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What Super Tuesday Means to the GOP

What Super Tuesday Means to the GOP

Shrey Sharma, Political Science '13 March 5, 2012 0

On Tuesday, Republican voters from 10 states will take to the polling booths. They will decide whether to establish Mitt Romney as the nominee or drag out the nomination process for several more months.

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Romney Still GOP Frontrunner

Romney Still GOP Frontrunner

Shrey Sharma, Political Science '13 March 4, 2012 3

If his victory in Arizona and Michigan this past week is any indication, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is poised to win the 2012 Republican Presidential Nomination and face President Obama in the general

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Republican Debate

Republican Debate

Christopher Ryan, International Affairs '12 February 23, 2012 0

Four GOP presidential candidates met Wednesday night for their final debate of the primary season, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, and Ron Paul.  Coverage of the debate had high viewership: 3.5 million domestic

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Freedom of Speech and its Limitations: How one Soldier’s Civil Right is not his Military Right

Freedom of Speech and its Limitations: How one Soldier’s Civil Right is not his Military Right

Michael Trudeau, Political Science '13 January 10, 2012 1

The drama of the Iowa Caucus kept me up until two a.m. I watched as the narrow race between Romney and Santorum was ultimately decided by only eight votes (every vote really does count!). 

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Let’s Get This Party Started: The Moderate Challenge in Rhode Island

Let’s Get This Party Started: The Moderate Challenge in Rhode Island

Matthew Cournoyer, Political Science '12 February 3, 2010 0

In Rhode Island, a new third party, the Moderate Party of Rhode Island, hopes to challenge Democratic Party dominance with a message of fiscal conservatism and pragmatic policymaking. In a region long seen as

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