U.S.
Latino voters key to Obama win in battleground states
September 19, 2008The historic Nov. 4th presidential election is less than two months away, and a monumental battle is heating up in a few crucial swing states, as some nine million Latino voters prepare to cast their ballot,...
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Michigan, Ohio fight GOP dirty tricks
September 18, 2008The Obama campaign filed a lawsuit Sept. 16 to block an apparent Republican Party effort in Michigan to use home foreclosure lists to exclude registered voters in the Detroit area from casting ballots this November. At...
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In bed with Big Oil
September 18, 2008The idea that the Bush administration is in bed with the oil companies took on new meaning with revelations that Interior Department officials engaged in sex, drugs and partying with oil and gas company representatives. A...
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Battle for womens hearts, minds and votes
September 18, 2008The battle for women’s hearts, minds and votes has gone into overdrive. And for good reason. In 2004, women as a whole made up 54 percent of the electorate, with white women making up 41 percent.
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Vote suppression, ‘dirty tricks’ target key states
September 17, 2008The AFL-CIO has launched a new voting rights protection program to help protect working-class voters against dirty tricks in the fall elections. My Vote, My Right aims 'to ensure votes cast at the ballot box are...
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