Local & Western Politics From Politics West

Mad Voter: A "true-blue" New Mexico?

editor — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:30:43 -0600

When Sen. Pete Domenici announced his retirement a year ago and triggered a domino effect that has made New Mexico one of the most hotly contested...

Mad Voter: Time to put politics aside

editor — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:33:51 -0600

Many Washington politicos have spent the last two weeks putting politics above solving the nation's financial crisis. In doing so, they have provided...

Mad Voter: Bloom is off the Palin rose

editor — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:43:50 -0600

A couple of weeks ago, one Mountain West scribe announced "A...

Mad Voter: Engineering a crash landing

editor — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:08:23 -0600

In a recent conversation, my dad summed up the current financial crisis better than I could have: We're trying to figure out how to engineer a...

Mad Voter: Let's talk about what matters

editor — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:07:13 -0600

We're getting to weird time here in the good old US of A, that quadrennial festival of banality in which anyone who has a soapbox steps up to bemoan...

Mad Voter: Note to Obama, words matter

editor — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:49:46 -0600

I didn't originally think Barack Obama did much damage to his campaign when he said at an April fundraiser in San Francisco that many rural...

Mad Voter: West can be Dems' 'Land of Opportunity'

editor — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:52:53 -0600

The whole prospect of a "Western" convention was intriguing. Because, up until now, we've seen quite a lot of lip service given to the...

Mad Voter: Dems panhandling for change

editor — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:18:30 -0600

Enough change already. Two days into their national convention in Denver, Democrats proclaimed a need for change with a passion seen only from the...

Mad Voter: Corporate-funded conventions = hypocrisy

editor — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:51:45 -0600

Talking tough on issues like campaign-finance reform and trying to create an appearance of independence is the current trend in Washington. This...

Mad Voter: Liberal blogosphere catches Tinsley

editor — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:33:04 -0600