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Polls Show Close Race In North And South Carolina

Talking Points Memo | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics


A new set of polls from the Carolinas show that both of these states could be close this Fall, despite the fact that neither has voted Democratic sinc...

Karl Rove Touts McCain Daughter He Smeared In 2000

Think Progress | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Last night on Fox News's The O'Reilly Factor, Karl Rove discussed Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) "compelling" life story. In addition to his time as a pris...

The Dirty Secret In South Carolina Primary: It's Not That Dirty

Politico | Jonathan Martin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The national media thinks John McCain is under siege again, and his campaign is only too happy to help reporters file their stories. At a rally Thurs...

Ross Perot Slams McCain

Newsweek | Jonathan Alter | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The phone rang and it was Ross Perot, who hasn't given an interview in years. Perot, who won 19 percent of the vote in the 1992 presidential election,...

Smear Campaign Against McCain Surfaces In South Carolina

Campaign Diaries | Daniel Nichanian | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Republicans in South Carolina: Negative campaigning is the norm in South Carolina, where the GOP primary regularly devolves into nasty bickering. 8 ye...

Reversing The Curse: Largest Paper In SC Endorses McCain

AP via Washington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


South Carolina's largest newspaper on Saturday endorsed John McCain in the state's Republican primary. The State's editorial board wrote on the newsp...

If You Can't Vote for Anyone, You Can Always Vote Against Someone: How I Learned to Quit Whining and Get Involved

Ian Spiegelman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Ian Spiegelman

The underhanded tactics my co-author Allen Raymond employed to win elections for ten years are by no means confined to one party, and they permeate every level of electioneering.

How to Rig An Election: Foreward

Allen Raymond and Ian Spiegelman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Allen Raymond and Ian Spiegelman

From HOW TO RIG AN ELECTION: Confessions of a Republican Operative: The first sign of trouble at my sentencing hearing came when the judge cut off my...