Author: Ron Fournier
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ANALYSIS: Advice for panicky Washington incumbents
WASHINGTON • Go home. Stick to your guns. Keep your nose clean. Distance yourself from Washington, or even better, your own party. That’s the advice political operatives are giving incumbents and establishment-backed candidates after voters delivered a harsh message to insiders Tuesday night: Enough! One Senate incumbent, Arlen Specter, lost his seat in Pennsylvania. A…
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Analysis: Obama gambles on making nice, no vetoes
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama faces the same obstacles that plagued former President Bill Clinton during a health care standoff 15 years ago. But Obama took a strikingly different path around them Wednesday night, choosing the promise of compromise over Clinton’s sharp-edged veto pen. For Clinton, the my-way-or-the-highway approach backfired. Republicans won control of Congress just…
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AP POLL: Obama ahead or tied in 8 key states
WASHINGTON – Barack Obama leads in four states won by President Bush in 2004 and is essentially tied in two other Republican states, according to new AP-GfK battleground polling that suggests most roads to victory are closed to John McCain. Obama could win big.While no poll can predict next week’s results, the AP-GfK surveys explain…
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Poll shows deep-seated racial misgivings in presidential race
WASHINGTON — Deep-seated racial misgivings could cost Barack Obama the White House if the election is close, according to an AP-Yahoo News poll that found one-third of white Democrats harbor negative views toward blacks — many calling them “lazy,” “violent” or responsible for their own troubles.The poll, conducted with Stanford University, suggests that the percentage…