Southerners Lose Ground in National Party Tickets
The article notes a decades long decline of Southern influence in U.S. presidential tickets and Congress. It highlights back to back major party tickets without Southern names, shifts in demographics and party identity, and aging regional leaders contrasted with distant Kentucky and Virginia roles.
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Why Afghanistan matters in the 2012 US election
Editor notes examine why US troops remain in Afghanistan nearly a decade after invasion. The goal, cited as preventing a Qaeda resurgence and 9/11 attacks, hinges on ending combat by 2014 while Afghan forces assume full security. The piece weighs risks of Taliban backlash and broader national threats.
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