Democracy, politics and young voters
      The death of the proposal to build a track for street racing at the site of the old Watts Field came quietly at a City Council committee meeting last week. To a man, aldermen expressed the view that they could not afford to support the proposal because a large majority of their constituents were ...
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For good of party? Not this Clinton
John Brummett
      There is gamesmanship aplenty in the Democratic presidential race, including a clever message from the newly troubled Hillary Clinton campaign. It goes like this: Most likely, neither Clinton nor Barack Obama actually can get to the victory threshold in delegates.
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Campaign surprises; a cause we support
Mike Dougherty
      The battle between "Obamafans" and "Clintonians" is getting heated, judging by what is available for reading on quick online surf of political Web sites and blogs.
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