Tag: elections
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April 02, 2008 10:42 AM EST --
A question is haunting Democrats: Will they squander a golden shot at the White House by dividing the party in a tooth and nail Clinton-Obama contest that can seem endless?
A war of words has broken . . . more
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March 19, 2008 10:24 AM EST --
Barack Obama has worked hard to transcend race on the campaign trail but American and personal history have intervened. Yesterday in Philadelphia, in a speech hailed as historic, Obama squarely addressed . . . more
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April 29, 2008 10:36 AM EDT --
Barack Obama's former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, went low profile after clips of his fiery sermons hit the news media in March.
But if some Obama supporters hoped Rev. Wright might go away, they . . . more
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May 21, 2008 11:42 AM EDT --
In the New Deal era, the Democrats owned the white working class. In the Civil Rights era, they lost them. Not all, of course, but enough to give Republicans win after big win.
Kentucky and Oregon . . . more
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June 02, 2008 11:03 AM EDT --
The long primary season ends tomorrow for the Democrats. There are just two more states -- South Dakota and Montana, tomorrow -- and that's it for primary voting.
But how the Clinton-Obama . . . more
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May 07, 2008 11:36 AM EDT --
Barack Obama scored a 14 point victory last night in North Carolina. Hillary Clinton won Indiana by about 2 points. This Democratic primary-race is one for the history books, but it's not history . . . more
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February 04, 2008 10:52 AM EST --
For better or worse, it's been a Baby Boomers' world for so long it's hard for many Americans to imagine it otherwise. In presidential politics, this may be the year to think again.
A new . . . more
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May 14, 2008 10:47 AM EDT --
Hillary Clinton won in a romp in West Virginia, and says she will go on. Barack Obama's camp points to the Democratic primary numbers and says he's got it sewn up.
Meanwhile, John McCain just . . . more
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June 11, 2008 10:43 AM EDT --
Americans don't need an economist to tell them the economy is in trouble these days. Just look around – at jobs, gas, prices, foreclosure.
But we might need an economist or two to size up . . . more
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June 16, 2008 10:09 AM EDT --
Dick Cheney headed up George Bush's VP search committee and then got the job. He has wielded a very big stick in his seven plus years and redefined the office.
Now, Barack Obama and John McCain . . . more
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