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McCain Victory: Fat Chance

Tom McNichol | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

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Tom McNichol

The margin of Barack Obama's electoral victory caught some pundits by surprise. But Obama's win was ensured when McCain failed to connect with voters ...

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Election Results Will Devastate Half the Country

Judy Muller | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home

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Judy Muller

On November 5th, one of these two candidates is going to have to take the devastated, bruised, outraged feelings of millions of Americans and make them believe that they still have a vital voice in this democracy.

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What Political Malpractice Looks Like (The B Team That Ran The McCain Campaign Into The Ground)

Mark Nickolas | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

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Mark Nickolas

We'll have plenty of time to dissect this pig after November 4th, but I wanted to get a head start on some of the most egregious acts of political malpractice I have ever seen at this level of politics in my life.

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The Morning-After Blues

Darryle Pollack | Posted 11.27.2008 | Living

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Darryle Pollack

The countdown to November 4 is torturous. Everyone is worried. Everyone is losing sleep. For some people, the election can't come soon enough. But for me, I wish it would never end.

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NY Times: McCain In 'Increasingly Dire Position'

New York Times | ADAM NAGOURNEY and JEFF ZELENY | Posted 11.26.2008 | Politics

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Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama are heading into the final week of the presidential campaign planning to spend nearly all their time in s...

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Trying to Help This Country Makes Obama a Good Candidate, Not a Socialist

Tracy Lea Carnes | Posted 11.24.2008 | Home

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Tracy Lea Carnes

Canada has a form of democratic socialism yet I don't see them suddenly amassing an army and marching across the border to impose their health care system, crazy accents, and Moulson beer on us. Inflicting Celine Dion on us was enough.

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Paint McCain a Red-Baiter

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

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Leo W. Gerard

The "small government" Bush and Republican Congress increased spending, thus replacing the budget surplus bequeathed them with deficits.

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McCain On Defense In Red States

Bloomberg | Joe Sobczyk and Edwin Chen | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics

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John McCain is circling the wagons. The Republican presidential candidate, with few prospects in Democratic-leaning states, is struggling to hold on ...

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Divided States of America

Kelly Nyks | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

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Kelly Nyks

We are simply turned off by the ugliness of the politics we see in America today -- inside the beltway and in our own homes.

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The Ike Effect: Blowing Texas Blue

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 10.24.2008 | Living

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Elizabeth Gregory

Lots of Houstonians, spared the direct coastal hit, made the most of the forced slowdown in pace.

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Meet the Purples! Decoding the DNA of the Swing Voter

Marty Kaplan | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

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Marty Kaplan

Both Obama and McCain will make huge efforts on Election Day to turn out their bases it's still likely that the outcome will depend on the Purples, the swing voters in the middle. Who are they?

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Why Hillary's Folks Won't Quit

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

It's not just Hillary and Bill's ego, bruised feelings, and over inflated political self importance, to appease her supporters that move Clinton to agree to keep her name in play -- it's fear of losing this election.

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Alaska Chants for Oh, Oh, Oh, Obama

Amanda Coyne | Posted 07.17.2008 | Home

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Amanda Coyne

The Obama campaign is dedicated to Alaska partly because the caucus there drew a record-busting 9,000 voters. An organizer says the campaign took note of the "vigor" of Obama's supporters here.

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Tapping Barack Obama's Phone

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

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Jonathan Leigh Solomon

When Obama eschewed the pundit's red-blue-purple state preoccupation during his '04 Democratic Convention speech, he was choosing poetry over polls.

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Obama: Going North to Alaska!

Amanda Coyne | Posted 07.03.2008 | Home

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Amanda Coyne

Last night in Anchorage, Obama staff told a small crowd that Obama would be coming to campaign in Alaska. A new poll has the margin closing here dramatically, to 5 points with 17 percent undecided.

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How Does Obama Beat McCain? Sketching His Electoral Path To Victory

Talking Points Memo | Eric Kleefeld | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics

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So what's Obama's route to the White House in a general election? How can he make the electoral map work for him? How dramatically does he have to rem...

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Across the Great Divide

Susan Neiman | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics

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Susan Neiman

Like anything else, unashamed sentimentality can be part of a pose. Not every red state expression of sentiment is genuine, and not every blue state expression of skepticism is caustic.

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