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Sarah Palin: Thomas Eagleton, the Sequel

Richard Gizbert | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palin Troopergate, Thomas Eagleton, McCain Palin, Palin Bridge to Nowhere, Troopergate, Sarah Palin Pregnancy Scandal, Palin Withdraws, Sarah Palin Thomas Eagleton, Sarah Palin Vice President, George Mcgovern, Sarah Palin Pregnant Daughter, Palin Drops Out, Palin Eagleton, Palin Pregnancy, Sarah Palin, Palin Trooper Scandal, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News

I'm going to break a self imposed rule that says always allow breaking news to settle before deciding what it means and predict Sarah Palin will withdraw from the Republican ticket.

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The Poetry Of A Political Speech

John Lundberg | Posted 08.31.2008 | Living

Read More: Gerald Ford, William Butler Yeats, Barack Obama, Speeches, Politicians, Michelle Obama, George Mcgovern, Living News

Presidential nomination acceptance speeches surely aim to create great quotes, not to repeat them. So I should have figured that when I went digging ...

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DNC Memorable Moments (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 08.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, Dnc, Bill Clinton, Dan Rather, Al Gore, Barack Obama, George Mcgovern, Politics News

Political conventions never fail to make headlines --especially these days when headline grabbing seems to be their primary purpose-- but long after t...

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McGovern To Obama: In Choosing VP, First Do No Harm

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

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Former Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern has a piece of advice for Barack Obama in his search for a vice president: first and foremost...

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Hunter Thompson Would Have Been for Obama

Darrell Hartman | Posted 06.29.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Tom Wolfe, Gonzo Journalism, Barack Obama, Hunter Thompson, Hunter S. Thompson, Hubert Humphrey, George Mcgovern, Movies, Entertainment News

Documentarian Alex Gibney, who, after making a film about Thompson for the last two and a half years, says he feels pretty confident declaring Obama would have been Thompson's man.

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John McCain's Experience = Confused and Old

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Rovian, Campaign, Mccain, Obama, Democratic Primary Electability, Barack Obama, Primaries, Clinton, John Kerry, Read More: 2008 Election, Democratic Nomination, Breaking Politics News, Clintonistas, General Election, Hillary Clinton, George Mcgovern, Hillalry Clinton, Political Jujitsu, Politics News

"Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds." - Henry Adams This is not going to be a...

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Clinton Camp Hammers Obama Over Popular Vote, Raises Specter Of McGovern

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Howard Wolfson, Barack Obama, 1972, Popular Vote Argument, Hillary Clinton, George Mcgovern, Politics News

Politico's Mike Allen reports that the Clinton campaign continues to hammer the argument over Clinton's alleged popular vote lead: Howard Wolfson tel...

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Moving Clinton's Goalposts, Again

Martin Nolan | Posted 05.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: 1968 Democratic National Convention, Florida, Zimbabwe, Harold Ickes, Chicago, Billy Wilder, George Mcgovern, Barack Obama, Hubert Humphrey, Eugene McCarthy, Edward Kennedy, George Wallace, Hillary Clinton, 1968 Democratic National Cpnvention, Robert Mugabe, Robert Kennedy, Politics News

Hillary Clinton and her inventive mathematicians see a parallel between Robert Mugabe and George McGovern, who won the 1972 presidential nomination while losing the popular vote.

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Has Hillary Clinton Given Up: She's Placed No TV Ads Yet in Montana and South Dakota, Whereas Obama Appears on TV Every Few Minutes

Michael Russnow | Posted 05.20.2008 | Media

Read More: Al Gore, John McCain, South Dakota Primary, Montana, Montana Primary, Wyoming, Michael Russnow, John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, George Mcgovern, Joe Biden, South Dakota, Tv Ads, Primary States, Barack Obama, Media News

The overwhelming presence of Obama in the broadcast media of South Dakota and Montana presupposes that Hillary has given up any serious chance to win these two primaries.

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How Wright Rant Helped Obama

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Mcgovern, Adlai Stevenson, Hillary Clinton, Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama, Politics News

I'll take a stab at why my Indiana prediction was wrong, continuing to use the metaphors that seem appropriate to the basketball-mad states of Indiana and North Carolina.

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George McGovern and Bill Clinton: the State of the Friendship

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, George Mcgovern, Lincoln Bedroom, Gary Hart, Tom Daschle, Politics News

George McGovern endorsed Obama today, forsaking his old friend Hillary and, in particular, his dear friend Bill. Is this another Clinton relationship fraying at the edges?

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Message to Hillary (And the DNC): Win Indiana, And You're in the Money

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Blue Collar, The DNC, Youth Vote, Male, White House, Rural Voters, Barack Obama, Black Voters, Presidential Race, White, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, George Mcgovern, Indiana Primary, Politics News

A Clinton win among Democrats in the parts of Indiana that most resemble the rest of mid-America is irrefutable proof that she can go toe to toe with the GOP with these voters.

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Political Jujitsu: Clinton and Obama Duke it Out.

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

Political jujitsu at its best. You take the opponent's best issue and flip it. . When you see the force coming at you, you redirect your opponent's ...

