The Crying Game, and the Political Herd
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Social scientists say that linking emotional breakdowns to ballots cannot be dismissed easily.
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Analysis: Vulnerability helped Clinton win in New Hampshire, but tears and politics still don't mix
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Debunking the falsehoods springing from this November's contest
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Text of report by Estonian newspaper Postimees website on 5 September  [Commentary by Rein Veidemann: "Media Circus"]  Elections make for fatty raw material to the free media. The supply of news and opinions is far greater than the demand.
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Oftentimes in politics, the name of the game is expectations, a time-honored strategy of boosting your opponentÃ¢ÂÂs momentum, whether real or imagined, while downplaying your own chances. You hope to frighten your supporters into working hard for you, encourage your foes to sit on their laurels and set the stage for a stunning comeback on the eve of Election Day.
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I'm unsure what good will come out of this whole incident. The problem is that when emotions run high, as they did here, people tend to spend more time fortifying their own positions rather than exploring new ones.
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A PERSON could go mad trying to follow US election polling. One day George W.Bush is slumping, the next he&#39;s up. One day John Kerry has momentum, the next he&#39;s dead meat.
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Corrupt campaigning practices. Charges of sexual harassment. Racial and gender issues. A presidential election thrown out, the winner disqualified, the loser withdrawn.
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One angry word begets another, and one Fool tries to sort out who's closer to the truth.
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An election campaign parades the political divide in the community. Yesterday, amid the extraordinary uncertainty about whether Australians had been taken hostage in Iraq, we saw the glue that unites the two sides of politics.
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President Bush's team exerts close control over admission to his campaign events. Dissenters and would-be hecklers are turned away, campaign officials say. On several occasions in recent weeks, Democrats who have gotten in have been ejected because they wore pro-Kerry T-shirts.
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This presidential election has been described by many as one in which morality mattered most to voters. But that perception may be driven at least partially by how pollsters asked voters about their priority issues.
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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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Electronic voting in the US. The saga continues. Here is an interesting comparision with a Venezuelan referendum. &quot;80% of Americans could correctly name the first President Bush&#39;s pet dog Millie, but only
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The sound of head-scratching coming from Democratic circles will likely be as much a part of autumn as the rustle of leaves. Walloped on Election Day, top Democrats are dazed, dispirited
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Games with a political and social agenda have provided a novel take on world events.
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Comment is free: Five years ago, the biggest political protest in our history served to explode the myth  of public apathy