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Friday, 23 May 2008 1
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John McCain is a weddings-and-funerals Christian and taking the endorsement of Pastor Hagee was simply a bit of obeisance to the Christian right, writes Guy Rundle.
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Thursday, 22 May 2008 8
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Hillary has to take down Obama's high-profile supporters. Assassination is one thing but how the hell did she give Ted Kennedy a brain tumour? Guy Rundle writes.
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Wednesday, 21 May 2008 1
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Barack Obama came out on the steps of the statehouse of Des Moines Iowa tonight. Here, almost six months ago, he landed his first big upset win, reports Guy Rundle.
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Tuesday, 20 May 2008 7
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It's like waiting in for the electrician. Nothing interesting is going to happen but nothing else can be done until the bell rings, writes Guy Rundle.
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Monday, 19 May 2008 10
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Last week's California Supreme Court decision on gay marriage hit on a couple of big news days and Americans are beginning to realise what a bombshell it is, writes US correspondent Guy Rundle.
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Friday, 16 May 2008 1
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Dubya was probably always going to be the only person who could unite the Democrats, writes Guy Rundle.
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Thursday, 15 May 2008 2
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A bad dream just keeps getting worse for the Republicans in the run to election day, writes Guy Rundle.
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 2
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A realistic speech from Clinton would have been a 45 second job ... but that would be too much to hope for, writes Guy Rundle.
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 3
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Hillary Clinton is expected to easily win today's West Virginia primary but the result is going to come in the same week that Obama finally passes her in superdelegates, writes Guy Rundle.
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Monday, 12 May 2008 7
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It was Clinton's referencing of ”hardworking white people” that took her well beyond the pale, writes Guy Rundle.
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Friday, 9 May 2008 11
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What makes Hillary run? And run and run and run, wonders Guy Rundle.
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Thursday, 8 May 2008 5
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Though it still has a hefty logger and farmer population, by and large they're Republican, and this is a closed primary. Your average Oregon democrat is well, is some dude with a Celtic tattoo who recycles his own sh-t. Bama will take this state by 15%.
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Wednesday, 7 May 2008 4
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A fist to the face but not enough to stop Hillary Clinton in her tracks. Guy Rundle takes in today's primaries.
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Tuesday, 6 May 2008 0
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Hillbama is chaos, but the Republicans can take nothing for granted, writes Guy Rundle.
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Friday, 2 May 2008 4
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Amazingly there are still some people calling on Hillary Clinton to pull out of the race. Hard to think of a greater waste of breath, writes Guy Rundle.
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Thursday, 1 May 2008 3
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A gas tax holiday to stimulate the US economy. Wow! That's a bad idea right up with the best of them, writes Guy Rundle.
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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 2
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How can Obama handle the wacky Reverend Wright? Guy Rundle considers the options.
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Tuesday, 29 April 2008 2
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Americans haven't yet sorted out how the hi-tech empire they've been running for decades sits together with profoundly irrationalist faiths, writes Guy Rundle.
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Thursday, 24 April 2008 2
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We don't know what the presidential campaign is going to intersect with, but it's unlikely to be peace and prosperity, writes Guy Rundle.
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Wednesday, 23 April 2008 2
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So today, we've been waiting. Primary day is actually the worst day of coverage in the whole course of the contest, writes Guy Rundle.
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Tuesday, 22 April 2008 1
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On Good Morning America today, Hillary Clinton promised to obliterate Iran. Hillary is angling to make Golda Meir look like a part time reiki masseuse, writes Guy Rundle.
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Monday, 21 April 2008 2
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The soundbite culture has been the last bulwark between the American public and a full understanding of the Iraq disaster, since even its mildest critics barely get the chance to finish a sentence, writes Guy Rundle.
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Friday, 18 April 2008 6
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Enough already. Bring on October and get some intensity into this campaign, writes Guy Rundle.
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Thursday, 17 April 2008 0
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And now, a song, to honour Bruce Springsteen's endorsement of the big O, from Guy 'Bruce" Rundle.
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Wednesday, 16 April 2008 2
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So it looks like Obama's gaffe-gate is going to blow over, but now a new Obama controversey - Obama's father's support for African socialism. Say what? writes US correspondent Guy Rundle.
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Tuesday, 15 April 2008 4
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Hillary Clinton is promising bans on Chinese imports, if they don't adjust their currency to a level more favourable to US exporters. But would she actually follow though with that? Guy Rundle examines America's free trade conundrum.
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Monday, 14 April 2008 8
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The damage for Obama is that the quote reveals him talking about people as objects, as simply shaped by large forces beyond their control, their values mere symptoms of a larger process.