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Obama and the New Politics

Larry Abrams | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Politics, Barack Obama, George Mcgovern, Politics News

Obama's campaign is not first time "New Politics" have been invoked in the Democratic party -- another example is the nomination of George McGovern in 1972.

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Is Pennsylvania a Microcosm of America?

Andy Ostroy | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pennsylvania Primary, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Barack Obama, George Mcgovern, Politics News

Are the Democrats once again ready to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory? In Obama, there is a real danger that the party sends to the general election another George McGovern.

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New Republic: Obama's Coalition Shifting From Moderates To McGovern-esque

The New Republic | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Mcgovern, The New Republic, Obama Moderates, Obama Coalition, Barack Obama, George Mcgovern, Politics News

Hillary Clinton won a decisive ten-round decision over Barack Obama in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary, but she didn't score a knockout. The struggl...

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What Obama Owes Bill Clinton

Jordan Michael Smith | Posted 03.31.2008 | Home

Read More: Bill Clinton, Clinton, Racism, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Republicans, Race, Democrats, Barack Obama, Offthebus, Democrats Crime Policy, Chain Reaction, GOP Race Issue, Democratic Party Welfare Issue, Democrats Race Policy, George Mcgovern, Frank Rich, Democrats 1990s Race, GOP Policy Crime, GOP Crime Issue, GOP Welfare Issue, GOP Policy Race, GOP Policy Drugs, Thomas Edsall Chain Reaction, Horton Dukasis Race Issue, Paul Krugman, Home News

Despite the nastiness directed at him, however, Obama should be thanking Bill Clinton for one thing: his campaign nomination is unthinkable without him.

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McGovern: Hard to Elect Female President

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Mcgovern, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton 2008, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Former Sen. George McGovern, the 1972 Democratic presidential nominee, said Tuesday it would be easier for a black man to be electe...

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Pro and Condoleezza: McCain's VP Search

Dylan Loewe | Posted 03.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mark Sanford, Charlie Crist, John McCain, Thomas Eagleton, Mike Huckabee, Condoleezza Rice, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, George Mcgovern, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, McCain Vice Presidential Nominees, McCain Vice President, Politics News

With scant options and an uphill climb, McCain may be telling the truth when he says he hasn't begun to consider running mate choices.

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Unfit For Democratic Leadership (According To You-Know-Who)

Martin Lewis | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Walter Mondale, Holier-Than-Thou, William Fulbright, Edmund Muskie, Ted Kennedy, George Mcgovern, Hubert Humphrey, Political Puritanism, Eugene McCarthy, Gulf of Tonkin, Disproportionate Focus, Mike Mansfield, Mo Udall, Misplaced Emphasis, Selective Persecution, Single Issue Politics, Tip O'Neill, Politics News

• Senator Ted Kennedy (Democratic Presidential Candidate 1980) • Senator Gene McCarthy (Democratic Presidential Candidate 1968) • Senator Hube...

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Democratic Losers: What They Should Have Said And What They Actually Said, 1952-2008

Tony Sachs | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Walter Mondale, Yes We Can, Al Gore, John McCain, Ronald Reagan, Presidential Nominees, George W. Bush, Michael Dukakis, George Mcgovern, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, Hubert Humphrey, Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Adlai Stevenson, John Kerry 2004, Politics News

It's simple. Eight years of peace and prosperity minus marital infidelity and Whitewater equals me, Al Gore. See you January 20.

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Bucking the Conventional Wisdom: Why I Am Voting for Barack Obama, and Why I Bet on the New York Giants

Warren Goldstein | Posted 02.04.2008 | Home

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Conventional Wisdom, New York Giants, Richard Nixon, Giants, Civil Rights Movement, 2008 Election, Super Tuesday, Superbowl, Hillary Clinton, George Mcgovern, Lyndon Johnson, Democratic Primary, Barack Obama, Home News

Forty-eight years ago, on the playground of Crown Elementary School, in Coronado, California, I knew that Richard Nixon should be the next President o...

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Warning: This Party May Self-Destruct in Ten Months

RJ Eskow | Posted 02.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Mcgovern, Hillary Clinton, Bobby Kennedy, Barack Obama, Hubert Humphrey, Kevin Drum, Atrios, Politics News

If Democrats don't want a replay of the Humphrey or McGovern races they better dial down the animosity, stay away from gamesmanship with party rules, and start thinking strategically.

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Revealed At Last! Obama's Secret Weapon Against The Oil, Drug & Insurance Companies...

Martin Lewis | Posted 01.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Walter Mondale, Blind Faith, Al Gore, Pharmaceutical Industry, Change, Oil Industry, Reality Check, John Kerry, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Jimmy Carter, Michael Dukakis, George Mcgovern, Insurance Companies, Barack Obama, Hubert Humphrey, 2008 Election, Politics News

...a winning smile. Here are some other winning smiles.

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Reflections on George McGovern's Call for Impeachment

John Seery | Posted 01.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: George McGovern Calls for Impeachment, Impeachment, George Mcgovern, Politics News

My sense is that McGovern already knows that the purveyors of Conventional Beltway Wisdom will roll their eyeballs dismissively at his wayward op-ed calling for impeachment.

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