Professor of Political Science, Rice University
Professor of Political Science at Rice University and a scholar of Southern politics; co-author of Divided America: The Ferocious Power Struggle in American Politics
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Earl Black
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FROM Earl Black
To the Point
Updating the Presidential Campaigns after Nevada, South Carolina After South Carolina , the New York Times says John McCain is the Republican front-runner, whether he likes it or not. On the Democratic side, after Nevada , Barack Obama is running against two Clintons, rather than just one. Is former "maverick" John McCain now the Republican front-runner?
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