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…with 24% of likley GOP voters, but Condi is a surprise #2 with 18%, followed by McCain at 17%. 
In potential general election matchups, Rudy ties Hillary with 46% each, but leads Obama and Al Gore. 
Full results here…

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It’s the smartest move of his political career…Senator Russ Feingold, no doubt internalizing the push to the center that brought the Democrats back into Congressional power, has taken his hat out of the 2008 ring:
Feingold, 53, conceded that he faced long odds of winning the nomination.
“It would have required the craziest combination of things [...]

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I suspect we’ll have a pretty good idea who’s running and who isn’t when the smoke clears in November, and that’s why I’ve been very negligent in covering 2008 news lately, but Al Gore isn’t coming out strong one way or the other:
Former Vice President Al Gore said Sunday he hadn’t rule out making a [...]

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Mickey Kaus said it first, but Dan Balz grabs the baton and runs with it:
The passion and energy fueling the antiwar challenge to Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman in Connecticut’s Senate primary signal a power shift inside the Democratic Party that could reshape the politics of national security and dramatically alter the battle for the party’s [...]

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Tipper Gore, the wife of former Vice President Al Gore said in an inteview today with ABC News that if Al wants to run in 2008, she’s on baord.
She’s spent five years recovering from the last run at the White House, but Tipper Gore says she’s ready if her husband wants to do it again.
“If [...]

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Very interesting aticle.

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