Politics without a political slant - marublog

REPORT : Millions of families in the U.S. are celebrating Halloween this Friday. Despite the looming recession, costume sales are set to hit a record 5.7 billion dollars this year - much of that spent on buying Palin, Obama and McCain masks.

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Inside USA travels to Haiti to look at how the stories of politics, rice and the US are deeply interwoven.

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A quick explanation of American politics.

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A quick explanation of American politics.

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Today, Monday, Senator Edward Kennedy, brother of the late JFK, endorced Sen. Barack Obama for president. He said “It is time again for a new generation of leadership”.
“It is time now for Barack Obama,” the Massachusetts senator added.
He also said that Obama would be ready “on Day 1′ to be president’
Kennedy stood with Barack Obama, [...]

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80% of the ‘Black vote’, the vast majority of them black women pushed Barack Obama into the landslide victory he predicted. Obama’s message as we move to the vote by 22 states on ‘Super Tuesday, is even more strongly pushing for change:
“Real leadership is about candor, and judgment, and the ability to
rally Americans from all [...]

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Both Obama and Clinton will get a ‘heads up’ on where they stand in South Carolina this weekend (Saturday). It is expected that over a 300k will turn up to vote. This is the first Democratic primary in the South, a place where the electorate is made up of about half black voters.
Who [...]

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The Illilnois senator was quoted as being “a ground breaking nominee” and the best candidate to unite the country, repairing the US reputation around the world. “Sen. Obama is the only Democrat who plausibly can say that he wants to work with Americans across the political spectrum” The State (Columbia) said on its web site. [...]

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