Mike Gravel

Something Smells Very Fishy In Alaska

Turnout Rate Reported as Lowest Ever in State, Down 11% From '04 Even With Both Palin and Obama on the Ballot; Hanging in the Balance in the Diebold State: Felon Ted Stevens' U.S. Senate Race, Corrupt Don Young's House Race &...

Personnel Board Clears Palin

I have to admit, I'm no expert on so-called "Troopergate" -- I only know what I read in the papers -- but from what I have seen, the whole matter reeked of a political inquest. In a move to clear some of Gov. Palin's name, the...

Campaign provided best in reality TV

AARON BARNHART; McClatchy Newspapers Published: November 5th, 2008 12:30 AM I’m already missing the 2008 campaign. You might say that the long-running hit series “Campaign ’08” aired its series finale on Tuesday. “Campaign ’08”...

Candidates Make Final Last-Minute Push

You betcha, literally. That would be 19 hours of voting -- with the first polls having opened at 6 am ET in eastern states (and long lines forming early) and the last polls closing at 1 am ET Wednesday in Alaska. From mavericks...

TV tales of moose jerky, infomercials and Joe the Plumber

'Pick the Prez," our nation's slickly produced and highly rated reality show, ends tonight with its series finale. Network honchos are hoping that viewers -- amped on Halloween candy and mesmerized by those magical touch-screen...

Rachel Maddow mention 11/02

Mike Gravel was featured in Rachel Maddow’s campaign-in-review highlight reel Sunday night on MSNBC. Naturally, what little of Mike there was consisted of him looking deranged and throwing a rock into a lake along with a glib...

Mike Gravel’s Ad

How did I miss this? I guess I was busy at the time. Anyway, here is the coolest political ad I think I’ve ever seen … In the 1996 election, faced with the choice between Bill Clinton (whom I found embarrassing at the time,...

John Baer: Regardless of whom you pick, just vote

REMEMBER Duncan Hunter? Mike Gravel? Both were major-party candidates for president this year. How about Bob Barr? He's on the ballot for president tomorrow, as is Ralph (it's-really-all-my-fault) Nader.

10 most viral videos of the campaign (Politico)

Politico - They zip in and out of e-mail accounts, get millions of views on YouTube and sometimes put the Madison Avenue creations of real-life Mad Men to shame. Viral videos have been part of the Web world since 1996’s digital...

Newsweek: A titan in trouble

Stevens's conviction scrambles Alaska's political scene From the magazine issue dated Oct 28, 2008 Ted Stevens assumed his U.S. Senate seat in 1968—the same year the North Vietnamese Army launched the Tet Offensive, the Beatles...