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McCain Opens Southwest HQ Amid Protests

Dawn Teo | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home

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During the grand opening of the McCain Campaign Ariz. headquarters Friday, a couple of hundred supporters showed up and at least half that number protested outside in the 110 degree heat.

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No Longer Staring Into the Abyss of an Obama-Clinton Ticket

Paul Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2008 | Politics

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Clinton's increasingly desperate quest to show something for her decades of campaigning has taken on a vaguely insane turn, for which we should be grateful, even as it makes us queasy.

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Clinton: Not Exactly The Great White Hope

Paul Jenkins | Posted 04.26.2008 | Politics

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Were Hillary the great rural white savior that her campaign is depicting, she would have been able to dispatch a presidential neophyte like Barack Obama.

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After NH, Winning the West: DOs and DON'Ts

Christine Pelosi | Posted 01.08.2008 | Politics

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The race for president is officially wide open on both sides, meaning that our California primary votes may actually make a difference.

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Counting Senate Votes On Iraq... 56... 57... 60... 67....

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.19.2007 | Politics

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When you parse it all out, it comes down to 50-50 on the subject of Iraq, but there are four names being floated as candidates for GOP aisle-crossing.

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