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Hispanic Voters Poised to Wield Political Power in New Mexico
If the battle for the presidency comes down to how the West is won, New Mexico's large Hispanic and Latino electorate could tip the vote this November.
Obama Camp Flexes Spending Power with 30-min. Primetime Ad Buy
Sen. Barack Obama's campaign will air a half-hour special on CBS on Oct. 29 at 8 p.m., the network reported, adding that the campaign is in talks with NBC and Fox for similar deals.
Gates Urges More Troop Action on Afghanistan's Drug Trade
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said Thursday that NATO troops should do more to combat Afghanistan's drug trade. His comments came as new reports emerged raising doubts about American strategy and the Afghan government's ability to cope.

 

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Elections - News and features with political columnists and presidential politics coverage. Campaign resources include candidate interviews, a political calendar and the money race.
Meta Description: [ Up-to-the-minute news coverage of the 2004 presidential election campaign and national races enhanced with audio and video clips and photo galleries - updated 24/7... ]

4 - Ongoing news and opinion about the presidential election plus candidate information, the state of the parties and reader discussion forum.
Meta Description: [ 2004 Election results for the Presidential race between Bush & Kerry. Popular & electoral votes for Democrats & Republicans. Senate, House & governor results. Voter's guide, swing state developments, breaking news & more. ]

ABC News: Vote 2004 - Full coverage of the presidential primary includes news, features and candidate interviews. Sign up for The Note daily email.

Aljazeera: US Elections: The Candidates - Overview of the presidential candidates of all the parties plus individual profiles of each of the Democratic contenders.

AlterNet: Election 2004 - News blog plus features and commentary about the campaign and issues.

AOL News: Elections 2004 - Ongoing coverage includes The Sideshow and Political Insider plus President Match to determine which candidate best fits your views.
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Baltimore Sun: Election 2004 - News stories archived by date plus election results, photo gallery, key dates and background material.
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BBC News In Depth: USA Vote 2004 - Ongoing collection of news and analysis with transcripts, profiles, calendar, QA, background material, polls and forum. Audio and video clips. UK.
Meta Description: [ Visit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news. ]

BET News: Vote - Presidential campaign news and features includes candidate profiles, issue positions, discussion forum and voting quiz. From Black Entertainment Television.

C-SPAN: Road to the White House - Campaign news and candidate profiles plus videos of past programs in the weekly news show.

CBC News Indepth: US Election 2004 - Ongoing news coverage of the presidential campaign includes news, interactives, quick facts and background information. Canada.

CBS News: Campaign 2004 - News, analysis and commentary plus Reporters' Roadblog, briefing book, who's who, poll results, election calendar, interactives and photos. Washington Wrap email newsletter.
Meta Description: [ Visit CBSNews.com for Breaking Politics News and Video: Find Headlines, Information, Stories, Photos, and more for politics news and political events. ]

Chicago Tribune: Election 2004 - News and features about national and state candidates with profiles of each Democratic presidential candidate. Key dates includes each state's primary.

Christian Science Monitor: Decision 2004 - In-depth campaign news and commentary plus candidate profiles and email newsletter.
Meta Description: [ The Christian Science Monitor covers all the candidates for president, looking at the issues and analysis. ]

CJR: Campaign Desk - Critique and analysis of 2004 campaign coverage, categorized by media, angle, issue, candidate and date. Columbia Journalism Review.

CNN: America Votes 2004 - Presidential primary preview section includes latest headlines and features. Candidate profiles, campaign money, issues, polls, timeline and election calendar.

Common Dreams - Stinking Evidence of Possible Election Fraud Found in Florida - Investigates evidence of mass voter fraud in multiple precincts in the swing state of Florida, with anomalies favoring George W. Bush every single time.

Denver Post: Campaign 2004 - Ongoing collection of news and issues about the presidentail campaign. Includes background resources and an interactive for fantasy running of either the Bush or Kerry campaign.

dKosopedia - 2004 Media Endorsements - List of newspapers with their 2004 endorsements for President.

Economist: America's 2004 Election - Ongoing collection of news and commentary about the candidates and issues.

500 Financial Times: US Elections - News, analysis and candidate profiles. Includes web log of media coverage, photo gallery and FT briefing on primaries and caucuses.

FindLaw Special Coverage: Election 2004 - Ongoing collection of legal news and commentary about the US presidential campaign plus election law, cases, documents, resources and message board. Special section for John Edwards.
Meta Description: [ Free primary legal documents pertaining to 2004 election lawsuits and balloting problems. Site includes copies of motions and court decisions, news and legal commentary., FindLaw for Legal Professionals is a free resource for attorneys that includes online case law, free state codes, free federal... ]

Guardian Unlimited Special Report: US Elections 2004 - Latest news, comment and analysis on the US presidential election from a British perspective.

Houston Chronicle: Election Central 2004 - News and commentary for local and national campaigns includes primaries, voter guide and results archive.

LexisNexis - Campaign 2004 News - Offers headline links to the latest 2004 presidential campaign news. Includes speeches and links for each candidate.

