Poll: 76 percent say U.S. ready for black president - CNN.com
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The number of Americans who believe that the country is ready for a black president is rising, a poll released Thursday suggested.
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More than three quarters, 76 percent, of respondents in a CNN/Essence Magazine/Opinion Research Corp. poll said the country is ready to be led by an African-American, up 14 percentage points since December 2006.
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We're not asking this question in a vacuum. In many cases, respondents must have had Obama in mind when giving their answer, even though he is not mentioned anywhere in the questionnaire," Holland said.
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The poll also indicates that more whites than blacks think the country is ready for a black president. Of the white Americans surveyed, 78 percent said the country is ready, as opposed to 69 percent of African-Americans polled.
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"Do Americans see more prejudice against a woman than an African-American? More likely, they see more negative feelings about this woman than about this African-American. Because it's true. More people have an unfavorable opinion of Hillary Clinton than of Barack Obama," Schneider said.
Obama Race Speech Reaction - Politics on The Huffington Post
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A Bolt From the Blue -- A Homeschooling Decision in California
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Mississippi takes center stage in tight Democratic race - CNN.com
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Mississippi, which has not voted for a Democratic candidate in a presidential election in 32 years, holds a Democratic primary Tuesday.
DESTROY LA!, Paul Pulido
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Wave of Mutilation? Tour of Aggregation?
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L.A. Record
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Cool Hunter
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Clinton wins key primaries, CNN projects; McCain clinches nod - CNN.com
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McCain is slated to go to the White House on Wednesday to receive the endorsement of President Bush, according to two Republican sources.
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Obama appealed most strongly to younger voters while older voters favored Clinton. Among Ohio Democratic primary voters aged 17 to 29, 65 percent went for Obama, and 34 percent went for Clinton. Among those age 60 and older, Clinton led Obama 67-31 percent.
Blog Comments and Peer Review Go Head to Head to See Which Makes a Book Better - Chronicle.com
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What if scholarly books were peer reviewed by anonymous blog comments rather than by traditional, selected peer reviewers
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nonprofit group designing blog tools for scholars, and MIT Press.
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Expressive Processing: Digital Fictions, Computer Games, and Software Studies,
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The blog is read by many of the same scholars he sees at academic conferences, and also attracts readers from the video-game industry and teenagers who are hard-core video-game players.
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200,000 visitors per month,
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blog might not read the whole manuscript,
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tap the wisdom of his crowd
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Each day he will post a new chunk of his draft to the blog, and readers will be invited to comment. That should open the floodgates of input, possibly generating thousands of responses by the time all 300-plus pages of the book are posted. "My plan is to respond to everything that seems substantial," says the author.
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"I am dead certain it will make the book better," he says.
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Mr. Sery isn't so sure. "I don't know how this general peer review is going to help," the editor says, except maybe to catch small errors that have slipped through the cracks. Traditional peer review involves carefully chosen experts in the same subject area, who can point to big-picture issues as well as nitpick details. He bets that the blog reviews might merely spark flame wars or other unhelpful arguments about minor points. "I'm curious to see what kind of comments we get back," he says.
Grand Text Auto » Expressive Processing: An Experiment in Blog-Based Peer Review
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I soon realized that blogs also contain raw research, early results, and other useful information that never gets presented at conferences.
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blogs can create community.
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blogs can be much more open and welcoming than those at conferences and festivals, drawing in people from industry, universities, the arts, and the general public.
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more diverse and sustained than any I've seen in person.
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writing the manuscript for Expressive Processing I found myself regularly citing blog posts and comments,
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I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts and suggestions over the coming weeks.
Clinton hammers Obama on NAFTA before crucial primaries - CNN.com
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Obama has won 11 contests in a row, and he leads Clinton 1,378 to 1,269 in national delegates, CNN estimates. Three-hundred-seventy delegates are at stake Tuesday.
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Clinton has stepped up her attacks by questioning her rival's experience and ability to deliver on solutions.
What you don’t know can hurt us - The Carpetbagger Report
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What you don’t know can hurt us
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The U.S. economy is faltering.
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Conservatives have attempted to deflect attention from the crisis, by blaming the media’s negative coverage and insisting the United States is not headed toward a recession, despite what economists are predicting.
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Forbes has awarded EconomicIndicators.gov one of its “Best of the Web” awards.
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This site is maintained by the Economics and Statistics Administration and combines data collected by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, like GDP and net imports and exports, and the Census Bureau, like retail sales and durable goods shipments. The site simply links to the relevant department’s Web site.
