U.S.
EDITORIAL: Health care on the agenda
October 27, 2006From door-knockers to phone bankers to families sitting around the kitchen table, pre-election conversation reflects a deep unease with the economy. With newspaper business sections reporting declining gasoline prices, low official unemployment and a skyrocketing stock...
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Governor race is one to watch in Bay State
October 27, 2006Massachusetts is not one of battleground states for Congress. None of the 10 representatives is in danger of losing their seat. The last GOP congressman from Massachusetts was Silvio Conte, and he was a liberal Republican...
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Arizona poised to rout Republicans
October 27, 2006TUCSON, Ariz. — In spite of last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision that cleared the way for Arizona to require voters to show identification before casting a ballot, public opinion polls show several incumbent right-wing congressmen...
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Ohio lashes out at Republicans: Minimum wage measure gives boost to turnout
October 27, 2006CLEVELAND — Voters in Ohio, the bellwether state that gave George W. Bush the presidency by a slim margin, are poised to deliver a major rebuke to the Republican Party in the Nov. 7 elections. Barring...
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Voter revolt could topple GOP: Labor spearheads fight for southern Senate seats
October 27, 2006Harold Ford, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from Tennessee, is a “favorite son” of AFSCME Local 1733, a lawmaker with a 100 percent voting record in support of working families in the Memphis district he has...
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