Research Guides: Campaigns & Elections

Introduction
On the main Research Guide to Politics are lists of periodical databases that the Ithaca College Library subscribes to and other library resources widely related to politics. On this page are web resources that are more specific to campaigns and elections plus media coverage of politics. For the most part the resources are freely available without subscription. Political viewpoints from both sides of the aisle are listed, although discretion was used in selecting the sites. Since there is an increasing blur between the lines between established journals, online journals, and blogs, all are listed. For less than current articles of journals and magazines, you may be better searching the periodical databases found on the main Research Guide to Politics.
Campaign Politics
CQWeekly$ has merged with RollCall$, but CQPolitics & Political Wire continue. Talking Points Memo is Josh Marshall's investigative (& liberal) daily blogzine. Crooks & Liars is best known for its liberal bent & political video clips. Democratic Underground includes news, discussion forums, and bloglike journals.
Daily Kos (the most visited lefty blog) has strong coverage of campaign politics. National Journal$'s Hotline is only one of its several political blogs. Politics Daily, from AOL, is also the current home of not quite daily David Corn. Conservative Real Clear Politics links to news & opinion from various viewpoints.
Swing State Project, concentrates on congressional races. The Raw Story calls itself an alternative news nexus. Politico -- exemplar of post-print journalism or Republican shill? Washington Independent from Center for Independent Media.
News & Opinion from Main Stream Media
Newspapers & News Magazines: Washington Post: Politics | McClatchy | New York Times: Politics & Freakonomics | Swamp (Tribune papers) | WSJ (Washington Wire) | Time$: ThePage | USN&WR$: Washington Whispers | Economist$ (Democracy In America) | Politics-Line | NewsLink TV & Radio: NPR: Politics & Political Junkie | Public NewsRoom, via WEOS and WSKG | C-SPAN | ABC News: Politics, The Note & Jake Tapper's Political Punch | CBS News: Politics | MSNBC: Politics & FirstRead | CNN: Politics | FoxNews | Comedy Central's Indecision | Democracy Now | AirAmerica | Christian Broadcasting Network's Brody File
Cartoonists: Tom Toles & Daryl Cagle (with more links) Wire Service generated news: Yahoo News | Google News
Online versions of liberal magazines: Washington Monthly$'s Political Animal; The Nation$; American Prospect$; The Progressive; Harper's$; New Yorker's Hendrik Hertzberg, In These Times & MotherJones$ (Kevin Drum) Online versions of conservative & libertarian magazines: National Review$ (The Corner); American Conservative (Eunomia); Human Events$ (Right Angle); Weekly Standard$ & Reason$ (Hit and Run).
Online-only 'zines that aren't specifically focused on politics: Huffington Post, Salon.com, Daily Beast, Slate. Across the political spectrum: The Atlantic's Voices & New Republic$'s The Plank.
International coverage: Reuters | BBC News | The Guardian: USA | The Independent: Americas | CBC News | Globe and Mail International | Agence France Presse (AFP) | Al-Jazeera English New York State news sites: Ithaca Journal | Ithaca Action Network | The Albany Project | Syracuse Post Standard | Finger Lakes Times$ | FingerLakes1 | Rochester D & C | Albany Times-Union's Capital Confidential
Political Blogs
Progressive blogs: BalloonJuice, OpenLeft, Democratic Strategist, MyDD, TalkLeft, Eschaton (Atrios) Hullabaloo, AmericaBlog, Washington Note, FireDogLake & DragonFlyEye

Alternative news & opinion collectives: Leftyblogs: NY, ThinkProgress (Yglesias), AlterNet, TruthDig, Common Dreams, CredoAction, TomPaine.common sense & TruthOut.

Specially focused blogs: BradBlog [voting rights], BeliefNet's political blogs, Gristmill [environment], BAGNewsNotes [photoblog], Centerfield [centrist blogs] Rightwing blogs & collectives: TownHall.com, Cato @ Liberty, Free Republic, NextRight, Outside the Beltway, Hot Air, Cold Hearted Truth, Patterico & Drudge Report.
Media Issues
Fact Checkers: Annenberg Center's FactCheck & St. Petersburg Times/CQ's PoliFact. Media Matters attempts to "correct conservative misinformation in the U.S. media." Also found here is Eric Alterman's Altercation.
In The Daily Howler Bob Somerby is frequently outraged with political media coverage. Stanford collects presidential campaign ads, as does Living Room Candidate. techPresident covers political use of the web.
Editor and Publisher, CJRDaily & Romenesko monitor news reporting and political commentary. Media Research Center (CyberAlerts) & Newsbusters have the mission to expose the liberal media bias.