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the political costs of making embarrassing data easily accessible to the public
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Alas, as the economic conditions worsen, the administration decided to shut down this “necessary” website, citing “budgetary constraints.”
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instances in which the Bush administration would hide inconvenient data
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In March, the administration announced it would no longer produce the Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation, which identifies which programs best assist low-income families, while also tracking health insurance coverage and child support.
* In 2005, after a government report showed an increase in terrorism around the world, the administration announced it would stop publishing its annual report on international terrorism.
* After the Bureau of Labor Statistics uncovered discouraging data about factory closings in the U.S., the administration announced it would stop publishing information about factory closings.
* When an annual report called “Budget Information for States” showed the federal government shortchanging states in the midst of fiscal crises, Bush’s Office of Management and Budget announced it was discontinuing the report, which some said was the only source for comprehensive data on state funding from the federal government.
* When Bush’s Department of Education found that charter schools were underperforming, the administration said it would sharply cut back on the information it collects about charter schools.
Ten things that won't change (no matter who gets elected) | FP Passport
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Ten things that won't change (no matter who gets elected)
Do We Really Want Another Black President After The Events Of Deep Impact? | The Onion, Kevin Henry. Feb 13th
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Do We Really Want Another Black President After The Events Of Deep Impact?
Inside the Clinton Shake-Up
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There were two reasons nothing happened. First, by admitting he’s a factor, you’re giving him the credibility that you don’t want him to have. Second, everybody thought he would flame out. They didn’t think he could pull a money team and enough talent together to mount a serious challenge.”
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Clinton’s reelection to the Senate. Even though Clinton had faced no serious opponent, it turned out that Solis Doyle, as campaign manager, had burned through more than $30 million. As this New York Times story makes clear, the donor base was incensed.
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Clinton chose her to manage the presidential campaign for reasons that should now be obvious: above all, Clinton prizes loyalty and discipline, and Solis Doyle demonstrated both traits, if little else.
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That the money was so obviously mismanaged and Clinton was essentially left helpless to compete in last weekend’s primaries and caucuses is the reason Solis Doyle ultimately had to go
"Inside the Clinton Shake-Up," The Atlantic, Joshua Green. Feb 10 2008
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Inside the Clinton Shake-Up
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Hillary Clinton, Sunday’s departure of her campaign manager, Patti Solis Doyle, has gotten tons of attention,
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she was fired
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oined the term “Hillaryland”
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Solis Doyle is her oft-repeated line: “When I’m speaking, Hillary is speaking.”
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It is revealing both because it is true and because it conveys—and even flaunts—an arrogance that I think is the key to understanding all that has gone wrong for the Clinton campaign.
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Solis Doyle was not the architect of the Clinton strategy
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she made Solis Doyle her campaign manager because of Solis Doyle’s loyalty, rather than her skill, despite a trail of available evidence suggesting she was unsuited for the role.
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The frequent turnover in the fund-raising shop was a significant measure of Solis Doyle’s unpopularity.
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Fund-raising under Solis Doyle was a glaring exception, chalking up the kind of body count you’d expect from an episode of The Sopranos.
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She was infamous among her colleagues for referring to herself as “the queen bee” and for her habit of watching daytime soap operas in her office.
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One frequent complaint among donors and outside advisers was that Solis Doyle often did not return calls or demonstrate the attention required in her position.
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Concerns about Solis Doyle have preoccupied many in the campaign for several years.
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ought and failed to have Solis Doyle removed two years ago.
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But because of Solis Doyle’s proximity to Hillary Clinton, because she demonstrated the loyalty and discretion Clinton so prized, and because no one appeared capable of challenging Clinton’s presumed status as the Democratic nominee-in-waiting, nothing was done.
One Teen's Campaign To Restore Voting Rights - washingtonpost.com
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One Teen's Campaign To Restore Voting Rights
Social Bookmarking Tools (I): A General Review
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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
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I'm sure Obama will do well - but I fear he cannot surpass expectations of a small national lead. The question today is whether her victories are too crushing for Obama to come back on February 12.
Portrait in Cynicism (Arianna Huffington, The Huffington Post, Jan. 7 2008)
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1. Obama is too liberal. HuffPost's Tom Edsall reports: "Hillary's aides point to Obama's extremely progressive record as a community organizer, state senator and candidate for Congress, his alliances with 'left-wing' intellectuals in Chicago's Hyde Park community, and his liberal voting record on criminal defendants' rights as subjects for examination."
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2. Obama is too conservative. In a sleazy direct mail letter sent to New Hampshire voters, Clinton tried to twist Obama's record on abortion, saying he has been "unwilling to take a stand on choice."
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