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What You Can Do (To Help Obama Win)

Jack Helmuth | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

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Jack Helmuth

Well, it depends on who you are. Here are some ideas for all sorts of people, of which you must certainly be one.

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Smells Like Republican Schadenfreude

Kamala Lopez | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

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Kamala Lopez

I feel very very ashamed of what we, as Americans, have come to accept as "all's fair" in this craven fight to win.

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McCain/Palin's Militia Politics

Bob Ostertag | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics

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Bob Ostertag

What is truly dangerous is how the garbage spewed out by the McCain/Palin campaign is such ideal fodder for the paranoia that was the meat-and-potatoes of the militia movement.

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Abe the Accountant

Bruce Tenenbaum | Posted 11.16.2008 | Business

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Bruce Tenenbaum

Since neither candidate this year is suggesting the complete elimination of taxes, the best we can hope for is that they tax us equitably.

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Ohio GOP Still Chasing Undecideds; Dems Making Sure Supporters Pull The Lever

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.16.2008 | Home

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Diane Tucker

The GOP must believe it can make inroads into Youngstown's urban community, because this month the second-biggest buy on the city's hip-hop air waves was made by the Mahoning County Republican Party.

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Is Obama's Win Now "Inevitable"? I Hope Not

Nathaniel Bach | Posted 11.16.2008 | Home

Read More: Bill Kristol, Hugh Hewitt, Inevitability, Breaking Politics News, Third Presidential Debate, Hillary Clinton, Presidential Debates, Barack Obama, Offthebus, Obama Inevitable, Obama Kristol, Obama Debate, Mccain Debate, Obama Victory 2008, Obama Hewitt, Home News
Nathaniel Bach

Can our first black candidate for president really ever rise to the level of being inevitable? Maybe. But if we're smart, we (and the Obama campaign) must resist that label.

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The Assassination of John McCain by the Coward John McCain

Seth Grahame-Smith | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

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Seth Grahame-Smith

McCain the straight-talker slain by McCain the smear-monger. McCain the hero murdered by McCain the panderer. McCain the maverick bludgeoned by McCain the sneering, sniveling race baiter.

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McCain, Palin: Demonizing the Poor

Bob Ostertag | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

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Bob Ostertag

Who is at fault? The poor, of course! They forced those nice bankers to write all those mortgages at usurious rates! Probably forced them into those golden parachutes as well. Bolsheviks all!

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McCain: Stop the "Hate Talk Express"

Karen Russell | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

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Karen Russell

We just don't have time and energy for the low road. There is just too much at stake.

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Respect Our Vote: College Democrats Launch Nationwide Campaign to Protect Students' Rights

Katie Naranjo | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Youth Vote, College Student, Voter Empowerment, College Democrats, Breaking Politics News, Young Voters, Students, College, Barack Obama, Politics News
Katie Naranjo

While Senator Obama continues to build a relationship between the youth and the political process, it is up to us to voice our vote in the most important election of our lifetime.

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News Flash: Palin Reads a Newspaper, Now Qualified for VP

Bob Ostertag | Posted 11.05.2008 | Media

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Bob Ostertag

Even with this sudden move to the political center, Palin sought to reassure her supporters on the right by completely misunderstanding the Times article she was referring to.

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Obama and Afghanistan: Danger Danger Danger

Bob Ostertag | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

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Bob Ostertag

The situation in Pakistan and Afghanistan is rapidly unraveling, and presidential campaigns can't evolve policy at the same rate as an administration without seeming to "flip-flop."

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The Shamelessness of the Republican Jewish Coalition

Ira Forman | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

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Ira Forman

The 2008 presidential campaign will be remembered as a year in which the McCain campaign and its GOP supporters reached new depths of cynicism when at...

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A Great American Statesman

Bob Ostertag | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

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Bob Ostertag

It is a rare moment in the history of statesmanship when a leader rises to the occasion on the global stage of human events with such eloquence that there is really nothing more to say.

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McCain's "Mission Accomplished" Stunt

Max Bergmann | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

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Max Bergmann

McCain decided to stage his own "mission accomplished" stunt and has completely torpedoed a potential deal. Of course, this was by design, because McCain has to be seen as the guy who brought Republicans on board.

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What Else Would President McCain Postpone in a Crisis?

Seth Grahame-Smith | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

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Seth Grahame-Smith

Lincoln ran for office during the Civil War. Reagan ran at the height of the Cold War. Bush ran with two wars raging in Afghanistan and Iraq. But McCain can't run during a crisis on Wall Street?

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Older and Younger Voters Will Send Protest Vote on Economy

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 10.20.2008 | Home

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Jennifer Donahue

Both age groups are looking at terrifyingly low numbers in their savings account. Neither group is looking at employment in well-paying industries anytime soon. And they both distrust the establishment.

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Not a Gaffe? McCain Campaign Willing to Destroy Relationship with Spain, Europe to Conceal Confusion

Max Bergmann | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

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Max Bergmann

This gaffe would seem to have very significant implications. Not knowing who the leader of Spain was or thinking Spain was in Latin America would not really be shocking coming from his running mate, but McCain has run on his foreign policy expertise.

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War over Transdniestria?

Max Bergmann | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

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Max Bergmann

So let me get this straight: if Russia finds itself in a war over another frozen conflict, we will go to war? Does Sarah Palin understand the danger of that statement?

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The Divided States of America: One Nation Under Two Gods

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

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Michelle Haimoff

These diametrically opposed, partisan visions of America can never be reconciled because both parties feel that they are fundamentally saving the other party from itself.

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The Man Who Called His Wife a "C--t" Cries "Sexism!"

Seth Grahame-Smith | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics

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Seth Grahame-Smith

The man who joked about Chelsea Clinton being "ugly" cries "offensive!" The man who can't remember how many houses he owns cries "elitist!" And America eats it up.

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There Will Be Blood: Obama Supporters React to Palin's Speech

Seth Grahame-Smith | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

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Seth Grahame-Smith

Maybe Sarah Palin really did hit one out of the park last night. Or maybe, as I believe, she simultaneously enthralled Evangelicals and raised another $25M for Barack Obama.

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Palin Perpetuates Politics of the Past

Joe Vogel | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

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Joe Vogel

The Palins, Roves and Hannitys of the world remind us the politics of the past -- of cynicism, manipulation, and fear -- still have many devoted disciples and even more drones.

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McCain Risks Becoming the Anti-Science Candidate

Lawrence M. Krauss | Posted 10.03.2008 | Green

Read More: Science, Breaking Politics News, John McCain, Presidential Politics, Green News
Lawrence M. Krauss

The biggest blow to one's confidence in John McCain's commitment to sound science came last week with his choice of running mate.

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8 Reasons Sarah Palin is More Qualified than Barack Obama

Seth Grahame-Smith | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

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Seth Grahame-Smith

She's exactly the kind of leader America needs: the kind that will always put country first -- even if that country happens to be The Republic of Alaska.

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