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townhall.com - 10/22/2008
Michael Medved: No, We Don't Need to Go Through Obama to Get a "Real" Conservative (and we didn't need to endure Carter to get Reagan)
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Some of my talk radio colleagues insist that an Obama victory might be a blessing in disguise in the same way that Carter's victory over Gerald Ford paved the way for Reagan's election four years later. The common (and...

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newyorker.com - 10/20/2008
Interesting Times: George Packer: Online Only: The New Yorker
— newyorker.com — Ken Adelman is a lifelong conservative Republican. Campaigned for Goldwater, was hired by Rumsfeld at the Office of Economic Opportunity under Nixon, was assistant to Defense Secretary Rumsfeld under Ford, served as Reagan’s director of arms control, ... (more) Interesting Times: George Packer: Online Only: The New ...

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nationaljournal.com - 10/17/2008
National Journal Magazine - The End Of The Reagan Era?
— nationaljournal.com — The last time a presidential candidate won a landslide that simultaneously carried his party to resounding congressional gains was in 1980, when Ronald Reagan captured 44 states and swept a dozen new Republicans into the Senate and nearly three dozen ... (more) National Journal Magazine - The End Of The Reagan Era?

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Late Upsets Are Rare, but Have Happened
gallup.com - 10/27/2008
Late Upsets Are Rare, but Have Happened
— gallup.com — 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 ... (more) Late Upsets Are Rare, but Have Happened

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News — MORNING READ Barack Obama has opened up a big lead in two respected national polls, liberal bloggers eagerly note. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's performance as the GOP veep nominee has hurt John McCain, and the news that Republican National Committee spent $150,000 on her convention wardrobe isn't helping, bloggers note. Palin, however, could be a formidable candidate for president in 2012, according to two political blogging pundits. Obama leads 52 percent to 38 percent in the Pew Research Center's survey of registered voters and 52 percent to 42 percent in the NBC/Wall Street Journal survey. Obama is getting more support that is solid and positive than ...

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