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Red Sox 11, Bill Clinton 0

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By Froma Harrop    Email

Anyone who covers a convention has to marvel at how little the locals care about it. I'm staying in the Highlands, a funky Denver neighborhood of renovated bungalows. The residents are overwhelmingly of the liberal -- some might say "far-left"--......

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 Tags  Democratic Convention   Denver   Harrop   Red Sox  

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Blue Dog Democrats Have Their Day

10:52 AM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | | Comments (1)
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The Democrats' key message in this campaign is "change." But while the word is most associated with their presidential candidate, Barack Obama, it also applies to the party's members of Congress. As the Democrats' House membership expands, it is moving......

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 Tags  Blue Dogs   Boyd   Cazayoux   Childers   Minnick   Moore   Obama   PayGo   Pelosi  

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Pro-Clinton blogger: Obamites 'hijacked' party

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Media Matters for America, a liberal group that analyzes the media, has accused talk-show hosts on NBC and MSNBC of exaggerating the importance of Hillary Clinton supporters now making their anti-Obama feelings known in Denver. In doing so, they are......

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 Tags  Democratic Convention   John McCain   media   PUMAS  

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McCainiacs in Denver

10:30 AM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | | Write a comment
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Denver's 16th Street Mall, a lively pedestrian thoroughfare filled with shops and eateries, is normally a festive place. This week, almost all the celebrants have been Democrats, in town for their national convention. But not all. A number of McCain......

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 Tags  Democratic Convention   Denver   John McCain   McCainiacs  

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The great hope for Democrats: A thoroughbred named Turnout

1:25 PM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Froma Harrop    Email

Political junkies often treat elections as horse races, and the great hope for Democratic activists in 2008 is a thoroughbred named Turnout. Their dream come true would be for Turnout to win a trifecta -- young people, unmarried women and......

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 Tags  Democratic Convention   voter turnout  

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