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  • September 2008

    • GOP Sees Smoother Ride on Palin's Coattails

      Real Clear Politics  |  Sep 12, 08 3:42 PM CDT

      GOP Sees Smoother Ride on Palin's Coattails

      (Newser) - Congressional Republicans nervous about their own election chances are encouraged by the thought of a Sarah Palin-fueled boost to the GOP’s overall image, Real Clear Politics reports. Polls conducted since she was picked as John McCain’s running mate show a generic Republican congressional candidate trailing a generic Democrat by only 3.6%, narrowing a lead that has held at 12% or more since July. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • Congress  • Sarah Palin  • Republicans  • GOP  • Democratic candidates

    • Franken Wins Minn. Primary

      The Hill  |  Sep 10, 08 7:19 AM CDT

      Franken Wins Minn. Primary

      (Newser) - Al Franken won Minnesota's Democratic Senate primary last night, the Hill reports. The former funnyman had almost 70% of the vote with two-thirds of precincts reporting. The state party-endorsed Franken saw off a late challenge from attorney Priscilla Lord Faris, who used some of Franken's crude jokes of the past as ammunition against him. More »

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      Minnesota  • Democrat  • Al Franken  • Democratic candidates  • Senate race

  • August 2008

    • Clinton Fans Say Her Support for Obama Tepid

      New York Times  |  Aug 22, 08 9:06 AM CDT

      Clinton Fans Say Her Support for Obama Tepid

      (Newser) - Yesterday Hillary Clinton gave a speech in Florida, site of her uncontested primary victory, and urged Democrats to vote for Barack Obama in November. But as the New York Times reports, many at the rally found her support for the presumptive nominee lukewarm at best. In a room full of her supporters, the sentiment prevailed that Clinton's performance was more perfunctory than heartfelt. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Florida  • Democratic Party  • Hillary Clinton supporters  • Democratic candidates  • Florida voting

    • GOP Fears Big Losses in Northeast

      New York Times  |  Aug 14, 08 8:23 AM CDT

      GOP Fears Big Losses in Northeast

      (Newser) - Up to a dozen Republican Congressional seats in the Northeast could fall to Democrats this November, and the New York Times looks at some of the tightest races in the region, where a well-financed Democratic party has won ever more supporters. "There could be a dramatic political realignment in the Northeast if Republicans don’t head it off right now," said one GOP representative. More »

    • Dems Fight to Retake the South

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 7, 08 10:21 AM CDT

      Dems Fight to Retake the South

      (Newser) - Democrats are mounting a full-scale assault on Southern congressional seats, the Wall Street Journal reports. By fielding socially moderate candidates, Democrats look like they might do the unthinkable: reverse the “Great Reversal,” the civil rights-era shift of the South from a Democratic stronghold to a Republican one. And a poll this month shows the South preferring a Democratic Congress 44%-40%. More »

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      Election 2008  • Congress  • Democrat  • Alabama  • Democratic candidates  • South  • congressional seat  • congressional candidates

  • July 2008
  • June 2008

    • Clinton Wins by Losing

      New York  |  Jun 16, 08 2:46 PM CDT

      Clinton Wins by Losing

      (Newser) - Hillary Clinton won big by losing narrowly, shedding her toxic image and escaping her husband's ambiguous legacy to become a lionized figure for women, the left, and even some Republicans, John Heilemann writes in New York . "Although in the end she may wind up being dwarfed by Obama, for the moment she is something he is not: fully, poignantly human." More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Hillary Clinton supporters  • Democratic candidates

  • May 2008
  • April 2008

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