2008 Race for the White House

Yes, I Can

David Suissa | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Suissa

People didn't just pick sides. They dug their heels into mud and barely moved. Unless you were surrounded by like-minded people where you could just pile on, you had short conversations.

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McCain Wants to Help The Country. And, Soften the Beating He's Taking in Polls.

Elon James White | Posted 05.25.2011

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Elon James White

McCain is playing a very strange game in this 2008 Election. His campaign strategists are keeping everyone on their toes with the cancellation of one of the most anticipated debates in history.

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The End of the Conservative Era

Allan Lichtman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Allan Lichtman

Conservatives cannot reconcile their historic opposition to social engineering with their backing for one of the most ambitious social engineering ventures in US history: the reconstruction of Iraq.

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Michigan Represents Romney's Last Stand

Atlantic | Marc Ambinder | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michigan will be Mitt Romney's last stand; his advisers are cautiously optimistic. They know McCain has a built-in advantage because independents won'...

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Romney Campaign Pulls All TV Ads In South Carolina, Florida

AP | JIM KUHNHENN and GLEN JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has decided to pull his advertising from South Carolina and Florida, in a sign of trouble for a campaign...

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Watch: Clinton, Obama Make The Rounds On Morning TV

InsideCable | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton made the rounds of the cable news networks this morning. Both appeared on FNC's Fox and Friends and CNN's Am...

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Barack Obama: "We're Ready For The Rough And Tumble"

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama talked of introducing some Chicago smackdown to his politics of hope Wednesday, seeking a rebound after Hillary Rodham Clinton grasped v...

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Obama: Clinton Took Liberties With My Statements

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama accused Bill Clinton of twisting some of his early remarks on the Iraq war in a speech the former president gave the night before the New...

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Shocking Ron Paul Letters Unearthed

The New Republic | James Kirchick | Posted 05.25.2011

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If you are a critic of the Bush administration, chances are that, at some point over the past six months, Ron Paul has said something that appealed to...

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Huckabee Adviser Clarifies Remark About Homosexuality And Necrophilia: They're Both "Aberrant Behavior," But They're At "Opposite Ends Of The Spectrum"

Talking Points Memo | Greg Sargent | Posted 05.25.2011

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Oh, man. One of Mike Huckabee's chief advisers has just attempted to clarify the Arkansas Governor's apparent equating of homosexuality and necrophili...

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Cynthia McKinney Launches Green Party Presidential Bid

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cynthia McKinney formally launches her Green Party campaign in a Web video. "The Republicans have deceived us, the Democrats have failed us," she say...

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A Christmas Card From Mike Huckabee

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011

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Is this what we have to look forward to if Mike Huckabee becomes President Huckabee? The matching outfits really is a nice touch, though. Rounds the...

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Did Romney Speech On Religion Flop? Gallup Poll Finds Large Numbers Still Won't Vote For A Mormon

Editor and Publisher | Posted 05.25.2011

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A new Gallup Poll finds that better than one in six Americans, including similar numbers of Republicans and Democrats, indicate they would not support...

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Bill Clinton: Bush Sr Will Help President Hillary

CNN | Peter Hamby | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former President Bill Clinton said Monday that the first thing his wife Hillary will do when she reaches the White House is dispatch him and his prede...

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GOP Councilman In Iowa Calls Mormonism A Cult

ABC News | Jake Tapper | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Mormon faith of presidential candidate Mitt Romney continues to receive scrutiny and criticism in ways that would likely not be so vocally aimed a...

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Romney: Eliminate Some Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs To Lower National Debt

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011

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During the Republican debate in Iowa today, Gov. Mitt Romney responded to a question about how he would lower the national debt: "We don't have to run...

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Democrats Debate In Iowa

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democratic presidential rivals called for higher taxes on the wealthiest Americans and on some corporations Thursday and said any thought of balancin...

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Report: Clinton Campaign Insiders Doubting 'Cautious, Poll-Driven' Guru Mark Penn

Newsday | GLENN THRUSH | Posted 05.25.2011

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On the eve of the final Iowa debate before the Jan. 3 caucuses, Clinton campaign insiders are increasingly questioning the cautious, poll-driven appro...

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Fred Thompson Gives Up In New Hampshire

CNN | Rebecca Sinderbrand | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fred Thompson has decided to abandon the Granite State, and will campaign in Iowa full-time until the January 3 caucuses. The former Tennessee senat...

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Romney Tears Up Over Dead Soldier: I Imagined It Was One Of My Sons

AP | GLEN JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mitt Romney's eyes filled with tears Monday as the Republican presidential contender recalled watching the casket of a soldier killed in Iraq return t...

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Romney's (Almost) Dean Scream Speech

MSNBC | Erin McPike | Posted 05.25.2011

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If anything is certain about the GOP presidential primary, it's that Romney really, really wants to win Iowa. Desperately. After hitting a post-deba...

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Romney Donated $10K To National Review Group Before Receiving Mag's Endorsement

New York Times | DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the months before announcing his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts contributed tens of thous...

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Young Activists Furious With Clinton, Dodd Over Remarks On College Students

Politico | Ben Adler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Many youth activists are furious with the campaigns of Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) for suggesting that college stud...

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Clinton Co-Chairman In NH Warns Obama Will Be Attacked On Past Drug Use

Washington Post | Alec MacGillis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Billy Shaheen, the co-chairman of Hillary Clinton's campaign in New Hampshire, raised the issue of Sen. Barack Obama's past admissions of drug use in ...

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Offshore Tax Shelters Factor Into Romney's Business Success

LA Times | Bob Drogin | Posted 05.25.2011

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While in private business, Mitt Romney utilized shell companies in two offshore tax havens to help eligible investors avoid paying U.S. taxes, federal...

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