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The initial purpose was to encourage officeholders to come to the convention, which they did not do in 1980 when there was a battle between President [Jimmy] Carter and Senator [Ted] Kennedy over the nomination. We've had them for 25 years for that reason.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Howard Dean | 5/22/2008 | See Source »

The Massachusetts bill has already passed both the House and the Senate and is currently in conference committee. Legislative leaders hope that the two versions of the bill will be reconciled in the next few weeks so that Patrick can sign it before attending the BIO International Convention, a major...

Author: By Nathan C. Strauss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Leaders Call for Flexible Funding | 5/22/2008 | See Source »

The unprecedented part belongs to Barack Obama, who is on the verge of becoming the party's first insurgent nominee to knock off an establishment front-runner since 1976, when a Georgia peanut farmer named Jimmy Carter came out of nowhere to capture the nomination. Obama's achievement is historic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Start to the Campaign's Finish | 5/21/2008 | See Source »

A more difficult task for Obama, however, might be uniting Florida's hard-core Democrats behind him, starting with convincing them that he's as passionate as Clinton about seating their 210 delegates (only 67 of which Obama won) at the Denver convention in August. Florida Democratic leaders like Gelber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama Tries to Make Up With Florida | 5/19/2008 | See Source »

The less than passionate reception shouldn't be a surprise to anyone who has followed the Sunshine State's latest election saga - least of all Obama, who hasn't visited the crucial battleground all year. Because the state's presidential primary was moved up to January 29, in violation of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama Tries to Make Up With Florida | 5/19/2008 | See Source »

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