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...are between 18 and 35 years old. Four years ago, neither they nor Facebook played a major role during the presidential campaign. "A campaign that is developed and led by users themselves is more successful and more sustainable," said Markus Beckedahl of the...
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Deutsche Welle
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...IPS News BOGOTA, May 27, 2010 (IPS) - Colombian presidential candidate Antanas Mockus said he "shares the horror" over the so-called "false positives" -- young civilians killed by the army and passed off as guerrilla casualties in the military's counterinsurgency...
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Democratic Underground
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Last year, Mike Connell wrote an article telling us no sitting U.S. president ever visited St. Clair County. In June 2009, UNeedUs LLC, donated our services to author a book inviting President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama to visit the
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The Port Huron Times Herald
http://www.thetimesherald.com/article/20100525/OPINION02/5250312/-1/rss04
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...Colombian presidential campaign ends on Sunday and voters will go to the polls a week from Sunday in an election that is likely headed to a second round run-off in mid June. The three final polls, released over the past 48 hours, indicate that the pro-Uribe...
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MyDD
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...the name of a person or organization Mapping the paths of power and influence Two presidential grandsons are running for office this year. Jason Carter, grandson of Jimmy, is seeking a Georgia state Senate seat. His father, Jack, lost a U.S. Senate race in...
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Muckety.com
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...Political Action Committees that provided financial support for each candidate. At IQElections.com, users can access detailed campaign contribution reports for the top presidential candidates in 2008. Finding out where politicians such as Barack Obama and...
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...– US Republican senator John McCain yesterday strongly defended the top advisers from his 2008 presidential campaign in the face of sharp criticism from his vice-presidential running mate, Sarah Palin. McCain, in a telephone interview with Reuters, singled...
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Irish Times
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...KABUL: Top candidates in the Afghan presidential race addressed rallies attended by thousands of cheering supporters on Monday, the last day of campaigning for key elections overshadowed by Taliban threats. Seventeen million voters go to the polls Thursday...
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A Pakistan News
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...they hope it remains relatively minor and does not threaten the credibility of the vote. A man in Kabul passes an election poster of Afghan presidential candidate and current Pres. Hamid Karzai, 14 Aug 2009 Afghan soldiers walking on patrol in Kabul...
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Voice of America
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-08-17-voa49.cfm?rss=topstories
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...Act would require all future candidates to supply proof (in the form of a valid birth certificate) when establishing a presidential campaign. The campaign would be required to disclose the birth certificate, along with other identifying documents, to the Federal...
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OpenCongress
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...radio. Thats why the messages flooding congressional offices and the shock-troop tactics at town-hall meetings. Its the Presidential Campaign of 2009. A chance to break him, as one too-candid Republican famously phrased it. And Obamas White House and congressional...
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HeraldNet
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090805/OPINION04/708059948/-1/RSS05
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...director of election campaign of a presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah in Laghman province, east of Afghanistan, was injured Tuesday after some unidentified armed men opened fire on him, a press release of Interior Ministry said. "At 11:30 a.m. Today,...
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People's Daily Online
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6712538.html
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...about it now. "I have absolutely no belief in my mind that is going to happen," she said Sunday of another possible presidential campaign. Clinton also acknowledged that the challenges facing a woman running for president are "daunting." Hillary has no choice...
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Politik Ditto
http://politikditto.blogspot.com/2009/07/hillary-clinton-says-no-to-another.html
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...image of Barack Obama is set to release a new book that marshals artworks inspired by the U.S. president and the 2008 presidential campaign. U.S. artist Shepard Fairey will co-edit with Jennifer Gross the forthcoming book Art for Obama: Designing for Manifest...
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CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2009/07/17/fairey-obama-book.html?ref=rss
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JAKARTA, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Three presidential candidates and their pairings to run in the upcoming presidential election on July 8 will end their campaign period in different places in Indonesia's key island of Java on Saturday, the Antara news
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Xinhua
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Karzai, who has served as Afghan leader since soon after the Taliban regime's ouster in 2001 and comfortably won the first presidential vote in 2004, is expected to win again. But many Afghans are unhappy with his leadership.
