Articles filed under Misc Elections
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Candidates come roaring into Iowa's homestretchDec 26, 2007 10:00 pm - MT. PLEASANT, Iowa -- The most wide-open presidential race in a half century pushed unpredictably into a decisive new phase Wednesday, the rhetoric a bit more pointed an...
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Huckabee leads but hasn't yet closed the dealDec 25, 2007 10:00 pm - SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee would seem to be the answer to their prayers, yet for many Christian conservatives in Iowa, he has not closed the ...
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Is Huckabee just another Bill Clinton?Dec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - DAVENPORT, Iowa -- To hear Mitt Romney tell it, Republican Mike Huckabee shares more with Democrat Bill Clinton than a hometown in Hope, Ark., and a stint as Arkansas go...
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Confusing twists and turns in the presidential primary campaignsDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Maybe it's the rush of pre-Christmas preparations. Or maybe it's the effects of too many holiday parties. But life has suddenly become very confusing...
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Presidency hangs on illegal immigrationDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - If Social Security is the third rail of politics ("touch it and you die") for politicians, then immigration must be the next. No other issue has aroused the emotions of ...
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Experience emerges as issue in Democratic primaryDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - Democratic congressional candidate Dan Seals says lobbyists can't change Washington, but opponent Jay Footlik says that neither can neophytes. "I've already delivered r...
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Have Obama's views changed over time?Dec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- If he wanted, the Barack Obama of today could have a pretty good debate with the Barack Obama of yesterday. They could argue about whether the death penal...
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Bit of a Nixon revival seen in the Clinton, Huckabee campaignsDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - In a political season that has become a '70s Show, a Richard Nixon revival infects both parties' primaries. Even Spiro Agnew -- Nixon's Nixon -- is being reprised. Hill...
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Giuliani ends stay in hospitalDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - ST. LOUIS -- Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani was released from a St. Louis hospital Thursday after spending the night to undergo tests for flu-like sympt...
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Iowa series put presidential politics in suburban contextDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - We know what's happening in Iowa can be relevant in the suburbs and has connections to suburban interests. I often think of the Daily Herald in a phrase similar to the c...