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...either. Instead of headquartering his campaign in arguably the most liberal state in the country – a state whose left-leaning values he has spent the last four years trying to distance himself from politically, by going to Michigan he would be mounting his campaign in a swing state that may potentially decide the 2008 election. He could then also declare to his base that he escaped Massachusetts – that kooky, liberal bastion – as soon as he was able. Not to mention, unlike in Massachusetts where he is today largely viewed...

Author: By Stephen C. Bartenstein | Title: Westward, Ho! | 12/1/2006 | See Source »

...starting to quietly knock the big two, saying Hillary can't win the general election and Obama is too green to be elected president. Tom Vilsack won't come out and say anything that blunt, but he is likely to talk about his own history of success in a swing state. By next June, when Democratic donors start cutting their checks, we'll have a pretty good idea if he can repeat any of that history on a much bigger stage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Tom Vilsack Is Starting So Early | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

Another panelist suggested that the court decision may come down to a swing vote...

Author: By John F. Pararas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: GSE Hosts Panel on Racial Balance | 11/29/2006 | See Source »

...singer and songwriter in '70s rock group Orleans (of Still the One fame), Hall is leader of a club that also includes Bill Sali (R., Idaho), who was in the swing band Blue Country, and Paul Hodes (D., N.H.), an award-winning children's musician...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Smile, Class of 2006! | 11/19/2006 | See Source »

...have a solution to the national math problem? We certainly have the correct formula. The question is, Can we apply it? Already the N.C.T.M.'s focal points are being called a back-to-basics movement, another swing of the ideological pendulum rather than a fresh look at what it would take to get more kids to calculus by 12th grade. If the script follows that of the Reading Wars, what comes next will be dreary times-tables recitals in unison, dull new books that fail to inspire understanding, and drill, drill, drill, much like the unhappy scenes in many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to End the Math Wars | 11/19/2006 | See Source »

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