LookSmart's FindArticles - 2004 Election Research Guide - Offers facts and opinions through articles and annotated resources representing multiple ideological viewpoints.

Miami Herald: Election 2004 - Special coverage includes news and features from Miami Herald journalists plus AP and Knight-Ridder Tribune.

MSNBC: Decision 2004 - News about the presidential campaign including poll results, analysis, commentary, candidate profiles, interactives and video clips. First Read daily political memo.
Meta Description: [ The Post's exhaustive coverage of Republican George W. Bush and Democrat John F. Kerry. ]

Newsweek: Campaign 2004 - News and features with archives organized by week, plus audio for the latest Newsweek Radio weekly program about the presidential race.

NPR: The 2004 Democratic Presidential Candidates - Bob Edwards interviews the 2004 Democratic presidential candidates on Morning Edition. Includes background information plus extended versions of the interviews and full transcripts.
Meta Description: [ In an occasional series of interviews on Morning Edition, NPR's Bob Edwards speaks with the 2004 Democratic presidential candidates about why they want to be president and the issues that are important to them. In addition, npr.org offers background on the presidential hopefuls by NPR Political E... ]

On Point Radio - World Reaction to Bush's Re-election - A conversation with journalists from around the world on the international reaction and mood to the re-election of George W. Bush. [49 minute streaming audio broadcast]
Meta Description: [ Journalists from around the world discuss the international community's reaction and mood to George W. Bush's re-election as U.S. president. ]

Orlando Sentinel: Election 2004 - Full campaign coverage including Florida polls and AP news. Florida.
Meta Description: [ The lastest Orlando election information, coverage and details on all of the campaigns in Orlando and surrounding Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties. ]

PBS NewsHour: Politics and Campaigns - Transcripts of background reports relating to the elections, including some streaming audio and video. Presented in date sequence.
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PBS: By the People Election 2004 - In-depth coverage and analysis from NewsHour, Wall Street Week, Now and Frontline plus tools to research candidates and elections, a campaign calendar and links to additional election web sites.

Poynter: Election Coverage - Ongoing analysis of the role of journalism and the media in the political campaigns.

Sacramento Bee: National Elections - Full coverage includes 2004 voter's guide along with archived news and columns.
Meta Description: [ Presidential Candidate Profiles, 24-hour local, state, national and world news, plus politics, sports, business, lifestyle and entertainment coverage, columnists, humor, classified ads and much more ]

Salon.com Directory - Election 2004 - Listing of online stories and commentary. [Access to full contents requires paid subscription or free one-day registration.]

Slate Magazine: Campaign 2004 Field Guide - Collection of candidate profiles and other short feature articles about the Presidential contenders.
Meta Description: [ Slate is running several series of short features explaining who the 2004 presidential candidates are, what they're saying, and where they propose to take the country. Here is a compilation, candidate-by-candidate, of what's been published so far. The firs ]

St. Petersburg Times: Decision 2004 - Includes statewide polls, candidate profiles and ratings, ongoing news and features, AP breaking news and voter information. Florida.

Telegraph: Fight for the White House - Factfile includes news, features, candidate profiles and background material. UK.
Meta Description: [ Daily news from the UK, business news, countryside news, UK technology news, obituaries and UK education news - telegraph.co.uk, UK online newspaper. ]

The Atlantic: Campaigns and Candidates - Ongoing commentary and analysis about the presidential campaign.

The Gully - The Rat Race: Elections 2004 - Long shots, sure things, and all the obstacles in the maze. Reviews of media coverage and commentary.
Meta Description: [ The Rat Race: Elections 2004 | U.S. presidential and congressional elections. Long shots, sure things, and all the obstacles in the maze. From The Gully.. ]

The Nation - Presidential Election 2004 - Offers ongoing news and opinion about the campaign and candidates.
Meta Description: [ America's oldest and most widely read journal of progressive political and cultural news, opinion and analysis. ]

The New Republic: Campaign 2004 - Ongoing analysis of the race to the White House from the magazine, augmented with web-only articles.

Time: Election 2004 - Ongoing collection of cover stories, essays, viewpoints, photos and graphics about the presidential campaign.

Times Online - US Elections 2004 - Ongoing coverage offers news and features from Rupert Murdoch's London newspaper.
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University of Chicago Press: The 2004 Elections - Anthology of books and readings relevant to the campaign season.

Village Voice: Election 2004 - Includes news stories, TV videos and headline links to other news sources.
Meta Description: [ Village Voice NYC Guide Listings ]

Washington Post: Elections 2004 - Continuing coverage includes presidential candidate profiles and debate transcripts plus audio and video clips. Free weekly OnPolitics campaign report.

WBUR: Election Coverage - Ongoing coverage includes transcripts, audio and Vote by Issues quiz from Boston Public Radio.

Yahoo! News: Election 2004 - News from wire services and news sources plus features and analysis, opinion and editorials, candidate profiles and issue positions, slideshows, audio and video.

ZNet: United States Election 2004 - Presents news articles and background material about progressive political parties, issues and organizations.

Zogby International: The Road to Boston - Paid subscription coverage of the Democratic primaries.