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The Edwards Effect
The two Democratic candidates left standing are, to a large extent, running on the platform that John Edwards built.(close)Related info:
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- 02/01/2008
- 02/02/2008
- Rank of all stories in past 30 days:
- # 31
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In Aiding Poor, Edwards Built Bridge to 2008 (6/22/2007)
MoveOn.org:
In a resounding vote today, MoveOn.org Political Action's members nationwide voted to endorse Senator Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination for President. The group, with 3.2 million members nationwide and over 1.7 million members in Super Tuesday states, will immediately begin to mobilize on behalf of Senator Obama. The vote favored Senator Obama to Senator Clinton by 70.4% to 29.6%. Senator Obama accepted the endorsement stating: "In just a few years, the members of MoveOn have once again demonstrated that real change comes not from the top-down, but from the bottom-up.
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- 02/01/2008
- 02/02/2008
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Barack Obama for Democratic nominee (2/2/2008) - Stories with possibly similar content:
Breaking: Moveon Members Endorse Obama 71-29 (2/1/2008)
MoveOn Endorses Obama (2/1/2008)
MoveOn Weighs Dem Endorsements (1/31/2008)
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- Transcript of Thursday's Democratic presidential debate (2/1/2008)
- Kennedy Revels in Limelight as He Stumps for Obama (2/2/2008)
- NFL Pulls Plug On Big-Screen Church Parties For Super Bowl (2/2/2008)
- Obama Is Racing Against the Clock (2/2/2008)
Barack Obama for Democratic nominee
Democrats preparing to vote in Tuesday's California primary can mark their ballots with confidence, knowing that either candidate would make a strong nominee and, if elected, a groundbreaking leader and capable president. But just because the ballot features two strong candidates does not mean that it is difficult to choose between them.
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- 02/02/2008
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MoveOn.org: (2/1/2008) - Stories with possibly similar content:
McCain, Obama, get early votes in N.H. villages - Boston.com (1/8/2008)
Clinton N.H. Official Warns Obama Will Be Attacked on Drug Use (12/12/2007)
Edwards message: Louder this time (1/18/2008)
Is the torch being passed to a new generation? (1/28/2008)
Gallup Daily: Tracking Election 2008
Hillary Clinton’s lead over Barack Obama in the national Democratic race is just three percentage points, the lowest it has been in Gallup Poll’s Daily tracking to date. John McCain’s continues to hold a 15-point lead over Mitt Romney on the Republican side.
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- 02/02/2008
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Gallup Daily: Tracking Election 2008 (2/2/2008)
Gallup Daily: Tracking Election 2008 (1/31/2008)
Gallup Daily: Tracking Election 2008 (1/30/2008)
Untitled Document (1/15/2008) - Additional stories related by date and content:
- Glenn Beck’s Rants Against ‘Juan McCain’ Would Not Be Welcome At RedState.com (2/1/2008)
Glenn Beck’s Rants Against ‘Juan McCain’ Would Not Be Welcome At RedState.com
Discussing last night’s GOP debate on his radio show today, Glenn Beck and fill-in host Pat Gray mocked Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) by derisively calling him “Juan McCain.”
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Glenn Beck to Muslim-American guest: (10/7/2007)
During CNN Appearance, Al Franken Calls On CNN To Fire Glenn Beck (4/13/2007)
McCain: ‘I Dont Think Americans Are Concerned’ If We Stay In Iraq For ‘10,000 Years’ (1/7/2008)
McCain Drops F-Bomb On Senator When Confronted With Recent Absences (5/19/2007) - Additional stories related by date and content:
- Gallup Daily: Tracking Election 2008 (2/2/2008)
- As McCain Wins, Critics on Right Look Again (2/1/2008)
- Times Reporter Subpoenaed Over Source for Book (2/1/2008)
- Democrats say McCain nearly abandoned GOP (3/29/2007)
MoveOn Endorses Obama
Today Barack Obama earned the endorsement of MoveOn, one of the largest grassroots membership organizations in the United States, after clobbering Hillary Clinton by 40 percent in Internet balloting. Obama led the final tally 70.4% to 29.6%, clearing the supermajority required for the endorsement. MoveOn, which has never endorsed a presidential candidate before, boasts that it has 1.7 million members in Super Tuesday states.
