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Indiana County Is A Presidential Election Oracle
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:45:00 -0400
Residents of Vigo County, Ind., have picked the winner in nearly every presidential election since 1892. When it comes to such elections, the nation has no better bellwether. But this year's contest is anything but clear-cut.
McCain Campaign Used To Being The Underdog
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:00:00 -0400
There is a little more than three weeks to go before the presidential election. The latest polls show Republican John McCain is well behind Democrat Barack Obama. Steve Schmidt, McCain's chief operating officer, tells Renee Montagne what the McCain camp will have to do over these next few weeks to close the gap.
Clintons Campaign For Obama In Scranton
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:00:00 -0400
Former President Bill Clinton and Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) joined Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden in Scranton, Penn. Sunday. The plan was to rally votes for Barack Obama but much of the Clintons speeches reminisced of Hillary's bid for the White House.
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Nick Paumgarten: Facing down the credit crunch.
Nick Paumgarten Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:00:00 -0000
At ten o’clock Wednesday night, the banker lingered in his office. He was a top-ranking executive at a major global financial institution (he did not want to be identified, because, well, he did not want to be identified), and he had been at work for sixteen hours, monitoring the . . .
Lillian Ross: Matt Sax's one-man hip hop show at the Duke.
Lillian Ross Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:00:00 -0000
Lincoln Center Theatre has never had a rapper on its boards, but this month, as part of a new program to encourage emerging playwrights, it is taking under its wing--and stashing twenty blocks south, at its new two-hundred-seat Duke--the one-man hip-hop show “Clay.” Matt . . .
Dana Goodyear: Campaign ’08 Abroad
Dana Goodyear Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:00:00 -0000
Fukui is a prefecture divided. On the one hand, it is home to Obama, a rustic fishing village on the Sea of Japan. (Obama means “little beach.”) On the other, its capital city--two hours from Obama on the commuter train--is a Republican stronghold: Fukui City, where Sarah Palin’s . . .
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