Barack Obama has recently landed in hot water for this picture of him refusing to pay his respects during the Pledge Of Allegiance. What does this mean for his Presidential campaign? What does it say about the character of the man? Does he have t

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These days it seems the race for the democratic or gop nomination is all about the points. A new poll out (according to CNN) has Clinton leading Obama by only 6 points in New Hampshire. While its good news for Obama, I have to wonder about the effect this constant polling has on the race for the nomination. Obviously numbers are changing ever

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One poll at a time apparently. On the side of the Democrats it seems that Hillary Clinton’s lead in New Hampshire is Slowly Slipping Away. This is good news for Obama and other Democrat wanna-bes. It was once thought that Hillary was unstoppable but thats beginning to show not to be the case as the primary season nears (less that a month away

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Will Barack Obama throw the 2008 Presidential race to the Republicans? Will his Muslim roots matter? What about his inexperience? Will Democrats once again be split? Jane Devin asks the questions and points out that Obama may be the next Ralph Nader. What do you think? Will Obama's good looks, charm, and charisma be enough to overcome t

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The rapidly changing political landscape has introduced us to the live version of a new phenomenon. Although Hollywood-types have often backed political candidates and causes, the world has been holding their breath in anticipation of the impact of Oprah's endorsement of Barack Obama.

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When Hillary Clinton launched her campaign nearly a year ago, the media buzz deemed it near impossible for the likes of Barack Obama and John Edwards to overcome her daunting campaign machine. The endorsements, the money, and the cream-of-the-crop strategists combined with the former First Lady�s incumbent image to make her the clear-cut choi

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DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton holds a narrow lead in Iowa four days before the state opens the presidential nominating race, while Republicans Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney are virtually tied, according to a Reuters/C-Span/Zogby poll released on Sunday.
Clinton, a New York senator, led Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois 31

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ABC News projects that Illinois Sen. Barack Obama will be the winner of the Iowa Democratic caucuses. At this point ABC News does not have enough information yet to project who will come in second or third.
Looking ahead to the Granite State's primary on Tuesday, Obama adviser David Axelrod said, "In every way we have exceeded expectations

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Great question raised by kamloops inside out, "Should Canada Care About US Politics." The short article goes on to really ask, "Who do you think is the best candidate for Canada?" Which politician would treat Canada the best? Make sure that you click on the above link to read the rest of the article. Local newspapers cover the results

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For Republicans in the Evansville Indiana area, this Primary season promises to be an exciting one. Normally, by the time Indiana's primary rolls around, the front-runner in the race is well established, and the race has become a one or two man contest.

For the GOP's 2008 Presidential Primary, however, there have been three major primar

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On the Democratic side, John Edwards, although never the front-runner, has been driving his party’s policy agenda. He’s done it again on economic stimulus: last month, before the economic consensus turned as negative as it now has, he proposed a stimulus package including aid to unemployed workers, aid to cash-strapped state and local governm

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My first reaction to the split was: "Does he have cobwebs in his brain? Did his kids have 8 legs and fancied eating insects? Or did Mary Jane give him a high he hasn't quite come down from?"

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Heres something for those of us avidly following the US elections.

Hillary Clinton may have bested Barack Obama at the voting box in New Hampshire, but Obama remains a big winner at bookstores says The Millions blog:

According to Nielsen BookScan, which tracks about 70 per cent of industry sales...

Along with Obamas s

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Since 2000, it seems as though every time a Democrat loses an election it is due to voter fraud. It started with Al Gore, and continued with John Kerry. Why is this?
This primary season in New Hampshire Hillary Clinton won even though polls showed Obama with a ten point lead. Naturally the accusations of voter fraud surfaced. How could the p

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One thing that I have thoroughly enjoyed thus-far in the primary season is watching and listening to the Democrats expose themselves. By this I mean that they are considered the party of all-inclusiveness and caring, yet are dividing themselves by race and gender. Democrats have carefully constructed an image with women and minorities as the

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