Campus evaluates Democratic candidates From Murray State News The battle among Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has become popularized through the media for several months. With two non-traditional front-running candidates - a white woman and a black man - the 2008 presidential election has seen a significant change from the past. The total of voters between the ages of 18-29 who have participated in the presidential primaries has increased from nine to 14 percent since the 2004 presidential election according to the...

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Gay Issues Not Expected to Dominate Presidential Election From EDGE Boston "Concern over the economy is so deep, if Republican try to make marriage the bogeyman, Americans, in red and blue states, will rise up and say that dog won't hunt anymore. The State Legislature has placed a ballot issue amending the state constitution to ban same sex marriage. "Just like Ohio four years ago, the Republicans in Florida are trying to get out the evangelical Christian vote to ban same sex marriage and thereby help the Republican nominee," Pinello says. Also in 2004, 13 states...

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Despite Resistance, FL & MI Do-Over Plans Move Forward From www.mydd.com In the past couple of days, both the Florida Democratic House delegation and Obama's Michigan campaign co-chair have come out pretty forcefully against re-votes of any kind in their respective states. Florida's Democratic Party chair urged Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sen. Barack Obama, the national party and her own state's congressional delegation to consider a combined vote-by-mail/in-person plan as a redo of the Jan. 29 presidential primary. The idea would be to mail ballots to all...

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The Iraq War And The 2008 Election From belowthebeltway.com I believe in the free speech that liberals used to believe in, and the economic freedom that conservatives used to believe in. In addition, CBS found that a clear majority of Americans were "confident" that McCain could "handle an international crisis" - 56 percent said so for McCain, 47 percent for Obama and only 39 percent for Clinton.

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Rift Over Florida/Michigan Revote Widens Between Campaigns From www.youdecide2008.com While Hillary Clinton seems to be favoring either apportionment of existing delegates or holding a new mail-in primary entirely, the Obama campaign is none too pleased with the situation and fears a new vote will be wrought with problems. How Florida and Michigan, which is also considering how to redo its primary, resolve their situations has become a critical issue in the nomination battle between Obama and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) because the states carry enough delegates and...

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