Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about John McCain

The McCain-Palin Ticket: America’s Last Anti-Urban Campaign?

By Ben Fried | | 3 Comments
Writing for Citiwire, Brookings fellow Robert Lang asks whether the 2008 presidential contest might be the last one to openly pit rural and exurban voters against cities, which are increasingly aligned politically with inner suburbs. Lang says it depends on whether Republicans will again feel confident running the type of campaign that mocks community organizers […]

Election Anxiety Open Thread

By Ben Fried | | 4 Comments
The early returns are in from Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, where Barack Obama amassed a 15-6 advantage over John McCain. Actual state results are ages away. In the meantime, if you’d like to share transpo-related hopes, worries, and analysis about today’s election with the Streetsblog community, use this space. Recommended reading: the "Niccolo Macchiavelli" comment […]

On Election Eve, Reading the Transpo Tea Leaves

By Brad Aaron | | 2 Comments
Though we found plenty of fodder this election season, transportation policy never emerged as a consistent talking point in the presidential race. This is more than a little surprising, considering the sad state of American infrastructure and the importance of same to this country’s economic and strategic well-being. Then again, what kind of dialogue can […]

Newt Gingrich: I Vant to Suck Your Oil

By Aaron Naparstek | | 12 Comments
Before the financial meltdown severely undercut John McCain’s presidential ambitions, his campaign was giddy over the apparent success of its energy policy message: Drill, baby, drill! It is, after all, a simple sounding solution that appeals to politicians in love with the quick fix, oil companies desperate for access to new sources, and auto-dependent Americans, […]
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