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Friday, 11 April 2008 1
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America's current airline kerfuffle should be seen not as inconvenience but as metaphor, writes Guy Rundle.
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Thursday, 10 April 2008 16
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By dint of bad planning, Crikey's US correspondent Guy Rundle is in San Francisco, watching the American response to the Olympic Torch relay unfold.
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Wednesday, 9 April 2008 4
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The Condi-for-VP movement is kicking into gear but the factors for and against such a move are so multifarious as to make the decision essentially a random one, writes Guy Rundle.
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Tuesday, 8 April 2008 0
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Hold the telegraph wire thingies, there's been a split in the Democratic Party. Well sort of, writes US correspondent Guy Rundle.
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Monday, 7 April 2008 3
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The question has been can a chick make it to the White House? And here's an obsessively thin, foodophobic type with smooth skin who's bad at sports... Jaysus. Obama is the chick. He's Bridget frikkin Jones, writes Guy Rundle.
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Thursday, 3 April 2008 3
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Whether evangelists like it or not, homeschooling is as postmodern as a post-op transgender lesbian couple breastfeeding their pet chimp, writes Guy Rundle.
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Tuesday, 1 April 2008 4
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Australia, sunny social democracy that is is, is suddenly flavor of the month for discerning Americans, writes Guy Rundle.
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Monday, 31 March 2008 7
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Rudd's tour through these parts and his joint press conference with Dubya got heavy rotation on the 24 hour networks. It was worthwatching, especially watching Dubya squirm, writes Guy Rundle.
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Friday, 28 March 2008 3
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It was never a real entity, simply a coalition of seperate fiefdoms jammed together out of common interest. What does the future hold for these people, that some call the Democrats? Guy Rundle writes.
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Thursday, 27 March 2008 1
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If you wanted to characterise the US public reaction of the Iraq War, then only a washboard rendition of Dazed and Confused would cover it, writes Guy Rundle.
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Wednesday, 26 March 2008 1
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There's no doubt now, if there ever was, that John McCain is getting an easier ride from the press, than either of the Democrats. The question is why? asks Guy Rundle.
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Tuesday, 25 March 2008 6
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it's a long time til November. Months. When you watch the Democrats it looks like years, writes Guy Rundle.
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Thursday, 20 March 2008 5
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Obama specialises in very minimal phrases that fly straight to the target. Will "not this time" join them? asks Guy Rundle.
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Wednesday, 19 March 2008 3
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The US Supreme Court's hearing of the first major reconsideration of the constitutionally-guaranteed "right to bear arms" since 1939 has been the hottest ticket in the country this week, reports Guy Rundle.
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Tuesday, 18 March 2008 3
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According to Americophiles, America is the cheerfully optimistic, forward-thrusting nation which scorns fashionable theory. Trouble is, that is news to many Americans, writes Guy Rundle.
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Monday, 17 March 2008 17
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So as with the Iraq war, goes the economy. The collapse of Bear Stearns – for that is what it is – has, in a flash, taken the economic crisis from the moral sphere into the operational, writes Guy Rundle.
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Friday, 14 March 2008 3
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The race for the Democratic nomination is getting ugly. And now Obama's connections to a militant group called The Weathermen is being investigated, writes Guy Rundle.
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Thursday, 13 March 2008 4
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Betraying his wife is not Eliot Spitzer's crime – betraying the institution of marriage is, reports Guy Rundle.
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Wednesday, 12 March 2008 8
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John Howard's in Harvard but it's governor Eliot Spitzer making news amidst a win for Obama in Mississippi, writes Guy Rundle.
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Tuesday, 11 March 2008 0
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Eliot Spitzer, Democratic governor of New York State, has been caught going deep undercover, writes Guy Rundle.
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Tuesday, 11 March 2008 5
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McCain is crossing his fingers and hoping that the surge can hold until after November 4, 2008, writes Guy Rundle.
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Monday, 10 March 2008 2
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There are still several Obamas in this race, writes Guy Rundle.
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Thursday, 6 March 2008 3
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So was it the Saturday Night Live factor? The pants suits? Something needs explaining, because Hillary's surprise triple victory in SuperTuesday II were well out of whack, writes Guy Rundle.
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Wednesday, 5 March 2008 5
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Numbers, numbers and the wild uncertainty of Texas and Ohio. Guy Rundle watches the primaries fall in Houston. Meanwhile, Crikey updates through the afternoon here.
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Tuesday, 4 March 2008 2
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"Hillary to go on past Texas". God she can't, can she? In the words of someone, forget who, yes she can, writes Guy Rundle.
