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Nevada Trends Democratic more»»
The Ralston Report: "The Democrats now have a 55,560-voter lead over the Republicans in a state that was dead even a presidential cycle ago. But the numbers in NV-3 should be the most worrisome to the GOP, as Democrats now have a nearly 24,000-voter lead in a district that was even only two years ago. The slow-but-sure Democratic spread in that district means that Rep. Jon Porter will have to run a kitchen sink campaign against state Sen. Dina Titus to survive and will have to do so flawlessly, too."
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Obama Heads to Georgia more»»
Two months ago, we raised the question of whether Sen. Barack Obama could actually win Georgia even though George W. Bush won the state by 12 points in 2000 and 17 points in 2004.
Today, the Macon Telegraph notes Obama is campaigning in Georgia. "The Obama camp has said that Georgia will be competitive, and the
campaign is putting money where its mouth is. It has opened offices in
Atlanta, Savannah and Macon."
First Read lists the reasons Obama thinks he can win:
It's one of the youngest states in the union.He can increase African-American turnout.The state's non-native voters might be more willing to vote Democratic.Bob Barr's name is on the ballot, and that could draw conservatives.Evangelicals could sit out the election rather than vote for McCain.
Meanwhile, Jonathan Alter uses the occasion to point out if Obama picked former Sen. Sam Nunn (D-GA) as his running mate he would be even more likely to win Georgia.
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Group Proposes "Honor" to President Bush more»»
A California group submitted a proposal to rename a sewage
treatment plant after President Bush, "calling the initiative a fitting
tribute to the outgoing chief executive and the 'mess' he'll leave
behind," the Associated Press reports.
The group
wants to switch the name of the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant
to the George W. Bush Sewage Plant.
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Clinton's Convention Role Negotiated more»»
Sen. Hillary Clinton "won a hefty 1,600 convention delegates in six months of primaries. A big question now is whether to let them vote at the Democratic convention," according to the Wall Street Journal.
"High on the list of matters that Sen. Clinton and likely Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama are negotiating as her campaign closes down is whether and how her name is put into nomination at the August convention in Denver."
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