Even if you try to read the four-page document about the caucus and voting process in Texas this coming Tuesday, you still won’t completely understand.  No one has bothered to learn it in the past because frankly, Texas is usually late enough in the game to make the state worthless in choosing the nominee.
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My partner-in-crime Laura Mansfield and I are currently driving through rush-hour traffic in Austin, Texas, on the way to San Antonio for Barack Obama’s Stand For Change Rally. I’ve gotta say, the traffic here is a little more concentrated than it was in Couer d’Alene, ID.
Laura and I will be covering the event from the […]

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By: Laura Mansfield and Jennifer Ware
Next up in the presidential primary parade are Rhode Island, Vermont, and the two states that have everyone talking, Ohio and Texas.
While nobody could have guessed how the primary contests would shake out, it seems fitting that the Lone Star State is now gearing up for one of the biggest […]

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A population of 23,904,380, according to the 2007 census. 50.2 percent female. 69.8 percent Caucasian. 35.7 percent Hispanic or Latino. 11.6 percent African-American. 4.4 percent Asian. 33.8 percent of households speaking a language other than English. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the land down South known as Texas.
This enormous state, second in size only to […]

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That’s the real issue in Ohio according to locals, and Democratic nominees are ignoring this problem in their national debates. Without any meaningful solutions presented at the Ohio debates last Tuesday night, many residents feel like the candidates that are ‘working for them’ don’t even know what they care about most.
This article off of Yahoo! […]

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A new Barack Obama campaign office opened Monday on the University of Texas campus in Austin, organized by the past five presidents of the school’s University Democrats. Click here to check out photos of the grand opening, complete with a BBQ lunch.
UT student volunteers were easy to reach through an impressive, 925-member group they’ve […]

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Well, the atmosphere at tonight’s Democratic debate at Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio was certainly more heated than the previous debate in Texas.
And this time, it was Obama who did the back-patting come the close of the debate.
Obama praised Clinton as “an excellent campaigner” and said she would certainly be a better candidate than […]

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It seems as if Clinton is panicking. A 16 minute starting debate about healthcare differences showed how on-edge she is. Each debated heartily about how their plans were superior. Obama, says his will not force people to purchase the insurance whereas Clinton’s plan makes every citizen take part. Clinton raised a point that though Obama […]

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The Democrats have two great candidates running to become the party’s nominee.  Most would be happy with either and that’s why it’s now nearly March and the Democrats still do not have an opponent for presumed Republican nominee John McCain.  It was never meant to go past Super Tuesday, no one could have guessed.  The […]

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By Devon Mills, Liz Burlingame, Brad Zimmerman and Will Mari  
What’s keeping former Ark. Gov. Mike Huckabee in the race, now that Sen. John McCain is the presumptive GOP nominee? The answer’s complicated, but it involves evangelicals, Saturday Night Live and Texas.

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