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Obama rally hits McCain-Palin on economy, war
While John McCain and Sarah Palin were campaigning in Blaine, Minn., the campaign of Barack Obama and Joe Biden organized ...
Minnesota Independent 9/20/2008 -
MnIndy video: McPalin crowd liked what it couldn’t see or hear
UPDATED WITH NEW, IMPROVED VIDEO They mostly couldn't hear or see the star attractions, but the thousands attending the big ...
Minnesota Independent 9/19/2008 -
NEWS ANALYSIS: 'Clean coal' and those pesky negative externalities
In ‘econ-o-speak’, an externality is an external cost or benefit that is not reflected in the market price. Electricity generation ...
New Mexico Independent 9/19/2008 -
Why Ads Work
A quarter-billion dollars has already been spent on advertising this election cycle. And that's only the beginning.
Washington Independent 9/19/2008 -
Ideology in Your DNA? Not Quite.
A story today in the The Los Angeles Times on a study about biology and politics starts with: “Die-hard liberals ...
Washington Independent 9/19/2008 -
Read my lipstick: Blaine loves McPalin!
No more dreary town hall meetings for John McCain. The man who has consistently ridiculed Barack Obama for his stadium ...
Minnesota Independent 9/19/2008 -
BBC: N.M. GOP leader says Hispanics 'won't vote for a black president'
A BBC reporter tooling through the state fair Thursday—the same day that Democrat Barack Obama was in New Mexico—...
New Mexico Independent 9/19/2008 -
Wilson would change her name to Palin
Last night U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson represented Sen. John McCain at a Georgetown University Young Voters Forum in Washington, ...
New Mexico Independent 9/19/2008 -
U.S. finance system potentially only days away from 'complete meltdown'
In a meeting with congressional leaders Thursday night, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke presented the potentially devastating ramifications of the ...
New Mexico Independent 9/19/2008 -
As Mayor, Palin Took A Pay Cut…And Then a Raise
TPM reports that city records from Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s tenure as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, indicate that there ...
Washington Independent 9/19/2008 -
Running for prez: Grist compares five candidates' energy & climate plans
The online environmental magazine Grist has put together an easy reference chart comparing the climate and energy policies of the ...
New Mexico Independent 9/19/2008 -
DNC to McCain: How You Like Privatization Now?
The DNC is gleefully circulating an AP article that flags another obvious, but important, shortcoming of Sen. John McCain’s ...
Washington Independent 9/19/2008