Militant violence is
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Kabul (AP) - A two-month campaign season began Tuesday for presidential elections to decide who leads Afghanistan for the next five years, as the Taliban rebellion grows more violent and the U.S. sends in tens of thousands of troops to combat
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CNSNews.com
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...inflammatory language and violence of any sort" have no place in the campaign. "I look forward to an election campaign where each candidate presents a vision for Afghanistan's future. More than ever, the Afghan people need a debate focused on the key political...
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Taiwan News
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...election campaign and high turnout in Iran's presidential election on Friday picture a different and new image of the country and the emerging socio-political demands of its people. Hundreds of Iranians lined up in long queues since early Friday morning...
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People's Daily Online
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...June 12 (Xinhua) -- Feverish election campaign and high turnout in Iran's presidential election on Friday picture a different and new image of the country and the emerging socio-political demands of its people. Hundreds of Iranians lined up in long queues...
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Xinhua
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...and the high unemployment in the country. Supporters of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attend his last presidential campaign in Tehran, capital of Iran, on June, 10, 2009, prior to the upcoming 10th presidential election slated for Friday. (Xinhua...
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People's Daily Online
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90854/6676984.html
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...The race pits the incumbent, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, against challenges from reformist and conservative candidates. The campaign has been an unprecedented, no-holds-barred political fight. Past presidential elections in Iran have usually been fairly staid. But...
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Voice of America
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TEHRAN,
May 27 (Xinhua) -- Iran's presidential hopeful Mir-Hossein Mousavi takes the
lead in 10 major Iranian cities, the local Press TV reported Wednesday, citing a
recent poll.
A supporter of Mirhossein Mousavi,
presidential candidate
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Xinhua
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By John R. Emshwiller and T.W. Farnam Hillary Clinton dropped out of the presidential election last June, but her campaign committee continued to raise millions of dollars this year by selling access to a valuable asset: Mrs. Clinton's vast list of
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Wall Street Journal
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reached an important milestone Wednesday in her quest to pay the debt from her failed 2008 presidential bid: For the first time in eight months, her campaign committee reported having more money
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Big News Network
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...money by the time he took the helm in the late 1980s. Before accepting the challenge, McNeill served on Michael Dukakis’s presidential campaign. His other publishing “qualifications” included a degree in public policy from the Kennedy School of Government...
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Publishers Weekly
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...million gallons of gasoline a year and using 700,000 fewer tires. The Republican National Committee and John McCain’s presidential campaign handed out pressure gauges labeled “Obama Energy Plan” in an effort to make a mockery of the comments. The issued died...
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Consumer Energy Report
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...March 23 (Xinhua) -- The six presidential candidates in Algeria have started their election campaign for the vote slated for April 9, with incumbent President Abdelaziz Bouteflika facing little challenge in pursuing a third term. Bouteflika has led the...
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Xinhua
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...voters and collect enough support to win the race. From now through the end of the campaign, Algerians will see more of their presidential candidates. They will listen to their platforms; weigh their backgrounds and achievements and challenge their promises...
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Pambazuka
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...official campaign for presidential election concluded Friday in Slovakia in which incumbent Ivan Gasparovic is considered a favorite. According to the latest public opinion polls, President Ivan Gasparovic, 67, is likely to win the reelection. He is supported...
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...last Nov. 12 abolishing a two-term limit for presidents. Bouteflika has been in office since 1999. ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Campaigning for Algeria's April 9 presidential election officially began Thursday with incumbent President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, running...
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...commissioners split 3-3 on whether Edwards violated elections regulations with the transfer of more than $500,000 to his presidential campaign from his Senate coffers. The money initially was raised to retire his personal debt from his 1998 Senate race and...
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...campaign of Macedonia's presidential elections, slated for March 22, kicked off at midnight Sunday, news reaching here from Skopje said on Monday. Candidates from political parties and in independent capacity will take part in the campaign which will last...
