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Obama's Battleground Travel Could Help Explain Lead

The Wall Street Journal | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Barack Obama, his running mate and his wife have appeared at twice as many events in swing states as their Republican counterparts, which may hel...

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Inside The Next Steps For Obama's Ohio Ground Game

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

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Though a changed Ohio elections law allowed, for the first time ever this week, the opportunity for citizens to both register and vote in one fell swo...

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Presidential Debates Ignore 12 Million Elephants in the Room, Bypass Immigration

Angela Kelley | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

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What do the economy, health care, and foreign policy have in common? They are all topics that are related to a critical issue that was not discusse...

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Has McCain Given Up On The Youth Vote?

Politico | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

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With less than a month before the November election, time is running out for Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain to win votes. After a recent push on c...

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Latinos Ready to Make the Difference in Battleground States

Arturo Vargas | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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A new survey confirms that the outcome in some of those battleground states may be decided by Latino voters turning out in record numbers.

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Battleground State Breakdown

Michael Fauntroy | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

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This is the point in a presidential election cycle when the "battleground states" -- those which are undecided and likely to be close for the rest of the contest -- begin to take shape.

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Obama Gaining Ground In Crucial States

Boston Globe | Brian C. Mooney | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

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With 31 days until the election, Democrat Barack Obama's road to the White House is widening, and Republican John McCain's electoral path is narrowing...

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McCain Could Be Forced Out Of Pennsylvania Too, Union Chief Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

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Democrats cheered on Wednesday when news broke that John McCain's campaign was abandoning Michigan, pulling down its ads and sending staffers to other...

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Why Did McCain Leave Michigan?

The Washington Independent | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

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For the past several months, the Republican and Democratic nominees for president have targeted this fading center of the Rust Belt, with its 17 elect...

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Top Obama Labor Supporter Warns: Battleground States "Extremely Volatile"

TPM.COM | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

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In an unusually candid interview, a top official for the largest union backing Obama said that internal union polling shows that the race remains much...

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Campaigns See A Wide Set Of States In Play

New York Times | PATRICK HEALY and MICHAEL COOPER | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

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Fresh from the Republican convention, Senator John McCain's campaign sees evidence that his choice of Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate is energizi...

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Obama Needs Bill Clinton

William Bradley | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics

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I'm told by Clinton associates that the former president does not have any foreign travel planned between now and the election. I think that, if Obama is to win, Clinton needs to play a very crucial role.

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Obama-Biden: A Match Made In Iowa

Beverly Davis | Posted 09.23.2008 | Home

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Obama's decision is no surprise to those of us who witnessed how well the Biden and Obama camps worked together during the Iowa caucuses. Biden's many supporters there are jumping for joy.

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McCain, Obama Tax War Sparked With New Ads (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics

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SEE UPDATE BELOW FOR NEW McCAIN RESPONSE Early on Wednesday morning, both Barack Obama and John McCain released ads focused on taxes. If the tone of...

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Two Obama Battlegrounds Not Seeing New Ad

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Barack Obama's campaign laid out a list of 18 battleground states earlier this summer, and spent money advertising in each. But the new Obama ad...

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Obama: Operation Blue Mountains

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 07.25.2008 | Home

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The ground continues to shift to Obama in deep red territory. Montana, Nebraska and the Dakotas battleground states? Believe it. Obama is on air and on the ground, and for now he is running unopposed.

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AFL-CIO Organizing Vets Against McCain In Battleground States

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The AFL-CIO is mobilizing union members who are military veterans to work against Republican presidential candidate John McCain and...

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Electoral Math, From Knucklebiter To Landslide

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

I am ready to take a look at the map and do some electoral math. Now, we're still pretty far out from Election Day, but we've got to start somewhere.

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Bill Clinton "Problem" For Obama In Battleground Polls

Washington Post | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

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One of the most interesting findings from polls conducted in the battleground states of Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Colorado is the significant...

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McCain Appears To Trail In Trio Of Battleground States

Wall Street Journal | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

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New polling shows Barack Obama leading in key states, even though he hasn't gotten a significant bump in national polling since securing the Democrati...

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Does Obama have a thing for Michigan?

Dan Treul | Posted 06.24.2008 | Home

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If Obama aims to win without having to carry Florida and Ohio, then Michigan and its 17 electoral votes will be critical, which explains the campaign's preference for staging big announcements there.

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