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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST By Edward McClelland Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/11/19/palin_book_tour/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/11/19/palin_book_tour/index.html?source=rss Palin fans left their hunting camps and donned tea party gear to greet sister Sarah from Alaska and jeer the media By Edward McClelland Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/02/chicago_olympics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/02/chicago_olympics/index.html?source=rss The city's 2016 bid would have had more support if it benefited everyone, not just Mayor Daley and his cronies By Edward McClelland Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/brand_graveyard/feature/2009/04/02/oldsmobile/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/brand_graveyard/feature/2009/04/02/oldsmobile/index.html?source=rss As General Motors prepares to sell off or kill a slew of brands in order to survive, a Lansing native remembers the first member of the G.M. family to die. By Edward McClelland Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/12/10/blagojevich/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/12/10/blagojevich/index.html?source=rss The perfectly coiffed politician is under arrest, sunk by his own vanity. But what did you expect? He's an Illinois governor. By Edward McClelland Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/11/26/auto_industry/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/11/26/auto_industry/index.html?source=rss As Washington clashes over a Big Three bailout, it's ignoring the best cure to the automakers' ills: Universal healthcare. By Edward McClelland Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/11/05/grant_park/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/11/05/grant_park/index.html?source=rss The "first post-baby boomer" president and an enormous supporting cast celebrate Barack Obama's victory in Grant Park. By Edward McClelland Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/10/01/chicago_cubs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/10/01/chicago_cubs/index.html?source=rss For a century, the Cubs have based their identity on disappointment and defeat. So what happens if they actually win it all this year? By Edward McClelland Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/09/29/mccain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/09/29/mccain/index.html?source=rss From David Foster Wallace to Paul Begala, four authors trace the politician's journey from the liberal's conservative to flip-flopping hack. By Edward McClelland Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/04/detroit/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/04/detroit/index.html?source=rss With the presidential race in Michigan too close for comfort, it can only help Obama that Detroit's racially divisive and felonious mayor has finally lost his job. By Edward McClelland Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/08/21/air_conditioning/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/08/21/air_conditioning/index.html?source=rss I blame A/C for the decline of the labor movement and for decimating the Midwest's population. Mostly, I blame it for the election of George W. Bush. By Edward McClelland Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2008/08/11/pabst_blue_ribbon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2008/08/11/pabst_blue_ribbon/index.html?source=rss Pabst may be worshiped by hipsters, but can it replace Budweiser as the best classic domestic brew? The answer may surprise you. By Edward McClelland Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2008/07/17/budweiser/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2008/07/17/budweiser/index.html?source=rss Before it was bought by Belgium's InBev, Budweiser trampled local breweries across this land. Who's crying in their (piss) beer now? By Edward McClelland Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/05/06/eight_belles/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/05/06/eight_belles/index.html?source=rss As a racing fan, I've learned to accept injuries as a consequence of a sport. But I also understand the revulsion at the filly's destruction. By Edward McClelland Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/01/canadian_border/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/01/canadian_border/index.html?source=rss Strict new border policies are turning Canada into a foreign country. Is this any way to treat our neighbors? By Edward McClelland Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/28/indiana/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/28/indiana/index.html?source=rss Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton seek votes in Indiana, a state fraught with economic woes and unlikely relevance for the '08 race. By Edward McClelland Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/08/hillary_1968/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/08/hillary_1968/index.html?source=rss The former Goldwater Girl became a member of the Democratic Party's new vanguard. But that's not how many liberals see her today. By Edward McClelland Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/03/18/hyde_park/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/03/18/hyde_park/index.html?source=rss Will the black nationalists and white lefties who pushed Obama up the political ladder in Chicago prove to be a liability to his White House run? By Edward McClelland Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/03/03/kucinich/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/03/03/kucinich/index.html?source=rss Back in Ohio, the left's favorite long shot is paying the price for his presidential ambitions. Calling him out of touch, four Democrats will try to take his House seat Tuesday. By Edward McClelland Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/26/obama_mccain_guys/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/26/obama_mccain_guys/index.html?source=rss Eight years after the beer-buddy test gave us W., the guys are going for Obama or McCain, if only to keep Hillary out of the White House. By Edward McClelland Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/02/20/wisconsin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/02/20/wisconsin/index.html?source=rss The Illinois senator did well with campus liberals, white men, crossover Republicans and independents, but he made inroads into Clinton's working-class base too. By Edward McClelland Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/02/19/wisconsin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/02/19/wisconsin/index.html?source=rss All the remaining 2008 contenders -- except Barack Obama -- indulge in an artery-busting blue-collar orgy of fried fish, bratwurst and cheese. By Edward McClelland Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/02/06/obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/02/06/obama/index.html?source=rss Barack Obama celebrated his heartland victories back home in Illinois, where seldom was heard a word of Hillary Clinton's coastal triumphs. By Edward McClelland Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/02/01/rezko/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/02/01/rezko/index.html?source=rss It was almost inevitable that Obama, as a Chicago politician, would spend a lot of quality time with someone like recently jailed Rezko. But that doesn't excuse bad judgment. By Edward McClelland Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/15/romney_michigan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/15/romney_michigan/index.html?source=rss The presidential hopeful crusades for the auto industry of yore -- and looks awfully out of touch with Michigan's economic pain. By Edward McClelland Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/01/14/obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/01/14/obama/index.html?source=rss The city has a unique history of launching the careers of powerful black politicians -- which is part of the reason Obama moved there.