Tell Edwards to Endorse Obama

It couldn’t hurt.  Head over to John Edwards’ site and give him the nudge to endorse Obama now that he’s out of the race.
Contact John Edwards 

Obama MN Visit Announced

Barack Obama will be at the Target Center in Minneapolis this Saturday. Doors will be at 1:30 and the man himself will be speaking at 3:30. Tickets can be reserved online here to print off for the free event, or picked up at any of the locations listed on that page.

Nader Contemplates Stepping in the Ring

I was wondering when this was coming…
Ralph Nader announced this morning through a web site that he would be forming a Presidential Exploratory Committee for “testing the waters,” according to a spokesperson.
The list of his concerns include corporate criminals, agribusiness giants, corporate Republicans and Democrats, and Wall Street.
The site is new and undeveloped, but includes [...]

Edwards Out.

John Edwards will be dropping out of the Democratic Presidential race. His camp will not say who he will endorse right now, but it has the potential to completely change the dynamics of the Dems’ race; Edwards could very well decide the nomination. He will formally announce the end of his bid for the Presidency [...]

Now that she has won, Hillary wants the delegates reinstated.

Now that Hillary has won in two states that were stripped of their delegates for violating Democratic party rules and moving their primaries early, she thinks that it’s unfair that she doesn’t get those delegates. Hillary is calling for the more than 350 convention delegates of these two states to be reinstated.
Well of course [...]

9/11 Fear Politics Fail in Flordia

Rudy Giuliani’s disappointing finish in Florida’s Republican primary finally will end his experimental campaign for President. Something else that could flame out with his run is the politics of 9/11. As the Politico reports, Giuliani’s Presidential message was stuck back in 2001. He never sought to distance himself from September 11, but instead defined himself [...]

Here We Go Again: Mukasey Says Waterboarding is Not Torture

In a letter sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, Attorney General Mikey Mukasey, pictured above holding his breath to prove that waterboarding isn’t that bad, said that waterboarding was not clearly illegal, and that it could be used again if requested by the White House.  Saying that waterboarding, a harsh interrogation technique that [...]

New Layout!

Hello, Captain Obvious here, just stopping by to let you know that Civic Alert is undergoing a few layout changes.  You’ll probably notice a few cosmetic changes in the site over the next few days, but it won’t affect our normal coverage at all.  I think things look better, do you think things look better?  [...]

McCain victorious in Florida; Giuliani to endorse

John McCain (”very niiiiiceeee” in Borat voice) won the Republican primaries in Florida Tuesday by a margin of 5%, 36% to 31% over Mitt Romney. Rudy Giuliani followed with 15% and Mike Huckabee trailed with 14%. Giuliani is expected to endorse McCain Wednesday which could be the final nail in the coffin for Romney. With [...]