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Arlen Specter Leaves GOP for Dems

Category: Republican Party

Specter: "the Republican Party has moved far to the right"

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Barack Obama Receives Key Endorsement from the Heart of Texas

Category: Barack Obama

On Monday, Obama was endorsed by Congressman Chet Edwards, whose district includes Texas A&M University, the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library, and George W. Bush's Crawford ranch

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String of Obama Victories Portends a Strong Performance in the General Election

Category: Barack Obama

Obama wins big in Maryland, Virginia, and DC, but now he has even bigger fish to fry.

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Obamamentum

Category: Barack Obama

Obama wins Louisiana (57-36), Washington (68-31), and Nebraska (68-32), while John McCain still struggles to seal the deal.

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Brief Super Tuesday Update

Category: Election 2008

The Democratic race remains tight, while McCain increases his lead--but not enough to declare victory.

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Barack Obama Looking Strong as Super Tuesday Voting Begins

Category: Barack Obama

He's gaining in the polls, and he could pull off some big wins today.

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Living Abroad? Vote in the 2008 Global Presidential Primary

Category: Election 2008

Americans living abroad can vote for their own delegation to the 2008 Democratic Convention.

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South Carolina a Huge Victory for Obama, Democrats

Category: Election 2008

Obama's 295,091 votes last night trump second place finisher Hillary Clinton's 141,128 and Republican victor John McCain's 147,283.

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An Immigration Reality Check for Iowans

Category: Election 2008

Immigration will be issue number one for Republicans participating in the Iowa Caucuses tonight, but before they get too fired up, they might want to pay attention to this dispatch from the reality-based community.

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The Jena Who What Huh?

Category: racism

Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson "doesn't know anything about" the Jena Six.

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From the Archives: My 9/11 Story

Category: Life of Nick

Last year, I recounted my personal experience on September 11, 2001, and I offered some commentary about what that day--and the events of the ensuing year--meant to me and to American politics in general. I've reposted my 9/11 story again...

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The Emerging Role of Blogs in Democratic Politics

Category: Democratic Party

My remarks to the Texas Aggie Democrats on September 5, 2007.

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My Upcoming Texas Aggie Democrats Talk on Blogs in Politics

Category: events

At Texas A&M University this Wednesday, 5 September, at 8:30 pm in Rudder 502.

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Update: Senate Also Passes CHIP Expansion

Category: health policy

This just in: the CHIP expansion has passed both houses of Congress.

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House Passes CHIP Expansion

Category: health policy

despite Republican opposition to expanded health care access for kids.

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Interview With John Edwards at A Blog Around the Clock

Category: elections

Over at A Blog Around the Clock, Bora has posted an interview he conducted by email with Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on science and science-related issues. The fact that John Edwards participated is a good indication that the 2008...

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New Poll Gives Reason to be Optimistic for the Future

Category: elections

A new poll indicates that today's young adults are more progressive than their parents on health care, homosexuality, and general ideology.

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The Difference Between Edwards and Romney

Category: Democratic Party

Romney and Edwards have both shifted heavily to their respective sides, but Edwards gives us fewer reasons to be skeptical than Romney.

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House to Vote on Embryonic Stem Cell Bill This Thursday, Amniotic Stem Cells No Substitute for the Real Thing

Category: stem cells

Yes, that's TOMORROW!!!

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Potential Changes to Mandatory Sentencing Laws

Category: law

Under the new Democratic Congress, many are hoping to change these outdated and sometimes blatantly racist laws.

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Oversight of Bush Administration High on Democrats' Agenda

Category: Democratic Party

The Democrats are already making big plans to investigate some of the Bush Administration's more outrageous instances of political interference in science.

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2006 More Impressive than 1994, Statistically Speaking

Category: elections

Chris of Mixing Memory points us toward a good comparison of the Democratic victory in 2006 to the Republican victory in 1994. In short, the comparison--located at a Columbia statistics blog, Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science--shows that the...

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Beyond Victory: What 2006 Means for the Democrats and for Science

Category: elections

As the sun sets on the conservative movement in America, 2006 marks a new beginning for the Democrats, and hopefully for American science.

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My Election Day Message

Category: elections

There is so much to say about the importance of today's election, but not a great deal that hasn't already been spelled out time and time again. Most importantly, if you haven't already voted, go vote today! Hopefully you'll have...

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Another Reason to Vote Democratic

Category: elections

If George Bush is driving our nation down a one-way road to hell, it's the Republican-controlled House and Senate that are enabling him to do this. On October 17th, Bush signed into law the Military Commissions Act of 2006, which...

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My 9/11 Story

Category: Life of Nick

When I was a freshman in college, at Texas A&M University, on Tuesday and Thursday mornings I had two classes back-to-back in the same lecture hall. Because of a weird scheduling fluke, these classes were about 45 minutes apart, though....

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