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USFSP students working for the presidential candidates in New Hampshire

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Among the thousands of out of state visitors who are descending upon New Hampshire for next week’s first-in-the-nation primary election are 23 students from the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. USFSP political science professor Judithanne McLauchlan is taking her class to the Granite State to see American democracy in all of its glories – and excesses. SPB met up with the professor and her students late Sunday morning at Tampa International Airport, where they would soon be departing on a Southwest flight…

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Mitch Perry Report for 1.28.16 – Bernie Sanders uses new-found leverage in debate discussion

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While the political world focuses on Thursday night’s seventh Republican presidential debate in Des Moines (or the candidate hosting an event at nearby Drake University), it’s still to be decided whether a Democratic presidential debate in New Hampshire will be held in a week. Hillary Clinton — in a must-win situation against Bernie Sanders for Iowa — has had a remarkable change of heart when it comes to debates, and has seized the opportunity to participate in such an event,…

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Donald Trump skipping Fox News debate Thursday night

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Here are the latest developments from the 2016 race for president, one week out from the Iowa caucuses. All times local. 6:20 p.m. Donald Trump‘s campaign manager says Trump is skipping the next Republican debate. The Republican candidates are set to square off in the Fox News debate Thursday night, their final debate before Monday’s Iowa caucuses. Trump previously had said he may not show up. But campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said during a Tuesday evening news conference in Marshalltown,…

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Granite State paper, grassroots organizers force Feb. 4 Democratic debate outside DNC

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Another televised Democratic presidential debate is now planned for New Hampshire next week, organized outside the usual coordination of such debates by the Democratic National Committee. The Feb. 4 prime-time debate will be held five days before that state’s primary, and is expected to include all three Democratic candidates. Hosted by the New Hampshire Union Leader newspaper, the event will be broadcast on MSNBC and moderated by MSNBC personalities Chuck Todd and Rachel Maddow, the Union Leader announced Tuesday afternoon. Some details…

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Confederate flag’s removal turns King Day into celebration

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Civic leaders, activists, artists and others are celebrating, marching and paying homage Monday to Martin Luther King Jr., marking the 30th anniversary of the federal holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader. In South Carolina, civil rights leaders planned a march to their state capitol as in past years when their rally highlighted calls to remove the Confederate flag from Statehouse grounds. The King Day at the Dome gathering began in 2000 with that call. Last July, organizers got their…

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Mitch Perry Report for 1.18.16 – Clinton and Sanders clash in Charleston

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Happy MLK Jr. Day, everybody. We’re 30 years into this day being a national holiday, and yet not even 40 percent of American businesses give the day off to their employees. Last night (at the very inconvenient hour of 9 p.m.) the three Democratic contenders for president debated in Charleston, South Carolina, two weeks before the Iowa caucuses commence. Last week was probably the greatest week of the entire campaign for Bernie Sanders, who now is within striking distance there, with…

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Dam debate takeaways: Passion versus practicality

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In their final debate before the Iowa caucuses, the gloves came off between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Shouting over each other at times, the two leading Democratic presidential candidates engaged in some of their toughest exchanges of the campaign on Sunday night, underscoring the narrowing race between them in the first-to-vote states of Iowa and New Hampshire. Clinton sought an advantage over the Vermont senator on curbing gun violence. Sanders, meanwhile, twice assailed the former secretary of state for…

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