Thousands of journalists including myself spent the evening in Nashville, Tennessee covering the second Presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama. More than anything else, I was stru...
On October 7th, Belmont University in Nashville, TN will play host to the second Presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama. The format will be town hall style, where regular citize...
It's been less than three weeks since John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his running mate, but she has dominated the news since that time. The self-described "hockey mom" to five children, moose-hunte...
Meet Alex McVeagh. He first became interested in politics during the 2000 Presidential election as an 8th grader. He was drawn to what he saw as a different kind of candidate in John McCain. Of cours
It’s true, young people don’t care about elections. They don’t vote. Even in this supercharged election cycle, young people don’t even know who the candidates are, when the elections are held and w...
In Nashville, a small but dedicated group of anti-war activists took to the streets in downtown's honky tonk district (and there was plenty of honking going on not related to the traditional count...
Now that Barack Obama is the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party, I thought I'd talk to some local supporters about his campaign. Steve Turner, age 25, is a community organizer and Obama suppor...
Last weekend I attended the Green Party's Tennessee Nominating Convention. I didn't find a lavish affair, a swarm of lobbyists, or a bunch of fat cat power brokers. What I did find was a...
This week, the annual Nashville Film Festival got into full swing. While the festival offers films of all varieties, the documentaries in this year’s festival are numerous and incredibly well att...
Last week on Super Tuesday, MTV Street Team members in states with primaries or caucuses hit the streets to speak with young people about the election. Armed with video cell phones, our footage was...