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How President-Elect Obama Took Race Off the Table

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 11.04.2008 | Home

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

In a speech on February 10, 2007 on the steps of the Old Capital Building in Springfield, Illinois, then first term U.S. Senator Barack Obama quash...

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Arab Americans Have Substantial Presence in Tuesday's Elections

Ray Hanania | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

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Ray Hanania

When Americans across the country flock to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 4, Arab Americans will be standing with them side-by-side in line to vote.

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Study: Candidates Really Do Keep Promises

LiveScience | Andrea Thompson | Posted 11.03.2008 | Living

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Politicians have a nasty reputation for never keeping campaign promises, but most do actually put their money, or at least their efforts, where their ...

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Time To Blink

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

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Abby L. Ferber

Why write a blog? Until a few months ago, I never read blogs. In our talk show culture, where everyone has something to say about everything, blogging...

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Judging the Candidates on Their Records

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

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Marian Wright Edelman

Congress voted on key issues affecting children and families. The Scorecard is a tool to help citizens hold lawmakers accountable when they go to the polls on Election Day.

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Governor Palin, Did You Mean Community Organizers Like Jesus?

TJ Williams | Posted 10.02.2008 | Home

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TJ Williams

We asked ourselves, "Does Sarah Palin, who claims to be a Christian, even understand the Bible?" If she did, she would realize that the Old Testament prophets John the Baptist, the Apostles and even Jesus himself, functioned as community organizers.

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Failsafe Speaking Without Lots of Words

Jennie Blackton | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

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Jennie Blackton

No disrespect to anyone meant, but could I suggest that creating a stump speech is not that difficult. Yet, I find a lot of people want to complicate ...

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VP Selections Draws New "Change" Candidate to the Race

Bruno Giussani | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

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Bruno Giussani

Stephanie Bowman has been circulating the following text per e-mail among friends. I asked her permission to post it here -- thus taking her bid to the national stage.

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The Candidates On Georgia: A Sharp Foreign Policy Divide

Chuck Lasker | Posted 08.13.2008 | Home

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Chuck Lasker

From a strict foreign policy viewpoint, one candidate came out presidential, and one came out as a war hawk. One candidate was diplomatic, one was gruff and divisive.

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Friday Talking Points [28] -- It's Debatable...

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

The twenty-first debate of the Democratic presidential nomination race happened this week. Much fulminating in the blogosphere immediately followed. ...

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What's Happened to the Great American Century?

Marc Lampkin | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

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Marc Lampkin

Over the last 25 years, while other countries have restructured and significantly improved their educational system, ours has stagnated.

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Open Letter to Our Candidates

Cheryl Saban | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics

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Cheryl Saban

I care very little about how many pizzas and food platters the candidates for president of our country have purchased. I am worried about the mess that has been made of the world we live in.

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Candidates Take Break From Attacking Each Other To Go After Media

CNN | Rebecca Sinderbrand | Posted 01.18.2008 | Politics

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The presidential candidates and their surrogates took a brief break from attacking each other Thursday to beat up on the media instead. Bill Clinton...

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Why Candidates Really Get Ahead

Michael Shermer | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics

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Michael Shermer

The new science of evolutionary economics explains why some candidates, like some products, get ahead in the marketplace By Michael Shermer As the p...

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Do You Know How Iowans Will Vote? Neither Do They.

Reilly Center For Media & Public Affairs | Posted 01.03.2008 | Home

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Reilly Center For Media & Public Affairs

With the Iowa Caucus less than hours away, there are a multitude of polls being released - none of which support the other. Being in Iowa does not help to make the races seem any clearer.

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Tab For '08 Political Ads Expected To Reach $3 Billion

CNN | Posted 10.15.2007 | Media

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A wide-open presidential race and a willingness by candidates, interest groups, unions and corporations to buy TV time will lead to historic spending ...

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Siesta Time: Univision Fumbles First-Ever Spanish Language Presidential Debate

Marc Cooper | Posted 09.10.2007 | Home

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Marc Cooper

The closest anything came to a moment of tension was when Clinton and Obama were asked why they, indeed, had voted for construction of a wall along the Mexican border.

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