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- 02/01/2008
- 02/02/2008
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Breaking: Moveon Members Endorse Obama 71-29 (2/1/2008)
MoveOn.org: (2/1/2008)
MoveOn And Top Bloggers To Launch Campaign Pressuring Hillary And Obama To Back Dodd On FISA (10/24/2007)
Edwards Gets Much Needed Iowa Labor Nod (10/13/2007) - Additional stories related by date and content:
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- Barack Obama for Democratic nominee (2/2/2008)
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Democrats say McCain nearly abandoned GOP
By Bob Cusack March 29, 2007 Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was close to leaving the Republican Party in 2001, weeks before then-Sen. Jim Jeffords (Vt.) famously announced his decision to become an Independent, according to former Democratic lawmakers who say they were involved in the discussions.
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- 03/29/2007
- 03/30/2007
- 02/01/2008
- 02/02/2008
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As McCain Wins, Critics on Right Look Again (2/1/2008)
Testimony by Giuliani Indicates He Was Briefed on Kerik in ’00 (3/30/2007) - Stories with possibly similar content:
McCain rejects CPAC invite (3/1/2007)
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McCain, Cornyn Engage in Heated Exchange (5/19/2007)
McCain Backs Lieberman Over Republican (8/21/2006)
Lowering the Volume
Clinton, Obama crush GOP in funds race
Senators from New York and Illinois continue fundraising dominance in fourth-quarter money race.
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- 02/01/2008
- 02/02/2008
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EXCLUSIVE: Obama Bests Clinton in Primary Fundraising (4/5/2007)
Decline of the Angry Left
Last Saturday's South Carolina Democratic primary will probably be remembered as the day when the party's emotional dam burst and many of the personal grievances and tensions that have built up over the past generation spilled out into the open -- unleashing a cascading series of freighted squabbles starring a who's who of post-Reagan Democrats (Ted Kennedy, Jesse Jackson, John Kerry and of course Bill Clinton).
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- 02/02/2008
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Bill Clinton's Old Politics (1/25/2008)
Declarations (1/26/2008)
Winning Large (1/27/2008)
Wrong on Race? (12/25/2007)
Today's Must Read
So, after all that, after all the back room offers and counteroffers and fear-mongering and delaying, the Senate has finally struck a deal on the surveillance bill, and everyone has agreed to it, including Sens. Dodd and Feingold, so there should be no filibustering this time around. They'll get to voting on it all on Monday. Most crucially, the Dodd/Feingold amendment, which would strip retroactive immunity for the telecoms from the bill, will only need 51 votes to pass.
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- 02/01/2008
- 02/02/2008
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As McCain Wins, Critics on Right Look Again (2/1/2008) - Stories with possibly similar content:
Constitution Protected...For Now (12/18/2007)
FISA Fight: Dems didn't cave! (2/1/2008)
Specter: No Retroactive Immunity for Telecoms (10/18/2007)
Who Will Stand with Chris Dodd for the Constitution? (12/17/2007)
Times Reporter Subpoenaed Over Source for Book
James Risen’s lawyer said in an interview that the subpoena sought the source of information for a specific chapter of the book “State of War.”
Twin bombings kill 64 in Baghdad
Two mentally disabled women were used to carry bombs that were detonated remotely in Baghdad, officials say.
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- 02/01/2008
- 02/02/2008
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Mentally disabled women used in bombings (2/2/2008)
Bombings Kill 60 at University In Baghdad (1/17/2007)
Baghdad Bombings Kill at Least 131 (4/18/2007)
U.S.: 'Demonic' militants sent women to bomb markets in Iraq (2/1/2008)
Security Gains From 'Surge' Backsliding
The Washington Independent offers breaking news and commentary on politics, the government, education, the environment, and health issues.
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- Dates appearing:
- 01/31/2008
- 02/01/2008
- 02/02/2008
- Rank of all stories in past 30 days:
- # 89
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Iraq: Dems' Dreams Dashed? (2/2/2008)
Most GOP govs shun Romney
Candidate appears to have inadvertently alienated a good many of his fellow governors as RGA chairman.

