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Presidential Election 2008

Bloggers Lead Media to Report McCain/Palin's Campaign "Lies"

Alan W. Silberberg and Ralph J. Shapira | Posted 11.02.2008 | Media

Read More: John McCain, E-Government, Myspace, Bloggers, Politics, Blog Journalism, Twitter, Political Process, Digital Democracy, Presidential Election 2008, Facebook, 2008 Election, Local Power, Ralph J. Shapira, GW Bush, Political Social Networking, Social Networking, Alan W. Silberberg, Participatory Politics, You2gov, Media News
Alan W. Silberberg and Ralph J. Shapira

While traditional media have disparaged blogs as being unreliable, that chaotic, unmediated world known as "the blogosphere" has led the way in ferreting truth from falsehood.

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Technology: Obama Wants A CTO; McCain, Risk Capital

Jon Raymond | Posted 10.30.2008 | Home

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Jon Raymond

McCain's discussions of technology have mostly to do with floating capital to private companies. That's an economics discussion, not a technological one.

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The Gambler

Gary Marcus | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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Gary Marcus

Is a reckless gambler who may have lost a step really the sort of person we need as the next President of the United States.

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Why I'm Voting for John McCain & Sarah Palin

Bennet Kelley | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

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Bennet Kelley

I'm voting for McCain because he's a straight talker and I often agree with his view on things, and when I don't, usually if I wait a few days he comes around.

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Ludacris' Lyrics: Misogyny, Racism and The Reality of America

Amie Newman | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics

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Amie Newman

Ludacris is repeating nothing that hasn't been said or acted out in a million different ways throughout history.These ideas are not a "a black, male thing."

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Will McCain Be Nominated?

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 07.22.2008 | Home

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Stephen C. Rose

If he is not nominated -- and I am excluding health and accident from this consideration -- it will be because of a spontaneous revolution among Republicans at their September Convention. Or maybe sooner.

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Dear Sen. Obama, I Had a Late-Term Abortion

Essential Estrogen | Lynda Waddington | Posted 07.17.2008 | Home

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Candidate Obama has been drawing heat from supporters recently for remarks he has made about late-term abortions that seem to be a retreat from his pr...

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Recruiting for OffTheBus Special Ops

Amanda Michel | Posted 06.27.2008 | Home

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Amanda Michel

No traditional media organization can afford to dispatch reporters all over the country, and certainly not this "early" in the general election. But that's exactly what HuffPost's OffTheBus, with 2500 members, can do.

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Libertarian Bob Barr Jumps Into Presidential Race

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 04.15.2008 | Home

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Daniel Nichanian

Libertarians looking to have a higher-profile candidate than they did in 2004 are rejoicing this week-end as former Congressman Bob Barr announced that he is forming a presidential explanatory committee.

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Obama's Got Game

Chip Collis | Posted 04.10.2008 | Home

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Chip Collis

Consider Hillary's half-court strategy. Drawn up on the DLC-chalkboard, it consists of anchoring the major blue states, conceding the basic red states, and fighting over the swing states.

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The Scoop On The Candidates' Spouses

timesonline.co.uk | Gerard Baker | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Presidential Election 2008, Cindy McCain, First Spouses, Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton, Living News

Two for the price of one was how Bill Clinton famously described it in 1992, an offer that was regarded then as dangerously bold but which now seems m...

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Fortune 500 CEOs Favor Dems: Gobs Of Green Go To Blue Candidates

Dan Treul | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Dan Treul

According to recent FEC reports, CEOs of the top 50 Fortune 500 companies donating individually to presidential campaigns are investing heavily in Democrats in '08.

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