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Late Upsets Are Rare, but Have Happened
gallup.com - 10/27/2008
Late Upsets Are Rare, but Have Happened
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PRINCETON, NJ -- There have been only 2 instances in the past 14 elections, from 1952 to 2004, when the presidential candidate ahead in Gallup polling a week or so before the election did not win the national popular vote: in 2000 (George W. Bush) and 1980 (Jimmy Carter). And in only one of ...
Back to a Big-Tent GOP?
online.wsj.com - 11/2/2008
Back to a Big-Tent GOP?
— online.wsj.com — All eyes are on Tuesday. For the GOP, the real question is Wednesday. That's the day the... party will survey the damage of the 2008 election, and have to decide what it wants to be. Even if John McCain pulls out a win, the Grand Old Party will be in ... (more) Back to a Big-Tent GOP?

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washingtonmonthly.com - 11/3/2008
"Reagan's Liberal Legacy" by Joshua Green
— washingtonmonthly.com — Over the past several months, Nancy Reagan has quietly been alerting friends and family that the health... of her husband Ronald Reagan, the nation's 40th president, is failing rapidly due to Alzheimer's. Reagan will turn 92 on Feb. 6, and the signs ... (more) "Reagan's Liberal Legacy" by Joshua Green

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blogs.abcnews.com - 10/21/2008
Neocons for Obama?
— blogs.abcnews.com — George Packer from the New Yorker magazine reports on an email he got from Ken Adelman today... indicating that the neo-con is planning on voting for Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. As Packer points out, this is no small thing. Adelman... (more) Neocons for Obama?

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The Swamp:  Barack Obama, win-history 'on his side'

Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:  Comebacks Are Rare But Do Happen

JammieWearingFool:  On This Day In 1980, Carter Led Reagan By Eight Points

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Barack Obama, win-history 'on his side'
The Swamp — ... "History is on the side of Barack Obama,'' the folks at the Gallup Poll report today, noting that only twice during the past 14 presidential elections did the candidate who was running ahead in Gallup polling a week or so before Election Day not end up winning the popular vote . ...

Comebacks Are Rare But Do Happen
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Gallup: "There have been only 2 instances in the past 14 elections, from 1952 to 2004, when the presidential candidate ahead in Gallup polling a week or so before the election did not win the national popular vote: in 2000 (George W. Bush) and 1980 (Jimmy Carter). And in only one of these, in 1980, did the candidate who was behind (Ronald Reagan) pull ahead in both the popular vote and the Electoral College and thus win the election." ...

On This Day In 1980, Carter Led Reagan By Eight Points
JammieWearingFool — Cheer up, all you poll watchers. This isn't over yet . There have been only 2 instances in the past 14 elections, from 1952 to 2004, when the presidential candidate ahead in Gallup polling a week or so before the election did not win the national popular vote: in 2000 (George W. Bush) and 1980 (Jimmy Carter). And in only one of these, in 1980, did the candidate who was behind (Ronald Reagan) pull ahead in both the popular vote and the Electoral College and thus win the election. Scroll down at the link for results dating back to 1952. While Reagan trailed Carter by eight points ...

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