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After receiving a record 600 sign-ups already this year, the Harvard College Democrats are revving up for an active election season, which kicked off last night with an appearance by former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack at the club’s introductory meeting. Yesterday evening, a crowd of about 250 students, mostly freshman, packed into the Tsai Auditorium in CGIS to learn more about the Dems and to hear Vilsack, a fall 2008 Institute of Politics Fellow, articulate the problems America faces and how college students can make a difference. While the organization was expecting high interest during...
...With reporting by Christopher Maag / Cleveland; Betsy Rubiner / Des Moines, Iowa; Caitlin Sullivan / Troutdale, Va.; and Joseph R. Szczesny / Warren, Mich. (See a collection of Sarah Palin photos here...
...short, a woman who might have a few things in common with Lori Stern, an administrative assistant in Des Moines, Iowa, who lost her second job at a coffee shop when it closed. Stern went to her state's Republican caucuses in January, listened and left without voting. She still hasn't made up her mind, though she's now leaning toward Obama. "I'm very aware of what's going on and have paid attention, but I find it really hard to be trustful of politicians in general," she says. That sentiment is echoed by Beth Seidel, a factory...
...political advertising than any other non-news show, with McCain buying more spots in the past month than Obama - despite the fact that it was Obama who got the endorsement of the show's star. Both candidates know there are women out there just like Deb Anderson in Urbandale, Iowa: "I'm going to keep watching and just see what happens," she says. "Things change so much...
...describes as "racially sensitive." What's more, says Garin, Obama's mantra of change is not so appealing to a group that is already trying to come to grips with all the changes upending their lives. "He's a little too vague for me," says Cathy Hayworth, a Bondurant, Iowa, mother of four who cleans houses for a living. "What exactly are those changes?" Deb Anderson, a barber from Urbandale, Iowa, says, "I know we need change, and maybe he can really do it and make a difference like Martin Luther King. But I'm just torn ... He almost seems...