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Should the popular vote decide the presidential election?
Yes The people should understand the system used to elect their president. Most Americans probably don't fully understand the Electoral College — a system devised to keep small states on a level playing field — and how it impacts...Tags: George W. Bush, Education, Colleges and Universities, Politics, Elections
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Obama, Romney Down to the Wire in Final Bid for Votes
CNNCOLUMBUS, Ohio -- The long, costly and contentious presidential campaign wound down Tuesday to a series of final stops in a handful of fiercely competitive states, as President Obama and challenger Mitt Romney sought to fortify their positions in the...Tags: Jay-Z, Polls, Republican Party, Orlando, Politics
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Dead-heat consequences
WASHINGTON -- Karl Rove, the Republican political savant George W. Bush dubbed "Turd Blossom," has an election-week tradition worthy of his nickname: He dumps a load of manure on the American public and watches to see if it will flower. Like clockwork,...
Tags: George W. Bush, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, Republican Party, Politics
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Poll dancing
WASHINGTON -- With just days to go, this is the un-callable election. Between daily tracking polls, punditry, Intrade gambles, Nate Silver predictions, RealClearPolitics averages -- and hurricanes -- heads are spinning with anticipation and angst. Who's...
Tags: The Washington Post, Voting, Barack Obama, FEMA, Polls
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Hillary in 2012? It could happen
A number of news reports have suggested the possibility of the presidential election ending in a draw — both candidates garnering 269 electors. You need 270 to win. A long shot? Maybe. It happened in 1800, when Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr each...Tags: Justice System, Book, Barack Obama, Republican Party, Politics
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Fundraiser in chief
As President Barack Obama recently headlined the last of a record-breaking number of fundraisers for his reelection bid, it is important to understand that the extraordinary rise in presidential fundraising efforts in recent decades is an unintended...
Tags: George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama
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Small Wonders: Just getting what we deserve
It all comes down to Tuesday. The year-long tour de force of stump speeches, primaries, promises, debates and conventions. All the mudslinging, invectives, media circuses, accusations, half-truths, almost-facts and outright lies. All the straight...Tags: Entertainment, Social Media, Politics, Elections, Dodger Stadium
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How a bitter campaign will end
Last month, a New York Times story noted "an extraordinary event" in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. President Mikhail Saakashvili, whose human rights record is not exactly the gold standard, "conceded defeat in parliamentary elections," saying...
Tags: George W. Bush, Abraham Lincoln, Georgia, Barack Obama, Justice and Rights
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The mighty fine state of our political system
My fellow taxpaying chumbolones. With only days before Tuesday's election — between a big-government Republican and a big-big-big-really-big-government Democrat — why don't we wrap things up? The dog that didn't bark Can President Barack...
Tags: George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Republican Party, Michael Madigan, Politics
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Congressional candidate profiles
MEET THE CANDIDATES When Marylanders head to the polls Nov. 6, they will elect members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in addition to casting their ballots for president. Dozens of people are running for a chance to represent the...Tags: Arts and Culture, University of New Hampshire, 2012 Republican National Convention, Labor Legislation, Research
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Hardy says she's an advocate for residents
For years in the last decade, it was a common line in Huntington Beach City Council stories: "The council voted 6 to 1, with Jill Hardy dissenting." Hardy, who served on the council from 2002 to 2010 and is running again this year, often did not speak...
Tags: Politics, Elections
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From the Right: Don't say he didn't warn you
I write this column as a public service announcement. Brace yourselves America! If the trends continue, Nov. 7 will be a very critical day in this nation’s history; especially in the big cities of New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and most of all in...
Tags: Travel Deals, CBS Corp., Polls, Politics, Elections
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