New Hampshire Takes Chavez Up on Free Oil Offer

Staff / Truthdig Jul 20, 2008 Americans are undergoing an "attitude adjustment," as the AP puts it, when it comes to oil, as evidenced by the current debate over lifting the ban on drilling off the U.S. coastlines. Another sign that drastic times call for what some might call drastic measures: New Hampshire residents will be keeping warm this winter with a little help from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New Hampshire Heads Back to the Spotlight

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jun 20, 2008 The race for electoral votes could be so close in November that small states may well pick the next president. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The ‘Bradley Effect’: MSM Hype?

Staff / Truthdig Feb 7, 2008 Following Hillary Clinton's surprise win in New Hampshire, some mainstream media outlets speculated that the "Bradley effect," which posits that some white voters will avoid telling pollsters they voted against an African-American candidate, could explain Barack Obama's election results in that state. Here, the Real News takes a closer look at that race-based rationale. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hillary’s Dirty Tricks

Staff / Truthdig Jan 13, 2008 While mulling Hillary Clinton's surprise win, the pundits might want to consider her turn to negative campaigning. Arianna Huffington has collected some of the more distasteful examples, including a direct mailer to New Hampshire women that falsely portrayed Barack Obama as soft on choice (he has a glowing rating from both NARAL and Planned Parenthood). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Revisiting the ‘Bradley Effect’

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jan 11, 2008 Pollsters and pundits were quick to discount race and the so-called Bradley effect as factors in Barack Obama's narrow loss to Hillary Clinton in the New Hampshire primary. Given that the same pollsters and pundits (OK, me too) were so wrong about the outcome, I think we ought to take a closer look. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Chauvinists Fly Under the Radar

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Jan 10, 2008 If there's a reason women came out to support Hillary in New Hampshire, it might be the unabashed sexism she has had to endure. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Clinton’s ‘Diebold Bump’

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2008 An unfortunate coincidence has emerged from the New Hampshire primary results that is at least worth noting, if only for the sake of trivia (or democracy): Hillary Clinton performed better, and Barack Obama worse, in counties where votes were counted using Diebold machines. Whether you call it sour grapes or citizen journalism, the Brad Blog has the details. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How Hillary Got Her Women Back

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Jan 10, 2008 Within the voting booths, many female voters in New Hampshire could not deny that the senator was a survivor of the societal battles that had scarred them over the decades. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Little Too Real

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jan 10, 2008 Dig deeper

Back to the Drawing Board

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jan 10, 2008 Maybe the signs pointing to Hillary Clinton's victory in the New Hampshire primary were there all along, hidden in plain sight by the blur of Obamamania and a stack of flawed polls. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Closing the Polling Gap

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2008 How to explain the discrepancy -- which was, in the case of New Hampshire this week, essentially on the Democratic side of the ballot -- between polling numbers and election results? In a column, ABC News' polling poobah, Gary Langer, makes some suggestions and calls for a "serious, critical look at the final pre-election polls in the Democratic presidential primary in New Hampshire." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Clinton, McCain Win New Hampshire

Staff / Truthdig Jan 9, 2008 "I found my own voice," Hillary Clinton said in her New Hampshire victory speech, admitting to more than just a bumpy campaign. Instead, she appeared to be pointing at the stilted rhetoric and focus-grouping that have plagued her run for president. With Iowa and New Hampshire behind her, the senator's campaign promise, it seems, is to speak from the heart. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )