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Friday Talking Points [31] -- Time To Beat McCain

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.09.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Now that that's all over with, can we please focus on beating John McCain? Virtually everyone (with the possible exception of Hillary Clinton -- I gue...

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Oprah, Hay Bails and Hoops: The Women's Vote in IN and NC

Lisa Witter | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Oprah Winfrey, Voters, Clinton, Women, Elections 2008, 2008 Presidential Race, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Obama, Primary, Indiana, North Carolina, Politics News
Lisa Witter

Women, again, decided the primaries Tuesday. They accounted for 57% of the North Carolina voters and 56% of the Indiana voters. But while Senator Clin...

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Battle of the Hawks

Robert Scheer | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics

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Robert Scheer

In the increasingly unlikely event of a McCain-Clinton election, we would be up against a choice between the neoconservatives and the neoliberals as to who could be more adventurous in getting us into unjustifiable foreign wars.

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My Conversation with Chuck Todd

Charlie Rose | Posted 05.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Bill Clinton, Superdelegates, Democrat, Hillary Clinton, Primary, Barack Obama, North Carolina, Charlie Rose, Indiana, Media News
Charlie Rose

2008-05-07-rosetodd.jpg Todd discusses Barack Obama's pursuit of superdelegates and Bill Clinton's impact on the race.

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Nuns, Students Blocked from Voting in Indiana -- Where's Congress?

Art Levine | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Clinton, Primary, Nuns, Vote Suppression, Obama, Democratic Party, Students, Indiana, Voting Irregularities, Indiana Voting Problems, Indiana Voting Irregularities, North Carolina Voting Problems, Politics News
Art Levine

The Election Protection coalition is already reporting disturbing accounts from the Indiana and North Carolina primaries. All these obstacles undermine fair and accurate voting in both states.

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Gas Prices Predict Elections

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 05.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Clinton, Primary, Delegate Count, Superdelegates, Breaking Political News, Obama, Mccain, Gas Tax Holiday, Indiana, North Carolina, Democratic Presidential Race, Home News
Jennifer Donahue

The most predictive economic indicator in Presidential campaigns has been gas prices. Clinton may be pandering but she isn't dumb. The gas tax holiday is good strategy. This year of course may be different.

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My Primary Picks -- "The Road Goes On Forever" Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

"The road goes on forever and the party never ends."--Robert Earl Keen   Tomorrow is yet another primary day in the Democratic presidential nomin...

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Friday Talking Points [30] -- "Mainstream Media Out To Lunch" Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

If every port on the West Coast of the United States of America was shut down because of a terrorist threat, do you think it would make the news? So d...

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The White House Isn't the Only House at Stake on May 6

Elizabeth Shipp | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Elections, Naral, Primary, Andre Carson, Indiana Primary, In-07, Politics News
Elizabeth Shipp

Congressman Andre Carson will be on the ballot in Indiana -- the only fully pro-choice member of the entire Indiana Congressional delegation.

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Will The US Attorney Scandal Come Up In Heather Wilson's Race?

Julia Goldberg | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Heather Wilson, Pete Domenici, New Mexico, US Attorney Scandal, David Iglesias, Primary, Steve Pearce, Politics News
Julia Goldberg

It kind of seems that the time is ripe for US Rep. Steve Pearce, R-NM, to bring up this issue as it relates to US Rep. Heather Wilson, R-NM, as the two battle in one of the most closely-watched primaries in the US.

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Defining Insanity

Mike Lux and Erica Payne | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics

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Mike Lux and Erica Payne

Here we are in 2008 -- the same thing is happening as we saw happen to McCain and Gore in 2000 and John Kerry in 2004.

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Memo to the Superdelegates: If You Want to Win

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Delegates, Mccain, Obama, Clinton, Primary, Superdelegates, Obama Electoral Votes, Hillary Electoral Votes, Electoral Votes, Politics News
Reese Schonfeld

When it comes to the general election, electoral votes are the only ones that count, and, as I write this, Hillary is 20% ahead in that critical category.

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299 Superdelegates On The Wall...

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Since Super Tuesday, every time Hillary picks up one superdelegate, Obama picks up three. If this continues, he is going to pass her very soon, and gain the lead in superdelegates.

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Tate Donovan: Fired Up For Obama And Phone Banking Indiana

Reny Monk | Posted 04.26.2008 | Home

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Reny Monk

Professors, actors, millionaires: Was it a Gilligan's Island remake? No. These were some of the people at the L.A. farmers market phone banking for Obama. I asked them what they were thinking.

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Indiana, North Carolina and the Gender Gap

Lisa Witter | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women, Obama, Primary, Gender Gap, Hillary, Election, Voting, Politics News
Lisa Witter

Women were 59% of the voters in the Pennsylvania primary and 57% of them voted for Hillary Clinton. There clearly is a gender gap in this prim...

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Friday Talking Points [29] -- Pennsylvania Fallout

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

It was a telling sign that neither Democratic candidate saw fit to visit Punxsutawney before the Pennsylvania primary. Nobody wanted the press to rem...

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Rev. Wright: "Obama Says What He Has to Say as a Politician"

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

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Blake Fleetwood

The above quote is from Bill Moyer's interview with Rev. Wright which is to air tonite. Rev. Wright, referring to Obama's disavowal of Wright's more...

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My Conversation with Congressman Rahm Emanuel

Charlie Rose | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pennsylvania, Primary, Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Charlie Rose, Politics News
Charlie Rose

2008-04-24-charlierahm.jpgEmanuel the Democratic presidential contest and whether the party can pull together in the general election against Senator John Mccain.

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Help Us Write "The Gender Speech"

Marie Wilson | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics

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Marie Wilson

We need to open up the conversation on gender in America. What would a speech on gender sound like?

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Battling On... To The Bitter End

Robert Silvers | Posted 04.24.2008 | Home

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Robert Silvers

The PA results demonstrate that Clinton's acrimony and accusation aren't changing the dynamics of the race; it's just poisoning the well, instead, convincing Hillary's supporters that Obama is unfit to lead.

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Post Hoc Ergo Shut Up Hoc

Ellis Weiner | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Unpledged Delegates, Primary, Hillary, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Pennsylvania, General Election, Barack Obama, Politics News
Ellis Weiner

As we say in our latest book, How to Raise a Jewish Dog, "the argument that 'only Hillary can win the big states necessary to elect a Democrat' is ent...

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Dame Hillary Clinton: the Black Knight

Chip Collis | Posted 04.23.2008 | Home

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Chip Collis

Clinton's ineffectual victories have become the pledged-delegate equivalent of having her legs hacked out from underneath her. Yet all the while she's trilling, "I'm invincible! Have at you then!"

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A Lady Always Knows When To Leave, So What's Your Story Mrs. Clinton?

Lecia Shorter | Posted 04.23.2008 | Home

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Lecia Shorter

Senator Clinton is playing the race and fear cards. There seems no concern for her party or her Democratic rival. She will go down and she cares not who or what goes down with her.

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On The Clinton Point Spread

Barnett Zitron | Posted 04.22.2008 | Home

Read More: Primary Rules, Young Voters, Hillary, Ed Rendell, Pennsylvania, Late Registration, Primary, Clinton, Victory, Pa, Obama, Closd Primary, Home News
Barnett Zitron

One thing is for sure: Hillary's best friend in Pennsylvania (even better than Gov. Rendell and the crowds of older voters) is the state's closed primary and inflexible voting regulations.

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Place Your Bets! Call Pennsylvania And The Nomination

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.21.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Since we've got a primary tomorrow, it's (once again) time to "put up or shut up," and make a prediction for Pennsylvania. Plus, since it's also appr...

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