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Will young voters carry the day this November? Don't bet on it, says electoral analyst Nate Silver.
By Thomas Schaller
August 11, 2008
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The Obama campaign comes up with yet another new-media gimmick to raise some cash.
By Thomas Schaller
August 11, 2008
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The Obama campaign announces a risky choice: That the nominee's wife will be the featured speaker on the first night of the convention.
By Thomas Schaller
August 11, 2008
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A conversation with two prominent journalists and a Bush-Cheney campaign official about why, in what should be a Democratic year, Obama can't put McCain away.
By Thomas Schaller
August 11, 2008
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Former Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns gets a can of nonevaporated whup-ass opened on him in a cow-milking contest in the state's Senate race.
By Thomas Schaller
August 5, 2008
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The new Zogby poll is way early and possibly imperfect, but suggests Obama needs something to turn things around.
By Thomas Schaller
August 5, 2008
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The senator attempts a separation process by admitting that the country is worse off than it was four years ago but, interestingly, not eight years ago.
By Thomas Schaller
August 5, 2008
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The presidential debate schedule is announced, and the four hosts have all been mentioned as possible replacements for Tim Russert.
By Thomas Schaller
August 5, 2008
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It's bad enough the Republicans have to let Bush speak at their convention, but they're not going to compound that mistake by letting Cheney out of his bunker.
By Thomas Schaller
August 5, 2008
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Courtesy of Ron Suskind comes more news from the Department of Not Even Shocking Anymore With This White House.
By Thomas Schaller
August 5, 2008
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Somewhat unprompted, the former president manages to inject race into the presidential race by expressing anger over being labeled a racist.
By Thomas Schaller
August 5, 2008
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The Prince of Darkness is hanging it up, and here's hoping that his spot in the conservative chattering class is filled with a sensible substitute.
By Thomas Schaller
August 5, 2008
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Dickey and Meacham rely on convenient tropes and anecdotes to arrive at some convenient but misleading conclusions about the South.
By Thomas Schaller
August 4, 2008
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What these three seemingly unrelated pols have in common is an appeal concentrated in the West.
By Thomas Schaller
August 4, 2008
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His ad campaign may be offensive, but that doesn't mean McCain's attacks won't work or shouldn't be responded to -- in kind -- by Obama.
By Thomas Schaller
August 4, 2008
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Joe Lieberman is better than you, smarter than you and knows more about what's good for America than you do.
By Thomas Schaller
August 4, 2008
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The more maps change the more they stay the same.
By Thomas Schaller
August 4, 2008
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The Democratic nominee agrees to fully seat the Michigan and Florida delegates and debate McCain thrice this fall.
By Thomas Schaller
August 4, 2008
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Computing the share of the white vote nationally the Illinois senator will need to win this November.
By Thomas Schaller
August 4, 2008
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For reasons that go much deeper than his appeal, the news in a Post/Kaiser/Harvard poll is mixed for Barack Obama.
By Thomas Schaller
August 4, 2008
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It really was only a three-way contest: Sebelius, Kaine, Biden ... long pause ... Bayh.
By Thomas Schaller
July 29, 2008
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The medical marijuana business in California is a complex network of laws, brokers, doctors, and roughly 200,000 patients statewide.
By Thomas Schaller
July 29, 2008
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Another Senate pickup for Democrats becomes more likely as the embattled Alaskan Republican is indicted on federal charges "related to his holding of public office."
By Thomas Schaller
July 29, 2008
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Things get nasty with Clinton supporters still fuming about the primary, but a chance for a summertime dinner under the stars with their favorite former front-runner could cool tempers.
By Thomas Schaller
July 29, 2008
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With the Washington Post reporting that Bayh, Biden, Kaine and Sebelius are at the top of the Democratic candidate's shortlist, it's time for your rankings.
By Thomas Schaller
July 29, 2008
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