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Wednesday, 2 April 2008 0
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Republican nominee John McCain has dropped another Iraq clanger -- so what will the media do with it?
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Tuesday, 1 April 2008 1
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Even with Kevin Rudd in town, it's business as usual in the unusual world of the US presidental politics, writes Thomas Hunter.
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Monday, 31 March 2008 2
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Is the Democrats race going to go til August, only to have blood on the convention floor and late entrant Al Gore stepping in to save the day?
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Friday, 28 March 2008 0
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Time's Joe Klein has a plan. What if, and it's a big if, the superdelegates put their heads together and decided to deny the necessary votes to Obama and Clinton and instead, give them to Al Gore? It's not against the rules, and according to Klein, it might just work...
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Thursday, 27 March 2008 0
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Squint through the blizzard of coverage about Hillary's Bosnia gaffe, and you might see the few voices in the US press asking -- why are we giving McCain a free ride?
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Wednesday, 26 March 2008 3
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Hillary Clinton, dodger of bullets, avoider of land mines. Not. By Thomas Hunter.
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Tuesday, 25 March 2008 0
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There may not be any major primary contests to focus the minds of the Democratic candidates or voters, but that doesn’t mean the players are resting up, writes Thomas Hunter.
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Thursday, 20 March 2008 3
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Everybody's talking about Barack Obama's speech.
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Wednesday, 19 March 2008 0
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Race has moved to centre stage in the fight for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Tuesday, 18 March 2008 0
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Behold -- Rolling Stone's portrayal of Democrat candidate Barack Hussein Jesus Messiah Mohammed Superman Obama.
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Monday, 17 March 2008 0
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Republican Presidential contender John McCain has touched down in Iraq for the eighth time, writes Sophie Black.
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Friday, 14 March 2008 0
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Race, race, race -- this is getting boring. The tedious term "playing the race card", will not leave the media coverage surrounding the Democratic dialogue in the race for the nomination.
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Thursday, 13 March 2008 0
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The red phone worked in Texas, so what's Hillary got up her sleeve next?
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Wednesday, 12 March 2008 2
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Let us take a break from the gruelling campaign trail for a moment to wade down into the muck, sleaze and scandal surrounding disgraced New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, aka Client 9. It's fun.
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Tuesday, 11 March 2008 0
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In between the flurry of reports about New York governor Tom Spitzer being caught in a prostitution ring, the relationship between politicians and journalists is under the microscope.
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Monday, 10 March 2008 0
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Barack Obama racked up another win in the Wyoming caucus over the weekend, a result that’s demoralising for Clinton for a number of reasons, writes Thomas Hunter.
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Friday, 7 March 2008 1
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Forget momentum -- it's all about the money. Campaign figures were released yesterday for both Democrat candidates, with Clinton announcing having raised $35 million last month, and Obama a whopping $55 million.
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Thursday, 6 March 2008 1
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So McCain has nabbed the nomination. It's one of the greatest political comebacks of all time, and an extraordinary story since just two months ago McCain couldn't raise enough money to pay his staff, but in a sign of things to come, the media aren't really focused on the Republican camp at all.
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Tuesday, 4 March 2008 0
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March 4, 2008. Will it be the day Hillary Clinton’s campaign for the presidency finally succumbs to Obama-mania? asks
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Monday, 3 March 2008 1
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"I just think that D-Day is Tuesday," said the former presidential candidate Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico. D-Day for Hillary, that is.
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Friday, 29 February 2008 0
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Is McCain's political fate tied irrevocably to progress, or lack thereof, in Iraq? asks RealClearPolitics today.
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Thursday, 28 February 2008 2
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To form your own verdict on the Ohio Democratic debate, watch CNN here. Otherwise, pass off other people's opinions as your own by reading the reaction below:
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Wednesday, 27 February 2008 0
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Don't count Clinton out yet, says TPM election central today. Hillary could still win this thing. But the media seem to be willing it to not be so. Do they want her to lose? Why do they relish the tracking of her downfall with such glee? It's still all going to come down to superdelegates, and no one really knows what they're thinking.
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Tuesday, 26 February 2008 0
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Will Hillary bow out gracefully, or will she be dragged out, clinging to the nomination by her fingernails, with only a photo of Obama in a white turban and a flimsy plagiarism argument to keep her campaign afloat? writes Sophie Black.
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Monday, 25 February 2008 0
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The word “inevitable” was used to describe Hillary Clinton’s rise to power, but now it's used in another way, writes Thomas Hunter.
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Friday, 22 February 2008 0
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What a blessed relief to take a break from the Obama/Clinton/Obama Obama Obama storyline ... with a bit of alleged McCain scandal, writes Sophie Black.
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Thursday, 21 February 2008 0
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The press are rolling around in what they've dubbed the imminent demise of Hillary Clinton. In fact, The Guardian are saying that she lost the democratic nomination two weeks ago...
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Wednesday, 20 February 2008 0
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The battle for both the Republican and Democratic nominations in the race to the White House moves today to Wisconsin, writes Thomas Hunter
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Tuesday, 19 February 2008 0
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Could it actually happen? Could the Democratic nomination come down to the decision of the so-called superdelegates, those unpledged party officials and politicians who get to weigh in at the last minute? wonders Sophie Black.
