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The Daily 2008
Posted on March 15th, 2007 on The RCP Blog
The leading Democratic presidential candidates and Republican senators John McCain and Sam Brownback attended yesterday's meeting of...

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The Daily 2008
Posted on March 14th, 2007 on The RCP Blog
California's new Feb. 5 primary date has given the state's politicians new clout as they become important proxies for presidential campaigns....

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The Daily 2008
Posted on March 13th, 2007 on The RCP Blog
Adam Nagourney and Megan Thee of The New York Times tell us what we already knew about the GOP field, just with newer information: the...

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The Daily 2008
Posted on March 9th, 2007 on The RCP Blog
Today's newspapers have some good news for Sen. Hillary Clinton and bad news for rival Sen. Barack Obama for a change, while its being...

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The Daily 2008
Posted on March 8th, 2007 on The RCP Blog
Primaries lead today's news again after the California legislature passed a bill to move the state's primary up to Feb. 5, 2008, and...

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The Daily 2008
Posted on March 7th, 2007 on The RCP Blog
The presidential race has garnered considerable interest from the public 20 months before election day, according a new USA Today poll...

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The Daily 2008
Posted on March 6th, 2007 on The RCP Blog
At least 19 states with half the nation's population have "moved or are considering moving their primaries" to Feb. 5, 2008 creating...

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The Daily 2008
Posted on March 5th, 2007 on The RCP Blog
The biggest news this weekend was the join appearance of Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton at the "Bloody Sunday" commemoration...

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The Daily 2008
Posted on March 2nd, 2007 on The RCP Blog
National Journal released its '06 vote ratings, showing each party just how orthodox their presidential candidates are. Sen. Barack...

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U.S. Troops Will Be Leaving Europe As Well
Posted on February 24th, 2007 on The RCP Blog
From Pat Buchanan's column yesterday: NATO is packing it in as a world power. NATO is little more than a U.S. guarantee to pull Europe's...

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Defending Dungy
Posted on February 9th, 2007 on The RCP Blog
NYU historian Jonathan Zimmerman penned an interesting column criticizing Colts' head coach Tony Dungy. Unfortunately, he seems to have...

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