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Tuesday, January 01, 2008 - Posts
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If presidential candidates are the bread and butter of campaigns, celebrities are the frosting. In this campaign more than ever, we're being forced to confront the political implications of Kevin Bacon and his colleagues supporting one candidate or another. Read More...
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Among other indicators that Iowans are getting sick of caucus season, one Edwards phone banker told me he heard this message on an Iowa resident's voicemail (his paraphrase): "Hello, this is Mr. X. If you are a presidential candidate or calling on behalf Read More...
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Ralph Nader, who had previously all-but-endorsed Mike Gravel , has jumped ship and backed John Edwards , instead. This comes just 48 hours before the Iowa caucuses. Will Gravel be able to recover in time? Read More...
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The Peace Train has pulled into Obama station-temporarily. Dennis Kucinich has endorsed Barack Obama in the Iowa caucuses, but only if he's declared unviable . We've been advising fringe-minded Iowa causcusgoers how to vote if their first-choice is declared Read More...
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AMES -- Well, that was news-free. I heard variations of that comment three times coming out of Hillary’s event here today, as reporters struggled to frame their ledes. But for Hillary, that’s mission accomplished. In the last days before the Iowa caucuses, Read More...
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AMES -- John Edwards never misses an opportunity to use his favorite metaphor about speaking for those who don’t have a voice. But over the next 36 hours, there’s a good chance he’ll lose his. Starting now, the Edwards bus (I can't bring myself to say Read More...
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In a new ad for New Hampshire voters, Mitt Romney claims: In the next ten years, we'll see more progress, more change than the world has seen in the last ten centuries. You read that correctly. The next ten years will run roughshod over the Enlightenment, Read More...
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There's a reason they call political parties parties , and not just groups or organizations or clans. Because in some political arenas, it's less about who can pound the most gavels than who can pound the most brewskis. Policy making? That's just what Read More...
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