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The Battleground of New Hampshire
Jan 8, 2008 As the candidates press forward in the final hours before the state's primary, the war and health care stand as prime issues. But no one is fully facing up to the fact that the latter cannot be properly addressed as long as the U.S. is paying for the former.Off the Beaten Campaign Trail
Jan 4, 2008 Just as the Iowa caucuses were hitting their boiling point, Truthdig's indefatigable campaign correspondent Bill Boyarsky high-tailed it to New Hampshire to check out the next electoral battleground. Here he takes stock of the frenetic scene he just left and looks to the future of political reporting.God and John McCain
Jan 2, 2008 As he addressed a room full of members of the Iowa Christian Alliance in the small city of Cedar Falls, the senator demonstrated how hard it is for him to find his way through the tangled forest of Christian right doctrine.
The Iowa Caucus Con
Dec 27, 2007 Political reporters are not widely embraced, but in Iowa, they are eagerly welcomed when they show up to cover the state's unique system of selecting presidential nominees. The reason is simple: The media is a co-conspirator in a con, the Iowa caucuses.
Banking on Grass Roots in Iowa
Dec 24, 2007 In these final days before the Iowa caucuses, John Edwards' chance for the presidency comes down to people like Jim Clifford, trudging up an icy driveway to persuade Leo Oswald, a shipping clerk at the Georgia Pacific plant in Dubuque, to turn out and support Edwards.
Iowa ’08: Barack Obama Live
Dec 20, 2007 In his first dispatch from the scene of the upcoming caucuses, Boyarsky gets a look at Barack Obama in action as the Democratic presidential hopeful delivers a speech in Des Moines touching on foreign policy and the issue of experience in office.
Looking Beyond the Haircut
Dec 17, 2007 John Edwards' words at the last Iowa Democratic debate sounded so out of tune with this year's campaign discourse -- and so sensible and important -- that the man might as well have been campaigning on another planet.
Making a Case for the Long View
Nov 30, 2007 Reporters often live in the moment, focusing on the present and forgetting, at least temporarily, about the past and future -- a trait that works well for many journalistic beats. Boyarsky warns that "when such habits are brought to the political beat, we're all in trouble."
Obama Campaigners Work the Switchboards
Nov 19, 2007 If the Illinois senator beats Hillary Clinton and the others for the nomination, a good portion of credit will go to the volunteers now making phone calls in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, California and other places.
Deconstructing Rudy
Nov 11, 2007 As mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani honed his skills in creating a public persona that obscured some of his less savory behind-the-scenes activities. But now, Giuliani's facing serious resistance from the likes of filmmaker Robert Greenwald, who's turning his lens on the wily GOP candidate in a series of Web-ready shorts.
