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Obama Mocks McCain As Change Agent, Tries To Convert GOP Voters Into "Obamacons"

Chuck Lasker | Posted 10.09.2008 | Home

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Chuck Lasker

"The truth is that the country is not as divided as is our politics. McCain says he wants to reduce the rancor in Washington. I'm thinking, Did you pay attention to the last two days of your convention? I mean, were you not watching it?"

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Denver Convention 1908: When Candidates' Families Called It As They Saw It

Kate Kelly | Posted 09.23.2008 | Politics

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Kate Kelly

John W. Kern, a well-liked Democratic politician from Indiana, became his party's choice for vice president in 1908: On July 11, 1908, The Rocky Moun...

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Hoosiers Vs. Kudzu: Indiana Strikes Back Against "Leafy Invader"

AP | RICK CALLAHAN | Posted 09.21.2008 | Green

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INDIANAPOLIS — A fast-growing vine that's left parts of Indiana beneath tangles of greenery is coming under assault as the state ramps up its ef...

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Two Obama Battlegrounds Not Seeing New Ad

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics

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Christina Bellantoni

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's Biggest Advantage Yet: Early Voting

Mark Nickolas | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics

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Mark Nickolas

It's really mind-boggling that the B team running the McCain operation is ceding such a massive on-the-ground strategic advantage to the Obama campaign.

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How Obama can win Indiana

Bil Browning | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics

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Bil Browning

(Crossposted from Bilerico-Indiana where we're covering the national and state elections heavily.) The Obama campaign released a new television ad ye...

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The B-Team Is Alive and Well In McCainland

Mark Nickolas | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics

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Mark Nickolas

Considering that McCain continues to trail significantly, it's hard to see his path to victory when he's so out-gunned on the ground and running such a nonsensical strategy of which states to target or defend.

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Evan Bayh VP Pick Today -- A Heaping Helping of Crow

Bil Browning | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics

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Bil Browning

Since I was wrong, who do you think it will be? And when do you think Obama will make the announcement? I still think it will be Bayh, I was just wrong on my timing.

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Obama Will Name Bayh his VP Choice on Wednesday

Bil Browning | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

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Bil Browning

While Washington Post columnist Chris Cillizza has positioned Bayh at the top of the heap for a few weeks now, after getting tips and making some logical conclusions the choice is obvious. Why?

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McCain's Problem with White Voters

Paul Jenkins | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

It is McCain who needs to score exceptionally well among white voters, better in fact than any other Republican presidential candidate in the past 20 years, including George H. W. Bush.

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Midwest Auto Workers Look To Obama For Change

Dan Treul | Posted 07.26.2008 | Home

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Dan Treul

"GM won't change anything until they have every operation overseas," says Danny. "This started back in the 1980s with Reagan... We know we're not going to get any help from McCain."

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After Heller, The Gun Lobby's "Slippery Slope" Is Gone; Reasonable Regulations Ahead

Paul Helmke | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

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Paul Helmke

When the dust settles, most Americans -- and I believe even most in the gun violence prevention movement -- will come to see that there are some positives in this decision.

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Gary, Indiana Mayor and his Tax-Funded Hummer (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Sean Morrow | Posted 06.28.2008 | Green

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Is FOX News taking a green outlook? In a piece aired on June 20th on the normally conservative station, Neil Cavuto grills Mayor Rudy Clay of Gary, In...

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"Elite" Obama on the Front Lines--McCain AWOL

Paul Abrams | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

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Paul Abrams

Obama is on the front lines of the flood, helping residents clean up and start over. Where is McCain in this effort? Is he pitching in to help? Or is he off to another party at the Bush "ranch" in his wife's jet?

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Wisconsin Diary: My Grandparents Think McCain's Too Old

Dan Treul | Posted 06.17.2008 | Home

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Dan Treul

In a northern Midwestern town, at my cousin's graduation, I got a glimpse of something remarkable, something that may signal yet more troublesome news to the already troubled regiment of McCain campaign strategists.

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Hillary Will Drop Out by June 15

Lawrence O'Donnell | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics

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Lawrence O'Donnell

A senior campaign official and Clinton confidante has told me that there will be a Democratic nominee by June 15. He could not bring himself to say the words "Hillary will drop out by June 15," but that is clearly what he meant.

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Pundits React To North Carolina, Indiana Primaries

Huffington Post | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics

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With Senator Obama's double-digit victory in the North Carolina primary, and Senator Clinton eking out a very narrow win in the Indiana primary, the p...

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If They IM'd: North Carolina And Indiana

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics

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Tuesday is the last of the big delegate contests for the Democratic Primary, and all eyes are on Indiana and North Carolina. It's not very often that ...

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Clinton in Indiana: Not a Bang But A Squeak

Chip Collis | Posted 05.15.2008 | Home

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Chip Collis

The 72 Indiana delegates are pretty much a draw. Clinton's popular vote margin in the state represents less than 2 percent of voters. And 5 of her 51 percentage points came from Republicans.

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Clinton in Indiana: The Night Dewey Almost Won Again

Dan Treul | Posted 05.14.2008 | Home

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Dan Treul

Last night's near-stunner in Lake County, Ind., was testament to the efforts and optimism of hundreds of Obama volunteers there. Clinton's boasting victory declaration had an historically comic ring.

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The Primary Day Ritual

Al Giordano | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics

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Al Giordano

The media talking heads will ask aloud why Obama can't "close the deal" (in Clinton's own words) and what is numerically a defeat for Clinton will get spun as a Clinton victory.

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Gas Prices Predict Elections

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 05.14.2008 | Home

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Jennifer Donahue

The most predictive economic indicator in Presidential campaigns has been gas prices. Clinton may be pandering but she isn't dumb. The gas tax holiday is good strategy. This year of course may be different.

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Hillary Rallies Indiana With John Mellencamp and Mary Steenburgen

The Uptake | Posted 05.13.2008 | Home

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The Uptake

At a Hillary rally in Indiana, John Mellencamp played a song. Mary Steenburgen told me that she and Hill are gal pals and that their daughters grew up together and that Hillary brags about Chelsea.

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Spinning? Fine. Spinning AND Lying? Not Cool.

David Sirota | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics

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David Sirota

Clinton is trying to set expectations in advance of the Indiana primary, with the goal of making it seem as if a victory is "unexpected." In reality, she has been ahead from the beginning.

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Clinton Campaign Looks Rusty In Gary, Indiana

Dan Treul | Posted 05.12.2008 | Home

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Dan Treul

Despite a perpetual, misty cold, Genie Kastrup, political director for the SEIU Illinois Council, said more than 350 SEIU, Change to Win, and Obama campaign volunteers showed up to canvas the Steel City.

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