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TX: Clinton Camp Looks To Latino Supporters To Get Out The Vote

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 02.19.2008 | Home

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Mayhill Fowler

"RODHAM CLINTON HUSSEIN OBAMA" The Clinton volunteer waves her sign above her head. "Hussein means good," I point out. She isn't listening. "We do...

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Stranger In A Strange Land

Deanie Mills | Posted 02.19.2008 | Home

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Deanie Mills

Molly Ivins once said, "In West Texas, gays stay in the closet because they're afraid someone will think they're Democrats." That sums up in a nutshell how it feels to be a Democrat living in anti-progressive West Texas

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Wisconsin Republicans Brace For Chilly Primary

Will Mari | Posted 02.19.2008 | Home

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Will Mari

Despite the fact that most of the media attention is focused on the continuing struggle between Ill. Sen. Barack Obama and N.Y. Sen. Hillary Clinton, ...

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How Obama Can Get The Houston Vote

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 02.18.2008 | Home

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Mayhill Fowler

Here are a few of the more humdrum things Barack Obama should do to garner votes in Houston.

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John McCain's Strategy to Influence the Democratic Race

Nathaniel Bach | Posted 02.18.2008 | Home

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Nathaniel Bach

It seems that McCain has figured this out, and he's decided to do whatever possible to tilt the remaining Democratic contests in Senator Clinton's favor and to thwart Senator Obama, McCain's greater general-election threat.

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Angry White Man: Different Rules for McCain?

Dorothy Bendel | Posted 02.18.2008 | Home

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Dorothy Bendel

McCain's expletive-filled outbursts might garner some attention now, but is it enough to keep him from the White House?

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Conservatives Look Forward to WA GOP Primary

Will Mari | Posted 02.18.2008 | Home

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Will Mari

"McCain is kind of our pseudo-nominee," he said. But Brunjes also thinks that Huckabee has a role to play in the primary. "Mathematically it's McCain, but people are still making their voice heard," he said.

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Capturing The Youth Wing Of The Youth Vote

Daniel Macht | Posted 02.17.2008 | Home

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Daniel Macht

By Daniel Macht and Rosaleen Ortiz It's Barack Obama versus John McCain in the general election, according to the results of Nickelodeon's "Kids Pi...

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Obama and McCain Duel On Campaign Finance

Campaign Diaries | Daniel Nichanian | Posted 02.17.2008 | Home

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In a preview of what right now appears as the most probable general election match-up, Barack Obama and John McCain have been going back and forth in ...

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DNC-Appointed Superdelegates Support Clinton 3-1

James Freedman | Posted 02.17.2008 | Home

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James Freedman

Hillary Clinton currently leads Barack Obama by a wide margin among superdelegates appointed by the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Clinton maint...

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A Solution for the Superdelegates: National Pledged Delegate Vote

John K. Wilson | Posted 02.17.2008 | Home

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John K. Wilson

How should Democratic superdelegates vote? There's an easy answer that everyone should embrace: superdelegates should commit to vote for the candidate who receives a majority of the pledged delegates.

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Superdelegate Discusses Hillary's Chances of Seating Michigan, Florida Delegates

University Of Washington's SeattlePoliticore | Posted 02.15.2008 | Home

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University Of Washington's SeattlePoliticore

"If you're running behind, you need to shuffle the deck a bit," David McDonald said Wednesday of Hillary Clinton's strategy to seat delegates from Mic...

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Uncommitted Superdelegate Reveals Why He's Waiting

University Of Washington's SeattlePoliticore | Posted 02.15.2008 | Home

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University Of Washington's SeattlePoliticore

"I have been in a hotly contested convention ... it got ugly," he said. "Nobody who's been there thinks it would be fun. But if called upon, we will bite the bullet and make a decision."

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FL Delegate Tempest Could Give State To The GOP

Ron Levitt | Posted 02.15.2008 | Home

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Ron Levitt

Florida Democrats, at first "just angry" over the Democratic National Committee's refusal to accept its Jan. 29 Florida primary results, are now engag...

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Ohio Now Do Or Die For Hillary

The Other Paper | Dan Williamson | Posted 02.15.2008 | Home

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Hillary Clinton isn't going to want to hear this, but Gene and Mary Jo Branstool are wavering. It's already been a tough week for the junior senator ...

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Clinton, Obama Court Auto Industry In Nod To Michigan Delegates

Michigan Liberal | Hazen Pingree | Posted 02.15.2008 | Home

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You won't see either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton in Michigan, but from all appearances they are now locked in a spirited battle for our delegates....

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The Biggest Education Issue That Is Not Education

Michele McNeil | Posted 02.14.2008 | Home

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Michele McNeil

Perhaps the single most important thing that the next president can do for schools has little to do with education, at least on its face. It's reforming health care.

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Union Organizer Finds Facebook A Problematic Advocacy Platform

Allison Fine | Posted 02.14.2008 | Home

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Allison Fine

As various advocacy groups head to Facebook to organize and recruit members, the platform's deficiencies are being exposed. Is it prepared to facilitate these sorts of connections?

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Investigate: The Superdelegate Transparency Project

Open Left | Chris Bowers | Posted 02.14.2008 | Home

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Chris Bowers at Open Left writes: Today I am pleased to announce the launch of the Superdelegate Transparency Project on Congresspedia and SourceWatc...

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Watch McCain Flip Flop On Waterboarding

Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 02.14.2008 | Home

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Hanna Ingber Win

So much for Sen. John McCain being a man of principle who stood up to the Bush Administration and fellow Republicans. Turns out, he too is just anoth...

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This Is What Democracy Looks Like... In Arlington, VA

Seth Engel | Posted 02.13.2008 | Home

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Seth Engel

I arrived early at my polling place, an elementary school in Arlington Virginia, expecting it to be an "in and out" affair. Not so.

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Obama Wins Maryland Primary

James Freedman | Posted 02.13.2008 | Home

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James Freedman

Barack Obama won Maryland's Democratic primary yesterday, continuing his post-Super Tuesday winning streak and building momentum in a race that is sti...

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Obama's Idaho Awakening

Michael Ames | Posted 02.12.2008 | Home

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Michael Ames

Why did Idahoans glom to Obama with such religious zeal? The theories are as diverse as our state is not.

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A Troop Draw-Down or Another Free Pass?

Dorothy Bendel | Posted 02.11.2008 | Home

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Dorothy Bendel

Has our inability to demand answers on Iraq given officials a free pass? Have we surrendered to the idea that we must endure this catastrophe until the next president takes office?

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The Establishment Underdog & The Upstart Frontrunner

Nathaniel Bach | Posted 02.11.2008 | Home

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Nathaniel Bach

The Obama-as-establishment and Clinton-as-underdog descriptions were post-Super Tuesday talking points for the Clinton campaign, but going forward the task will be how to avoid sliding down that slippery slope from "underdog" to "underwater."

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