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Four Statehouses Switch Parties

In eleven gubernatorial races spread out from coast to coast, the Crystal Ball accurately forecast at least nine, with the

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Bush Captures Second Term

It’s impossible to fully understand the results of the 2004 presidential election without first reexamining the 2000 results. The map

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2004 as the Bizzaro Election of 1916

All the way back in May, the Crystal Ball explored the possibility of “Bush as Truman” (https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/LJS2004052001) in order to

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Baseball and the 2004 Election

Yesterday the political world was abuzz with talk of a potential World Series match up between the Boston Red Sox

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Boston Morning Tea

Does Edwards have Recipe for Success? Any American chef worth his or her salt knows what happens when you combine

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Low-Carb Convention Wrap

Get Comfortable and Settle in, as Minuteman Becomes Hour-Man According to a report published in National Journal’s Convention Daily, published

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Boston Morning Tea

If a Political Tree Falls in the Woods… With no live network coverage of Tuesday night’s convention speeches, their impact

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Low-Carb Convention Wrap

Gentlemen, Start Your Engines While you don’t hear the term bandied about much anymore, the hot topic earlier in the

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Boston Morning Tea

Opening Night By the time the second evening session started, most of the seats in the Fleet Center were filled–even

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Low-Carb Convention Wrap

Old Guard, Young Blood Tonight’s agenda of speakers shows a marked difference between the first evening session and the second

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Boston Morning Tea

The gavel drops later today, marking the official opening of the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Of course, convention related activities

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Low-Carb Convention Wrap

For Whom the Gavel Drops Democratic National Committee chair Terry McAuliffe officially banged the convention to order this afternoon at

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