Elections

Interview with Former U.S. Intelligence Official on Bhutto Assassination

I interviewed a former U.S. intelligence official knowledgeable about Pakistan about the assassination today in Rawalpindi of Pakistani opposition leader...

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| Thu Dec. 27, 2007 9:56 AM PST

Mitt Romney, New Hampshire's Native Son?

MANCHESTER—Mitt Romney may be tottering elsewhere in the nation, but up here he is in top form and surging. (Joe...

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| Tue Dec. 18, 2007 8:04 AM PST

It's Election Day! (In Ohio and Virginia)

Two congressional districts are holding special elections today. Ohio's 5th district is a conservative district (Bush won 60% there...

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| Tue Dec. 11, 2007 7:36 AM PST

Editors' Note - January/February 2007

From the January/February 2008 Issue

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| Tue Dec. 11, 2007 1:00 AM PST

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How Many Ron Paul Dollars to the Amero?

Zut alors and ¡ay caramba! You can now purchase Ameros, the hypothetical currency of the North American Union, the...

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| Mon Dec. 3, 2007 10:35 AM PST

Unmarried Women are the Democratic Party's Christian Evangelicals

There's a new poll out that reveals a key Democratic voting bloc for 2008. According to research done by Greenberg...

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| Fri Nov. 2, 2007 6:19 AM PDT

California Ballot Initiative: But That Didn't Stop it, it Came Back for More...

The Los Angeles Times reported last week that California Republicans are reviving an effort to change the state's winner-take-all system...

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| Thu Nov. 1, 2007 1:10 PM PDT

The Onion Gets It Right Again

They got Iraq right. Now another bold prediction: Poll: Bullshit Is Most Important Issue For 2008 Voters Stay tuned to...

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| Wed Oct. 17, 2007 12:24 PM PDT

Democrats' Best-Case Senate Scenario: Filibuster-Proof Majority

Let's take a minute to indulge in best-case scenarios, shall we? Time runs down the situation in the Senate. They...

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| Tue Oct. 16, 2007 10:18 AM PDT

Another Dem Heavy Enters the 2008 Senate Race

Jeanne Shaheen, the Democratic former governor of New Hampshire, announced Friday that she will challenge the vulnerable Republican incumbent, John...

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| Mon Sep. 17, 2007 11:28 AM PDT

More Bad News for Edwards, Obama

Kevin Drum blogs today's Los Angeles Times poll (PDF): [Clinton's] supporters are more firmly in her camp than Edwards' or...

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| Wed Sep. 12, 2007 10:57 AM PDT
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Brodner's Person of the Day: George the Chimp

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| Thu Sep. 6, 2007 12:00 AM PDT

Meddling in Elections (in Iraq)

In a column in today's Washington Post, David Ignatius says the U.S. should have done more to interfere with the...

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| Thu Aug. 30, 2007 10:30 AM PDT

Florida Dems Rebuked by DNC

From McClatchy: The Democratic National Committee stripped Florida of its national convention delegates on Saturday, rendering the state's Democratic presidential...

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| Mon Aug. 27, 2007 12:26 PM PDT

Obasketball

If you want to be President, you've got to have a mean jump shot: (H/T Marc Ambinder). Of course, it's...

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| Fri Aug. 24, 2007 10:37 AM PDT

If the Election's Tomorrow and Clinton's the Nominee...

...Then she wins big, says Chris Bowers, who compiled the state-by-state head-to-head polls to put together two electoral maps. Clinton...

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| Thu Aug. 23, 2007 9:39 AM PDT

Fred Thompson in Hot FEC Water

There are rules that govern how presidential candidates and their campaigns can act. And it turns out, if you try...

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| Tue Aug. 21, 2007 8:27 AM PDT

Rumsfeld Resigned Before the Elections

Check this out, from Reuters....

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| Wed Aug. 15, 2007 10:49 AM PDT

Interview with Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia founder

Interview with Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia founder

Fri Jun. 29, 2007 12:00 AM PDT

Interview with Lawrence Lessig: Stanford Law School professor, Creative Commons chair
Fri Jun. 29, 2007 12:00 AM PDT