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Carol Shea-Porter Under Attack By Republican Front Organization, Freedom's Watch

Howie Klein | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

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Howie Klein

Carol's voting record is in the interests of her constituents. Period. She doesn't have millions of dollars in corporate money hanging over her head as an incentive -- or a threat -- to vote for special deals for corporations.

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McCain's Problem with White Voters

Paul Jenkins | Posted 08.04.2008 | 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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As Congress Procrastinates, Many Communities Face a Cold Reality

Freddie Wilkinson | Posted 07.27.2008 | Green

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Freddie Wilkinson

There's a real possibility that low income families will not be able to afford enough oil to last them through the coldest months, and will have to choose between food, medicine, or a warm home.

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New Hampshire Tornado? Huge Storm Levels Homes, Kills 1

AP | CLARE TRAPASSO | Posted 07.24.2008 | Green

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DEERFIELD, N.H. — Violent storms on Thursday in a 25-mile-long swath of central New Hampshire destroyed several homes, damaged dozens of others ...

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New Hampshire To Accept Free Oil From Chavez

AP | NORMA LOVE | Posted 07.19.2008 | Business

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CONCORD, N.H. — Two years ago, New Hampshire refused to accept heating oil from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the pro-Castro U.S. critic who...

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Obama and Clinton Return to the Scene of their Twin Triumphs

Ed Martin | Posted 07.03.2008 | Home

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Ed Martin

The triumphant return to New Hampshire last Friday of both presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and his rival-turned-campaign part...

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Sununu Front Group Attacks Shaheen in New Hampshire

Kathy Sullivan | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

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Kathy Sullivan

Americans for Job Security is running attack ads against Shaheen during an election year, yet claiming that it is not trying to influence an election, and refusing to release the names of its members or its donors.

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The Holdouts: Michigan's Brewer Yet To Endorse Obama

Dan Treul | Posted 06.28.2008 | Home

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Dan Treul

While Gov. Jennifer Granholm has come over strongly to Obama, waving a blue heeled shoe in the air on one occasion, Democratic Party Chair Mark Brewer has been conspicuously inarticulate.

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Two Prominent NH Dems Back McCain

Politicker NH | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

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Two well-known New Hampshire Democrats have endorsed the Republican Party's presumptive presidential nominee. Jim McConaha and Valery Mitchell, who ha...

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Unity: Not Exactly Woodstock '69, But Close

Beverly Davis | Posted 06.27.2008 | Home

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Beverly Davis

It's the season premiere 2008 general election campaign. The music will be blaring, the crowd jumping, the loudspeakers booming. But the real story is that Democratic "unity" is well under way.

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Unity Too Cute by Half?

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 06.26.2008 | Home

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Jennifer Donahue

Obama does not need to overtly court Clinton voters in New Hampshire --he needs independent voters. The manufactured dog-and-pony show tomorrow in Unity, N.H., might hurt as much as it helps.

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Live Tyrannized and Die Anyways

David Quigg | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

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David Quigg

In the interest of saving America from bin Laden, we have shown a terrifying willingness to strip away more and more of the founding virtues that make America worth saving in the first place.

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The Disintegration of John McCain

Paul Jenkins | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

Even still-enamored journalists cannot fail to notice that it would be difficult to find a candidate less suited for the times or the office than McCain right now.

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John McCain: The Devil You Don't Know

Paul Jenkins | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

McCain's political positions are what remain utterly confusing -- it's hard to think of another veteran politician whose political philosophy is as murky as his.

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Splitting the Florida and Michigan Babies, Unifying the Party (& Wexler for Veep!)

Brad Friedman | Posted 06.01.2008 | Politics

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Brad Friedman

While it's not necessarily germane to the decisions being made by the DNC, Rep. Robert Wexler of Florida should be made Barack Obama's vice presidential nominee.

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Interview With Political Science Professor Kenneth Janda

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Last Thanksgiving, I took a vacation from the blog and (while I was gone) I ran a series of speech transcripts from all eight of the Democratic candid...

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Reading The Pictures: Preparing For The Second Coming (Of Obama-Mania)

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.08.2008 | Media

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Michael Shaw

2008-05-08-china_shaw_obama.jpg At the moment at which the Democratic race apparently reached its tipping point, I saw as quick and dramatic a flip in the visual tone as I've ever seen before.

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Hillary Clinton Supporters -- The Global Warming Deniers of Democratic Politics?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

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Cenk Uygur

The Clinton team is now trying to make the specious argument that she is winning in the popular vote. The first problem with that argument is that it's not true.

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Letting History Be Our Guide

Mike Lux | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics

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Mike Lux

What Democrats need to do if we win is to cast off the caution and defensiveness of recent decades, and be bold in pushing for the major changes this country needs.

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The Day Hillary Clinton Knew She Had Lost

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.21.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

That she has been able to stay in the race at all is a testament to the power of the Clinton name, the Dem's ludicrous electoral system, and her hold over a petrified media and the party's bureaucratic elite.

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The Democratic Party's Clintonian Rules

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

The Democratic Party has structured its system in a way that thwarts insurgency, promotes secrecy, and creates the need for vast amounts of money. The process is perfectly Clintonian,

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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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When Losing is Winning

Dylan Loewe | Posted 02.29.2008 | Politics

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Dylan Loewe

On the other side of an exceptional month for Obama, one thing has become clear: the loss in New Hampshire proved ironically valuable.

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Clinton Campaigning As She Would Govern

Paul Jenkins | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

It is mind-boggling that the Clinton campaign could have failed to understand the importance of two key factors: the yearning for change, and the distaste for the street-fighting brutality that is the Clintons' trademark.

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A Major Integrity Test For Hillary And Bill Is Now Looming

Thomas de Zengotita | Posted 02.13.2008 | Politics

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Thomas de Zengotita

Will the Clintons decide to go negative? Will they insist on seating Florida and Michigan at the convention? Either one or both of those and they put democratic unity in peril.

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