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Close contest obvious in Clinton strategy
By SID SALTER - Political Columnist
Tue,03/11/08-11:00PM , 71 Reads
JACKSON — After Sen. Barack Obama claimed impressive wins over Sen. Hillary Clinton in key Southern states like South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana, the notion that Obama would carry Mississippi on Tuesday became for most national pundits a rather foregone conclusion.
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Voting non-record trips up Landrum
By SID SALTER - Political Columnist
Tue,03/04/08-11:00PM , 144 Reads
JACKSON — David Landrum seems at first blush the very picture of a credible 3rd District Republican congressional candidate — bright, articulate and pushing all the right GOP issue hot buttons.
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Voters seem tuned out on congressional races
By SID SALTER - Political Columnist
Tue,02/26/08-11:00PM , 114 Reads
JACKSON — Mississippi voters will go to the polls in the March 11 party primary elections in less than two weeks to choose a new congressional delegation — and voter apathy about that task appears to be at stunning levels.
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It’s a little late for Hood to fret about appearances
By SID SALTER - Political Columnist
Tue,02/19/08-11:00PM , 171 Reads
JACKSON — Attorney General Jim Hood has gone to great lengths in recent days to quell what he sees as a barrage of criticism from the media and from bloggers.
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