U.S. Presidential Election

One Last Lecture

Meg Whitman, Republicans Sign Supreme Court Brief Supporting Gay Marriage -- Finally

At a time when stark partisanship has defined political debate, here's another sign that support for gay marriage is creeping into mainstream paradigm: A bunch of Republicans, including former California Gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman, have signed a brief declaring to the U.S. Supreme Court tha ... More >>

Obama Is President Again

Mitt Romney hasn't yet conceded, but ... it's safe to say Barack Obama will grace America with another four years as our leader. According to news outlets everywhere, Obama was reelected president after winning the battleground state of Ohio. While Romney was looking for his concession speech that h ... More >>

Partisan Breadmaking: Baking Up a President at Feel Good Bakery

This New App Might Help the Facebook Generation Give a Crap About Politics

Back in 2008, the Millennials flocked to the polls in record numbers, showing that young people actually do care about politics -- or at least more than in previous elections. And pollsters are expecting the same kind of election love from American youngsters this time around. But how exactly will t ... More >>

Debate 2012: Romney and Obama Attack, Jim Lehrer Loses Control -- the Media Room View

In case you were too busy last night mapping out your traffic route for the upcoming weekend of chaos in San Francisco, here's your recap of the presidential debates. President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney squared off inside the University of Denver's Magness Arena last n ... More >>

Good Dog, Bad Romney: PAC of Pooches to Protest Republican Candidate This Weekend

You think you're upset over how Mitt Romney's been smack-talking about the poor. Dog lovers across the Bay Area are even more disturbed by the way he treats pups.Because this is the Bay Area, where people likes dogs more than kids, a group of canines and their owners are planning to gather at the do ... More >>

Romney, Obama Rubber Halloween Masks Sales Will Reveal the Next President

When you hear Mitt Romney refer to poor people as deadbeat freeloaders, that's when you know for sure politics has gone to a whole new level of scary.The only thing that might make Romney appear more ghoulish is if he donned this kinda frightening rubber Mitt Romney Halloween mask while talking smac ... More >>

How Obama and Romney Are Presiding Over the Death of the Campaign Song

Last week in Charlotte, Bill Clinton stepped to a podium in front of his party's delegation and delivered a speech. Maybe you saw it? What I remember are words -- lots of words. Some of them wrapped around statistics, others glaring back at me like bumper stickers on chrome. Clinton's words flowed f ... More >>

Paul Ryan's Take on Marijuana: Worthless or Desperate?

Scooping up votes in swing states is how Paul Ryan serves Mitt Romney best. And what better dissatisfied liberal bloc for the Republicans to court than marijuana supporters, stunned by President Obama's total betrayal?Hence the vice presidential candidate's stance in a college town in swinging Color ... More >>

Stoners For Obama: Conservatives, Marijuana Activists Blast "Harold and Kumar" Video

Be honest: With whom would you rather knock back a cold one or pull a few tubes of your favorite Choom -- Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?Neither, clearly. The portrayal of George W. Bush as an "Alabama Kush"-puffing commander in chief in "Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay" is hands-down the m ... More >>

RNC 2012: The Seven Craziest GOP Souvenirs at the Republican National Convention

Our sister paper, the Miami New Times, descended on the Republican National Convention this week to see what things the country's right-wingers were doing and wearing. And thank God they did because now we can regale you with a slideshow of Tampa's finest moments.Tampa's rich with GOP swag this week ... More >>

Journey's Show Outside Republican Convention Is a Paying Gig, Not a Political Statement

We know they (publicly) frown on pot, gay sex, arugula, elite education, and public transportation, but apparently there is one thing from San Francisco Republicans will pay to enjoy: The Band That Sings "Don't Stop Believing," aka, Journey. The '70s power-rockers, still famous for their inescapab ... More >>

More Foreclosures in a Community Means Lower Voter Turnout, Says Study

History will eventually figure out the social implications of the foreclosure crisis -- its longterm effect on the wealth gap between minorities and white people, its role in gentrification, whether it permanently alters the popular conception of the America Dream, etc.Some early returns are in. A s ... More >>

Fear and Loathing in Tampa: A Guide to the Republican National Convention

Jenna Jameson, Queen of Porn, Endorses Mitt Romney, Incites Political Discourse

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney managed to -- literally -- sex up his campaign without even trying. It turns out that the Queen of Porn, Jenna Jameson, proudly admitted to a San Francisco reporter that she is definitely voting for Romney come election day. The Los Angeles-based porn st ... More >>

Mayor Ed Lee to Explain What's So Great About Obama's Tax Plan

Since President Obama is tied up in NYC and can't swing another trip to the left coast to shake us down for more support money, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has taken it upon himself to serve as the president's proxy. The mayor has scheduled a coffee date tomorrow with voters where he plans to explain ... More >>

Obama Officially Wins Health Care Debate

Now is the time to take back all the really mean things you have said about Justice John Roberts. The very conservative Supreme Court Justice gave us a reason to think that thing just might be okay when he not only sided with the liberal justices on Obamacare, but wrote the majority opinion upholdin ... More >>

Obama Would Be a Much Better Sugar Daddy Than Romney, Female Voters Say

One quality voters probably don't consider in their next president is whether he would make a good sugar daddy. But with so much money tossed around in presidential races, why shouldn't ladies entertain the idea? According to a new survey, they have! SeekingArrangement.com, the world's largest sugar ... More >>

