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Are you passionate about politics? If so, Sunday Soapbox is for you. Bloggers Faye Anderson, Mindy Finn, Joshua Levy and Jacob Soboroff lead a discussion of Election 2008.

May 15, 2008

Obama Power

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Joshua Levy Associate Editor, techPresident.com
Last weekend, as I spent a late spring day walking around Brooklyn, I noticed a pattern: Obama volunteers seemed to be standing on every corner. They were holding clipboards and wearing buttons sporting that famously clean Obama logo with a new phrase attached: Vote for Change. That's the name of a new Obama initiative launched last week in which the campaign is scattering volunteers across all 50 states in an effort to register as many new (Democratic) voters as possible.

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10:27 AM ET | 05-15-2008 | permalink | comments (0) | e-mail post

May 14, 2008

Clinton courts uncommitted super delegates

After trouncing Barack Obama in Tuesday's West Virginia primary, Hillary Clinton spent today in Washington. She's trying to convince top donors and the Democratic party's undecided super-delegates to let the nominating process play out. NPR's David Greene reports even though her chances of catching Obama in the race for delegates appear slim, she's pushing forward.

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4:18 PM ET | 05-14-2008 | permalink | comments (0) | e-mail post

Mara Liasson on Hillary's West Virginia win

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Hillary Clinton won the West Virginia Primary last night and she won it by a very big margin. NPR's Mara Liasson says, her approximate 2-to-1 win over Barack Obama was expected, but Clinton savored it all the same.

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9:35 AM ET | 05-14-2008 | permalink | comments (0) | e-mail post

May 13, 2008

Hillary Wins West Virginia

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Hillary Clinton has won the Democratic Primary in West Virginia. Based on exit polls and early returns, NPR projects Clinton will easily defeat rival Barack Obama. NPR's David Greene is in Charleston, West Virginia, where Hillary Clinton is holding a victory party tonight. Greene says, Clinton's campaign is using the West Virginia victory to gain some much needed momentum.

West Virginia Public Radio will have live election coverage Tuesday night, beginning at 8 p.m. Click on Listen Live

7:42 PM ET | 05-13-2008 | permalink | comments (1) | e-mail post

May 10, 2008

Kids Urge Moms to Vote for Obama

And here's the latest Mother's Day video on Youtube. It's got little kids urging their moms to vote for Illinois Senator Barack Obama.

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5:09 PM ET | 05-10-2008 | permalink | comments (5) | e-mail post

Un-Super Delegates?

Jacob Soboroff, Field Vlogger
This year, superdelegates, Democratic party leaders and elected officials with votes in the nominating process not tied to any popular voting whatsoever, have unintentionally shifted the debate about election reform from the nuts-and-bolts of our voting systems, to our party system. Even some of the higher-ups within the Democratic party, including Al Gore and at least one of those who crafted the present-day Democratic Party nominating system, are taking a second look.

In February, for Why Tuesday?, I met with political consultant Tad Devine, who describes himself as "one of the driving forces behind the modern rules and delegate system." Watch my vlog for our in-depth interview, in which I ask Devine if the system he helped create is undemocratic, and what should be done about it.

4:30 AM ET | 05-10-2008 | permalink | comments (1) | e-mail post

May 9, 2008

Chelsea Clinton's Mom

It was only fair to also post Chelsea Clinton's video of her Mom, Senator Hillary Clinton. Click on the video link below:

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3:56 PM ET | 05- 9-2008 | permalink | comments (3) | e-mail post

May 8, 2008

Mother's Day with Roberta McCain

Sunday is Mother's Day, so we couldn't resist posting this campaign ad about Senator John McCain and his 96-year-old mother, Roberta McCain. In an email message to supporters, Cindy McCain said this of her mother-in-law: "She is still as active and delightful as ever and even joins us out on the campaign trail from time to time."

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5:26 PM ET | 05- 8-2008 | permalink | comments (0) | e-mail post

May 7, 2008

A Divided Democratic Party

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Faye Anderson, citizen journalist
As expected, Barack Obama won the North Carolina primary. Hillary Clinton eked out a two-point victory in Indiana. But the election results only tell part of the story. The rest of the story is in the exit polls. And there may not be a happy ending for the Democratic Party.

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8:31 PM ET | 05- 7-2008 | permalink | comments (6) | e-mail post

Hillary Clinton vows to press on

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Hillary Clinton is vowing to press on with her campaign despite a disappointing defeat to Barack Obama in North Carolina's democratic primary. Senator Clinton narrowly won the Indiana primary last night. Click on the audio post from NPR's Chris Arnold.

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10:08 AM ET | 05- 7-2008 | permalink | comments (0) | e-mail post

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