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October 2008 - Posts
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John McCain supporters who believe they haven't gotten a fair shake from the media during the Republican's candidacy against Barack Obama have a new study Read More...
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Democrat Barack Obama got annoyed with the media Friday as he tried to walk down a Chicago street with his 7-year-old daughter, Sasha, who was dressed Read More...
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NBC's political director, Chuck Todd, breaks down what to expect on Election Day, state-by-state. Read More...
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A day before voters head to polls in battleground Virginia, the NAACP will go to federal court to demand more voting machines in minority polling places Read More...
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Iowa is where Barack Obama’s path to the presidency began. So it was fitting that on the Friday before the American people cast their ballots, Iowa was Read More...
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The final five weeks of this long campaign produced some fresh outlandish charges, as well as some old ones reprised. Read More...
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Thousands of weddings after California's highest court sanctioned same-sex marriage, anxious eyes around the nation will closely follow voters Tuesday Read More...
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The next president is likely to face decisions that run to the domestic auto industry' very core: their survival. Both candidates have vowed to help. Read More...
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In no-contest California, where polls show Barack Obama leading by miles, what's a campaign volunteer to do? Read More...
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Early voting has proven extraordinarily popular this year, setting records across the country as voters brave hours-long waits to cast their ballots in Read More...
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Where's my absentee ballot? Why did they turn me away from the polls? As the country counts down to Election Day, questions like these are flooding in Read More...
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The last detail facing Obama is answering the first question confronted in his campaign: Can he attract enough working-class white voters to build a winning Read More...
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Jewish voters are being heavily courted by both presidential candidates. They mostly voted for Democrats until 2004 when Bush made inroads. Now, some say Read More...
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Some say Ralph Nader cost Al Gore the White House in 2000. With Barack Obama and John McCain polling closely in several battleground states, what effect Read More...
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There are three things every voter should do before they head to the polls, election experts agree: Check to make sure you’re registered to vote at your Read More...
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There is a new proposal on the ballot in Michigan that would expand the use of human embryos in medical research, but would limit the manner in which they Read More...
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With workers losing jobs or scrambling to retain them, pressures intensify at home, too. What do the presidential nominees propose to ease Americans' work-family Read More...
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Pianist Diana Levine of Vermont lost her right arm to gangrene after a doctor injected her with a drug that caused an adverse reaction. Now she is at the Read More...
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California's Proposition 8 would overturn gay couples' recently granted right to marry. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints asked congregations Read More...
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Following his conviction on corruption charges, Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is back in his home state, campaigning for re-election. Stevens is the longest-serving Read More...
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These days, answering your phone often means listening to a recorded political message. But do robo-calls work? Read More...
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More than 188 million potential voters have signed up to participate in the upcoming presidential election, according to the National Association of Secretaries Read More...
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David Duke, a former Knights of the Ku Klux Klan leader, shares thoughts on what an Obama administration would mean for the nation, and for whites in America Read More...
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Jimi Izrael, Arsalan Iftikhar, Boyce Watkins and Marcus Skelton talk about Obama's recent primetime television address, the ongoing Ad wars, D.L. Hughley's Read More...
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Sarah Palin came to Cape Girardeau, Mo., a conservative town in a swing state, to energize the conservative base. Polls show the presidential race to be Read More...
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In the year 2000, we suffered through Florida's hanging chads. In 2004, we agonized over Ohio's provisional ballots. What could go wrong on Election Day Read More...
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If Barack Obama wins, pundits are sure to make sweeping pronouncements about what it all means. Does a Democratic victory signal a massive, lasting political Read More...
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In his debate with Rep. Michele Bachmann on Thursday, Democrat Elwyn Tinklenberg found himself stymied, ignored, accused, and at one point interrupted Read More...
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With the sand in the 2008 campaign hourglass about depleted, 14 percent can't decide or back a candidate but might switch according to an Associated Press-Yahoo Read More...
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Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain head into the final weekend of the presidential campaign focused tightly on the economy. Read More...
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With four days to go until Tuesday's presidential election, Democratic nominee Barack Obama is not slowing down. He campaigned in three battleground states Read More...
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Republican presidential hopeful John McCain knows that Ohio is critical to winning Tuesday's presidential election. But with four days to go, McCain won't Read More...
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The presidential election is four days away. Polls indicate Barack Obama is leading John McCain. Is there anything that could happen between now and Tuesday Read More...
