Election Night Coverage

Democracy Now Special Election Coverage at Common Dreams >>

"Real" Election coverage by actual voters at Video the Vote.

Peace and Freedom on the Ballot

Cindy Sheehan is a "recovered democrat" running for Congress against Nancy Pelosi as an independent. She is endorsed by SF Greens and Peace and Freedom party. She appeared with Ralph Nader, Matt Gonzalez, Marsha Feinland and others to run as an alternative to what we have installed in Washington now. It was great to hear them speak. Unfortunately, you probably won't get to hear them unless you go see them because they've been shut out of the debates, which is a shame. Nader said that "once elected officials fear the people more than they fear the corporations, then we can have a true democracy."

Nader on the Bush Billionaire Bailout

Debate This

The 2008 presidential debates are underway. First and foremost what is predominantly absent here are more voices that challenge the status quo. The similarities of Obama and McCain outweigh their differences for me, so the debate is about minor details of who is more proactive, who is more reluctant, whose voting record backs them up, etcetera etcetera. What it boils down to is they are both FOR continued military spending, FOR wall street bailout, FOR nuclear energy and FOR offshore drilling, just to different degrees so where is the opposing view here?

Video clips of the debate on Reuters >> and full length from C-SPAN.

Matt Gonzalez on the Debate


Cracking the Debates - Real Time with Bill Maher

Actor Tim Daly, independent candidate for president Ralph Nader, commentator Lisa Schiffren on Real Time with Bill Maher.