October 27, 2008 -
        
  
        Federal agents have broken up a plot allegedly hatched by two neo-Nazi skinheads from Tennessee and Arkansas to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, the Associated Press reports.
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        October 27, 2008 -
        
  
        Some pundits would like to see the Voting Rights Act done away with -- particularly its provisions mandating special oversight of most Southern states because of their history of racially motivated vote
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        October 27, 2008 -
        
  
        A New York Times editorial today touches on an issue we've been covering at Facing South over the last few weeks: the 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        October 27, 2008 -
        
  
        We reported last week on the serious problem with long lines being reported at early voting sites across the South, even though election offic
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        October 27, 2008 -
        
  
        Eight days to go ... what's happening in the Southern states in the presidential race? Here's the latest Facing South Southern Swingability Index (TM):  SOUTHERN SWINGABILITY RANKINGS as of 10/27* 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        October 24, 2008 -
        
  
        A big THANK YOU to all the Facing South readers who have 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        October 24, 2008 -
        
  
        The Gainesville Sun reports on how Florida's new "no-match" rule is affecting students at the University of Florida: