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Archive of Articles for June, 2011

Program Note

[ Posted Tuesday, June 14th, 2011 – 17:15 UTC ]

Our apologies, but for the second time this month, there will be an interruption in columns here at ChrisWeigant.com. This time around, we'll be traveling to the Netroots Nation blogger convention for the remainder of this week.
What this means is no column today, and quite likely no column tomorrow. I can't promise anything [...]

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The 2012 Republican Presidential Field

[ Posted Monday, June 13th, 2011 – 16:32 UTC ]

The Republican presidential field for the 2012 presidential election will be on full display this evening, as CNN airs the second nationally-televised candidate debate, this one from the early-voting state of New Hampshire. Since the first debate was a little light on heavyweight candidates, this is the first chance a lot of Republican primary voters will have to assess the biggest names in the race.

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Friday Talking Points [169] -- Weiner Roast

[ Posted Friday, June 10th, 2011 – 15:40 UTC ]

Having just gotten back from a trip abroad where the news was dominated by the story of a politician facing severe consequences (and the end of his political career) for his sexual misconduct, I opened up the pages of the American news to find... well, pretty much the same thing.

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From The Archives -- Candidate Speech Series: Mike Gravel

[ Posted Wednesday, June 8th, 2011 – 12:00 UTC ]

[Program Note: While I'm on vacation, I thought it would be fun to jump back about four years here. Because the 2012 presidential campaign is not going to be very interesting on the Democratic side, we're going to take a look back at when it was a real race, last time around. For [...]

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From The Archives -- Candidate Speech Series: Dennis Kucinich

[ Posted Tuesday, June 7th, 2011 – 12:00 UTC ]

[Program Note: While I'm on vacation, I thought it would be fun to jump back about four years here. Because the 2012 presidential campaign is not going to be very interesting on the Democratic side, we're going to take a look back at when it was a real race, last time around. For [...]

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From The Archives -- Candidate Speech Series: Hillary Clinton

[ Posted Monday, June 6th, 2011 – 12:00 UTC ]

[Program Note: While I'm on vacation, I thought it would be fun to jump back about four years here. Because the 2012 presidential campaign is not going to be very interesting on the Democratic side, we're going to take a look back at when it was a real race, last time around. For [...]

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From The Archives -- Candidate Speech Series: Bill Richardson

[ Posted Friday, June 3rd, 2011 – 12:00 UTC ]

[Program Note: While I'm on vacation, I thought it would be fun to jump back about four years here. Because the 2012 presidential campaign is not going to be very interesting on the Democratic side, we're going to take a look back at when it was a real race, last time around. For [...]

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From The Archives -- Candidate Speech Series: Barack Obama

[ Posted Thursday, June 2nd, 2011 – 12:00 UTC ]

[Program Note: While I'm on vacation, I thought it would be fun to jump back about four years here. Because the 2012 presidential campaign is not going to be very interesting on the Democratic side, we're going to take a look back at when it was a real race, last time around. For [...]

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From The Archives -- Candidate Speech Series: John Edwards

[ Posted Wednesday, June 1st, 2011 – 12:00 UTC ]

[Program Note: While I'm on vacation, I thought it would be fun to jump back about four years here. Because the 2012 presidential campaign is not going to be very interesting on the Democratic side, we're going to take a look back at when it was a real race, last time around. For [...]

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