Kate Sheppard

I’m with Dana on the skepticism about the new Brookings Institution study of walkability. While I’m pleased to see a trend toward a greater number of walkable areas in cities, any study that leaves out the less-affluent neighborhoods can’t give a very good read of an entire city. Walkability should be based on the ease […]

Today’s dispatch from HillaryHUB included this bit on Obama‘s “present” votes in the Illinois State Senate, drawn from her speech yesterday: Now, there’s been a lot of talk about yes or no answers to complex questions. But most people don’t know that for legislators who don’t want to take a stand, there’s a third way […]

Hillary Clinton pollster Mark Penn says their attack on Barack Obama‘s kindergarten-era presidential ambitions was just a joke. Well, I was laughing, but I think it was more in the “laughing at them” category than “laughing with them.” Consider me skeptical. I’m guessing they saw how poorly it played and are trying to find an […]

The The Clinton campaign recently created HillaryHUB, a division of their website that portends to be “The Straight Scoop on Election ’08.” This is where they offer rebuttals to her opponents’ allegations, and sift everything through their campaign’s “truth” filters of course, and they’ve recently begun sending all the dispatches to reporters. In November, the […]

We haven’t seen him at the debates in weeks, but apparently, We haven’t seen him at the debates in weeks, but apparently, Mike Gravel is still in the running, and hosting a “mass donation day” today. From his campaign: As of today, the Gravel Campaign is right on schedule when it comes to getting Mike’s […]

In Princeton, N.J., a story about a man who was attacked by a German Shepherd has become a flash point in the debate about immigration. In June, the 85-pound dog attacked an undocumented Honduran landscaper, Giovanni Rivera, who suffered serious injuries. A judge awarded Rivera $250,000 in insurance money and ordered that the dog be […]

The latest Des Moines Register poll, conducted Nov. 25 to 28, finds Barack Obama leading in Iowa, with the support of 28 percent of likely caucus-goers. Hillary Clinton is at 25 percent, followed by John Edwards at 23 percent. Another poll, released today but conducted Nov. 7 to 25, still has Clinton in the lead […]

Via Mark Goldberg, the United Nations Development Program has released its annual Human Development Index rankings, and Iceland, Norway and Australia took the top three spots. The report ranks countries based on criteria like per capita GDP, life expectancy, per capita GDP, and the education level of its citizenry. The United States came in down […]

Hey, look, the Republicans are the ones cannibalizing their party this time! Before Rudy was answering calls from Judith, Mike Huckabee was taking calls from The Big Man in the Sky. Across the pond, the Economist thinks Obama might finally be fulfilling his initial promise. Joe Biden thinks one of the frontrunners is going to […]

An announcement was just made at the DNC meeting that there is a hostage situation at An announcement was just made at the DNC meeting that there is a hostage situation at Hillary Clinton‘s campaign office in Rochester, New Hampshire. Here’s the latest I can find on the internet. The senator is going to miss […]