2008 elections

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Why Clinton Lost

bailian @bailian (6) 29 Jul 08

Only a few short years ago, it was taken as a given that Hillary Clinton would be, in 2008, the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. It was presumed to be inevitable; we were deluged with assertions that she was...

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Why Clinton Lost: Change and the Bush legacy

bailian @bailian (6) 29 Jul 08

As Hunter has pointed out, Hillary Clinton lost the nomination for a variety of reasons and in a variety of ways, some of them seemingly counter-intuitive. For example, as the presumptive front-runner, she adopted a hyper-cautious...

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Why Clinton Lost: She didn't channel supporter passion.

bailian @bailian (6) 29 Jul 08

At the end of December, if you read comments at Daily Kos, you'd have noticed a lot of people talking about their plans to go to Iowa or New Hampshire to volunteer for their candidates. I wanted to give those people the credit...

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Why Clinton Lost: Too Soon a Bulldog

bailian @bailian (6) 29 Jul 08

Her politics never really thrilled me, but then I was never thrilled by Bill's, either. Both of them had a tendency to compromise when I thought they should stand tough, and stonewall when they should have been open. The whole...

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Why Clinton Lost (And Why Obama Just May Win Big In November)

bailian @bailian (6) 29 Jul 08

But change was taking place. From coast to coast, red states to blue, ordinary Americans were called upon to do an extraordinary thing -- hope again. Obama's near-perfect campaign execution coupled with the very real desire to...

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should senators running for president have to vote on legislation

TCampbell @TCampbell (180) • United States 17 Jun 08

I've been noticing that whenever a controversial bill is introduced in the senate, it seems that our presidential candidates seemed to avoid voting. What do you think? Should they have to vote or should they continue campaigning?

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Best Source for Getting Real Facts about the Candidates?

mehale @mehale (2200) • United States 30 May 08

I keep hearing more things that make me question the presidential candidates more and more. Any suggestions on where to look for real and true facts about them? Their websites will only show what they want us to see, there has to...

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