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Former President Bill Clinton will stump Sunday in San Antonio for Democrat Ciro Rodriguez, ratcheting up the profile of his runoff challenge to U.S. Rep. Henry Bonilla in Congressional District 23. “The president expressed an interest in coming out to support Ciro and to energize Democratic voters,” said Vanessa Gonzalez, Rodriguez's spokeswoman. Though campaign officials were still nailing down details of Clinton's visit late Friday, Gonzalez said he would speak at a get-out-the-vote rally at the Palo Alto College in Rodriguez's South Side stronghold. Clinton, who made a campaign swing through San Antonio in 1996, is still hailed by many...

While Lamont's campaign work ethic may have been underappreciated and underreported, the same can't be said of his online chorus. Very early on, prominent liberal blogs -- including as Daily Kos, MyDD and Political Wire – beat the drums for the Lamont campaign. Initially, Lamont was viewed almost exclusively as an anti-war alternative to Lieberman. But the Political Wire’s founder, Taegan Goddard, said the blogs’ perception of Lamont has shifted. “Lamont isn’t a one-issue contender, he’s the real deal. He's an intelligent man with real positions,” Goddard said. Chris Casey, an 18-year-old Connecticut contributor to NetRootsMovement.com, said Lamont’s candidacy has...

Republicans need Cynthia McKinney. The DeKalb County congresswoman defines the Democratic Party just the way the GOP likes it: strident, unresponsive and way out in left field. At least that's the way Republicans want voters to perceive Democrats. For the Republican National Committee, Cynthia shines as a point of light in a mostly dismal national picture. Her loose-cannon behavior provides ammunition for GOP strategists. To prove how much the elephants cherish Cynthia, the Republican-led Legislature and the Bush Justice Department reconfigured her congressional district in a way that increased the strength of her base. The GOP-mandated changes saved her from...