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- WHY THE 2008 PRIMARIES MAY BE WHERE YOUR VOTE MATTERS MOST. // Redbook;Dec2007, Vol. 209 Issue 6, p84
The article focuses on the primary elections in the U.S. in 2008. Individuals who are 18 years of age or older and a U.S. citizen need to register in order to vote. The primaries for the presidential election will determine who will be the candidates for the Democrats and the Republicans....
- Paranoia in Politics. Kavanaugh, John F. // America;9/27/2004, Vol. 191 Issue 8, p6
The author comments on paranoia in American politics. Islamofacist Terrorism, if you prefer an incendiary phrase, or Internal Terror, if you are concentrated on the domestic aspect of the threat, may happen any day. The last decade of the 20th century and these first four years of the 21st seem...
- Role Reversal. Barnes, James A. // National Journal;1/12/2008, Vol. 40 Issue 2, p14
The article discusses the changes in the roles of U.S. Republican and Democratic parties in the presidential politics in 2008. It explains the strategy of the Democrats to identify a candidate who will be the insurgent that will take the party establishment role. GOP operative Terry Nelson cited...
- The Bush Wedge. Goldberg, Jonah // National Review;9/27/2004, Vol. 56 Issue 18, p10
Discusses the different understandings of a political "wedge issue" for Republicans and Democrats. Suggestion that a wedge issue is a campaign topic that works well for Republicans and poorly for Democrats; Belief of Democrats that it is an issue that needlessly divides Americans; Example of...
- Inside the Issues for 2008. Pindell, James // Campaigns & Elections (1996);Jan2007, Vol. 28 Issue 1, p52
The article discusses issues that candidates from Democratic and Republican parties in the U.S. will be talking about on their campaigns and how they will use such issues to differentiate themselves in the 2008 presidential election. The Democrats will focus on Iraq and health care while the...
- Change in 2012. Buchanan, Patrick J. // American Conservative;5/18/2009, Vol. 8 Issue 10, p13
The article focuses on the politics in the U.S. It relates the victory of the Democratic President Barack Obama during the 2008 election, wherein he won majority of the states over Republican candidate John McCain. It also discusses various reasons of the defeat of the Republicans against the...
- THE NEXT FLORIDA? Fineman, Howard; Lipper, Tamara; Gegax, T. Trent; Meadows, Susannah; Campo-Flores, Arian // Newsweek;11/1/2004, Vol. 144 Issue 18, p20
Focuses on the presidential campaigns of George W. Bush and John Kerry and voting preparations in Ohio. The importance of swing states like Ohio; How the state was divided between the Republicans and Democrats in 2000; How the two candidates have tried to distinguish themselves and appeal to...
- BRING ON THE CASH! Cooper, Matthew; Tumulty, Karen; Carney, James // Time;2/23/2004, Vol. 163 Issue 8, p18
Reports on the challenges faced by the Democrats in raising money for the 2004 presidential campaign in the wake of the passage of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform law. Observation that the Republican politicians have many more supporters who can give up to new ceiling of $2,000 each...
- THE NEXT FLORIDA? Fineman, Howard; Lipper, Tamara; Gegax, T. Trent; Meadows, Susannah; Campo-Flores, Arian // Newsweek (Pacific Edition);11/1/2004, Vol. 144 Issue 18, p14
Focuses on the presidential campaigns of George W. Bush and John Kerry and voting preparations in Ohio. The importance of swing states like Ohio; How the state was divided between the Republicans and Democrats in 2000; How the two candidates have tried to distinguish themselves and appeal to...
