Southern Politics

December 16, 2008 - The head of the National Governor's Association sounded the alarm this week about the catastrophic economic conditions states are facing today: States face their worst fiscal challenge in25 years as the national recession could punch a $200 billion hole instate budgets over the next two years [...] For the first time in 25 years, states expect to see a

December 15, 2008 - So far, President-elect Barack Obama has announced 15 picks for his new administration's Cabinet. And to date, not one is from a Southern state.

December 1, 2008 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 36 No. 3/4, "A New Day for the South?" Find more from that issue here.

December 1, 2008 - The 2008 elections revealed that the South is rapidly changing and a key political battleground. Then why are pundits saying it’s time to write off the region?

November 18, 2008 - As we've noted, the major media's analysis about what the 2008 elections mean for the South has been predictable -- and predictably thin -- so far.

October 14, 2008 - Three weeks from Election Day -- which Southern states are in play for the presidential election?

October 2, 2008 - North Carolina's Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Kay Hagan, is a robo-call