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October 10, 2008

Presidential transition and planning for the great beyond, Karl Smyth

Aggregated from: open Democracy News Analysis - USA

While the result of this year's presidential election remains far from conclusive, the complex reality of making the transition from one administration to another at the upper echelon of American politics means that the gears have already been set in motion behind the scenes in Washington. I...

October 7, 2008

Michigan pullout underscores bleak electoral college picture for McCain, Karl Smyth

Aggregated from: open Democracy News Analysis - USA

John McCain's decision on Wednesday to pull out of Michigan--a state which Democrat John Kerry edged with a margin of just over 3 percentage points in 2004 and was highly sought after by GOP strategists in the build-up to this year's election cycle--illustrates the increasingly bleak el...

October 2, 2008

The VP debate: a perfect storm, Karl Smyth

Aggregated from: open Democracy News Analysis - USA

While the US Vice Presidential debates have proven a locus for high theatre and some of the more memorable moments on the campaign trail in recent years - from Lloyd Bentsen's infamous admonishment of Dan Quayle for comparing himself to John F. Kennedy to James Stockdale's self-deprecating,...