Elizabeth Smith

Professor of Political Science, University of South Dakota

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Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of South Dakota

Elizabeth Smith on KCRW

They are still counting votes tonight in the South Dakota and Montana presidential primaries, but today Senator Barack Obama collected enough superdelegate endorsements to lock…

The Last Primaries of 08 Are Over and Obama is the Nominee

They are still counting votes tonight in the South Dakota and Montana presidential primaries, but today Senator Barack Obama collected enough superdelegate endorsements to lock…

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In a decision meant to create compromise but which raised frictions even further, the Democratic Party's Rules and Bylaws Committee settled the disputed primary issue of Michigan…

Will Hillary Clinton Take It to the Convention?

In a decision meant to create compromise but which raised frictions even further, the Democratic Party's Rules and Bylaws Committee settled the disputed primary issue of Michigan…

from Which Way, L.A.?

In a decision meant to create compromise but which raised frictions even further, the Democratic Party's Rules and Bylaws Committee settled the disputed primary issue of Michigan and…

Will Hillary Clinton Take It to the Convention?

In a decision meant to create compromise but which raised frictions even further, the Democratic Party's Rules and Bylaws Committee settled the disputed primary issue of Michigan and…

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