Political talent show produces unsavoury winner
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When TV bosses devised an innovative political talent show to find a new would-be MP, Rodney Hylton-Potts was probably not what they had in mind as an eventual winner.
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Did you hear the one about the gubernatorial candidate up for a literary prize?
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Just days into his campaign, Barack Obama is pulling in the crowds. But even political rock stars donât always hit the right note.
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Comment is free: Martin Jacques: The celebrity premier's successor can become a leader of substance if only he has the political courage to get serious.
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Bruce Springsteen is a hard act to follow, and Senator John Kerry was not born to perform. But the huge, high-voltage crowds who gathered this week to cheer on the
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The battle for the U.S. presidency  can be seen as a prize fight gone wild -- one with campaign  stand-ins jumping into the ring to throw punches.
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Even the mega-wattage of Hollywood's brightest stars from &quot;Titanic&quot; icon Leonardo DiCaprio to rock &quot;Boss&quot; Bruce Springsteen wasn't enough to illuminate US presidential candidate John Kerry's campaign.
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The presidential outcome wasn't contested, but one county's woes symbolize glitches still unfixed.
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Too inexperienced or too old - candidates face dilemmas as they battle to capture centre ground
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The political satire Man of the Year is watchable, but it might have been so much more
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Whoever is proclaimed the winner of this year's presidential race will likely take office with a cloud over his head.
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The election reveals a worrisome divide among the country's voters -- and a predeliction for show over substance in the winning party
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'There are no incumbents' says primary participant as voters turn out in force
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The odds don't look good for the upstart conservative candidate's race against John McCain, but he and his loyal supporters are having too much fun to give up yet
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WASHINGTON -- Few electoral races have wandered so far into sitcom territory as the Senate contest in Virginia. In recent weeks the battle between Republican incumbent George Allen and Democratic challenger James Webb has heated up considerably while the men go toe-to-toe -- or slur-to-slur,...
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YARDLEY, Pa.  - Under the unwritten rules of U.S.  election politics, candidates and campaigns never publicly  doubt they will win.
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Shrugging off critics who derided her campaign as spectacularly inept, U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris easily won the GOP nomination for a shot at unseating incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson.