Project White House Happy Hour!

As we close the books on our Reality Journalism competition, we’re going to have one last Project White House Happy Hour from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 8, at Danny Baboquivari Lounge, 2910 E. Fort Lowell. Will we have concession speeches? Announcements of independent bids for the presidency? The revelation of what “CF” [...]

Sandy Whitehouse Beats Former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel!

With results nearly complete, it appears that Project White House candidate Sandy Whitehouse defeated former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel in yesterday’s Arizona presidential primary.
As of 9 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, Whitehouse had 554 votes to Gravel’s 273.
Project White House candidate Richard Grayson also outpolled Gravel, landing 287 votes.
Gravel was the only so-called “mainstream candidate” who [...]

The Winners of Project White House!

The Tucson Weekly Presidential Endorsements are out!
From the article:
It has been a dynamic month since we launched projectwhitehouse08.com, the Web site where candidates in our Reality Journalism competition have waged much of their campaigns.
More than two dozen of the 48 candidates on Arizona’s Democratic and Republican presidential-primary ballots answered our call to compete in [...]

BREAKING NEWS: World-renowned journalist endorses Obama in every state but Arizona

Writer, filmmaker, blogger and Project White House campaign strategist Dave Maass of Maassive.com has endorsed Barack Obama in every state but Arizona, where he has named Libby “Doctress Neutopia” Hubbard as his only choice in the Democratic Primary.
Read more here.

Now on YouTube: The Tucson Weekly/Access Tucson/Project White House Dark Horse Presidential Candidate Debate!

The Tucson Weekly/Access Tucson/Project White House Dark Horse Presidential Candidate Debate ‘08 continues to repeat at 8 p.m. tonight, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and next Monday on 99 Cox and 74 Comcast. But if that’s beyond your reach, the first few chapters are now on the Project White House You Tube Channel!

Readers’ Endorsement: Early Returns

You’re making your voice heard! Votes are pouring in from across the nation in the battle for the Tucson Weekly Readers’ Presidential Endorsement over at Project White House Central Polling Headquarters.
In the Republican race, Frank McEnulty has brought out the troops to take almost 75 percent of the vote, with Sean “CF” Murphy trailing in [...]

Tucson Weekly Readers’ Endorsement: Final Voting Round Underway!

Now’s your chance to cast a ballot in the final round of voting in the Tucson Weekly Readers’ Endorsement!
The final five Democrats: Sandy Whitehouse, Libby “Doctress Neutopia” Hubbard, Leland Montell, Richard Grayson and Michael Oatman.
The final five Republicans: Charles Skelley, John McGrath, Sean “CF” Murphy, Frank McEnulty and Rhett Smith.
Cast your ballot now!

Chuck See: “So I can tell you how your money’s spent”

The Economy

In this blog I have joined my cohort politicians in devising many ways to spend the government’s money. An astute reader may ask; “How are we going to pay for all this?” There is no simple answer.
At this point most politicians drop back to the two favorite phrases when addressing the economy: [...]

Tucson Weekly Readers’ Endorsement Run-Off!

With ties in both the Johnson Division and the Udall Division in first round of voting in the Tucson Weekly Readers’ Endorsement, Project White House Polling Central HQ is announcing a run-off election that will wrap up at noon Friday, Jan. 25.
In the Johnson Division, Leland Montell and Tish Haymer both captured 35 percent of [...]

Breaking News: PWH Voting Goes Haywire!

An electronic glitch in the vote-counting software caused polls in the Tucson Weekly Readers’ Endorsement race to close an hour ahead of schedule.
The so-called DST Bug, which evidently failed to account for Arizona’s refusal to participate in Daylight Savings Time, shut down voting at 11 a.m. Tuesday morning instead of noon.
The precise impact is unknown, [...]