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GM Shutters Michigan Plant, Further Eroding McCain-Palin Support

Dan Treul | Posted 10.20.2008 | Home

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In a smoke-filled bowling alley in Wyoming, Michigan, Laura Burns unofficially acts as the Wednesday women's league spokesperson: "I'm leaning toward ...

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O'Bama

Thomas de Zengotita | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics

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Barack has been the ultimate fusion candidate, the maximum mix man in the age of the mix. But what was left out of Barack's mash-up profile was the white working class, urban and exurban.

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My Primary Picks -- "The Road Goes On Forever" Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics

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"The road goes on forever and the party never ends."--Robert Earl Keen Tomorrow is yet another primary day in the Democratic presidential nomin...

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Do We Really Want a Bowler-in-Chief? Remember Nixon!

Greg Mitchell | Posted 04.27.2008 | Politics

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Who was the biggest bowling advocate near the top in recent history? Dan Quayle. Nixon and Quayle. That is really something to aspire to.

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What Everybody -- Pro and Con -- Missed About the Debates (Plus, a Fun Pop Quiz!)

RJ Eskow | Posted 04.18.2008 | Media

There are still a few things I haven't heard anybody say, and the right is already cuing up ABC's next line of questioning.

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See America's Fastest Dying Industries

Forbes | JOSHUA ZUMBRUN and BRIAN WINGFIELD | Posted 04.17.2008 | Business

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If you're being affected by the downturn in housing or financial services, hang in there. At some point, those industries will rebound. Others should ...

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Obama's Dukakis Moment: Bowling Blunders Matter

David Paul Kuhn | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics

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Reagan, as well as FDR and JFK understood that symbols, narratives, and sets win presidencies. Should Obama not, it will lead to a Dukakis-like moment that could serve as his tattooed slip up.

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Obama Bowls a 7-10 Split of the Democratic Party

Bill Katovsky | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics

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So Obama might not be the master of the 7-10 split, but his electoral prospects have split the Democratic Party in half.

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New Rule: Pin Heads

Bill Maher | Posted 10.30.2007 | Entertainment

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New Rule: If bowling passes for high school athletics, then maybe it is time for a draft.

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