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An Oxford graduate student by day and a scientific activist by night, Nick Anthis isn't letting his Ph.D. research in protein structure get in the way of defending scientific and social progress.

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Barack Obama Receives Key Endorsement from the Heart of Texas

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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Posted on February 22, 2008 5:09 AM • 0 Comments •

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

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

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Posted on February 13, 2008 5:07 PM • 0 Comments •

Obamamentum

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

Posted on February 10, 2008 9:10 AM • 5 Comments •

Brief Super Tuesday Update

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

Posted on February 6, 2008 8:01 AM • 1 Comments •

Barack Obama Looking Strong as Super Tuesday Voting Begins

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

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Posted on February 5, 2008 12:20 PM • 2 Comments •

Living Abroad? Vote in the 2008 Global Presidential Primary

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

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Posted on January 28, 2008 4:53 PM • 0 Comments •

South Carolina a Huge Victory for Obama, Democrats

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

Posted on January 27, 2008 9:53 AM • 1 Comments •

An Immigration Reality Check for Iowans

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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Posted on January 3, 2008 4:35 PM • 3 Comments •

The Jena Who What Huh?

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

Posted on September 20, 2007 8:24 PM • 16 Comments •

From the Archives: My 9/11 Story

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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Posted on September 11, 2007 8:46 AM • 2 Comments •

The Emerging Role of Blogs in Democratic Politics

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

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Posted on September 7, 2007 12:22 PM • 1 Comments •

My Upcoming Texas Aggie Democrats Talk on Blogs in Politics

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

Posted on September 4, 2007 2:50 AM • 0 Comments •

Update: Senate Also Passes CHIP Expansion

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

Posted on August 3, 2007 5:00 AM • 1 Comments •

House Passes CHIP Expansion

despite Republican opposition to expanded health care access for kids.

Posted on August 2, 2007 4:50 PM • 0 Comments •

Interview With John Edwards at A Blog Around the Clock

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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Posted on July 9, 2007 6:48 PM • 0 Comments •

New Poll Gives Reason to be Optimistic for the Future

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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Posted on June 27, 2007 11:00 AM • 2 Comments •

The Difference Between Edwards and Romney

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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Posted on March 11, 2007 3:36 PM • 4 Comments •

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

Yes, that's TOMORROW!!!

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Posted on January 10, 2007 1:16 PM • 0 Comments •

Potential Changes to Mandatory Sentencing Laws

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

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Posted on January 10, 2007 9:47 AM • 0 Comments •

Oversight of Bush Administration High on Democrats' Agenda

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

Posted on November 20, 2006 5:47 PM • 0 Comments •

2006 More Impressive than 1994, Statistically Speaking

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...

Posted on November 10, 2006 9:38 AM • 0 Comments •