For Political Analysts, Ground Keeps Shifting
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This campaign cycle has put traditional pre-vote diagnostics â fund-raising success and poll standings â to a test that they have failed.
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Letter: Analysts observation not exactly earthshaking.
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For months the Democratic presidential contest was about change versus experience. Now it's change versus change.
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State lawmakers who reconfigured congressional maps to benefit one party over another have drawn themselves into a corner in some House districts.
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John Kerry has lurched from course to course during his presidential campaign, periodically switching drivers and roadmaps -- and messages -- as he reacts to more and more information and advice.
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It's supposed to be a golden rule from the schoolyard to the corporate suite and beyond: truth or consequences. But when it comes to politics, things are different.
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John Kerry is a meticulous decision maker, always demanding more information, calling around for advice. But the downside to his deliberative style is a campaign that has often moved slowly.
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With about six weeks until Election Day, advisers to Senator John F. Kerry say they believe they have turned a corner after a month on the defensive: Their
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Search engines have not eclipsed newspapers and television as the primary source of political information yet. But that day is not far off.
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As Election Day progresses, scattered reports of malfunctions surface.
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Past presidential candidates and their critics have been known to shade the truth for political purposes. But to memory researchers, it doesn't take intentional falsifying to understand the discrepancies in the retelling of Sen. John Kerry's war experiences.
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Commentary: Conservative Beltway pundits have been panning the candidate's first days, but their opinion isn't what counts the most
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Analysis: Sunday's vote sees a familiar cast of candidates repeating familiar lines. But they may be stumbling their way to stable power-sharing
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Rasmussen Reports - After weeks of turmoil and change, the race for the Republican Presidential nomination has stabilized.
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There's a new twist to a controversy that has been roiling the political waters for more than three years.
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As Election Day nears, CQPolitics.com will periodically provide roundups of the key House races in individual states, highlighting major developments in the contests.
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In recent weeks the secretary of state has faced increased, and somewhat unfamiliar, criticism.