CHASE CITY, Va. Highway 47 winds past Elke’s Dog Resort, past the big yard full of old tires and shiny hubcaps, and the barren, barbed-wired fields with horses in the distance. Like many small towns in rural America, this one has a Main Street, which you’ll come to soon enough, and right there next…
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — He hated the helplessness of watching John McCain’s efforts from afar, so Joe White, 62, loaded up his trailer in South Carolina and drove here last weekend. He set up camp in a Wal-Mart parking lot, bought a map of State College and started knocking on strangers’ doors — 25…
Below is an excerpt from “On Faith,” an Internet feature sponsored by The Washington Post and Newsweek. Each week, more than 50 figures from the world of faith engage in a conversation about an aspect of religion. This week’s question : Is there a religious reason to vote for or against Obama or…
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Mukit Hossain has been up since 5 a.m., crisscrossing Northern Virginia in his tiny 10-year-old pickup truck to help turn out the Muslim vote in a presidential campaign that has left many Muslims feeling marginalized. He has stopped five times to pray in the truck, which is covered with political…
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DES MOINES, Oct. 31 — With barely 100 hours left in the presidential campaign, Sen. Barack Obama returned to Iowa, a state described by one adviser as “hallowed ground” for its role in launching his improbable candidacy, while Sen. John McCain spent his second straight day in Ohio, a state he…
SEATTLE — In Washington state, all the elements are in place to make Nov. 4 feel a lot like Feb. 2. Chris Gregoire and Dino Rossi are running for governor, and polls show a dead heat.
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“Change,” once the buzzword just of presidential candidates, has come to a local race near you.
JACKSON, Mich. — Almost everything seems to be on the wane in the self-proclaimed birthplace of the Republican Party.
AP – Democrats are positioned to make big gains in the House in next week’s elections, adding 20 or more seats to their majority.
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Bloomberg – Nov. 1 (Bloomberg) — Democrats see a path to a 60-vote
Senate majority that would make it harder for Republicans to
thwart their agenda.
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AFP – Leaders from Spain, Portugal and Latin America on Friday called for an emergency world summit overseen by the United Nations to tackle the financial crisis, as recession fears rose.
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McClatchy reports:
President Bush’s political resiliency in his home state has eroded significantly over his nearly eight years in the White House, with Texans joining the rest of the nation in registering sharp disapproval of his job performance as the nation’s chief executive, according to a newly released statewide poll.
Only 34 percent of Texans polled in a University of Texas survey approved of Bush’s handling of the presidency, with just under 10 percent approving “strongly.’’ By contrast, 55 percent disapproved, with 38.7 percent strongly disapproving.
While the approval ratings are somewhat higher than national polls, the Texas findings reflect a significant downturn in popularity for a native son and former Texas governor who drew 61 percent of the Texas vote in his re-election victory over Democratic Sen. John Kerry four years ago. Throughout much of his two-term presidency, Texas has generally provided Bush with a safety net of robust support while he was losing favor elsewhere.
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