Swing states

Obama's debt to Howard Dean Obama's debt to Howard Dean

As Dean leaves the helm of the Democratic National Committee, one thing is clear: He got it right with his controversial 50-state strategy.
  • Obama wins Indiana

    The traditionally red state goes to the Democrat in a squeaker.
  • Where the GOP could get dirty

    From Ohio to Florida to Montana, here's where Republicans may be using voter suppression tactics to tilt the presidential election.
  • Behind the GOP's voter fraud hysteria

    As Republicans warn of catastrophe at the polls, an expert on election fraud explains the real partisan hoax -- the suppression of Democratic votes.
  • What small-town America is saying about Obama

    In diners and mobile homes from New Mexico to North Carolina, I listened to working-class people try to make sense of a black president named Barack.
  • Murtha wins

    Despite a tough challenge emerging after the Democratic leader called his own district racist, Jack Murtha holds on to his House seat.
  • MSNBC, Fox call Ohio for Obama

    The state, which was key to George Bush's victory in 2004, has apparently gone blue this time around.
  • No, Hillary Clinton shouldn't be winning

    Sean Wilentz spun a fantasy in his Salon piece about Clinton's electability. In the real world, it's Barack Obama who's more electable.
  • Memo to Clinton and Obama: Stop spinning

    Quit arguing about who would be more electable in November. You both have strengths -- and weaknesses -- on the electoral map against John McCain.
  • The swing-state subprime blues

    Some of the states hit hardest by the housing bust will be the most hotly contested in next year's presidential election.
  • Looking for votes, finding America

    Scared, angry and needing to act, I left California to volunteer for John Kerry in Pennsylvania. I changed some minds -- including my own.

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