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Voters express frustration with media coverage of ’08 race

7:47 AM EDT / 07.23.2008 -

Media types always seem to be looking for that photo op, sound bite, or snappy quote from a pol that will make the story come alive for the public.
That’s surely true in the latest media feeding frenzy: Barack Obama’s trip to Afghanistan and the Middle East. It’s enough already, say many people, including Patchwork […]

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Ari Pinkus | Project Editor

Campus and Careers /
Ann Arbor, MI

Flip-Flops Hurting Obama’s Support Amongst Youth?

8:25 PM EDT / 07.22.2008 -

Jonathan Chait of The New Republic points out some recent poll data suggesting that young voters’ enthusiasm for Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has fallen off since its peak in May.
Chait was taking a smack at TNR colleague Noam Scheiber, who argued that National Review’s Rich Lowry and Ramesh Ponnuru are wrong in their recent piece […]

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Michael O'Brien | Ann Arbor, MI

Monied 'Burbs /
Los Alamos, NM

Getting Organized

10:23 AM EDT / 07.20.2008 -

Coming home to Los Alamos this week I noticed a very visible organizing effort getting underway here by the Obama campaign. I crossed paths several times with Eugene Chow, a campaign representative from San Francisco who is assigned here to mobilize support. Eugene is a likeable young man who exhibits a good blend of energy […]

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Kevin Holsapple | Los Alamos, NM