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	<title>Yale on the Trail</title>
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	<description>The Yale Daily News Trails Elis in the Race to the White House</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Merchandise for change</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Margy Slattery 
CHICAGO, 2:00 a.m. — Over the course of the presidential campaign, the face president-elect Barack Obama has become something of a graphic-design fetish, gracing posters, T-shirts and buttons, among other paraphernalia.
Tuesday night the senator’s signature visage could be found on nearly every visitor at his Grant Park election rally.
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		<title>Surprising victory for Yale alum in Virginia</title>
		<link>http://yaledailynews.com/blogs/yaleonthetrail/04/surprising-victory-for-yale-alum-in-virginia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Victor Zapana 
ALEXANDRIA, Va., 10:47 p.m. — In Virginia, a Yalie congressional hopeful has won the largest upset in recent state history.
With 97.4% of districts reporting, Tom Perriello &#8216;96 LAW&#8217;01 has beat six-term Republican incumbent Virgil Goode Jr. for House Representative of the 5th Congressional District, 50.1-49.8. The humanities major won in an astonishing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kleeb loses longshot bid for Senate</title>
		<link>http://yaledailynews.com/blogs/yaleonthetrail/04/kleeb-loses-longshot-bid-for-senate-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Andrew Mangino
LINCOLN, Neb., 10:47 p.m. — Scott Kleeb GRD &#8216;06, the Yale scholar turned rancher turned politician, has been defeated by former Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns in his bid to succeed Chuck Hagel in the United States Senate, according to network projections.
At the Kleeb headquarters here, the news hardly generated a buzz, as Lisa [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama approaches victory in Virginia</title>
		<link>http://yaledailynews.com/blogs/yaleonthetrail/04/obama-victory-in-virginina/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Victor Zapana 
ALEXANDRIA, Va., 10:16 p.m. — Obama has done it!  As of 10:11 p.m., he has passed McCain 49.7 percent to 49.3 percent, according to the Virginia Board of Elections. Although the TV stations may not call it yet, Obama may have stolen the Old Dominion from the Republicans.

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		<title>No convention to revise Connecticut Constitution</title>
		<link>http://yaledailynews.com/blogs/yaleonthetrail/04/no-convention-to-revise-connecticut-constitution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By the Yale Daily News
NEW HAVEN, 10:19 p.m. — Connecticut voters have decided against holding a convention to revise the state Constitution.  With 45 precincts reporting, a ballot initiative asking to hold a convention failed 61 percent to 39 percent, according to The Associated Press.

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		<title>Projection: Kleeb loses Senate bid</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
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NEW HAVEN, 10:16 p.m. — Former U.S. Agriculture Secretary and Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns has defeated Scott Kleeb GRD &#8216;06 in the race to succeed Chuck Hagel in the United States Senate.

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		<title>Himes and Shay, a tight race continues</title>
		<link>http://yaledailynews.com/blogs/yaleonthetrail/04/himes-ahead-shays-still-optimistic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Zeke Miller
NORWALK, 9:00 p.m. – Returns are beginning to come in for Connecticut&#8217;s contested 4th congressional district. The New York Times is showing challenger Jim Himes leading Republican Rep. Chris Shays with 63.7% over Shays&#8217; 35.4%. But with just 23% of precincts reporting a lot can change.
Here at Shays headquarters, they are predicting a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Constitutional Convention still unclear</title>
		<link>http://yaledailynews.com/blogs/yaleonthetrail/04/constitutional-convention-still-unclear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Zeke Miller 
NORWALK, 8:35 p.m. – With 10 percent of precincts reporting, the ballot measure on whether or not to have a Constitutional Convention is failing, gathering only 40% of votes. We&#8217;ll be following this throughout the night.

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		<title>Shays and Himes, it&#8217;s close</title>
		<link>http://yaledailynews.com/blogs/yaleonthetrail/04/shays-and-himes-its-close/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ray Carlson, Zeke Miller and Wendy Wang
NORWALK, 8:20 p.m. – Polls across the state have just closed and both candidates vying to represent Connecticut&#8217;s 4th district are transitioning from campaigning to watching returns.
At the Norwalk Inn &#38; Conference Center, where Republican incumbent Rep. Chris Shays is hosting his returns watching party, people are slowly filing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dressed for a home run</title>
		<link>http://yaledailynews.com/blogs/yaleonthetrail/04/dressed-for-a-home-run/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Isaac Arnsdorf 
CHICAGO, 7:39 p.m. — There&#8217;s enough paraphernalia and street peddlers for a ballgame. As the crowds stream toward Grant Park, they have a wide selection of Obama shirts, buttons and keychains. And though the first polls have barely closed, the merchandisers have already picked the winner.
It is Chicago after all, and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Before the McCain Spectacle: Hotel, Flags and Chips</title>
		<link>http://yaledailynews.com/blogs/yaleonthetrail/04/before-the-mccain-spectacle-hotel-flags-and-chips/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Paul Needham
PHOENIX, 3:05 p.m. — The Arizona Biltmore Resort &#38; Spa was inspired by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright, but you wouldn&#8217;t know it today.
Reporters have strewn themselves all over the posh resort, so much so that its geometric patterns are largely hidden. I counted more than three dozen satellite trucks and there are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama land: &#8220;Not every vote is Obama&#8217;s&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://yaledailynews.com/blogs/yaleonthetrail/04/obama-land-not-every-vote-is-obamas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Isaac Arnsdorf
CHICAGO, 5:36 p.m. – Even in Obama&#8217;s state, in Obama&#8217;s city, in Obama&#8217;s neighborhood, in Obama&#8217;s polling precinct, not every vote is Obama&#8217;s.
Tiffany Grimes said, as an African-American native of Chicago&#8217;s South Side, she&#8217;s inspired that a black man could come so close to the presidency.
&#8220;It means a lot to my race to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hair statements</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Martine Powers


CHICAGO, 5:00 p.m. – 17-year-olds Logan Spears and Miguel Pazoz from West Virginia visited Barack Obama&#8217;s former barbershop to have his name shaved into the backs of their heads. Then, they ate in Valois&#8217;, Obama&#8217;s favorite diner during his years in Hyde Park. Next, they plan on tracking down sold-out tickets to tonight&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fifty percent at the polls, Three hours to go</title>
		<link>http://yaledailynews.com/blogs/yaleonthetrail/04/fifty-percent-at-the-polls-three-hours-to-go/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Zeke Miller
NEW HAVEN, 4:45 p.m. – With a little over 3 hours left, voters across the state are turning out in droves. By 3:30 this afternoon, over 50% of registered voters cast their ballots, and even more are expected to do so in the traditionally heavy evening voting hours.
&#8220;All over the state, registrars and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election Day, more like &#8220;Obama Day&#8221; in Hyde Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Martine Powers
CHICAGO, 4:40 p.m. – According to 61-year-old Roilynn Brown, today is Obama day.
&#8220;Obama day! Obama day!&#8221; Brown chants to passersby on 53rd street in South Side neighborhood Hyde Park while handing out copies of the Hyde Park/Bronzeville community newspaper. &#8220;Here, take your newsletter.&#8221;
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