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DFW viewers prefer Republican VP candidate to McCain

John McCain's speech on the closing night of the Republican Convention drew 672,300 homes compared to the 718,501 homes for Sarah Palin.

Friday, Sept. 5, 2008

Dallas-based Fox journalist detained (briefly) by police at Republican National Convention site

While Alice Kalthoff wasn't arrested, one of her collegues was.

Friday, Sept. 5, 2008

DFW viewers prefer Republican convention to Democratic one

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Wed., Sept. 3)

Coverage of VP nominee Sarah Palin's speech drew a seven-network total of 718,501 D-FW homes, while Barack Obama's closer last week drew 440,843 homes.

Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008

Republicans eager to foist Michael L. Williams into national spotlight at convention

Some highly-placed Texas Republicans lobbied hard to get Williams to the gate in order to set him up for a race for Governor in 2010.

Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008

Arlington resident to officially nominate John McCain

The honor to both officially nominate and introduce McCain has been given to Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams.

Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008

Dallas comics store selling presidential action figures

For $9.99 each, you can play out the election on you desk at work, or show your support for your favorite candidate in toy form.

Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008

Dallas South’s pictures from the Democratic National Convention

Some of the sights from the first couple of days here at the DNC Convention

Friday, Aug. 29, 2008

Video: Shawn Williams on the floor of the Democratic National Convention

If you can hang with this video for at least a minute, you can see what it's like on the floor, and see why the fire marshall had to shut it down for a while last night.

Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008

Video: Dallas South interviews Arlington Democratic delegate Dr. Bolden Harris

Shawn Williams interviews Harris moments after Senator Hillary Clinton made a motion to nominate Senator Barack Obama as the Democratic nominee.

Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008

Video: Dallas South’s Shawn Williams on KLIF’s Jeff Bolton show

Discusses the petitions for Hillary and the convention in general.

Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008

DFW viewers spread their convention-watching love

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Mon., Aug. 25)

NBC drew the most viewers of convention coverage with 70,632 homes, but couldn't compete with the season finale of Saving Grace on TNT, which drew 107,166 homes.

Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008

UPDATED: Democratic convention parties abound in DFW Metroplex

Join Democrats from all over the county to see Sen. Barack Obama accept our party's nomination.

Monday, Aug. 25, 2008

Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons bankrolling ads that link Obama to terrorism

Hey Harold, thanks for giving Dallas one more thing to feel proud about.

Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008

Dallas attorney Fred Baron supported John Edwards’ mistress

A friend who'll pay off the woman you were shagging on the side while your wife was dying of cancer and you were running for president -- without even discussing it with you? THAT's a real wingman.

Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008

Dallas Democratic Party launches new web site

The Democratic party is all about CHAAAAANGE.

Monday, July 28, 2008

Impact Film Fest targets Democratic and Republican convention attendees

Starz-sponsored slate of films was selected to stick in the minds of legislators - and perhaps affect their actions.

Friday, July 25, 2008

Dallas-based Match.com survey: 77% of Americans think Barack Obama would be a better kisser than John McCain

Neither of the two potential First Ladies were polled as part of the survey.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Pro-life ad running in Dallas targets Texas as swing state

Family Research Council spokesman says Dallas market was specifically chosen because "Obama is targeting Texas."

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Vietnam vets call on Dallas billionaire T. Boone Pickens to put up $1 million he promised

Pickens claimed he'd give $1 million to anyone who could disprove the Swift Boat Veterans nonsense. They're calling on him to do it.

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Democratic state senate District 23 meets, and caucuses, and it’s a disaster

District 23 took hours to fill 53 empty delegate slots left by Hillary no-shows.

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Controversial Obama pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright preaches at Dallas church on Sunday

Controversial pastor claims he's not running for office but he sure is making lots of public speaking appearances.

Monday, April 28, 2008

TCU names new venue for Jeremiah Wright event

Instead of the Texas Christian University campus, Wright will appear at a Baptist church in South Dallas.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

New contest lets winners “crash” Democratic and Republican conventions

If you thought wedding crashers were cool, wait until you hear about convention crashing.

Thursday, March 20, 2008

African American Legal Association responds to Hispanic community leader’s racial comments

What do you say to someone who said, "Obama simply has a problem that he happens to be black"?

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Three Arlington precincts’ Democratic caucus votes officially won’t count

Consider the vote unrocked. Totally not rocked what-so-ever.

Saturday, March 8, 2008

Latino vote makes big difference in Texas primary

Clinton scored well with South Texas Latinos, but Obama came close to even by focusing on "Urban Latinos."

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Dallas Progress’ take on 2008 primary

Barack Obama dominated in Dallas County, due mainly to District 3, where voters went opposite of County Commissioner John Wiley Price.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Some North Texas voters experience chaos at the caucus

Texas two-step tripped up by partisanship, alleges Clinton camp.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Hillary Clinton wins Texas primary

The race was tight, but Clinton prevailed in the end, which, along with her win in Ohio, helped her stay in the race for the Democratic nomination.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

The time is now - a message to my young Dallas readers

If you haven't voted yet, go to vote today. And make sure you go down the ballot to vote for the other candidates that matter to you.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Hillary Clinton campaign hosting voting brouhahas in D-FW on Tuesday

Including a "Honk and Holler" with actor Rob Reiner on Greenville Avenue at noon. What?

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Comments on Obama from Adelfa Callejo should draw scrutiny from Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert

Callejo said last week that “Obama simply has a problem that he happens to be black.”

Monday, March 3, 2008

Obama sweeps SMU campus mock election

Does this mean he'll win in Tuesday's primary vote, and then in the November general election? (No.)

If the voting population of the country follows the lead of these students, Barack's a shoo-in.

Monday, March 3, 2008

Texas’ early voting numbers show Democrats are more proactive than Republicans

Way more Democrats voted early than Republicans.

Monday, March 3, 2008

Gloria Steinem, Rob Reiner and Chelsea Clinton to campaign at “LGBT Americans for Hillary” Event

it's great that celebrities are sitting up and taking notice of these Federal elections.

Sunday, March 2, 2008

Dallas Morning News editorial board re-endorses “mathematically impossible” Huckabee for President

Though the paper's employees remain 3/4s of a person.

Sunday, March 2, 2008

Clinton may sue over Texas Democratic caucus

Hillary's campaign aims to end confusion over Texas' weirdo system by stopping democracy at work.

Friday, Feb. 29, 2008

Clinton camp to host ‘sign-making parties’ in preparation of Hillary’s Saturday D-FW rallies

Clinton will be holding rallies in Dallas and Fort Worth, the latter of which was called off after a police officer's fatal accident.

Friday, Feb. 29, 2008

Barack Obama addresses enthusiastic crowd at Duncanville’s Meadows Arena

The senator stuck to the main themes of his campaign at the rally and rarely referred to his opponent.

Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008

Obama tells Kraddick “Jonas Brothers are on my daughter’s wall”

Obama returns to Texas at the same time the Disney group performs here. Coincidence?

Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008


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