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  1. Hillary Clinton wins 11 out of 12 states but only gains 5 more Delegates than Barack Obama.

    LOUD3R Score: 2621 - Jun 23, 2008

    Did the democrats throw out the concept of Fair-Reflection? Hillary Clinton wins 11 out of 12 states and gains 555 delegates, Barack Obama loses those same 11 out of 12 states, but still... Full Article

  2. McCain Raises Millions

    LOUD3R Score: 1650 - Jun 5, 2008

    By Matthew Mosk While Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were doing battle in the last handfull of Primary contests last month, ... Full Article At Washington Post - The Trail

  3. McCain's $21.5-million May, best month

    LOUD3R Score: 1602 - Jun 5, 2008

    by Mark Silva While the Democrats battled to the muddled end of their Primary campaign -- it ended Tuesday with Barack Obama's clinching of the nomination, and it ends again on Saturday with... Full Article At The Swamp

  4. Jennifer Granholm Is a Greater Threat to Women Than John McCain

    LOUD3R Score: 1645 - Jun 14, 2008

    Jennifer Granholm is a desperate woman. Witness her attack today on John McCain. Seeking to block an effort by John McCain to draw support from ... Full Article At Redstate

  5. McCain Breaking the Law in Plain Sight

    LOUD3R Score: 1426 - Jun 20, 2008

    I mentioned earlier today that it was quite a thing to see John McCain denouncing Barack Obama for breaking his word on public financing when McCain himself is at this moment breaking the law... Full Article At Talking Points Memo

  6. Ahead by a nose

    LOUD3R Score: 1385 - Jun 20, 2008

    Barack Obama has had a slightly better week than John McCain EXHAUSTING as the Primary season has been, many voters could be forgiven for wanting... Full Article At Economist - US Election 2008

  7. After Giving 64 Minutes to Dems, ABC Offers McCain a 'Town Hall'-- With Obama

    LOUD3R Score: 1420 - Jun 9, 2008

    ABCNews.com reported on Sunday that the network had invited Senators Barack Obama and John McCain to appear in a joint, 90 minute, primetime town hall meeting on ABC. This hardly seems balanced... Full Article At Newsbusters

  8. The Race to Solidify the Base

    LOUD3R Score: 1367 - Jun 9, 2008

    As they gear up their general Election campaigns, the first goal for Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain is to shore up support among base... Full Article At Political Wire

  9. That Clinton Campaign Debt

    LOUD3R Score: 1356 - Jun 9, 2008

    Tomorrow's NYT has an interesting story on the unprecedented financial straits in which Hillary Clinton ended her presidential campaign. Michael Luo suggests that even if ... Full Article At Time - Swampland

  10. By Request: Al Gore

    LOUD3R Score: 1416 - Jun 17, 2008

    Tinisoli asks : "What it means, if anything, that Gore is finally endorsing Obama." Not much! You saw throughout the Primary season that Gore was committed not to getting involved in the ... Full Article At The Atlantic - Matthew Yglesias

  11. Collectivism and Obama, McCain

    LOUD3R Score: 1400 - Jun 10, 2008

    featuring David Boaz [0:03:18] Committed to two candidates for press you usually at least have a Republican candidate on the stage who's paying lip service to. Industry and working very hard and -- building businesses things like that... Full Article At EveryZing - 2008 Presidential Election

  12. Hypocrisy, Thy Name Is "Obama"

    LOUD3R Score: 1391 - Jun 19, 2008

    As expected, Barack Obama has chosen to opt out of the public financing system for the general Election . What was perhaps less expected was the lame reason he put out for his decision: ... Full Article At Redstate

  13. Lets count the men who say "She did what she needed to do"

    LOUD3R Score: 1374 - Jun 7, 2008

    How many times can men say that Clinton needed to do what they wanted her to do? Hillary Clinton didn’t need to do anything — she chose to get behind Barack Obama, which is what... Full Article At Corrente

  14. Anomaly?

    LOUD3R Score: 1370 - Jun 25, 2008

    With all the talk of Charlie Black's recent remark in Fortune that a terrorist attack on U.S. soil would ultimately be good for John McCain, we thought we'd remind readers that this was not the first time fear-mongering was employed by the... Full Article At Hotline On Call

  15. Scott Atran: Fear Versus Hope in the Fight Against Terror

    LOUD3R Score: 1349 - Jun 25, 2008

    A senior political adviser to John McCain said in an interview with Fortune magazine that a new terrorist attack "certainly would be a big advantage to him." He also indicated that the December assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir... Full Article At HuffingtonPost

  16. Campaign Myth 1: McCain voters for Gore

    LOUD3R Score: 1368 - Jun 6, 2008

    Democrats eager to tamp down talk of disappointed Primary voters bolting to John McCain point to the "fact" that a majority of McCain's own backers threatened to ... Full Article At Washington Post - Behind the Numbers

  17. Do Voters Who Threaten to Actually Bolt?

    LOUD3R Score: 1341 - Jun 6, 2008

    By Jon Cohen Democrats eager to tamp down talk of disappointed Primary voters bolting to John McCain point to the "fact" that a majority of McCain's own backers threatened to ... Full Article At Washington Post - The Trail

  18. ‘08 Presidential Projections Database Update (6/12)

    LOUD3R Score: 1360 - Jun 12, 2008

    Overall, over the past two days, with some recent polling in Michigan, North Carolina, Wisconsin, ... Full Article

  19. Did I hear a little gasp come out of the Obama campaign?

    LOUD3R Score: 1358 - Jun 21, 2008

    Here’s a bit of interesting news :For the first time in the campaign, Republican John McCain in May raised about the same amount of money, $22 million, as ... Full Article At QandO

  20. Watch for a unity bounce

    LOUD3R Score: 1344 - Jun 8, 2008

    by Mike Dorning After Hillary Clinton's full-throated endorsement of Barack Obama Saturday afternoon, watch for a "unity bounce" in the ... Full Article At The Swamp



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The series of presidential primary elections and caucuses is one of the first steps in the process of electing the President of the United States of America. The primary elections are run by state and local governments, while caucuses are private events run by the political parties. A state primary election usually is an indirect election: instead of voters directly selecting a particular person running for president, it determines how many delegates to each party's national convention each candidate will receive from that state.

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Both major political parties (Democratic and Republican) officially nominate their candidate for President at their respective national conventions, usually held during the summer before the federal election. Depending on state law and state party rules, when voters cast ballots for a candidate in a presidential caucus or primary, they may actually be voting to award delegates "bound" to vote for a...More Primary @ wikipedia

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