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Nutter and Hope
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | March 31, 2008
Al Hunt compares Michael Nutter to Barack Obama and interviews Philadelphia's mayor about why he's supporting Hillary Clinton over Obama.
Categories: Local Offices
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What Good Are Surrogates
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | March 31, 2008
As you probably heard, Chelsea Clinton was asked about Monica Lewinsky by a student in Indiana last week. Today, she was asked again by a ...
Categories: National Politics
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Start Planning Ahead
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | March 31, 2008
Republican state Sen. Bill Brady has announced his candidacy for governor of Illinois. In 2010. "The people of Illinois are with us, just as they were ...
Categories: State Offices

Whatever Happened to Electronic Voting?
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | March 31, 2008
The Associated Press looks at the question of why so many states and counties keep running out of paper ballots, even though it's clear that ...
Categories: Voting Process & Voting Rules

Down Ballot Effect
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | March 31, 2008
Pennsylvania voters are faced with only one contested primary among the statewide offices up for grabs this year. State Rep. Jennifer Mann, one of four ...
Categories: State Offices

Running After Carter
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | March 31, 2008
In the wake of Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter's announcement that he won't run again, the Indy Star lays out the field: One potential candidate ...
Categories: State Offices

Try, Try Again
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | March 31, 2008
South Dakota voters will again decide the fate of a ballot measure banning abortion. A group supporting such a ban claims to have collected twice ...
Categories: Ballot Measures , Social Issues

Nixon Leads
Posted By: Josh Goodman | March 31, 2008
In the Missouri gubernatorial race, the latest poll has Attorney General Jay Nixon, a Democrat, ahead of both of his likely Republican opponents.
Categories: Polls , State Offices

The Beltway Burden
Posted By: Josh Goodman | March 31, 2008
Republican Kenny Hulshof is a leading candidate for governor of Missouri because he's a six-term congressman. Hulshof also might lose because he's a six-term congressman. ...
Categories: State Offices
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Kwame Doesn't Hear the Bell
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | March 28, 2008
Kwame Kilpatrick, Detroit's text-happy mayor, has lost the support of his city, conventioneers, the city council and prosecutors. Why does he vow to stay in ...
Categories: Local Offices

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