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Day Three in New Hampshire: The Undecidednew
Nearly every candidate here has used the term "famously independent" to describe New Hampshire's voters. Indeed, a majority of the state's voters are unaffiliated and can cast ballots in either the Democratic or Republican primary.
Day One in New Hampshire: Heat and Lightnew
One day after Barack Obama's resounding victory in the Iowa caucuses, the former Illinois senator received a near messianic reception at a high school gym in Concord, while John Edwards told a more subdued convention room audience in Portsmouth that his nominal second-place victory proved he could "stand up to monied candidates."
In Iowa, Populist Candidates Court Middle Classnew
Democratic and Republican candidates are delivering a populist message. Why? The obvious explanation is the growing squeeze on the middle class and concentrations of wealth and attendant levels of inequality not seen since the early years of the 20th century, when populism last was a major force in American politics.
Jim Neal's Senate Bid Stirs Demsnew
The way the Democratic Party establishment has dissed the 51-year-old Chapel Hill investment banker's candidacy since he announced his intentions to run four weeks ago has made him into a cause for many progressives and gay-rights activists.
Election 2007: A Progressive Shift in Raleighnew
Raleigh voters tossed out a pair of incumbents in the Oct. 9 elections and pushed the city council's center of political gravity strongly to the progressive side on development issues.
Clinton Copies Edwards' Health Plannew
In a presidential election week dominated by Hillary Clinton's new plan for universal health insurance coverage, the best news John Edwards got was ... Hillary Clinton's new plan for health insurance coverage.
John Edwards Balancing Left and Centernew
When Elizabeth Edwards chastised MoveOn.org for its full-page "General Betray Us" ad in The New York Times, was it an attempt to appeal to the political center or just good Southern manners?
Iowa Democratic Primary Turning into a Four-Way Racenew
Bill Richardson has joined John Edwards, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama among the candidates hitting double-digits in the polls there, turning what's seen nationally as a three-way contest into an Iowa four-way.
Elizabeth Edwards: Building John Upnew
She's been his closest adviser and, by many accounts, a strongly progressive one.
North Carolina Land Transfer Tax Stallsnew
State House and Senate face off as Realtors' lobby campaigns hard.
Summer Soldiers and Sunshine Patriotsnew
Independence Day reflections by Clyde Edgerton, Stan Goff and Duncan Murrell, plus Hal Crowther on George W. Bush.
Larry Kissell: Red, White and Bluenew
Here's the best political story in America that almost happened in 2006.
Committee Passes Energy Bill in North Carolinanew
Groups say utilities' influence weakens proposed law.
