OK, I’ll admit it. One of my favorite things in the world is to discover a new campaign documentary. With that in mind, I thought it might be fun to share a handful of my personal favorites. I’ll give you my top three picks, plus a few others worth checking out…
From the moment federal prosecutors indicated last week that Jesse Jackson, Jr., was aware that one of his supporters, a prominent Illinois Democratic fundraiser, promised to raise $1 million for then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich in return for Jackson’s appointment to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President Obama…
Embattled U.S. Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana attracted two last-minute primary challengers shortly before Friday’s filing deadline. Former Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Chet D. Traylor, who served on the state’s highest court for a dozen years before his retirement in the spring of 2009, unexpectedly filed for Vitter’s U.S. Senate seat…
State Rep. Talbot “Sandy” D’Alemberte abandoned the idea of running for governor of Florida forty years ago this week. Regarded as one of the most liberal members of the Florida legislature, the 37-year-old Miami lawyer had seriously considered bolting his party in 1970 to run for governor as an independent.
Twenty-five years ago, near the end of his 12-year reign as mayor of Miami, Maurice Ferre compared himself to a surfer, a politician skilled enough to navigate a continually shifting wave…
Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for governor of New York, called for a ban on drilling in the Marcellus Shale last week…
Described by columnist George F. Will as the most interesting candidate in the country, Boston University President John R. Silber was drawing a lot of attention twenty years ago this summer…
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