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    POPS    How will election change the Senate?
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    by masbury  Yesterday 1:50 PM   
     How will the blue/red balance change? See probability graph at the bottom of the clip.
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    POPS    NYT: Voter purges in 6 states may violate law
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    by masbury  10-9-2008    1
     Does not appear to be a partisan attempt
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    POPS    50% and +8% in October usually mean a win
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    by masbury  10-5-2008    3
     Of 16 who've reached 50% in October, 14 won. Of 14 who've had an 8% lead in October, 13 won .
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    POPS    Prevent bailouts? Prohibit campaign contributions
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    by masbury  10-3-2008   
     We must advance to a system where elections are publicly funded and private donations are prohibited. Both of our candidates are connected by money to the banking industry. The industry's influence toward killing regulation far exceeds the public's influence in preserving it. Separating money from politics - as other nations have long done - is the only way home.
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    POPS    Obama opens comfortable lead in Iowa
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    by masbury  9-14-2008    2
     Up by 12!
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    POPS    Mississippi GOP hides hot race illegally at ballot-bottom
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    by masbury  9-9-2008   
     Restraining order now issued preventing ballot distribution; violation of MS election law
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    POPS    Greenwald: The Republicans' Cheerful Viciousness
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    by masbury  9-5-2008    1
     Rendering issues irrelevant and converting campaigns into culture wars (h/t ratilfar!)
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    POPS    Super Tracker poll averages - note the trend
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    by masbury  9-3-2008   
     Look at projection and trend since January and tell me which way we're headed.
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    POPS    What Obama's done in the US Senate, Part 1
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    by masbury  9-1-2008    6
     It's a rather distinguished record for a four-year Senator.
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    POPS    Paris Hilton thanks McCain for endorsement
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    by masbury  8-5-2008    9
     "I'm a celebrity, too, but I'm not from the olden days"
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    POPS    Wallis: How my faith influences my vote
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    by masbury  8-1-2008    4
     "my faith commits me to a concern for "the common good"
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    POPS    McCain trash-talk worries some Repubs
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    by masbury  7-30-2008    3
     After attracting followers by calls for respectful tone.
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    POPS    McCain promised "respectful campaign focused on issues"
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    by masbury  7-30-2008    5
     "None of this negative stuff, though," Cindy added last May. "You won't see it come out of our side at all." Wow. What a difference two months can make!
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    POPS    University Study: One third of McCain ads are Obama slams
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    by masbury  7-30-2008    8
     Only one of ten of Obama's criticize McCain
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    POPS    Obama banks a solid, error-free Middle East trip
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    by masbury  7-26-2008    6
     it's still a key step since fundamentally this election is about hiring Obama, and overcoming the residual doubts (about his newness, youth, funny name, whatever) that are allowing John McCain even to stay in contention.
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    POPS    "Hard to Overstate McCain Trainwreck"
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    by masbury  7-26-2008    41
     His one-plank foreign policy is pre-empted by Maliki
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    POPS    Both parties sell access to politicians at Conventions
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    by masbury  7-25-2008    2
     Major corporations fund, gain access to political leaders, through loophole in FEC law that allows them to pretend to promote the host city, and thus give without limit. Meeting with top leaders promised in return.
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    POPS    Zogby: In electoral votes Obama winning 273-158
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    by masbury  7-13-2008   
     Barr getting 6%; 11 states in margin of error; 270 needed to win; electoral vote lead much higher than pop vote lead
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    POPS    Obama bounces: now 51-36 over McCain
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    by masbury  6-20-2008    5
     more trusted in every category; far ahead of where Kerry or Gore were at this point in campaign
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    POPS    Gore: Obama more experienced than Kennedy, Jefferson, Madison
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    by masbury  6-16-2008    2
     Regarding experience, after citing Kennedy (2 yrs younger), he continues: “To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence, Washington from commanding the Continental Army, Madison from fathering the Constitution..."
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    POPS    McCain won't be the candidate in November
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    by masbury  6-15-2008    7
     Interesting theory . . .
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    POPS    Fox apologizes 3rd time; No "whitey" video exists
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    by masbury  6-13-2008    13
     Oops, we did it again.
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    POPS    Obama instructs DNC: No lobbyist money
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    by masbury  6-5-2008    3
     Fed govt lobbyist money banned from DNC fundraising; freedom from influence of Washington insiders sought
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    POPS    McCain's Annapolis class rank? 894 out of 899
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    by masbury  6-4-2008    8
     This is breaking new ground: he could be the first President from the bottom of his class.
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    POPS    World cheers Obama as nominee
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    by masbury  6-4-2008    8
     "Difference in tone" from Bush years welcome
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    POPS    McCain: No one has supported Bush on Iraq more than I have
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    by masbury  6-4-2008   
     Video documenting McCain's pitches of Bush policy
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    POPS    McCain pitches himself as change, green, competence candidate
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    by masbury  6-3-2008   
     But voted with Bush 95% of the time: are we to believe the record or the rhetoric?
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    POPS    Bill may be roadblock to Hillary-as-VP
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    by masbury  6-3-2008   
     "having Bill on the campaign trail and in the White House is the most problematic thing about bringing Hillary onto the ticket"
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    POPS    45 Repub House seats surveyed; may lose half
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    by masbury  6-3-2008    1
     Democratic pollsters are predicting that the GOP could lose nearly as many seats this time around as they did two years ago, when Democrats picked up 31 seats
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    POPS    McCain vs Obama, by state maps, as of June 3
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    by masbury  6-3-2008   
     2nd map shows states with <10 point difference
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    POPS    Clinton winding down Tuesday night?
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    by masbury  6-2-2008    3
     Astonishing, conciliatory developments
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    POPS    Joan Garry: I left Hillary Clinton, My "Ex"
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    by masbury  6-2-2008   
     Honest, irenic writing by an ardent Clinton supporter - just excellent - I admire this piece greatly - reads even better in context
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    POPS    Prominent Clinton supporters back off
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    by masbury  6-2-2008   
     Starting with Tom Vilsack, nat'l Clinton co-chair:
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    POPS    Clinton winning "popular vote"? Don't believe it.
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    by masbury  6-1-2008    12
     Add in all the details that her campaign omits, and you'll get the real figure.
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    POPS    Poll: Name recognition wins Puerto Rico primary
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    by masbury  6-1-2008    4
     With few hard feelings among supporters of either
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    POPS    "Hundreds" of Republicans among Obama donors
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    by masbury  5-31-2008    1
     Many of whom voted for Bush; now want dif direction
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    POPS    Thank you, Sen. McCain, and please keep talking about Iraq
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    by masbury  5-31-2008   
     McCain's foggy Middle East awareness is the gift that keeps on giving
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    POPS    Gitmo judge, critical of prosecutors, removed
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    by masbury  5-31-2008    2
     Had threatened to stop proceedings unless prosecutors started sharing evidence with defense. Prosecutors stonewalled on handing over interrogation and medical records; wanted trials underway before November elections
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    POPS    Does the popular vote matter in the DNC's debate?
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    by masbury  5-30-2008   
     The Brookings Institution's answer, from NYT
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    POPS    DNC, don't disenfranchise me by counting "popular" vote!
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    by masbury  5-30-2008    7
     Eleven caucus states and Samoa aren't included! What kind of a popular vote ignores a fifth of the states? It's purely fictitious. Coincidentally, the Clinton campaign under-performed in the caucus states, and the Clinton campaign proposes this metric - popular vote - which leaves them out.
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