Mitt Romney's Campaign Really Should Be Hooked on Phonics

If Mitt Romney's campaign has demonstrated anything to the American public since he became the Republican nominee, it's that nobody over there could win a fourth grade spelling bee. Yes, spelling might be hard for some people, but hiring a proofreader isn't, especially if you have a natural proclivi ... More >>

Another Poll Shows Marijuana Legalization Has Overwhelming Support

If only President Barack Obama was marijuana, then he'd win reelection by a landslide.Marijuana legalization enjoys a 20-point advantage in the polls among American adults, according to a recent survey Rasmussen Reports. Fifty-six percent of Americans polled support the notion of marijuana being tax ... More >>

Peter Magowan, Former Giants President, Among Romney's Top Bay Area Donors

Californians would have loved 2002 Mitt Romney. That guy was the bleeding heart who pushed universal health care in his state; the conservationist who would attack a coal plant by saying "I will not create jobs that kill people!"; a man who signed a Planned Parenthood candidate questionnaire affirmi ... More >>

Ron Paul Counts Bay Area Tech Companies Among Top Donors

This week Republican presidential cult favorite Ron Paul will campaign through California, with stops at well-known party school Chico State, as well as UCLA, and Berkeley. While the venues reflect Paul's solid and passionate base among college kids, a closer look at Paul's donor list shows that the ... More >>

Jelly Belly, Host of Rick Santorum Rally, Is Sweet on the GOP

​The Jelly Belly factory is a beacon of thriving American manufacturing -- it is also a fine choice for wholesome family outings.And considering how much former President Ronald Reagan loved jelly beans, it also seems like the perfect location for a conservative darling's presidential ca ... More >>

Mitt Romney Visits Bay Area to Get as Far Away from Obamacare Debate As He Can

​While the U.S. Supreme Court debates the constitutionality of Obamacare over in D.C., GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has made sure to keep his distance from the debate -- literally. The former Massachusetts governor, who has been criticized himself over "Romneycare," traveled some 3,000 mil ... More >>

Smut With a Smile

Santorum Gaining Ground Among California GOP Voters

​Mitt Romney, the leading contender for the GOP presidential nomination, has to watch his back among voters in California's Republican primary, according to a new poll.The poll from the Public Policy Institute of California shows that U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum is surging here, and is closing the dis ... More >>

Politically Driven

Dave Mustaine Confirms Idiocy Twice in One Week

​As you may have already heard, a couple of days ago, Megadeth's Dave Mustaine told musicradar.com that he was "hoping that whatever is in the White House next year is a Republican" (he knows politicians aren't robots right? Surely that should be a "whoever," not a "whatever"?) and gave his own ra ... More >>

Newt Gingrich to Campaign Near San Francisco: Lock Up Your Wives

​After Newt Gingrich trashed-talked the Bay Area, specifically San Francisco, we gave the  polyamorous Republican five really good reasons that he might fancy our fair city, despite the fact we are open to all things good. Of course, we didn't think he would take that as an actual invite, but ... More >>

Mitt Romney Will Win Republicans Over By Teaming Up With Nancy Pelosi

Mitt Romney is all set to be the Republican nominee for president, except for one stubborn hitch: Republican primary voters -- like most people -- don't like him, perhaps because he's actually an actor playing a presidential candidate on a soap opera in 1986. Instead, lately, lots of Republicans se ... More >>

Tea Party Princess: Victoria Jackson and the Rabid Right

Ron Paul Says He Didn't Create Offensive "China Jon" YouTube Video

GOP presidential hopeful has done some crazy shit in his past, as we've noted here before, but his campaign claims he never released this offensive YouTube video about ex-Utah Gov. Jon Hunstman, showing him dressed as the Communist leader Mao Zedong. Paul's campaign filed a lawsuit in San Francisco ... More >>

Ron Paul Is Crazy. Admit It.

​Congressman Ron Paul grabbed the lion's share of headlines among GOP presidential candidates last week, and not just because he is the latest improbable figure to challenge the inevitable nomination of Mitt Romney.The conservative Weekly Standard ran a rehash by writer James Kirchik of an article ... More >>

San Franciscans Are Not Googling "the N-Word"

Hey Barry! Guess what my constituents haven't been Googling!​In 2008, Barack Obama was the rising tide that buoyed all San Francisco ships -- at least the ones that floated a bit to the left. A massive turnout for "Hope" and "Change" -- 84 percent of a swollen turnout voted for Obama -- also led t ... More >>

Last-minute Election Laugh via MoveOn.org

Poll: Bay Area Women Think McCain would be a Sneaky Boyfriend

Shepard Fairey Gets Busted at DNC Weeks Before SF Solo Show

Party Crashers 08

Ralph Nader and running mate Matt Gonzalez are looking to make a difference in the upcoming presidential election. Early polling suggests they just might.

Obama and Bush are Like Family. Really.

Hey Obama lovers! Want to talk about Obama until your ears bleed?

Making Kerry Kerry On

What will it take to make John Kerry mad enough to speak the plain truths that will win the election?

Best New Lifestyle Term

SanFransexual

Dead Man Running

"Kucinich is, like, The normal laws of physics don't apply to me.'"

South to the Future

Fox to Air Presidential Pageant 2000

Bush vs. McCain

A shot of Texas Shrub with a Budweiser chaser

Blakk Power

San Francisco drag queen Joan Jett-Blakk aims for the presidency