Newsvine Caucus: The Instant-Runoff Voting Edition

Hooray, my first cheap Newsvine article!

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IN anticipation of the 2008 presidential election, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging to watch the brains of a group of swing voters as they responded to the leading presidential candidates.

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Meanwhile, Bush reached an unwelcome record. By 64%-31%, Americans disapprove of the job he is doing. For the first time in the history of the Gallup Poll, 50% say they "strongly disapprove" of the president.

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With each passing day -- and each bellicose, over-the-top, spittle-enhanced pronouncement -- Rudy Giuliani is revealing that he has the soul of a thug and the disposition of a tyrant.

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ElectionVine: They Are Not Going To Run

I am inspired by Al Gore. I greatly appreciate his efforts in addressing Climate Change. And good old Newt, he has some great things to say and really knows how to stand up to false conservatives.

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For those of you who may not already know, Jott is a free web service that transcribes voice messages into emails...

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Wow what a birthday surprise - MSNBC acquires Newsvine

After having a very busy last night (received a number of calls & messages from friends) i was hardly expecting any surprise when i woke up this morning.

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Among the highlights:

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How John Edwards Stole My Heart

When I watched the 2004 Vice Presidential debate, I remember thinking to myself, Wow. This guy is a lot more impressive than John Kerry. He should be the one running for president.

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In last month's forum among the Democratic presidential candidates sponsored by the gay and lesbian cable channel Logo, seemingly simple questions were the most memorable.

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"Hillary makes a deal with Al Qaeda. ... Did she go too far this time? I know it's a deniable quote -- 'Well, that isn't what I meant' -- but we all get her drift. And I'm sure Mr. Al Qaeda, wherever he is, got it too."

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"The election isn't until next year, but I'm already working my butt off," said Mr. Space, the Democratic congressman who was elected last November after his Republican predecessor, Bob Ney, pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from the lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

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Welcome to PolitiFact, a project of the St. Petersburg Times and Congressional Quarterly. In the months ahead, the news staffs of both organizations will examine major claims by presidential candidates and rule on their veracity.

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"I simply believe that on the present course that we're going to be a weaker, less prosperous, more divided nation than what we have been," Thompson told the crowd in a deep baritone that rarely strayed from an even tone. "I do not say that lightly, but I think it's the truth.

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Facebook, a social networking website (that "as of July 2007, has the largest number of registered users among college-focused sites with over 34 million active members worldwide") shows that the majority of young voters who identify themselves as liberals will choose Barack Obam …

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Tonight I stumbled across an article on washingtonpost.com detailing the extensive expenditures of the Mitt Romney campaign in the months and weeks leading up to his victory the Iowa Straw Poll.

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There's one vote that Rudy Giuliani definitely can't count on in his 2008 presidential bid: his own daughter's. According to the 17-year-old Caroline Giuliani's Facebook profile, she's supporting Barack Obama.

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Davidson's latest toy, Newsvine, is a bit more addictive, and his geek stripes are becoming more pronounced.

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WASHINGTON--Democratic senators on Wednesday made another push for banning electronic voting machines that lack paper trails, but they've backed away from doing so in time for next year's presidential election.

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The political stakes with this generation could not be higher. In 2008, young people (ages 18-31) will number 50 million, bigger than the baby boom generation. By 2015 they will likely comprise one-third of the U.S. electorate.

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This morning on Newsvine, on Mike Industries, and on thousands of blogs across the world, we launched ElectionVine.

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ElectionVine is a new service being launched today by NewsVine that allows users to embed a US Presidential candidate poll on their sites.

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ElectionVine: Roll Your Own (Poll)

Adding a new layer on top of the existing features that make Newsvine one of the best places on the web to discuss politics, we're proud to present ElectionVine - a distributed election poll that allows you to host your own election, anywhere around the web in just a few minutes.

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ElectionVine is a new service being launched today by NewsVine that allows users to embed a US Presidential candidate poll on their sites. Maybe I'm just late to the game because I see non-NV admins with these polls, but this is the first I've heard of it.

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The New York mayor, Michael Bloomberg, is dropping his affiliation with the Republican party, sparking widespread speculation that he intends to run for president.

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