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Bernanke joins a list of Class Day speakers that includes such notables as Mother Teresa, playwright Arthur Miller, former Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis, and Coretta Scott King, wife of Martin Luther King Jr.

Author: By Crimson News Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bernanke To Address Seniors on Class Day | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

As for Barack Obama, it will not be sufficient to simply play out the math, continuing to take his share of delegates as he loses high-profile contests. He may win the nomination that way, but he will lose his rationale: that he represents a dramatic, tidal wave of a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Race Goes On | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

To be sure, if the hard-hat white Democrats who are backing Clinton in the primaries stampede to John McCain in November, Obama will be in trouble no matter how many computer programmers he wins. That's what happened to McGovern and Dukakis, neither of whom cracked 40% among blue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Courting Joe Six-Pack | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

But a lot has changed since then. In the '70s and '80s, beer Democrats were easy pickings for Republicans. In 1972 they detested McGovern's amnesty plan for Vietnam draft dodgers and his support for forced busing. After McGovern won the nomination, the Teamsters, longshoremen and construction-workers unions refused...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Courting Joe Six-Pack | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

With polls tightening and the arcane Democratic rules governing delegate allocation favoring Obama, Clinton will need a very strong showing in the popular vote to garner enough delegates to try to catch Obama in the overall count. For example, in 1988, when Gov. Michael Dukakis won in a four-way...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton-Obama Rodeo Lassos Texas | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

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