Primaries

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Democrats, put down your swords
Mourn defeat, yes, but the destruction wreaked by the Bush administration leaves little room for factional fights and identity politics between today and Nov. 4.
I think my dad's too old to vote
He says he's not really following politics, but is planning to vote anyway.
Who won Super Tuesday?
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are both claiming victory. But given the way delegates are awarded, the only clear victors are the spin doctors.
Clinton gets her party started
Wins in Massachusetts, California and other big states, plus an uncommonly good speech by their candidate, made a New York Super Tuesday crowd very happy.
Goodbye, Super Tuesday
Clinton and Obama fight on to the next round of primaries -- and a probable matchup with John McCain.
Super Tuesday showdown
A crucial turning point in the battle between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton? From New Jersey's independents to Arizona's Latino voters, here's what to watch for in the wave of returns.
Another election fiasco in Florida?
The Democratic Party is doing battle -- with itself -- over the state's role in the primaries. Some members say it could cost the party in November 2008.
The presidential primary scam
Why the game is rigged, and why true democracy is only a secondary factor in the nation's rush to nominate the next president.
Killing her softly with his song
Barack Obama wants to transform politics. But can he defeat Hillary Clinton by casting her as the divider and himself as the uniter?
Primary fears
A powwow on '08 showed the GOP sweating Bush's war and Dems worried about more than just Iowa.
The presidential dollar derby
Hillary and Obama and McCain and Romney are all rolling in it. But how much does big money matter in the nomination fight?
So you think you know politics
What does the new thicket of Feb. 5 primaries mean for 2008? Will more voters have influence, as Schwarzenegger claims, or will it all still be decided in New Hampshire and Iowa?
Hillary the prudent
Democrats burning for the inspirational uplift of Barack Obama or the left-leaning edge of John Edwards may not be ready for an authentic moderate.
How Kerry could beat Bush
To close the sale with the public, the Democratic front-runner should can the populist rhetoric and talk to Americans about an "opportunity society."
The Rovers
Watch them square off in a race across the most challenging environment in the solar system: Iowa!
God to America: Don't reelect Bush!
Pat Robertson says that God is calling a Bush blowout. My own pipeline to the Almighty says it's not a prediction, it's a warning.
Bush's Faustian bargain
Why was George W. allied with a man who called his father, the former president, a tool of Satan?
Thanks, but no thanks
Catholics are too successful and secure in their identity as Americans to fall for McCain's attempt to paint them as "victims" of the Bob Jones fringe.
"Dollar Bill" never sold out
He was an honorable antidote to Clinton, but for an electorate conditioned to empathy from their leaders, Bradley didn't work.
Rushing to judgment
Having nailed down exit poll data the same way Bush and Gore nailed down their nominations, the network anchors were free to opine smugly on Super Tuesday.
No ground swell in Harlem
Across from the Apollo Theater where Gore and Bradley vied for votes just two weeks ago, people apparently had better things to do than vote Tuesday.
Down and out
John McCain never even tried to win in Georgia, and it showed on Tuesday as George Bush blew him away big time.
All for Al
After losing ugly, Bradley seems a new man.
Boy on the bus
John McCain's impulsive, inspired and angry ride misses a few turns before getting back on the road. But can he catch up?
Smells like team spirit
Now that it thinks it has California wrapped up, the Bush team is trying to unite the GOP for a showdown with Gore.
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