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5 To-Dos for Obama Before His Next Debate
(The Root) — So we all know how the first presidential debate went, and for anyone who doesn’t know, feel free to click here. The bottom line: It didn’t go particularly well for the president. Some have argued that it was disastrous. So what should President Obama be doing between now and his next debate…
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Texas Forces Voters to Prove They're Alive
(The Root) — After courts twice cited the Voting Rights Act in rulings that blocked Texas voter-ID laws on the grounds that they were discriminatory, proponents of such efforts have recently begun executing a new strategy: requiring voters to submit written verification that they are alive before arriving at the polls. The strategy is part of a…
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Texas Now Forcing Voters to Prove They are Alive
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What Should Obama Do Next?
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Yes, Romney Won the Debate. Sort Of
(The Root) — After months of running one of the most gaffe-plagued and widely mocked presidential campaigns in modern history, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney delivered a debate performance that may not have been a bona fide knockout, but was definitely a winner — at least with certain voters. Romney looked relaxed, confident, even likable…
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The Presidential-Debate Word Game
(The Root) — Every presidential election produces one memorable moment that historians and political junkies will remember for years to come. The 2000 election gave us a sighing, eye-rolling Al Gore whose body language toward George W. Bush seemed to scream, “I can’t believe I’m actually in a close contest with this guy. You’ve got…
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7 of History's Most Racist Political Ads
(The Root) — Each election cycle usually produces one ad that voters, pundits and political watchers know will be remembered long after the losing candidate has become a trivia question. In 2008 that ad was the “3 a.m.” commercial, which invited viewers to wonder who, in a dangerous world, they’d rather have answering the proverbial…
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Will Romney Reach out to Racists in Debates?
(The Root) — In 2008 something remarkable happened: America elected a black man with a Muslim-sounding name president. The even more remarkable part? That he beat a white war hero from an American military dynasty. But there are plenty of political watchers who believe this turn of events happened only because the war hero was…
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Will Obama Talk Black Single Parenthood?
(The Root) — Next to his convention speeches and inaugural address, one of President Obama’s most memorable speeches to date has been the one he delivered on fatherhood. On the Father’s Day before the 2008 election, he won applause from conservative corners, and some high-profile criticism from others, for his candid discussion of the need…
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Do Polls Undercount Obama Supporters?
(The Root) — In the weeks before an election, much of the media coverage becomes a numbers game, obsessively chronicling which candidate is in the lead in which states and with which voter blocs, according to the polls. But one question that media and consumers of media rarely ask is, how do we know the…
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