Battleground Dispatches for Oct. 2
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Here are today's Battleground Dispatches Ã¢ÂÂ a roundup of what is going on right now in the year's hottest races, based on reports from local and national media.
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Florida digs out from Hurricane Frances today, while Bill Clinton recuperates from bypass surgery in New York. Meanwhile, John Kerry&#39;s quest for his own recovery winds
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EYE ON THE ELECTION: Tens of thousands of poll monitors and challengers are expected to crowd precincts in battleground states Tuesday.
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You can do a pretty good job of following the politics leading up to Tuesday's New Hampshire primary from television in rain-soaked California. CNN has an excellent program running all afternoon called The Ballot Bowl. The format is really simple. They have cameras following the candidates and they're broadcasting their town hall stump speeches. They're authentic, based on my experience in the campaign for the 2004 New Hampshire primary. The NY Times has an excellent resource (no RSS feed apparently) that lists the candidates' schedules. It's also possible to import the schedule into Google Calendar as an overlay. ABCNews is hosting two 90-minute debates, one for each party, tonight starting at 4PM Pacific. Tomorrow Fox News is hosting a controversial Republican debate, which the Republican Party has withdrawn from because they won't let Ron Paul participate. He's polling third among the Republican candidates in New Hampshire. For once the Republicans got it right.  In the very limited time betw Iowa and New Hampshire there's a lot of action and drama. Romney all of a sudden is shamlessly the candidate for change. There was an Ahmadinejad moment when I thought for sure he was doing parody, but he was serious. He's changed his attire, but his pitch is still the sleazy VP-Sales who got promoted to CEO. Change change change, I can change too, just watch. Please die now. I don't think anyone stands for Romney.  Giuliani and Thompson are still nowhere to be seen. Edwards is doing a good job of keeping the game on. McCain is earnest and honest, but he's old and small and tired.  Obama has the aura of a front-runner and Hillary seems to believe that if only Iraq were still the big issue she would be where Obama is. Even so, according to recent polls she's likely to win New Hampshire. A lot of my friends on Twitter dismiss Huckabee, and to be clear, I could not vote for a Republican this year, no matter who their candidate is, but he is a fantastic American personality. Elections are all about feelings, not policies or positions or even records as the pundits insist. Who you vote for is a function of how you feel about the country and the world in relation to yourself. The candidate who comes closest to validating your feelings is the person you vote for. I think we'll tire of Obama quickly, and we're already tired of HIllary. I think the rational choice for each party, although many disagree, is Edwards and Huckabee because each of them tap into the well of frustration Americans feel about everything. But my guess, which will probably certainly turn out wrong, is that the Dems will nominate Obama and the Reps will nominate Huckabee, and Huck will win.  PS: After writing this, I wonder if George Lakoff would agree. I think I've just used a very Lakoffish process, unwittingly.  PPS: I went to UW-Madison. Bucky Badger is the school mascot. Our favorite cheer and T-shirt said Fuck em Bucky! It occurred to me the same slogan would work for Huckabee. PPPS: Obama? Yo mama!
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Some of the top contests among Tuesday's primary elections:
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TOMORROW AUTO RACING 11:30 a.m. -- NASCAR Busch Series: Dover 200 qualifying, Speed Channel 3 p.m. -- NASCAR Busch Series: Dover 200, TNT
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Unrest in the Netherlands, a German regional election and Spanish-US relations feature in today's papers
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SATURDAY AUTO RACING 3 p.m. -- Craftsman Truck Series: Michigan 200, Speed 5 p.m. -- Busch Series: Meijer 300 pole qualifying, ESPN2
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TODAY AUTO RACING 3 p.m. -- NASCAR Nextel Cup Subway 500 qualifying at Martinsville, Va., Speed Channel 4:30 p.m. -- NASCAR Busch Series Sam's Town 250 qualifying at Memphis, Speed Channel PRO BASKETBALL 7:30 p.m. -- Exhibition: Celtics vs. New Jersey at the FleetCenter, FSN, WWZN (1510) 8 p.m. -- Exhibition: Miami at Atlanta, TNT 10:30 p.m. -- Exhibition: Los ...
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SATURDAY BOXING 9:45 p.m. -- Featherweights: Litzau vs. Hernandez; middleweights: Miranda vs. Gibbs, HBO COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon -- Pittsburgh at Wisconsin, ESPN
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SATURDAY AUTO RACING 8 a.m. -- Formula One: French Grand Prix qualifying, Speed 10 a.m. -- Busch Series: Camping World 200 pole qualifying, Speed
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Clinton rejects top adviser's comments on Obama and teenage drug use ... Huckabee pushes national sales tax in New Hampshire ... Obama offers bit of health care advice
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Opponents criticize Huckabee for agreeing to reduce sentences for meth offenders ... Giuliani heading home Thursday after hospital checkup for flu-like symptoms ... Bush offers guidance to '08 candidates, says GOP will hold the White House.
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People focus on candidates' personalities and their views keep changing, AP-Yahoo poll shows ... CNN announces plans for 2 Feb. presidential debates in Ohio ... Obama races to trim Clinton's lead among Latinos as multistate primary day approaches ... Mormon leader's death renews focus on Romney's faith; candidate less reticent
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Edwards seeks to wrest change mantle from Democratic rivals .... Economy, health care slip past Iraq as top issues ... Romney goes after McCain in New Hampshire ad campaign ... Thompson urges candidates to take a deliberate approach on Pakistan
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Description: Janet Babin of member station WCPN in Cleveland, Ohio, reports on the ongoing debate over the Nov. 2 election results.