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Don't Go Breaking My Heart, Barack

Paul Hunt | Posted 08.20.2008 | Home

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Paul Hunt

I want us to work, Barack, I really do. And if I sound demanding, that's because I am -- I've been hurt too many times not to be.

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Unity: Not Exactly Woodstock '69, But Close

Beverly Davis | Posted 06.27.2008 | Home

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Beverly Davis

It's the season premiere 2008 general election campaign. The music will be blaring, the crowd jumping, the loudspeakers booming. But the real story is that Democratic "unity" is well under way.

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Midwest Editors Shifting On Gay Marriage

Dan Treul | Posted 06.17.2008 | Home

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Dan Treul

In another signal, perhaps, that the country is ready for change, newspapers across the Midwest showed either even-handedness or excitement for an issue that only years ago was considered taboo.

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Live Iowa Campaign Journal -New Year's Eve

Marc Cooper | Posted 12.30.2007 | Home

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Marc Cooper

Chasing around Hillary Clinton and John Edwards, I traveled from Davenport to Eldridge to Knoxville and finally back to Des Moines. And while it was only a couple hundred miles mostly along I-80, it might as well have been hopping from one world to another.

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Clinton, McCain, Obama Win Key Early State Endorsements

Huffingtonpost.com | Posted 12.15.2007 | Politics

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Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain picked up key early state endorsements Saturday evening as the clock ticks down to the Iowa Caucuses on ...

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Clinton, McCain, Obama Win Key Early State Endorsements

Huffingtonpost.com | Posted 12.15.2007 | Politics

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Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain picked up key early state endorsements Saturday evening as the clock ticks down to the Iowa Caucuses on ...

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GOP Des Moines Debate LiveBlog on HuffPost

Arianna Huffington | Posted 08.04.2007 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

Just as we did during the CNN/YouTube Democratic debate, HuffPost is going to be liveblogging ABC's GOP debate in Iowa on Sunday morning. And, in an effort to cover all the bases, we'll have two different kinds of experts offering their real-time reactions to the candidates' performances: Political Brain author and language expert, Drew Westen, and John Neffinger, a specialist in nonverbal communication. So be sure to check out this space Sunday at 9 am ET. Be a Part of HuffPost's Online-Only Presidential Candidate Mashup Send us your questions for our candidate mashup set for September 12th as a comment to this post, shot on video or delivered by a podcast. TiVo Alert: Sunday morning at 10 AM ET I'll be on Reliable Sources discussing YearlyKos with Howard Kurtz and Chris Cillizza of WashPost's "The Fix."

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