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Obama's Biggest Advantage Yet: Early Voting

Mark Nickolas | Posted 08.14.2008 | Politics

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Mark Nickolas

It's really mind-boggling that the B team running the McCain operation is ceding such a massive on-the-ground strategic advantage to the Obama campaign.

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McCain's Problem with White Voters

Paul Jenkins | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

It is McCain who needs to score exceptionally well among white voters, better in fact than any other Republican presidential candidate in the past 20 years, including George H. W. Bush.

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Burned Out On Burning Man: Can The Artistic Free-For-All Go Green?

Sierra Club | Matthew Taylor | Posted 07.24.2008 | Green

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POWERED BY 2,000 GALLONS OF PROPANE and 900 gallons of jet fuel, the mushroom cloud thundered across Nevada's Black Rock Desert, incinerating a 99-foo...

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The People vs. Heidi Fleiss

Juli Weiner | Posted 07.21.2008 | Entertainment

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Juli Weiner

Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss has emerged from prison with renewed entrepreneurial zest; she hopes to open what will become the first brothel that caters to female clientele. She's christened the the project "Stud Farm."

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Obama Supporters Woo 18,000 New Citizens In L.A.

Ryan Rivera | Posted 07.11.2008 | Home

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Ryan Rivera

McCain's California supporters swear the Golden State is in play, yet skipped an opportunity to register 18,000 new citizens at the L.A. Convention Center. Obama's minions, of course, were out in force.

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McCain Opens Southwest HQ Amid Protests

Dawn Teo | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home

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Dawn Teo

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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New Citizen Voters in Colorado

Ryan Rivera | Posted 06.27.2008 | Home

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Ryan Rivera

Hundreds of thousands of new citizens will be casting their votes in November, and in the swinging Southwest, these disproportionately Latino and Democratic voters could cinch tight elections.

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Nevada Ron Paul Supporters Stage Rogue GOP Convention

Amanda Becker | Posted 06.23.2008 | Home

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Amanda Becker

At the dissolved state convention in April, Ron Paul was set to win and Convention Chairman Bob Beers even shook his hand, congratulating him. When the final tallies never came and the convention was disbanded, attendees cried foul.

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Yucca Casts Short Shadow On Nevada Presidential Politics

Amanda Becker | Posted 06.10.2008 | Home

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Amanda Becker

The candidates talk about the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear storage facility, but people in Nevada are concerned about the economy. In fact, it's McCain's flip-flopping on Yucca that may cost him votes.

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Almost Blue: The Obama-Dean Western Campaign

Dawn Teo | Posted 06.08.2008 | Home

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Dawn Teo

Obama's army goes deep behind enemy lines in the West. He and Dean are determined to compete in red states as a matter of strategy, forcing McCain to spend money and resources on his own turf.

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Interview With Political Science Professor Kenneth Janda

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Last Thanksgiving, I took a vacation from the blog and (while I was gone) I ran a series of speech transcripts from all eight of the Democratic candid...

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Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid Says Hillary Clinton Should Stay In The Race: "People Should Just Cool Their Jets"

Erin Medlicott | Posted 05.06.2008 | Home

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Erin Medlicott

"This primary is a good thing. Democrats have developed a way to raise $100 million, 80 percent in donations under $90. We have millions more registered voters, 50,000 new Democrats in Nevada."

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Clinton: Not Exactly The Great White Hope

Paul Jenkins | Posted 04.26.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

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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In Defense Of Hookers

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

It's impossible to describe the relationship between politicians, lobbyists, corporations, and campaign cash -- and have it come out sounding different than what a prostitute does for a living.

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Clinton's General Election Disaster in the Making

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.09.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

Of the many strange spins the Clinton campaign has sold the media, few are as troubling as the idea that she is the stronger general election candidate.

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Beverly Davis | Posted 02.14.2008 | Home

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Beverly Davis

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Rocky Mountain Realities On Feb. 5

David Sirota | Posted 02.01.2008 | Politics

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David Sirota

When I took a leave of absence from my job in Washington in 2000 to work in the Montana Senate race, I didn't have much clue what I was in for. Growin...

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The Epic 2008 Election (So Far)

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Out of the frozen tundra of Iowa, out of the snowy mountains of Vermont, out of the brightly-lit casinos in the Nevada desert, out of the churches of ...

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Nevada Tops Country In '07 Foreclosures

AP | ALEX VEIGA | Posted 01.29.2008 | Business

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LOS ANGELES — The number of U.S. homes that slipped into some stage of foreclosure in 2007 was 79 percent higher than in the previous year, a re...

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My Primary Picks For Florida

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Ever onwards, into the fray, we return to the latest in a series of primary "picks" columns, this time heading down to Florida to examine the Republic...

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Obama: Hillary Will "Say Anything And Change Nothing"

ABC News | Jake Tapper | Posted 01.24.2008 | Politics

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No matter what you think about which Democrat is best suited to be the nominee, or president, or who's at fault in the bitter back-and-forth that has ...

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Obama Files Official Complaint Over Alleged NV Voter Suppression

TIME | Karen Tumulty | Posted 01.23.2008 | Politics

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I won't insert any what-happens-in-Vegas jokes here, but the Barack Obama campaign is not letting go of its accusations that Hillary Clinton's campaig...

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Thomas B. Edsall

Ethnic, Race, Male-Female Voting Patterns Deciding The Democratic Nomination

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 01.21.2008 | Politics

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Looking at the recent male-female and white-black-Latino voting patters in Nevada, and recent survey results from South Carolina voters, it ...

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Why Obama and Clinton Are Debating Voter Suppression

Ari Melber | Posted 01.21.2008 | Politics

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Ari Melber

Based on the results so far, lower voter turnout portends a Clinton nomination. And lately, Clinton supporters have tried tactics to limit turnout.

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Obama and the Grumpy Old Men

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.20.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

Younger black activists and elected officials are unlikely to feel any loyalty to the Clintons, are engaged by a post-baby-boom candidate and feel more in sync with Obama on the issues.

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