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Clinton Wins in West Virginia

Amie Newman, RH Reality Check on May 13, 2008 - 8:30pm
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Hillary Clinton gained a solid victory in West Virginia. Is it enough to keep her in the race?

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Toobin Looks at a McCain Court

Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check on May 12, 2008 - 5:04pm
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Supreme Court expert Jeffrey Toobin thinks the Supreme Court still matters, despite what Geraldine Ferraro says.

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Roundup: Ferraro Says Too Late to Worry About Supreme Court

Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check on May 12, 2008 - 10:44am
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Ferraro on women coming out for Obama, Pope on contraception, Lack of condom use in Britain.

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Bill Donohue: The Bully's TV Pulpit

Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check on May 12, 2008 - 8:11am
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A new report details a pattern of media manipulation by Bill Donahue and the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights -- making them neither religious, nor civil.

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RNC Uses Obama Abortion Votes in New Ad

Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check on May 11, 2008 - 10:43pm
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The Republican National Committee won't say the word "abortion" in a new attack ad against Obama, not on TV anyway.

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Roundup: Pro-Choice GOPer, Hagee on Katrina, V-Day

Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check on May 9, 2008 - 10:02am
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Pro-choice Republican To add to Dana Goldstein's overview of reproductive right's views among candidates running for a Senate seat this fall, it appears there's a pro-choice Republican running for Senate in New Jersey. Dick Zimmer supports abortion rights, subject to "reasonable" restrictions. "Government should play a minimal part in people's private lives," Zimmer said. "As a general rule, the government should not interfere in a


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Roundup: Dems Will Unite, Swizzle Sticks and Celebrating Midwives

Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check on May 8, 2008 - 10:06am
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Dems will unite around women, McCain on the Daily Show, TV workplace harassment and rising BC prices.

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Anti-Choice Robo Calls Fail in Indiana

Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check on May 6, 2008 - 4:18pm
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National Right to Li-e made illegal robo-calls against Barack Obama in Indiana. Do they support Hillary Clinton? Post updated with Indiana exit polls.

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Roundup: Courts, Contraception and Campaigns

Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check on May 6, 2008 - 11:31am
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"In his latest attempt to shore up the conservative side of the Republican base John McCain said he would use Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito as "the model for my own nominees if that responsibility falls to me." In the article author Libby Quaid notes that McCain has, despite a blip in 1999 when he stated publicly that Roe V. Wade should not be overturned, "an otherwise unbroken record of opposing abortion rights for women."


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The Nation: Race to the Bottom

Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check on May 6, 2008 - 9:03am
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Betsy Reed's new Nation cover story, Race to the Bottom, is a blast of cold invigorating air in a campaign season that's become torpid.


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