Presidential Primaries

Can Obama Appeal to White Rural Men?

Robert Creamer | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics

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The notion that Obama "can't appeal" to white rural men sells short both Barack Obama and white men who live in rural America. It also flies in the face of the facts.

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Why Does Joe Lieberman Hate Obama so Much as to Suggest He is a Marxist?

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics

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Fox News' Judge Andrew Napolitano asked Sen. Joe Lieberman if Obama is "a Marxist, as Bill Kristol says might be the case?" "I must say that's a go...

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Clinton Rationale for Electability Doesn't Hold Water: History Proves the Ability to Win a State Primary Is Unrelated to General Election Success

Robert Creamer | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

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There are many reasons why Hillary's argument is fallacious, including the fact that Obama would put many marginal states into play that Hillary would have no chance to win.

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Another Horrible Night for Hate Hillary Clubbers and More on the Way

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 03.05.2008 | Home

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The victories in Texas and Ohio, coupled with the wins in California, and New York prove one thing and that's that Clinton can win the big states.

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The "Generic" Woman's Vote Proves to Be Anything But

Marie Wilson | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics

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When women have open disagreements, the press revs it up, exploiting the healthy ritual of debate as hostile, destructive, divisive. But we know better.

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Barack: Tell Me About Your Peeps.

Joan Garry | Posted 02.01.2008 | Politics

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Senator Obama claims that he represents a new kind of politics - that he is a uniter, that he can bring people together and that he will bring a fresh...

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"The Mighty Wave of Change"

Marie Wilson | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics

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For real change, an equal number of women leading alongside men might be the formula we need. 2008 has been a year of firsts. I say we give one more a try.

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And the Winner is...Democracy!

Marie Wilson | Posted 01.23.2008 | Politics

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Martin Luther King helped to make Sen. Obama's candidacy possible. But those of us who led the second stage of the women's movement know that Sen. Clinton's candidacy is part of that legacy as well.

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Did an Obama Voter in a New Hampshire Coffee Shop Accidentally Help Make Hillary the Democratic Nominee and McCain the Next President?

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics

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To paraphrase a Buddhist proverb, "a butterfly flaps its wings in a New Hampshire coffee shop and a tsunami hits Washington, D.C."

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Huckabee: I'm for the Troops...er, I Mean, the Writers!

Michael Seitzman | Posted 01.03.2008 | Politics

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Right after the "Christian leader" told the press that he's "for the writers," he drove right past those same unemployed writers, in the middle of a massive labor dispute, in order to pursue his own political ambitions.

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Countdown to the Iowa Caucuses VI -- Lessons in Democracy

Marie Wilson | Posted 01.02.2008 | Politics

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Generally, Iowans are being treated like a people whose voices and votes are not only being listened to -- but who's input and involvement is essential.

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Hillary Loathe Fest Drives Obama Surge

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 12.18.2007 | Politics

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The Bash Hillary mania is so deep and pernicious that it has done the unthinkable for Obama.

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Countdown to the Iowa Caucuses IV: No More Cowboy Diplomacy

Marie Wilson | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics

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One of the best received lines in the democratic debate yesterday was one Senator Clinton is using, "No more cowboy diplomacy." It's a phrase The Whi...

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There Are No Certainties in Politics

Sasha Abramsky | Posted 10.29.2007 | Politics

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With no clear giant-amid-dwarves, it's likely the first several caucuses and primaries will winnow down the field but produce no clear-cut winner.

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To Campaign or Not to Campaign - Florida's Latest Campaign Controversy

Ron Levitt | Posted 09.25.2007 | Home

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The Sunshine State's Democratic Party leaders have chosen to participate in the state-run Democratic Presidential Primary on January 29, despite penalties from the DNC.

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Obama Donors: We Showed You The Money, Now Show Us Good Poll Numbers

Washington Post | Perry Bacon Jr. and Matthew Mosk | Posted 09.23.2007 | Home

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While the candidates for the White House will spend the next week furiously raising money in advance of their next financial reporting deadline, the m...

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Shouldn't We Talk About... Manufacturing Jobs?

Scott Paul | Posted 09.20.2007 | Politics

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The Alliance for American Manufacturing has partnered with actor John Ratzenberger (of Cheers fame) to host a national series of seven "Keep It Made In America" Town Hall meetings this fall.

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