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These traits served Wilson well. His first term saw the passage of groundbreaking measures (including the creation of the Federal Reserve) designed to stabilize and equalize a volatile national economy. Indeed, Wilson faced a country whose rage over Wall Street corruption and plutocratic greed makes current class-based grumbling look decidedly mild. Wilson managed to survive the political storm and win re-election by forging a judicious path between laissez-faire and socialism. What's more, he did it in an era when "socialism" was a genuine grass-roots movement rather than an empty political charge...
...second piece of conventional wisdom that was completely wrong was which groups we would be strong with. The notion that voters who supported Senator Clinton would vote Republican in the general election was never supported by what we saw in our polling. At the beginning of June, going into the general election, Obama had a double-digit lead in our battleground poll against McCain among women. He was competitive among Catholics and led 2 to 1 among Latinos...
When the voters finally take over, the candidates are left to go to the movies or cocoon themselves in hotel rooms with nothing better to do. In the past, John McCain has favored the movie route. Back in 2004, he went and saw Ray on Election Day. Now, his aides say, they may bring a DVD player to his hotel room to pass the time Tuesday afternoon...
...even as she stood in line, nibbling from a cup of fragrant noodles, she was "playing the pieces in my mind" about who to vote for. She did consider not voting at all when she first saw the endless line, she said, but she realized "this is going to be a historic election -I'm just happy to be a part...
...Minnesota: Everyone Vs. Bachmann, 10:00 a.m. E.T. There is an interesting twist in a House race here. After Republican incumbent Michele Bachmann said on MSNBC's Harball - after incessant prodding from Chris Mathews - she thought Obama "may have anti-American views," her Democratic opponent, Elwin Tinklenberg, saw more than $1 million in donations from across the nation in a week. Further, Aubrey Immelman, the Republican runner-up in the primary, is back in the race against her, running as a write-in candidate. He rejuvenated his campaign to pull Republican votes from Bachmann because she "dishonored her office." Says...