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...night by that state's GOP attorney general, Henry McMaster. "That is a sign there is at least some thought of a presidential campaign," said Matthew Wilson, a professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas who specializes in religion and politics. Huntsman needs...
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...truth get in the way of their aspirations!) So Pawlenty announces he won't run, and steps aside in Jan 2011 to launch his 2012 Presidential campaign. So who steps in to run for governor on the GOP side? Why, the Republican with the most name recognition, a...
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...management."Viking is an imprint of Penguin Group (USA).Interest was strong for Plouffe's book. The Obama campaign not only raised the most money ever for a presidential election - some $750 million - but is widely credited for being among the...
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KansasCity.com
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...the John McCain campaign hired a blogger "to attack" and engage in "bullying" the press during the last six months of the presidential campaign. Gee, how did that work out? Help much? And why did the campaign need to hire outside help for that? I thought...
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National Ledger
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...has reacted angrily to reports in the Spanish press of Real's impending move for their star player. "It seems there's a campaign to destabilize Barcelona," Laporta said, while suggesting that any bid would be laughed out of Camp Nou. Messi, for his part, has...
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The Telegraph
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/steve_wilson/blog/2009/01/26/lionel_messi_for_life_not_just_a_real_madrid_presidential_campaign
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...in the area of 10-11 in his favor at most online gambling sites. If you listened to any of Barrak Obama's Speeches during the campaign then you know that he was well known to invoke his name. International Press Release Publishing for free in 15 languages...
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BusinessPortal24
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...to the suffering caused by the War in Iraq, both to our returning soldiers and to Iraq's people. Using the upcoming Presidential Inauguration as a launching pad for its National Awareness Campaign, Disclaimer: If you have any questions regarding information...
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PR-Inside.com
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...what Clinton got away with" act. Basically requires the same sort of contribution reporting required during a campaign from presidential ... Did you find this article useful? Your opinion counts - together, we're finding the very best news and blog coverage...
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OpenCongress
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...W. Bush turned over his duties to Lt. Gov. Rick Perry when Bush was out of state. In circumstances in the 1992 presidential campaign, then Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton turned over his duties to the lieutenant governor, Jim Guy Tucker, as called for...
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Juneau Empire
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...US voted for change over experience, galvanising a host of voters to make their voices heard for the very first time. The presidential election campaign was a prolonged and mighty battle between two megabrands — Barack Obama and John McCain — each with a...
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Economic Times
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...that Steve Schmidt and Adam Mandelsohn left the Whitman campaign - before they led McCain to his final slaughter in the 2008 Presidential race? Now, why the heck is a non-existent campaign using the services of someone like Schmidt who ran Arnold and McCain's...
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Red County
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...base and profile that neither of his potential primary rivals could match. As chairman of New York Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, McAuliffe helped her raise tens of millions of dollars. And as DNC chairman, he helped restore the fiscal health...
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1010 WINS
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...Hillary: A Salute to Hillary Clinton," which is billed on the invitation as a "final evening" in support of Clinton's presidential campaign debt relief. As of the end of November, the Clinton campaign reported debt totaling $6.4 million. (New York's junior...
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New York Daily News
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...NEW YORK Republican John McCain poked fun at his presidential campaign's financial shortcomings and his reputation as a political maverick in an appearance on NBC's "Saturday Night Live."The presidential hopeful made a cameo appearance at the beginning...
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Kansas City Star
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One thing you can count on. They'll be folksy as all get out, sport.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/comedy/Sarah_Palin_s_2012_Presidential_Campaign_Ads_2
http://www.cracked.com/video_16720_sarah-palins-2012-presidential-campaign-ads.html
Campaign slogans are very important and hard to come up with. And just like anything, it’s a process. We were able to obtain some of the candidates failed slogans, and well, we think some of them are better than the ones they have.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/comedy/Failed_Presidential_Campaign_Slogans
http://www.holytaco.com/2008/10/17/failed-presidential-campaign-slogans/
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...(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (J. Scott Applewhite - AP) In this photo released by the McCain 2008 campaign, Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband Todd Palin watch the final presidential debate from their hotel room...
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