The 2008 presidential election in Savannah By Leigh E. Rich If the local election-watching parties were any indication, the 2008 U.S. presidential election held few surprises for Savannahians. Civility dominated the low-key atmosphere at The Mulberry Inn on Bay Street, where Chatham County Republicans waited for results. A small but hopeful crowd gathered in the […]
12.03.2008
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09.04.2008
Georgia’s delegates embrace Obama’s message at the 2008 DNC By Leigh E. Rich This November change is the only option, say the Georgia Democrats, who promise they can’t—and won’t—finish what they believe the Republicans started. Themes of change, hope, unity and public service dominated the 2008 Democratic National Convention last week, as Illinois Sen. Barack […]
09.04.2008
Democrats celebrate a series of ‘firsts’ at a landmark convention By Leigh E. Rich The Democrats touted their 2008 gathering in Denver as “a convention of firsts,” with its live high-definition streaming, its Spanish language simulcast and its “Delegate Service Day,” according to their Web site, www.demconvention.com. Michelle Obama, and many of the other speakers […]
08.28.2008
Health roundtable kicks off the Denver DNC By Leigh E. Rich Four hours before DNC Chairman Howard Deans banged the gavel and began the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, physicians, public health specialists, medical researchers and CEOs gathered at Boettcher Concert Hall for a Rocky Mountain Roundtable on “Health, Wellness and Prevention,” moderated by […]
08.28.2008
Biden gets two thumbs up from Georgia delegates By Leigh E. Rich DENVER—If the Democratic Party struggled in selecting a vice presidential candidate to complete the Barack Obama ticket, all they needed to do was ask Savannah City Councilwoman and Obama-pledged delegate Mary Osborne. “Oh, I love him,” she said. “He was my choice all […]
08.28.2008
Georgia delegates proud of Hillary Clinton’s call for unity By Leigh E. Rich DENVER—Four years ago, John Edwards talked about two Americas. On Monday, the opening night of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Michelle Obama depicted America as one nation. Tuesday night, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., who lost in her bid to […]
08.27.2008
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Chance meeting leads to political connection By Leigh E. Rich DENVER—Whoever said nice guys finish last certainly wasn’t from Savannah. I might not be a native of Savannah, but three years in the “Hostess City of the South” has rubbed off on me—so much so that I can’t help but lend a hand to lost […]
03.25.2005
Proactive election reform bills provoke levity, debate By Leigh E. Rich Despite some levity and a bit of semiotic elbowing, the Senate Local Government Committee was all business Tuesday during testimony for Senate Bill 198, an election reform measure that would require “voter-verifiable” paper trails in all precincts by 2008 or, with a waiver, 2010. […]
01.21.2005
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Inauguration focuses on foreign policy By Leigh E. Rich There’s a 2,080-pound gorilla in the world and it’s called freedom, President George W. Bush intimated in his second inaugural address to the nation Thursday, explaining that the first time “the Liberty Bell was sounded in celebration, a witness said, ‘It rang as if it meant […]
11.05.2004
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Fairytale ending … at least in Colorado By Leigh E. Rich Perhaps the T-shirt worn by one return watcher at the downtown Marriott City Center—the election night headquarters of the Colorado Democrats—said it all: “Kiss my” written above a picture of a donkey. This type of youthful and rebellious vim certainly dominated the atmosphere of […]
11.05.2004
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There really were no sacred cows at annual satire By Leigh E. Rich It said so right on the poster. The 2004 Gridiron crew promised this year’s political satire produced by the Denver Press Club and KBDI Channel 12 would offer “no sacred cows.” And any unfortunate enough to have wandered into the event at […]
11.05.2004
Election Day a mixed bag for Colorado’s governor By Leigh E. Rich The landscape in Colorado looks far different than at the national level, where President Bush will serve another four years and have a sizeable Republican majority in the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate during the 109th Congress. Not so for Colorado’s Gov. […]
