarth/index.html?source=rss The Virginia native and son of Indian immigrants changed history with a camcorder and introduced Sen. George Allen -- and the rest of us -- to the real America. By Tim Grieve Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/12/08/allen/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/12/08/allen/index.html?source=rss On his way out of the Senate, Sen. Macaca says he could have run a better race. By Tim Grieve Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/12/06/work/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/12/06/work/index.html?source=rss Republican representative says marriages will suffer if members of Congress have to work five days a week By Sidney Blumenthal Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/11/30/2006_election_trends/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/11/30/2006_election_trends/index.html?source=rss Beyond the failure of Karl Rove, the momentous 2006 elections signaled the emergence of a younger, bluer America that could reshape politics for years to come. By Kerry Eleveld Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/11/29/gay_millionaires/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/11/29/gay_millionaires/index.html?source=rss Gay millionaires and their allies poured unprecedented sums into the 2006 election -- and it worked. By Tim Grieve Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/11/28/quotes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/11/28/quotes/index.html?source=rss Gingrich on speech, Tancredo on Miami, Dole on debt.