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By itself, black voter increase does not flip Mississippi — or the South
By Tom Tobin September 4, 2007

If African-Americans vote their percentage of the population in 2008, "Mississippi is suddenly a Democratic state."

His numbers are right, but actual impact of fence unclear
By Miranda Blue September 3, 2007

"I built that border fence in San Diego...and it reduced the smuggling of people and drugs...by 90 percent."

Sorry, New York is not that big
September 1, 2007

"The crime decline in the United States would be fairly small if it wasn't for the crime decline in New York City."

You can fire federal workers, but it’s tough
By Angie Drobnic Holan September 1, 2007

"The failings in our civil service are encouraged by a system that makes it very difficult to fire someone even for gross misconduct."

First, but with caveats
By Tom Tobin August 30, 2007

"Bill Richardson passed the first law in the nation giving National Guard soldiers $400,000 in life insurance."

McCain picks and chooses in attack on Clinton
August 30, 2007

Sen. Clinton said "the surge of troops in Iraq was 'working.' Now.... Sen. Clinton says the surge 'has failed' and that we should 'begin the…

The ruling was unpopular, but some polls unreliable
By Miranda Blue August 30, 2007

"In state after state, polls make clear that the American public understands the Kelo ruling is a disaster."

He’s off, way off on who’s in prison
By David DeCamp August 30, 2007

"In 1972, we had a 179,000 human beings in jail in this country. Today, it's 2.3-million, and 70 percent of them are black, African-American."  

Researchers split about whether guns reduce crime
August 29, 2007

We live in "a time of historically low violent crime rates and historically high gun ownership rates nationally."

Kucinich opposed the war early, but first?
By John Frank August 28, 2007

"I'm the first person who really took up the issue of the war. Four years ago I said that there was no proof that Iraq…

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