Independents

Undecideds On CNN Ticker More Interesting, And Disturbing, Than Debate

Sari Levy | Posted 10.03.2008 | Home

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Sari Levy

All I can say is, praise the Lord I was in a Boulder Bar when it happened. I don't usually like crowds of any kind, ever, because basically I can't s...

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Spoiler Nader is No Joke

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Though Nader is the invisible man in the media, he's still doggedly trudging along the campaign highway talking up his populist message and drumming up financial support.

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When Undecided Means Undecided

Tim Giago | Posted 09.10.2008 | Home

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Tim Giago

By Tim Giago (Nanwica Kciji) © 2008 Native American Journalists Foundation, Inc September 10, 2008 What is it about the word "undecided" that sel...

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Obama Should Beg Bill to Help Him

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

McCain runs strong among white male independents and could make inroads among disgruntled Hillary Democrats. Bill could be Obama's trump card to make sure that doesn't happen.

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Obama Should Implore Bill to Campaign for Him

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Though Obama has kept his distance from Bill, he hasn't distanced himself from his winning strategy.

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Poll: Independent Voters Split Between Candidates

Washington Post | Dan Balz and Jon Cohen | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

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Buoyed by a public mood favoring Democrats, Sen. Barack Obama begins the general-election campaign holding a narrow advantage over Sen. John McCain, w...

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Obama: Wheels Down In Missouri And Fortunes Rising

Beverly Davis | Posted 06.09.2008 | Home

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Beverly Davis

Mike Roberts, the "Donald Trump of St. Louis," explains why Obama will win a landslide victory in Missouri, one of the top battle states for November. "He'll kill McCain!"

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Why Democrats Should Already be Worried About the 2012 Election

Keli Goff | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics

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Keli Goff

The politics of younger black voters are not as innately loyal to the Democratic Party as the politics of their parents and grandparents.

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Clinton's General Election Disaster in the Making

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.09.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

Of the many strange spins the Clinton campaign has sold the media, few are as troubling as the idea that she is the stronger general election candidate.

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Obama vs. Clinton on Electability III: Electoral Votes Math Cannot be Disputed

Lanny Davis | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics

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Lanny Davis

I continue to worry that independence/declines are a fickle group of voters to rely on.

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Clinton Spinning Into Twilight Zone

Paul Jenkins | Posted 02.11.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

The Clinton operation's dismissive attitude towards the states that she loses feels uncomfortably like a post-facto snub by the aggrieved party in a break up: "he's not really my type anyway."

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Filling in the Ovals on LA County's Super Tuesday 'Double Bubble' Debacle

Brad Friedman | Posted 02.07.2008 | Politics

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Brad Friedman

There was, and still is, massive confusion about how independent voters were to cast their ballots to ensure they were counted in the LA County election.

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Can Obama Muster a Counterpunch?

Peter Sacks | Posted 02.07.2008 | Politics

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Peter Sacks

It's curious indeed when the working poor feel more connected to a former First Lady than to an African American man of working-class origins.

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Scores Strip Club Endorses Clinton, Obama And McCain (And Bloomberg)

New York Observer | Azi Paybarah | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics

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Scores, a well-known New York strip club, has taken the duty upon itself to endorse not only Hillary Clinton and John McCain for president, but also B...

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Sam Stein

Nevada Win Shows Clinton Moving In On Obama's Political Turf

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.19.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Hillary Clinton scored an impressive win in the Nevada caucus on Saturday, adding to the momentum her campaign was riding following its victory i...

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Sam Stein

Pro-Obama Flier Urges Republicans To Switch Parties To Block Clinton

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics

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A campaign flier created by a precinct captain for Sen. Barack Obama urges Nevada Republicans and independents to switch party affiliations "for a day...

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Wow! But Will They Be There For Us In November?

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 01.08.2008 | Politics

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Kathleen Reardon

We may be looking back wishing Edwards, Clinton, and Richardson hadn't departed before the "momentum" had inexorably turned into an unrelenting "movement."

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Independents May Decide A Lot In Tonight's Caucus

the Gazette | Posted 01.03.2008 | Home

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DES MOINES - So you're an independent-minded voter who has decided to participate in tonight's partisan Iowa precinct caucuses. Now what? As of Dec. ...

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