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Monday, 18 February 2008 0
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He's shaping as The Totally Coolest Candidate Ever ... McCain's risky strategy ... Maybe we are the ones we’ve been waiting for ... Never underestimate the Clintons ... After falling behind Barack Obama
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Friday, 15 February 2008 1
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Hillary Clinton has just been declared the winner of the New Mexico caucuses, a Feb. 5 state that took its time tallying the results, but Obama remains ahead, writes Sophie Black
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Thursday, 14 February 2008 0
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It's all in how you spin it. Somewhere along the line coming out of the Potomac results, Hillary Clinton got taken out of the conversation. McCain started bagging out the notion of hope, and Obama ignored his more pressing rival entirely, slamming McCain's "failed policies of the past." All the while, Hillary ignored the Potomac primary results entirely to concentrate on Texas and Ohio, writes Sophie Black.
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Friday, 8 February 2008 1
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Back when this crazy race began, Mitt Romney seemed to have it all. But paralysed by a bid to cater everyone, the Republican presidential nomination was never meant to be for this Mormon, writes Sophie Black.
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Thursday, 7 February 2008 0
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The Clinton and Obama camps are both claiming victory. So who's lying?
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Thursday, 7 February 2008 0
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Coming into Super Tuesday, the Republican race for the nomination still had an air of competition about it. But things changed quickly once the pollling stations close, writes Thomas Hunter.
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Wednesday, 6 February 2008 0
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Wanted: Friends for Mitt Romney ... Huck’s West Virginia win ... Strap in, you're watching history, folks ... Signposts for Super Tuesday ... The media loves McCain ... Going all the way.
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Monday, 4 February 2008 0
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In the frenzied lead up to Super Tuesday this week, The Los Angeles Times has stepped into the fray by endorsing Barack Obama for the Democrats and John McCain for the Republicans.
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Friday, 1 February 2008 1
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Say what you will about Turd Blossom, he knows his politics. The master of the wedge and George W Bush's former deputy chief of staff, Karl Rove has today written in The Wall Street Journal about the changing rules of politics -- and it makes for fascinating reading. Are the American public wising up?
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Thursday, 31 January 2008 0
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To the surprise of many, the flaxen-haired, poverty fighting John Edwards has bowed out of the Presidential race. So has Rudy Giuliani, $50 million later.
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Wednesday, 30 January 2008 0
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As the Floridian vote trickles in, the press indulge in Giuliani death watch, while Republican candidates try very hard to ignore President Bush and his last, underwhelming State of the Union address...
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Friday, 25 January 2008 0
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In the sunshine state, home of fanny pack clad seniors and suntanned solarium babes, everyone is about to find out if Rudy Guiliani's big gamble, ie saving all his firepower for Florida, is about to pay off, writes Sophie Black
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Thursday, 24 January 2008 0
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One name is overshadowing any discussion of race, gender, polls and the exit of Republican candidate Fred Thompson. Bernanke. His surprise decision to cut interest rates has everyone talking about the American economy, the issue that's set to trump all others in this election, writes Sophie Black.
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Wednesday, 23 January 2008 0
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An already steaming race heats up. Republican "possible" Fred Thompson, the former senator of Tennessee, is getting out of the kitchen, which is possibly good news for Mike Huckabee with the two competing for similar constituents. Things are certainly fiery in the Democrats.
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Tuesday, 22 January 2008 0
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No one does navel gazing better than the US media on US media --- today we have a few treats on the nature of the media pack, and is talk radio the big loser out of South Carolina? Meanwhile, Bill Clinton's halo is slipping in his bid to help Hillary, but it's a briliant tactic that's starving Obama of on-message oxygen and ensuring reams of free media to the Clinton campaign... And someone should put Rudy Guiliani's head on Mount Rushmore, says Daily Kos.
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Monday, 21 January 2008 1
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McCain defies the conservatives in South Carolina, and Hillary holds on in Nevada, but not without an ugly fight.
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Friday, 18 January 2008 0
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A judge has now thrown out the legal challenge filed by pro-Clinton members of the local Teachers Union to ban casino workers from taking part in Saturday's Nevada caucuses and much more news from the primaries trail.
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Thursday, 17 January 2008 0
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As the GOP comes to term with three different winners from three very different states, the Democrats' Vegas debate set the scene for a truce on the race talk that's been muddying the campaign over the last week. And hovering above it all like a big, black cloud, the Recession predictions continued to loom...
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Monday, 14 January 2008 0
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As news hits the headlines that members of the Baath party were being welcomed back into the fold in Iraq, in a move President Bush has hailed as an "important step toward reconciliation", the rhetorical battle over voting records on Iraq has erupted on the campaign battlefield, writes Sophie Black.
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Thursday, 10 January 2008 0
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How did Hillary do it? Here's what the media is saying.
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Tuesday, 8 January 2008 0
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The Big Mac is back. The television cameras are following him again, the town halls are filling once more and the self-proclaimed "older than dirt" Senator John McCain has got a spring in his arthritic step.