by | Jan 21, 2009 7:51 am | Comments (17)
The Colón sisters joined salsa dancers on a new stage, and a veteran vote-puller donned a top hat, as Democrats flooded to the Omni to celebrate the inauguration of their new president.
Continue reading ‘Obamagala Lifts Movers & Shakers’ Inhibitions’
by | Jan 20, 2009 2:04 pm | Comments (4)
As a new president took the oath of office, an eighth grader with big dreams raised her hand in Fair Haven and recited the words along with him.
by | Jan 9, 2009 12:36 pm | Comments (6)
Luvena Leslie took a break from snipping hair, opened her email box, and found a note from her senator: “Congratulations!” Out of over 10,000 people who applied for tickets to the presidential inauguration, she was among the few to be chosen.
by | Nov 5, 2008 2:35 pm | Comments (1)
And that “Bradley effect”? Didn’t happen.
by | Nov 4, 2008 11:35 pm | Comments (5)
(Updated Wednesday 8:58 a.m.) New Haven voted in a tidal wave for America’s first black president — then erupted in joy at a downtown celebration.
by | Nov 4, 2008 7:08 pm | Comments (0)
In downtown New Haven, phone-bankers of all ages pull voters — in Iowa. Melissa Bailey reports.
• 1 Ciabatta, 1 Vote: Allan Appel interviews Uncle Sam.
• Sighted: New Haven McCainiacs!
by | Nov 4, 2008 5:03 pm | Comments (37)
(Updated) Thousands of New Haveners began lining up at dawn — and out the door of polling places — to, as Southern student Kyana Williams (pictured at left ) put it, be a part of history. Betty Cordoza (top photo), 82, waited over an hour to cast her vote at the Berger Apartments in West River.
by | Nov 3, 2008 2:38 pm | Comments (2)
In a final debate, “Barack Obama” — aka Ecuadorian-born Edwin Matute — made his most passionate case to date in favor of immigrants and universal health care.
by | Oct 16, 2008 1:31 pm | Comments (8)
Good thing for John McCain that he didn’t call on New Haven‘s Joe The Plumber to try to resuscitate his presidential campaign.
by | Oct 5, 2008 6:09 pm | Comments (2)
By Aaron Zelinsky
Memo to McCain: Look your opponent in the eye.
by | Sep 10, 2008 3:34 pm | Comments (4)
As their candidate slips in the polls in the shadow of the GOP’s rising female star, New Haven’s Women for Obama are gearing up to influence the presidential race by employing a “one-on-one” personal touch.
by | Sep 8, 2008 8:38 am | Comments (1)
It was an historic day when 1,500 people from Greater New Haven and beyond rallied at Hamden Middle School to launch Connecticut’s fall Obama campaign. Click on the play arrows for video highlights.
by | Sep 4, 2008 2:30 pm | Comments (79)
Republicans in Minneapolis wore “Hoosiers for the Hot Chick“ buttons to greet the country’s potential first female vice-president. In New Haven, a Congresswoman who fights to advance women in politics was less enamored.
by | Sep 3, 2008 12:25 am | Comments (24)
(News analysis) His party loves him after all. It’s just not the party that first elected him to the U.S. Senate.
by | Aug 29, 2008 12:23 pm | Comments (0)
The Democratic National Convention was a mixture of politics and socializing with old friends, like Rev. Jesse Jackson, who wandered past the Connecticut delegation and met up with state AFL-CIO President John Olsen.
by | Aug 29, 2008 12:17 pm | Comments (1)
Denver — By the time Obama took the stage, a grandson of Mexican immigrants had found a way to make a living again — and to sneak past security to hear a story that sounded like his own.
by | Aug 29, 2008 8:23 am | Comments (7)
If Kiara Wells were old enough to vote, she’d choose Barack Obama. At least she did get to stay up to watch the speech — and share an historic moment with a roomful of social-change activists in Fair Haven.
by | Aug 28, 2008 12:39 pm | Comments (6)
Denver — “He needs to be stripped of his party membership, and it needs to happen right away,” declared a furious freshman legislator, five days before U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman was set to take stage at the Republicans’ national confab.
by | Aug 28, 2008 8:18 am | Comments (24)
Denver — A mixed message from Hillary Clinton in a last-minute personal pitch left Connecticut delegates like New Haven State Rep. Juan Candelaria (pictured) ambivalent, and ultimately divided over whom to back for president at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday.
by | Aug 27, 2008 10:00 pm | Comments (1)
Denver — Connecticut’s lone female U.S. representative took center stage Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention, as delegates from the Nutmeg state (pictured) waved signs and cheered her on.
by | Aug 27, 2008 2:29 pm | Comments (0)
Hillary Clinton’s big night at the DNC convention prompted a last-minute stampede for seats inside the Denver Pepsi Center. Arena entrances were closed due to capacity, sending fans peering behind curtains or huddling around TV screens. Click above for a slide-show.
by | Aug 27, 2008 2:07 pm | Comments (0)
Denver — Nursing a convention hangover at a dizzying altitude, Connecticut delegates plugged into an oxygen tank to recharge for another day at the political carnival.
by | Aug 27, 2008 8:49 am | Comments (0)
Hillary Clinton’s big speech at the Democratic Convention brought a last-minute stampede of Democrats scrambling for seats. Staff blocked entrances to the arena, sending fans crowding around doorways and TV screens. See Melissa Bailey’s photo essay here.
by | Aug 27, 2008 8:48 am | Comments (4)
One studied the city; the other schmoozed fellow pols over dim sum. Stories here & here.
• GOP Could Have Scripted This Bar Talk
• Cops To Protesters: More Of A Show, Please
• Mayors Plead For COPS; Rosa, Malloy Come Prepared; Larson Gives Up Tix
by | Aug 26, 2008 1:24 pm | Comments (16)
Denver — Independent team convention coverage:
• Republicans supplied the booze. Disgruntled Dems loyal to Hillary Clinton supplied the anti-Obama vitriol. Story.
• Cops To Protesters: More Of A Show, please
• Mayors To Nominees: Bring Back COPS
• Rosa, Malloy Come Prepared
• Larson Gives Up Speech Tix