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Clinton Criticizing Closure of Indiana Factory That Clinton Helped Close

David Sirota | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics

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It was Bill Clinton, and not Bush as Hillary claims in a new ad, who paved the way for those 200 Indiana jobs and that sensitive military technology that were shipped to China.

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Tate Donovan: Fired Up For Obama And Phone Banking Indiana

Reny Monk | Posted 04.26.2008 | Home

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Professors, actors, millionaires: Was it a Gilligan's Island remake? No. These were some of the people at the L.A. farmers market phone banking for Obama. I asked them what they were thinking.

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Clinton: Not Exactly The Great White Hope

Paul Jenkins | Posted 04.26.2008 | Politics

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Were Hillary the great rural white savior that her campaign is depicting, she would have been able to dispatch a presidential neophyte like Barack Obama.

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When Hillary Clinton Saber Rattles, America Loses

Sam Sedaei | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

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Hillary's comments on Iran might as well have been made with the backdrop that said "Jewish Votes This Way." Furthermore, intelligence on its nuclear program is inconclusive.

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Rev. Wright: "Obama Says What He Has to Say as a Politician"

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

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The above quote is from Bill Moyer's interview with Rev. Wright which is to air tonite. Rev. Wright, referring to Obama's disavowal of Wright's more...

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New Polls: Indiana Toss-Up

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 04.25.2008 | Home

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Indiana is a dead heat for the Democrats and, remarkably, may be up for grabs come November. What's more, the Obama camp told superdelegates that Ohio and Florida are not key to its general-election strategy.

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Slouching Toward Denver

Matthew Mundy | Posted 04.24.2008 | Home

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For the Hillary-truthers, it's now the popular vote that matters. But Hillary won't win the popular vote. So this is the moment that matters for the party and for Hillary. Choose: ultimate victory or agonizing defeat.

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Dems On North Carolina GOP Attack Ad: "Racist Gutter Politics"

Beverly Davis | Posted 04.23.2008 | Home

On the first day of early primary voting in North Carolina, the GOP has unleashed its first attack ad against Obama and two of his local political supporters. The ad is being denounced on both sides of the aisle.

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A Big Win in Pennsylvania, But Not Nearly Big Enough To Change The Math

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 04.23.2008 | Home

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Americans love both winners and quixotic heroes who do great things in a losing cause. Last night in Pennsylvania, Hillary Clinton was both: she won and so continues on in her sad adventure.

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Is Wednesday D-Day For Superdelegates?

Larry Womack | Posted 04.21.2008 | Politics

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Which is the more plausible path to the White House? Clinton's better chance in the king maker states, or Obama's shot at putting new ones into play?

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Taverngate: Hillary's Foreign "Whisky"

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 04.21.2008 | Home

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Down here in Lynchburg, we've been following the Whiskeygate story with interest, and we're just puzzled as to why Sen. Clinton is drinking a Canadian brand instead of a good American whiskey.

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Newsflash: Populism Is Popular

David Sirota | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics

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Cross-posted from CAF Whenever pundits and political elites express surprise at the power of populism, I always think back to the tongue-in-cheek hea...

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Clinton Downs A Beer And A Bump To Impress The Cool Kids, And This Dad's Not OK With That

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 04.14.2008 | Home

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Clinton is not a bump-and-a-brew kind of gal. She's just not. But she is a political animal, so she downed a boilermaker at a place called Bronko's in IN to gain popularity with people with whom she has nothing in common.

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A Potential Vice-Presidential Candidate Struggles with Legislative Dealmaking

Sunil Chacko | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics

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Senator Evan Bayh is on the short-list of vice-presidential candidates for both Obama and Clinton -- so his effectiveness as the potential president of the Senate is a matter of some importance.

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Two More "Judases" for Obama

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics

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Former Indiana Congressman Lee Hamilton, who spent three decades in the House of Representatives, served as the top Democrat on the 9-11 Commission, a...

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It's Time for Obama and Clinton to Step up to the Plate on China

Scott Paul | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics

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The recent crackdown in Tibet shows just how wrong those pundits and politicians really are who claimed that trade will open China.

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Supreme Court to Throw Another Election?

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics

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Strong data shows that there is next to no voter fraud due to misidentification -- and fairly wide abuse due to ballot stuffing, voter machine manipulation, list manipulation and absentee balloting.

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Supreme Court Hears Voter ID Law Challenge

Associated Press | Mark Sherman | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics

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Democrats and Republicans square off before the Supreme Court Wednesday over a law that requires voters to produce photo identification before they ca...

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Supreme Court Faces Most Important Voting Decision Since Bush V. Gore

Washington Post | Robert Barnes | Posted 12.26.2007 | Politics

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The Supreme Court will open the new year with its most politically divisive case since Bush v. Gore decided the 2000 presidential election, and its de...

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U.S. Rep. Julia Carson Dies After Battle With Lung Cancer

Indianapolis Star | Mary Beth Schneider | Posted 12.15.2007 | Politics

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U.S. Rep. Julia Carson died at home this morning following a battle with lung cancer. She was 69. Carson's death comes just weeks after she announced...

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Voter ID: Tamping Down Turnout

The Brennan Center for Justice | Posted 11.13.2007 | Home

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Anyone who thinks the officials pushing strict new ID laws must have sound reasons might pause for a moment on the example of Justice Department voting rights chief John Tanner.

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A Victory For The People of Gary, Indiana

Paul Helmke | Posted 11.02.2007 | Politics

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When gun industry practices injure the public, it should be held accountable. That's a common-sense idea, and the court agreed in Gary, Indiana.

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Counting Senate Votes On Iraq... 56... 57... 60... 67....

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.19.2007 | Politics

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When you parse it all out, it comes down to 50-50 on the subject of Iraq, but there are four names being floated as candidates for GOP aisle-crossing.

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