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Monday, 3 March 2008 0
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Hillary is increasingly positioning herself as the mean-girl candidate against Obama's Mr Nice act. She has no choice in this, writes Guy Rundle from Austin.
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Friday, 29 February 2008 3
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The shouting of teh conservatives is no coincidence or accident – it's a way of pretending that the discourse is still conducted from the back of that flatbed outside the corner store, writes Guy Rundle from Austin, Texas.
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Thursday, 28 February 2008 1
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Last night's debate had been spoken of as Hillary Clinton's last chance. She had to win it hands-down, and drop a safe on Obama's head to really have a chance, writes Guy Rundle.
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Wednesday, 27 February 2008 3
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So, in this final stoush, Hillary is up against it. But if anyone can give her an in at the moment, it's Obama, writes Guy Rundle in Dallas.
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Tuesday, 26 February 2008 8
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Kevin Rudd's bizarre 2020 gabfest is without doubt the most anti-democratic event in Australia since the 1975 coup, writes Guy Rundle.
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Monday, 25 February 2008 6
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Ralph Nader's entry in the campaign is if nothing else a needed injection of interest, writes Guy Rundle.
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Friday, 22 February 2008 5
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The John McCain affair scandal is of great interest to the religious conservatives who would ordinarily regard the NY Times as vomited directly up from hell, writes Guy Rundle.
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Thursday, 21 February 2008 2
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Crucial to Barack Obama's success has been the degrees of separation rule – that personal charisma diminishes as the inverse power of the distance from the candidate, writes Guy Rundle.
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Wednesday, 20 February 2008 0
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With the landslide on, Hillary is putting up the fight of her life, and it would be foolish to write her off – which is presumably why all the pundits have done so, writes Guy Rundle.
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Tuesday, 19 February 2008 0
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Kosovo was the curtain-raiser for the full doctrine of 'military humanitarianism', which would come into full, dark flower in Iraq and Afghanistan, writes Guy Rundle.
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Monday, 18 February 2008 0
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Another 60% Obamaslide would hurry Hillary to burial all the faster. Obama will win his homestate of Hawaii. Obama kinda is Hawaii, the pure personification of the place, writes Guy Rundle.
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Friday, 15 February 2008 1
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It's kinda quiet. With the first lull in the primary schedule in a month, everyone is kinda wandering around, not much knowing what to say or do, writes Guy Rundle from New York.
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Thursday, 14 February 2008 0
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Hillary Clinton has three weeks to re-orient her campaign for a last push, and one can only assume that this will get very, very nasty, writes Guy Rundle in New York.
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Wednesday, 13 February 2008 1
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We're here to see Bill Clinton, writes Guy Rundle in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Tuesday, 12 February 2008 0
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There's an achingly long way to go, and both parties are their own worse enemies at this stage, writes Guy Rundle in Fairfax Virginia.
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Monday, 11 February 2008 3
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You could pretty much feel the deflation after the Mitt hit the fan, writes Guy Rundle.
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Friday, 8 February 2008 4
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Romney has suspended his candidacy, rather than withdrawn it – a technicality which means he's still in the race. What's he hoping for? Huckabee won't split the ticket. He's hoping, of course, that McCain will have a stroke before the Convention and be out of the running, and the party will have no-one else to turn to. It's a long shot, but it sounds a hell of a lot better bet than the thirty million he pissed up against the wall in his lacklustre, America's CEO, campaign, writes Guy Rundle.
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Thursday, 7 February 2008 0
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It tore across the heart of the country, ripping up everything in its path – no, it wasn't the Mike Huckabee express, it was a brace of tornados that the rest of the country barely noticed until all the votes had been counted, writes Guy Rundle in Chicago.
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Wednesday, 6 February 2008 4
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Six in the evening and there are hours to go before the polls close in the West, but the Chicago Hyatt Regency is already filling with the crowd for the Obama Super Tuesday night. Guy Rundle is there for Crikey.
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Tuesday, 5 February 2008 5
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The process is mad, a surrendering of democratic power to exactly the sort of pseudo-aristocracy the founding fathers worried about ... Guy Rundle muses on Super Tuesday and the power of endoresement.
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Monday, 4 February 2008 0
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With Super Tuesday looming, things are getting real, very real up in the race to the White House, writes Guy Rundle from Los Angeles.
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Friday, 1 February 2008 3
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"Can Romney hang in there?" was the question on everyone's lips. Wasn't that way a week ago, but that was before McCain scarfed up endorsements from Florida governor Charlie Crist, Giuliani and now Schwarzenegger, writes Guy Rundle in California.
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Thursday, 31 January 2008 3
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Huckster, Reagan, Ventura Highway and the Hotel Cailfornia. Guy Rundle goes west.