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Freshman Congresswoman Michele Bachmann seemed to be on a sure path for reelection. But the Minnesota Republican made headlines by suggesting Barack Obama Read More...
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Independent analyses of the presidential candidates’ tax proposals show that those who make less than $250,000 a year would not see their taxes raised Read More...
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The White House is working to enact a wide array of federal regulations, many of which would weaken rules aimed at protecting consumers and the environment, Read More...
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Final push in 14 states to mobilize and educate voters before November 4 Read More...
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Amendment 48 would define "personhood" as beginning at the moment of conception, giving fertilized eggs constitutional rights. But the measure raises a Read More...
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On Oct. 31, 1968, President Lyndon Johnson ordered a halt in bombing missions over Vietnam, implementing Gen. Creighton Abrams' "clear and hold" strategy. Read More...
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Problems for the Republican Party may be best exemplified in North Carolina, where the presidential race is suddenly close. GOP Sen. Elizabeth Dole is Read More...
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Barack Obama is swamping John McCain in a national mock election among students from kindergarten through college age. The students have been successful Read More...
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A growing number of voters have concluded that Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska is not qualified to be vice president, weighing down Sen. John McCain's campaign, Read More...
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Voters on Tuesday elect governors in 11 states, deciding close contests in Indiana, North Carolina and Washington as Republicans try to chip away at the Read More...
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Barack Obama's campaign has approached Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel about possibly serving as White House chief of staff, officials said Thursday. Read More...
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A record total of 188 million potential voters have registered to vote in Tuesday's election, according to figures compiled from the 50 states. Read More...
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If you look at tracking polls before your first cup of coffee, you're not alone. How political-news junkies are preparing for campaign withdrawal. Read More...
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A new Israeli exit poll gives a landslide victory to the Republicans, with 67 percent of the mostly Jewish respondents living in Israel voting by absentee Read More...
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The latest argument being made by hopeful conservatives and paranoid liberals is that McCain is surging. But is the GOP candidate really tightening the Read More...
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In an interview airing on “NBC Nightly News,” Sen. Barack Obama said Thursday that economic conditions would get worse before they got better no matter Read More...
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McCain trusts an inner circle of close advisers for guidance, like Sens. Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham. Obama tends to cast a wide net and may look Read More...
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Barack Obama's campaign "infomercial" drew 26.4 million viewers to three major networks, proving modestly more popular than typical prime-time programming, Read More...
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If Democrat Barack Obama wins the presidency, he will be the first White House occupant in a long time with a background in constitutional law. Fellow Read More...
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Michigan must not throw registered voters off the rolls, even if their voter ID cards were returned as undeliverable, an appeals court said Thursday. Read More...
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The Obamamercial was (above all else) effective. Why? Because it had a very simple objective--making undecided voters comfortable with the experience of Read More...
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Barack Obama shoots hoops for good luck, and John McCain has been known to break out his special L.L. Bean shoes. Guests and listeners discuss the role Read More...
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Sen. John McCain's strategy for winning Pennsylvania requires the votes of blue-collar Democrats who traditionally vote Republican in national elections. Read More...
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John McCain is spending a lot of the last campaign week in Pennsylvania. He says the Keystone State is his key to winning the election. Madeleine Brand Read More...
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Poll numbers don't show a lot of good news for Republican John McCain. But an unusually upbeat staff and murmurs of sunny internal polls have pundits and Read More...
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The Texas Supreme Court may take the unusual step of reconsidering one of its decisions. It involves a workers' compensation case. The resolution of the Read More...
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Barack Obama, bidding to be the first black president, told Jon Stewart he doesn't believe that white voters will bail on him in the privacy of the voting Read More...
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Zimbabwe remains in a state of political crisis. Several attempts have been made to resolve it through a power sharing agreement, but those efforts have Read More...
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Despite both presidential candidates' belief that aggressive action is needed to reduce the country's carbon emissions, talk of climate change has amounted Read More...
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Is the Minnesota Senate race a referendum on comedian-turned-politician Al Franken, or on President George W. Bush and the economy? Read More...
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Some recent polls show Sen. Barack Obama with a double digit lead in the race for the White House, while others show a much narrower gap between him and Read More...
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Although the Grand Canyon State voters turned down a 2006 measure banning same-sex marriage, there is a big difference between that initiative and this Read More...
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