Jon’’s NewsCloud Journal

The S.E.I.U.’s endorsement is especially coveted because the union has 1.9 million members and has a rank-and-file that is far more politically active than most other unions’. Moreover, its political action committee is expected to collect more than $30 million this campaign, making it one of the biggest PACs in the nation.
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Will the Democratic nomination process become … undemocratic?
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In anticipation of the 2008 presidential election, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging to watch the brains of a group of swing voters as they responded to the leading presidential candidates. Our results reveal some voter impressions on which this election may well turn.
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Loyal in the face of all contrary evidence: which current president does this sound like? Guiliani = MiniBush.
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Very surprising. But, folks were pretty surprised when they endorsed Kerry in the primary in 2004. Dumb the IAFF ain’t.
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As candidates tabulated how much money they raised in the year’s second quarter, Mr. Obama, of Illinois, appeared to be leading contenders from either party, raising at least $31 million for the primary campaign alone. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democrat of New York, raised about $21 million for the primary, a spokesman confirmed Sunday, and […]

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