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Why the Democrats Need to Dumb It Down

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

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Michelle Haimoff

She makes them laugh and lets them think that they'll all head over to Culver's later for frozen custard and ButterBurgers.

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Pre-Election Post-Mortem: Why Obama Lost

Tony Sachs | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

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Tony Sachs

Well, this time we didn't lose it. John McCain won it by running a campaign so brilliant that it seemed to surprise even his most enthusiastic backers.

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Palin Winning Over Twenty-Something Catholics

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.09.2008 | Home

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Diane Tucker

Catholics have backed the popular-vote-winning candidate in the last nine presidential elections. They make up nearly a quarter of all registered U.S. voters and may well determine who wins the White House in 2008.

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OTB Swing-Voter Survey

John Tomasic | Posted 09.29.2008 | Home

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John Tomasic

This past month, before the Democratic National Convention, OffTheBus community members conducted interviews with swing voters -- and people they thou...

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Older, Unhappy Women As Swing Voters

Janet Ritz | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics

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Janet Ritz

Older women might end up voting against their own interests with a McCain who, at least, culturally speaks their language, as opposed to an Obama, who does not seem to be speaking to them at all.

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Seven Things Barack Obama Should Do to Keep from Blowing It

Arianna Huffington | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

To counter the conventional wisdom pundits, the cautious campaign advisers, and his own inner cautiousness, I'm offering Obama suggestions for staying true to the vision that took him from longshot to presidential frontrunner.

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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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Broke and Burned Out: Moms of '08 Election?

Nanette Fondas | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

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Nanette Fondas

Soccer moms, security moms ... How will the mothers' vote be labeled this year? Broke and burned out moms?

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A Day With Hillary: Middle-Aged Undecided White Men

The Uptake | Posted 04.28.2008 | Home

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The Uptake

On the ground in Pennsylvania, you can sense much tenuous support and find many waffling voters. The most enigmatic include those in the bullseye of the campaigns: white male undecideds.

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