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The Obama-Clinton drama is good for voters and the Democratic Party. And bad for John McCain.
By Walter Shapiro
March 6, 2008
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With its caucusing chaos and escalating spin wars, the contest in the Lone Star State ensured one result: The Obama-Clinton showdown will continue.
By Mike Madden
March 5, 2008
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The 5th Circuit rules that Texas' restrictions on sex toys are unconstitutional.
By Catherine Price
March 5, 2008
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Bad news for Obama? A majority of Texans say trade is bad.
By Andrew Leonard
March 4, 2008
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Late polls show a tight race between Obama and Clinton, but even if Clinton pulls out a popular-vote victory, the delegates will probably go to her opponent.
By Mike Madden
March 4, 2008
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Produced by Terrence Malick and Robert Redford, "The Unforeseen" is the "Chinatown" of Texas real-estate documentaries.
By Andrew O'Hehir
February 29, 2008
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Was her campaign stop in an Ohio town called Hanging Rock a metaphor -- or a symbol of dogged defiance?
By Walter Shapiro
February 29, 2008
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Shrewd grass-roots organizing has helped the candidate grab primary victories nationwide, and could prove key to vanquishing Hillary Clinton in Texas.
By Mike Madden
February 29, 2008
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Does the path to winning the Latino vote in Texas lead through a mariachi band?
By Andrew Leonard
February 21, 2008
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Free trade doesn't play well with Ohioans. But NAFTA may be popular in southern Texas. What's a politician campaigning in both states to do?
By Andrew Leonard
February 20, 2008
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Disillusionment with Iraq is smoldering even in the heart of Bush country, where military families have paid a heavy price.
By Bill Sasser
September 20, 2007
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Without Karl Rove around to give him his orders, and with the investigations closing in, "Fredo" had nowhere to turn.
By Sidney Blumenthal
August 27, 2007
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The Pygmalion strategist from Texas built up the Republican Party by exploiting the religious right -- and now his handiwork is crumbling.
By Lou Dubose
August 14, 2007
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The country takes leave of the political serial killer who tried to forge a one-party state. But don't expect the Mayberry Machiavelli to pay for his civic sins.
By Sidney Blumenthal
August 13, 2007
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To understand how Bush justifies a torture policy that is the bane of our nation, consider the sentimental cowboy art that decks his Oval Office walls.
By Sidney Blumenthal
April 26, 2007
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The White House political director was clearly at the center of the partisan plot to fire U.S. attorneys, despite the administration's clumsy attempts to pretend otherwise.
By Sidney Blumenthal
March 15, 2007
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A new bill could reverse the state's vaccination requirement.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
March 14, 2007
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Like Mark Twain, Molly Ivins treated us to the sound of America in her prose and style. She was the rare, gifted journalist whose work transcended the news that inspired it.
By Joe Conason
February 2, 2007
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Tom Schaller may think the Democrats can whistle past Dixie and still win, but that's a recipe for disaster.
By Ed Kilgore
November 28, 2006
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A peewee football coach berating 5-year-olds and attacking a ref. Just Bob Knight being Bob Knight?
November 16, 2006
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He wanted to be Texas' answer to Jesse Ventura. But as a colorful gubernatorial race wraps up, Kinky Friedman pins his hopes on the kinds of voters who don't answer polls.
By Rob Patterson
November 4, 2006
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A teacher gets suspended for attempting to teach art history.
By Rebecca Traister
October 3, 2006
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Need an abortion right away? First convince your parents. Then fill out this really long form. Then find a notary
By Lynn Harris
September 20, 2006
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Karl Rove's cutthroat tactics eventually defeated her, but not before Ann Richards made a huge impact on American politics.
By Lou Dubose
September 15, 2006
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Ann Richards and I saw everything on Broadway and loved to rag about George W. Bush. They were some of the happiest years of my life.
By Liz Smith
September 14, 2006
Let 'em duke it out
No Texas-size victory for Obama
Remember the Alamo-dildo!
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The numbers crunch Hillary in Texas
Greed, water and poetry
Hillary at twilight
Obama's got ground game
Texans turn against Bush's war
Why did Gonzales resign?
The collapse of Karl Rove
We'll go no more a-Rove-ing
From Norman Rockwell to Abu Ghraib
All roads lead to Rove
Molly lives
Yes, Democrats do need the South!
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Kinky and Grandma battle for third
The Texan who actually governed
Lone Star lady
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