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Entries for March 05, 2007

Would a 2007 Recession Clinch 2008 for the Democrats?

March 05, 2007 05:20 PM ET |

It's been humorously suggested that Barack Obama's landslide 70-to-27 percent victory against Alan Keyes in the Illinois 2004 U.S. Senate race had one minor silver lining for Republicans. After that blowout, they knew exactly how big their core, crawl-across-broken-glass-to-vote-GOP base was in the Prairie State.

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Tags: economy | politics | recession

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