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2008 Campaign Shortchanging Women (And You)

By Lynda Waddington, New Journalist Fellow

January 4, 2008 - 1:00am

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For this to be the political year of the woman, candidates are going to have to become serious about courting women by speaking in detail about their core issues of concern. But as any good campaign strategist will tell you, details do not a good sound bite make.


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The Iowa Caucus Is Tonight And...

By Lynda Waddington, New Journalist Fellow

January 3, 2008 - 6:34am

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It's the final countdown. Attacks on Mitt Romney are coming all the way from Massachusetts, twelve more antiwar protesters were arrested, some Iowans are still extremely fickle, and the rest of the nation has never gotten campaign promises like these!


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Final Huckabee Ad Predictably Dishonest

By Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check

January 2, 2008 - 12:10pm

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Mike Huckabee plays the last minute abortion card in Iowa and the move is as dishonest as it is predictable.

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Six Days Before Caucus Night and...

By Lynda Waddington, New Journalist Fellow

December 28, 2007 - 8:23am

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Six days to go until the Iowa caucus and Mike Huckabee comes out ahead even with his mis-speak after Bhutto's death yesterday.


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Eight Days Before Caucus Night and ...

By Lynda Waddington, New Journalist Fellow

December 26, 2007 - 2:48pm

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The countdown to Iowa begins. With eight days until the Iowa caucus, candidates are scrambling to make the biggest splash but are Iowans already worn out?


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Republican Candidates on Reproductive Health

By Andrea Lynch, RH Reality Check

December 21, 2007 - 9:35am

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While no Republican candidate's campaign responded to RH Reality Check's questionnaire on their positions on sexual and reproductive health, in mining through their public statements, we discovered the following.


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Candidates Answer Our Questions (Or Don't)

By Andrea Lynch, RH Reality Check

December 21, 2007 - 9:28am

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Don't know what the presidential candidates think about reproductive health beyond their position on Roe? RH Reality Check developed a questionnaire to help sort out the contenders' positions on sexual and reproductive health -- beyond the sole issue of abortion. The candidates respond -- but most don't.


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What Some Candidates Don't Want You to Mention

By Cristina Page, Moderator, OnCommonGround

December 17, 2007 - 9:14am

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Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Ron Paul, Tom Tancredo, Duncan Hunter, and Fred Thompson are practicing "dog whistle politics" -- most Americans won't realize it, but they're sending signals that they're opposed to contraception.


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Republican Debate Features Reagan - err, Romney

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

December 12, 2007 - 3:30pm

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Republicans convened on an Iowa stage today for the first Iowa presidential debate. Did Mitt Romney really say he'd cut this administration's ineffective teen pregnancy prevention programs?

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Of YouTube Plants, Abortion and a CNN Conspiracy

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

December 3, 2007 - 4:30pm

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Is there a vast left-wing conspiracy, of which RH Reality Check is a part, that brought reproductive health, gay rights and other crucial issues to the YouTube/CNN debates last week?


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