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...Also, the race course is short. It is sailed many times. This involves a lot of turning. How 18 boats all sailing around the same tiny buoy manage not to hit each other…in my opinion, a bona fide miracle. In reality, a whole lot of technical skill...
...listened to debates about the course, explanations of technical details, and lots of sailing gossip. I think I learned more from listening to oneparent talk about a race than from every single time I’ve had to Wikipedia an abbreviation I didn’t understand, combined...
Iowa: Breaking a Glass Ceiling? Will Iowa finally send a woman to Congress? This year, it depends on the outcome of the race in Iowa's fourth district (representing northern Iowa farm towns as well as the college town of Ames and fast-growing Des Moines suburbs), where the well-funded, seven-term Republican incumbent Tom Latham is facing a stiffer-than-usual challenge from Democrat Becky Greenwald, a political newcomer who has earned national attention and is hoping to ride a Democratic wave to victory if Obama wins. Iowa is among only four states that have never sent...
...Hillary Clinton have campaigned separately in Minneapolis for Franken, mentioning Obama but a few times. "We're a bit more concerned about Franken winning," says Francis Pasnecker, a Democratic Party activist. Indeed, the latest Minneapolis Star Tribune poll showed Franken and Republican incumbent Norm Coleman statistically tied in a race awash with nasty accusations. The poll also showed 15% of voters prefer Independence Party candidate Dean Barkley. - By Justin P. Horwath / Minneapolis...
McCain campaign advisor Charles Black has been touting a much closer race - reportedly within one or two points - based on internal party polling in Iowa. But J. Ann Selzer, a leading local pollster whose company Selzer & Co.Inc of Des Moines, does the Register's poll, is skeptical. "I say show me the numbers. It sounds impossible to me," says Selzer. "I would question who are they counting as a likely voter, whether they are weighting by party ID and those weights might be outweighed. There just isn't a scenario that makes it look like this is very close...