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Top 10 Presidential Cars
KickingTiresElection season kicked into high gear last night as the country prepares to peacefully elect a new leader. While everyone is grading the first of three presidential debates from last night and how President Barack Obama and GOP nominee Mitt......Tags: Politics, Car Engine Repair, Arts and Culture, Republican Party, Nissan
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Obama's big night in St. Paul ghost house
The Swampby Mark Silva Symbols are everything in politics. Democrat Barack Obama plans his final primary night rally of the year, this week, on Republican-flagged grounds: The Excel Energy Center in downtown St. Paul, Minn, where the Republican National Convention...Tags: Montana, History, National Government, Xcel Energy Incorporated, Barack Obama
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Electoral College: Fixing it, maybe not
The Swampby Mark Silva The only thing worse than the Electoral College, it seems, may be attempting to improve on the Electoral College. Even after the disputed 2000 presidential election -- when George W. Bush won the White House with a......Tags: Florida, Education, Politics, White House, John Kerry
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Red state, blue state, rich state, poor
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated with author interview The upcoming presidential election isn't just a matter of Red State versus Blue State. It's a question of Rich State versus Poor State. "Nowadays, the Democrats win the rich states, but rich......Tags: John Kerry, Sociology, National Government, Virginia, Arts and Culture
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New LI disabled-voting machines arrive, some with flaws
Spin CycleNew handicapped-compliant voting machines have begun arriving at the Nassau and Suffolk Boards of Elections, but the agencies have rejected more than 8 percent of the deliveries as not working properly. Curiously, all the machines, which cost more than...Tags: Voting, Long Island, Elections, Local Elections, Regional Elections
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Obama vs. McCain: Debating debates
The Swampby Mark Silva Who wants a debate? The underdog, generally. Who doesn't? Someone who has something to lose. Republican Sen. John McCain, pressing Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for a weekly series of "town-hall''-styled debates, faces a mere six-point...Tags: Education, Hillary Clinton, Politics, Halle Berry, National Government
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Obama rejects public financing
The Swampby John McCormick, updated with McCain and RNC response In a widely expected decision, Sen. Barack Obama announced this morning that his Democratic presidential bid will reject public financing, abandoning an earlier pledge to participate in the system if...Tags: Politics, National Government, Political Fundraising, Barack Obama, Public Finance
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Politics of oil: 'Let's face it'
The Swampby Mark Silva Just a few months ago, President George W. Bush said he "hadn't heard" that gas might reach $4 per gallon. But now that the $4-and-climbing price of summer gas has become a flash point for deep public......Tags: Politics, Environmental Pollution, National Government, Polls, Emergency Incidents
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Clinton-Obama: "Disunity Day" ???
Spin CycleWith Clinton and Obama set to rally together in Unity, NH, for their much ballyhooed first joint campaign appearance, the GOP counters with a release recounting the various negative things she has said against him, and the various negative things......Tags: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Hillary Clinton, Politics, White House, National Government
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McCain: Flip-flop count at 61. (Updated: Obama=17)
Spin CycleA week or so ago, with McCain hyperventilating about Obama reversals on matters such as public financing of his campaign, we linked to a site that was tracking McCain's flip-flops. McCain is still hyperventilating. His current claim is that......Tags: Voting, Health, Personal Weapon Control, Mass Media, Arts and Culture
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Obama tops McCain by 8: poll
The Swampby Frank James Two interesting polls this morning. The Washington Post has a presidential horse race poll this morning which gives Democrat Sen. Barack Obama a eight-point lead over Republican Sen. John McCain. Of course, all these race track polls......Tags: Politics, The New York Times, Sociology, Barack Obama, Minority Groups
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Emanuel to be Obama's debate negotiator
The Swampby John McCormick Sen. Barack Obama's campaign released a letter today to the Commission on Presidential Debates that accepts their framework for three presidential debates and one vice presidential debate. Campaign manager David Plouffe's language in the...Tags: Elections, Barack Obama, New Hampshire, John McCain, Political Candidates
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