By Charles Cadwallader, Laura J. Mansfield, Elizabeth Mortenson and Jennifer Ware

Nearly a year ago, in the spring of 2007, Senator John McCain’s campaign for the presidency looked shaky at best. He was down in all the polls, his campaign was facing serious money woes, and pundits everywhere were predicting his sinking campaign could only be […]

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There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that this year’s race for the Democratic nomination is close.  Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have been the two major candidates pretty much the whole year.  While Hillary might have had a bit of an edge early on, Obama has recently taken a huge surge, leaving Hillary desperate […]

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 By Kate Miller, Emily Kim, Meghan Sellers and Rebecca Rogers
This year’s Democratic nomination race is close; depending upon how Ohio and Texas voters lean, it could prove the closest Democratic race in history. Currently, Obama leads Clinton narrowly in the delegate count, 1,319 to 1,250. Many analysts are predicting that this race will continue until […]

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Anyone who was born after 1980 probably doesn’t remember a time in Washington where you could “split” a ticket by voting for both Republicans and Democrats in the same year.This is because the change from a “blanket” primary where people could vote for whoever they chose too, regardless of party affiliation, to a party-specific ballot […]

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Ralph Nader entered the presidential race as an independent today, he announced his run on NBC’s “Meet The Press.” After the show he spoke to reporters, and according to CNN, Nader said:
From CNN: “In the last few years, big money and the closing down of Washington against citizen groups prevent us from trying to improve […]

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With the number of possible nominees winding down, Green Party’s Ralf Nader announced this morning his entry into the presidential race.
After former Sen. John Edwards suspended his campaign a little over two weeks ago, Nader announced his formation of a presidential exploratory committee to gauge the funds and interest in him joining the 2008 race.

This […]

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Last week Hillary Clinton challenged Barack Obama to “meet me in Texas.” He did, and they had a debate at the University of Texas at Austin on Thursday.  The debate ended on a notable positive note for Clinton — nice words about Obama, the American public, and a standing ovation from the audience. It appears, though, […]

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Last nights debate in Texas between Obama and Clinton was quite tame. The candidates weren’t overly friendly with each other, like they were in a past California debate, but they also weren’t attacking each other either. It was the ending however, that took me by surprise. Clinton’s response to this question got the audience cheering […]

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The last debate before March 4th just ended tonight.  Neither Barack Obama nor Hillary Clinton went negative tonight, instead it was mostly civil.  At one point Clinton made a snide remark that was not well received.  The two candidates were having an exchange about the Clinton campaign’s plagiarism allegations against Obama.  They allege that Obama […]

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The New York Times reported this evening that Senator John McCain may have some ethical questions to answer to about a relationship earlier in his political career.
Apparently, back in 2000, McCain’s advisor’s had to step in and manage a relationship situation between McCain and a lobbyist, Vicki Iseman.

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