Hillary Bush-Limburg: Gingrich Lures Tea Party In Florida

On January 25, 2012, in Guest Writers, Hillary Bush-Limburg, Satire, by Editor

Newt Gingrich has moved to consolidate the conservative base. He would like to draw on the Tea Party movement. He likes their activism and passion. Tea Party voters in New Hampshire backed Mitt Romney. He won in New Hampshire. In South Carolina Gingrich won among Tea Party supporters. It took him en route to his victory on Saturday.

Hillary Bush-Limburg: Tea Party Is Picking Up Steam

On September 21, 2010, in Guest Writers, Hillary Bush-Limburg, by Editor

Nation tea party groups are redirecting their energy. They’re moving toward the November midterm elections. They’re raising millions of dollars. They’re expanding their advocacy. It’s for dozens of congressional races. They’re building voter turnout operations nationwide.

Big Girls Don’t Cry: The Election that Changed Everything for American Women by Rebecca Traister

On September 19, 2010, in Book Reviews, Nonfiction, Political, by Editor

REBECCA TRAISTER, whose coverage of the 2008 presidential election for Salon confirmed her to be a gifted cultural observer, offers a startling appraisal of what the campaign meant for all of us. Though the election didn’t give us our first woman president or vice president, the exhilarating campaign was nonetheless transformative for American women and for the nation. In Big Girls Don’t Cry, her electrifying, incisive and highly entertaining first book, Traister tells a terrific story and makes sense of a moment in American history that changed the country’s narrative in ways that no one anticipated.

Hillary Bush-Limburg: Palin Attacks Obama, GOP

On September 18, 2010, in Guest Writers, Hillary Bush-Limburg, by Editor

Sarah Palin is a former Alaska governor. She came to Iowa on Friday night. She left few of her opponents unscathed. She sharply attacked President Obama. And the Democrats. She denounced the news media. She pointedly called on establishment Republicans. Get over your losses in the primaries. Unite for the November elections.

The Backlash: Right-Wing Radicals, High-Def Hucksters, and Paranoid Politics in the Age of Obama by Will Bunch

On September 15, 2010, in Book Reviews, by Editor

In this gripping exposÉ, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Will Bunch reveals the secrets behind the crusade against Obama, exploring how forces like radical militia groups, the Tea Party, pro-gun zealots, and Glenn Beck have combined old-fashioned populist outrage with digital-age phobias to produce a wave of resentment that many have ridden straight to the bank. Pulling back the curtain on the paranoid politics of a new generation, Bunch shows how events such as the election of America’s first African-American president, the economic recession, the rise of social networking, and the phenomenon of Glenn Beck have created a dangerous political moment that poses legitimate risks to democracy in America.