Election 2008: What’s At Stake?

When Don Kreindler and Ernie Carswell get married on August 1 in their Los Angeles home, Carswell’s father — a Baptist Minister from South Carolina — just might show up.
“He hasn’t said yes, but more importantly, he hasn’t said no,” said Carswell. “He said he was going to check his calendar, so for him, that’s [...]

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Minority voting has been a major theme in this election cycle. African Americans are voting as a bloc for Senator Obama. Latino Americans were voting mostly for Senator Clinton. Little has been reported, however, about the so-called “quiet minority:” Asian Americans, who also voted in large percentages for Clinton in the primaries. On Super Tuesday [...]

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Speaking as the surrogate for her mother’s campaign, Chelsea Clinton was the star of the first general session at the Texas Democratic Convention this weekend. Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine — sometimes mentioned as a possible vice presidential choice for Barack Obama — spoke later in the evening as the Obama surrogate. Judging from audience reaction, [...]

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It’s tough to be John McCain. When a New York Times article weighed the ethical implications of his coziness with a former lobbyist, McCain took it hard. After all, he prides himself on having a strong sense of morals, and such high demands on oneself can be excruciating.
Then again, it’s easy to be John McCain. [...]

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‘Hope’ and ‘change’ took a backseat to a different campaign theme this weekend at the Texas Democratic Party’s state convention in Austin: ‘unity.’ Party heads were pushing for unity between Hillary Clinton supporters and Barack Obama boosters every chance they had, hoping to buffer any fallout from Clinton’s anticipated suspension of her presidential campaign on [...]

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“Super Tuesday” could be called “Super January” in California, where as many half of registered voters may have voted by mail instead of going in person to polling places. About 5 million vote-by-mail ballots, formerly called “absentee ballots,” were issued for this primary election, according to Steven J. Ybarra, a former chair of the Chicano [...]

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