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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...only suspense in the movie is how Moore will somehow claim victory. He does it at the end by noting that young people, his target audience, voted in record numbers and that they were the only age group to go for Kerry. That's impressive, Pyrrhically, except that Moore's stated purpose in making Fahrenheit 9/11 was to end the Bush regime. Mission not accomplished. Maybe this time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Michael Moore Doing This Election? | 11/3/2008 | See Source »

...received my first-ever absentee ballot exactly three weeks before election day. As soon as that ballot hit my hands, I voted for every position—except...

Author: By Byran N. Dai, Nadia O. Gaber, and Jessica A. Sequeira | Title: Annotations: On November 4 | 11/3/2008 | See Source »

Nothing, that is, except for an outright McCain victory...

Author: By Rajarshi Banerjee | Title: Obama Defeats McCain! | 11/3/2008 | See Source »

Grimm said most of his co-workers are young, and that everyone except senior staff works alongside one another in an open space, exposing him firsthand to the “gears grinding” behind the scenes...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Grimm Sees Energy in Campaign | 11/2/2008 | See Source »

...Courting sporadic Democrats in addition to independent and swing voters makes for diverse audiences both in age and race. Careful to be inclusive, Obama rarely mentions "Republicans" or "Democrats" except to tell audiences how he'd bring them together. The rallies have also been some of the largest in a campaign known for record-breaking crowds. At most events there is a carefully cultivated atmosphere of history-in-the making, inspiring tens of thousands of people to line up for hours, many taking the day off work or pulling their children out of school for the event. In pouring rain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Last Lap: Cue Chariots of Fire | 11/2/2008 | See Source »

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