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...start and the small state felt its losses more keenly. When a soldier from Conway or Whitefield died, the news made the front-page of papers all over the state. In the 2004 presidential election, New Hampshire became the only state that had voted for Bush in 2000 to flip into the Democratic column. The backlash continued in 2006, with more dramatic results. Riding a tide of anti-war opinion, two Democratic challengers upset both of the state's GOP congressmen. Popular Governor John Lynch held onto his seat with 76% of the vote, and Democrats took control of both...
...Coal Belt, Southeastern Ohio Appalachia has the highest unemployment and lowest education levels in the state. And it likes to play the maverick. Sixteen counties here supported Bill Clinton in 1996, only to flip four years later and give George Bush the votes to carry Ohio...
...Obama's itinerary this past week has ignored John McCain's attempts to flip blue-leaning Pennsylvania and instead focused on former GOP strongholds, such as southern Virginia, the dusty suburbs of Las Vegas and the rural southwestern corner of Missouri. Obama's closing strategy to win these Red states focuses on exurban and rapidly growing areas. He's not looking for victories in these counties, merely to improve his showing there enough to put him over the top in the state when added to record turnout in Democratic-heavy areas. "Like in Jacksonville [Florida, where Obama heads on Monday...
...last residential construction crane in Miami is coming down, and locals don't expect to see another one for a while. Developers threw up some 23,000 housing units along South Beach and its environs beginning in 2003, many of them bought by speculators who thought they could flip the properties for a quick profit. Then the music stopped. "Our best guesstimate--and we've talked to lenders and developers--is that you will not see a residential construction crane in the sky in downtown Miami for a generation," says Peter Zalewski, a real estate broker and founder of Condo...
...founder of Condo Vultures, a realty intelligence service. Miami is both a metaphor and model for once torrid real estate markets that melted in the subprime debacle. Miami developers threw up some 23,000 units beginning in 2003, many of them bought by speculators who thought they could flip them for a quick profit. Some...