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But there is also a growing feeling among Republicans that Clinton may be unbeatable within the Democratic Party and that they have to be ready with the candidate that they see as the best foil to Clinton.

2008 presidential winter book: Washington's most trusted independent political analyst sets the scene

It was the Democratic Party in the North that seemed most suited for their purposes.

The Anglophone Caribbean immigrant and partisan politics in New York City, 1900-1972

On the one hand, political theorists like Rawls have been joined by philosophers such as Richard Rorty in arguing that the church's influence on democratic polities should be severely circumscribed.

Radical democracy, radical ecclesiology

Tilly's cases show with considerable frequency that revolutionary upheavals often generate authoritarian political orders, but, in his analysis, they also push forward the processes that over the longer run lay the foundations on which more democratic structures can be constructed.

Contention and Democracy in Europe, 1650-2000

Indonesia's national elections proceeded in an exceedingly peaceful and democratic manner, and gave Indonesians for the first time the right to directly elect their president.

Indonesia: positive trends and the implications for the United States strategic interests

The Bush campaign, counting on a Democratic nominee weakened by expensive primaries, launched an $80 million advertising salvo during March and April designed to define Kerry negatively.

Campaign finance reform: "527s" emerge to new prominence

The "Bull Moose" Party's ticket split the Republican vote and led to the election of Democratic President Woodrow Wilson.

Political parties time line

But Sharpton is running for more than the Democratic nomination.

Moseley Braun & Sharpton eye presidential nominations; funding is likely to be a big challenge for both campaigns. (Washington Report)

In July 1948, the liberal mayor of Minneapolis, Hubert Humphrey, rose at the Democratic National Convention and urged his party to embrace the cause of civil rights for black Americans.

Republicans, Democrats, and race: an uneasy history: in 1948, Southern Democrats rebelled against their party's civil rights agenda. Many of them later joined the party of Lincoln. (times past)

In Tocquevillean terms, "1968" was an "explosion of gentleness," an explosion of democratic "softness," an effervescence of the sentiment of resemblance--the sentiment in which Tocqueville saw the active core of all the transformations brought about by democratic life.

Current problems of European democracy

PESHAWAR -- Experts on politics and international relations here Wednesday categorically stated that political tolerance, continuity of electoral process and respecting the mandates of political parties was imperative to strengthen democratic process in the country.

Experts say political tolerance imperative for strengthening democratic process in country

The main focus of this paper is the study of essential components of a democratically legitimate constitutional regime, new adaptations to traditional accounts of democracy, and legitimate institutions of democratic reform.