NATIONAL ELECTION COVERAGE

Obama Braces for Race-Based Ads

Racially-based political images and ideas already have found their way onto TV airwaves and campaign buttons, possible harbingers of racially tinged messages in a general election involving the first black candidate to head a major party's ticket.
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LOCAL ELECTION COVERAGE

Waterman May Face Future Repercussions from GOP

A Republican state senator trying to mount a third-party campaign for governor could lose more than the governorship.
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COMMENTARY: ERIC BERMAN

Crossover dreams Posted 7/3/2008 5:46:00 PM Forget all the pretty red-and-blue maps.. Forget the great guessing game over the running mates. Whether Barack Obama or John McCain is the 44th president of the United States may boil down to simply this: will McCain peel off more Democratic women than Obama peels off conservative Republicans?   Both candidates are targeting crossover voters, and not just in those subgroups. Obama is talking up the possibility of large numbers of "Obamacans," and, in what either is a spectacular head fake or an act of hubris, has set up a campaign office in Hamilton County. And McCain and his surrogates are picking up where Hillary Clinton left off, talking up the possibility of Reagan Democrats, especially in Appalachia, being drawn to McCain's personality and glittering record of military heroism.   But the voters most likely to defect are the ones who are mad about something. For Obama, that means women convinced that a sexist media and... [ Read full post ] → ERIC BERMAN ARCHIVES

WIBC AUDIO AND INTERVIEWS

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WIBC is speaking directly to the candidates, and those who are analyzing the various races. Hear the interviews here.

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WIBC VIDEO

Video from Indiana campaign appearances

WIBC has entered the world of video. Watch the three presidential candidates in action in campaign appearances in Central Indiana.

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COMMENTARY: BRIAN HOWEY

Feeling the earth move as Obama walked in Posted 4/24/2008 10:53:00 AM “I feel the earth, move, under my feet ...."                                                - Carole King, Tapestry EVANSVILLE - In the very toe of the Hoosier State, which was rocked and rattled by an earthquake the previous week, Barack Obama was preparing to descend to the stage at Roberts Stadium. His move came in a state that in its 192-year history has elected only three African-American mayors (all in Gary), three African-American members of Congress, two black sheriffs, and two Hispanic mayors. None served much south of I-70. Indiana House Majority Floor Leader Russ Stilwell of Boonville looked at the gathering crowd on this Tuesday night and softly said, "There's an undercurrent out there. I'm not sure if pe... [ Read full post ] → BRIAN HOWEY ARCHIVES