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Presidential Campaign Ads of 2012: The Score So Far
Presidential Campaign Ads of 2012: The Score So Far
Another week of the presidential campaign cycle, another wave of campaign ads hitting airwaves. The media teams of Obama for America and Romney for President have traded barbs all summer long, with no ...
10 Aug, 2012
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Are Voters Getting the Picture?
Are Voters Getting the Picture?
It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Certainly pictures of candidates can be very important information in a voter’s decision process. But, unfortunately, a vast majority of voters hav ...
07 Aug, 2012
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Andrew Johnson Part Two: Rise to the Presidency
Andrew Johnson Part Two: Rise to the Presidency
Despite his lack of an education and impoverished early life Andrew Johnson eventually developed a knack for political debate which led him to Senate and House of Representatives before serving as the ...
01 Aug, 2012
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Swing State Missouri: Easy Win for Romney?
Swing State Missouri: Easy Win for Romney?
Gov. Romney stumps in Missouri Credit: ReutersThe swing state Missouri has been coveted for more than a century, but this election seems to be ignoring the home of the big arch, Enterprise Rent-a-Car ...
01 Aug, 2012
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Swing State Iowa: Critical Puzzle Piece for November Win
Swing State Iowa: Critical Puzzle Piece for November Win
Which candidate will win Iowa in the 2012 presidential election?With less than four months until the general election, competition heats up between President Barrack Obama and GOP candidate, Mitt Rom ...
30 Jul, 2012
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Gary Johnson and Virgil Goode Potentially Play Spoiler
Gary Johnson and Virgil Goode Potentially Play Spoiler
Credit: Ron Hill ImageryBy most accounts the 2012 presidential election is going to be close. With Republican Mitt Romney and Democrat Barack Obama lambasting each other over petty disclosures might ...
29 Jul, 2012
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Budget Sequestration Effects on Swing States
Budget Sequestration Effects on Swing States
Credit: Real Clear PoliticsSwing states can effect an election and therefore effect legislation, but how can the upcoming legislation effect swing states votes?Any of the past few years annual budget ...
29 Jul, 2012
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Post 9/11 National Security Has Hardly Made Us More Safe
Post 9/11 National Security Has Hardly Made Us More Safe
Photo: blog.tsa.govOver at the New York Times, reporter Scott Shane announces the beginning of a running dialogue about how to strike “the proper balance between liberty and security” more than a dec ...
27 Jul, 2012
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Air Force Errors Escalate Vermont Fight over F-35 Base
Air Force Errors Escalate Vermont Fight over F-35 Base
Credit: Bill OetjenThe Pentagon has admitted it was wrong about basic facts relating to basing the F-35 stealth fighter-bomber in Vermont, so of course the announcement was made late last week in a s ...
20 Jul, 2012
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Election Update: Twitter Bomb, Negativity, and Super PAC Spending
Election Update: Twitter Bomb, Negativity, and Super PAC Spending
unPAC the 2012 Olympics fights to restore American unity by asking NBC not to run special interest political ads, including those from super PACs, during the 2012 Olympic Broadcast. http://www.unpac. ...
18 Jul, 2012
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