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Wednesday, 30 January 2008 1
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Miami is one uniquely sinister city, the tropical palms and soft breezes sheltering a vast army of the homeless, even in the art deco reservation of South Beach ... Guy Rundle takes in the Florida Primary.
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Tuesday, 29 January 2008 0
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Stay on the surface and Mitt Romney is a bland cipher. But dig deeper and he's not that interesting. Yep, the man is bland all the way down, writes Guy Rundle.
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Friday, 25 January 2008 0
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In Florida whilst campaigning, John McCain suggested that the US should basically free-ride on a socialised universal health care system of a country a tenth of its size. Did he just urge people to rip off Canada? Guy Rundle covers the latest electioneeering from Palm Beach.
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Thursday, 24 January 2008 6
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No candidate can do what politicians used to do – give an account of how things work, whether that be class struggle, or king and country, or whatever – which connects to what should be done. Thus the strange feeling – energy with nowehere to go – of last night's Obama "Stand For Change" rally, writes Guy Rundle in South Carolina.
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Wednesday, 23 January 2008 1
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If people in the UK or Australia are scared, millions of Americans are petrified. The Presidency is there for anyone who can project the leadership to deal with a crisis of both prosperity and equality, writes Guy Rundle.
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Tuesday, 22 January 2008 1
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This week is one when black South Carolina does get to set the agenda, providing more than 50% of Democrat primary voters, and so all three candidates are here, fired up ready to go... and give their stump speech with a few minor variations, writes Guy Rundle from Columbia, South Carolina.
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Monday, 21 January 2008 3
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Forget the folksy-bring-a-pumpkin-pie Iowa caucus – Nevada was a casino-to-casino piece of old fashioned political combat, with shop stewards effectively trying to round up the vote and point it Obama's way, writes Guy Rundle from the South Carolina Holiday Inn.
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Friday, 18 January 2008 2
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With his fixed grin – fixed it must be said by the Vietcong – and his lucky sweater, John McCain moves between the assembled ranks of the faithful in Sumter's dusty town hall, always conscious of where he stands in relation to the camera, his stiff pose suggestive to many of heroism, to me more redolent of Wallace without the Gromit. Lucky sweater, wrong trousers? writes Guy Rundle.
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Thursday, 17 January 2008 2
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Well goddamit, if Obama has a supporter in this damn state, I'm yet to find one. From Charleston, South Carolina, Guy Rundle writes.
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Wednesday, 16 January 2008 1
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With South Carolina the main act before tsunami Tuesday , your correspondent took the political temperature of one or two local taprooms, and found that, if barflies control the swing vote, Hillary would knock Obama out of the state, writes Guy Rundle from South Carolina.
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Tuesday, 15 January 2008 0
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As the US presidential race rolls on, you would be hard-pressed to find two more representative southern and northern states than South Carolina and Michigan, reports Guy Rundle from Charleston's murder stretch.
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Monday, 14 January 2008 2
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Barely noticed a few days ago, Hillary's recent comments – that Martin Luther King couldn't have done what he did without a sympathetic president, LBJ, in the White House – is perhaps not untrue, but it's kinda of the order of "that Mother Theresa... she'd be nothing without Pfizer" etc, writes Guy Rundle from South Carolina.
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Friday, 11 January 2008 1
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So it's on to the Palmetto state! South Carolina, which refuses to lower the Confederate stars and bars, the state where one third of all Africans shipped as slaves arrived in the New World, the state of Fort Sumter, where the US Civil war really began. It is this state that will prove the last real competition for the vying delegates, before February 5 -- Tsunami Tuesday -- potentially (and I emphasise potentially) delivers a slam dunk for one candidate, on one or both tickets, writes Guy Rundle.
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Thursday, 10 January 2008 7
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The New Hampshire win saves Clinton's bacon, but only because she didn't lose, writes Guy Rundle.
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Wednesday, 9 January 2008 7
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With counting underway in New Hampshire, early results are showing a clear victory for McCain - no surprises there - and a close fight between Obama and Clinton, writes Guy Rundle.
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Tuesday, 8 January 2008 8
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Hillary Clinton has been ravaged by nature's curse on women, and aged suddenly. Whatever hamlet she was in when her face fell, you would have heard it half a state away. The woman who looked the essence of vitality as First Lady now looks tired even when she's not, writes Guy Rundle.
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Monday, 7 January 2008 8
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Since it became the established first primary in 1952 (actually earlier but the details are too complicated to go into), New Hampshire has grown increasingly conscious of its role as the state that picks the candidate, though the impact of Obama's Iowa win may have finally established that idiosyncratic process as an equal king-maker.