February 2008 - Posts

Is Health Care a Decisive Issue?
February 27, 2008 4:01 PM by Frank Irving

According to the "2008 Survey of Health Care Consumers," a poll of more than 3,000 Americans between the ages of 18 and 75 conducted by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, 79 percent of consumers believe health care will be an important issue in Read More...

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Analysts Say Clinton Needs Big-state Wins
February 20, 2008 7:21 PM by Frank Irving

Following Barack Obama's victories in yesterday's Wisconsin primary and Hawaii caucuses, he leads Hillary Clinton in delegates won 1,319 to 1,250, according to CNN's Delegate Scoreboard , in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. The candidate Read More...

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President's Day: Executives in the White House
February 18, 2008 1:49 PM by Frank Irving

Of the 43 U.S. presidents, 38 had executive experience prior to ascending to our nation's highest office (according to wikipedia.org's List of U.S. Presidents by Previous Executive Experience ). The list defines executive experience as having served as Read More...

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Has the Tide Turned for Obama?
February 13, 2008 8:57 PM by Frank Irving

With yesterday's victories in the Maryland, Virginia and District of Columbia primaries, Barack Obama now leads Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, according to CNN's Delegate Scorecard . On the Republican side, John Read More...

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Delegate Count Update -- Feb. 12
February 12, 2008 12:53 PM by Frank Irving

This post continues our delegate count update. CNN provides the following breakdown of delegates won to date (as of Feb. 12) prior to today's voting in the so-called "Potomac Primary" -- the primary elections being held in Maryland, Virginia and the District Read More...

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That's It for Mitt
February 7, 2008 7:27 PM by Frank Irving

In a speech to the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington today, Mitt Romney said he would suspend his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. "If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall Read More...

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Who Won Where
February 6, 2008 7:51 PM by Frank Irving

Here's the Super Tuesday tally of results, noting the declared wins for candidates in each party. Democrats Barack Obama won in 13 states: Alabama Alaska Colorado Connecticut Delaware Georgia Idaho Illinois Kansas Minnesota Missouri North Dakota Utah Read More...

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Delegate Count Update -- Feb. 6
February 6, 2008 5:29 PM by Frank Irving

This post continues our delegate count update. (Source: CNN's Delegate Scorecard.) CNN provides the following breakdown of delegates won to date (as of Feb. 6) in the ongoing presidential primaries and caucuses: Democrats (2,025 needed for nomination) Read More...

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Show Me the Way
February 5, 2008 12:25 PM by Frank Irving

Political analysts will be watching today's primary results from Missouri with particular interest. Why the "Show Me" state? According to Thomas Fitzgerald, a staff writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer , the state has voted for the winner in every presidential Read More...

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Hillary Leads Health Care Poll
February 4, 2008 2:03 PM by Frank Irving

Hillary Clinton has jumped out to an early lead in our latest online opinion poll. We're asking, "Based on domestic health care policy, which of the following is the strongest candidate for president?" Here are the most recent results, as of Feb. 4 -- Read More...

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