Articles filed under Political Figures
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Obama visits to be marked by Old State CapitolNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The election of Barack Obama as the next U.S. president has made Springfield's Old State Capitol became even more historic. Known as an Abraham Lincoln si...
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Who'll replace Obama in Senate? Blagojevich controls the pickNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Even before Tuesday's results had rolled in, Barack Obama's candidacy for the White House had touched off widespread speculation over who could be named to replace him i...
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The election of a black as presidentNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - How much the world can change within the short span of one human lifetime. As he spoke Tuesday night against the graceful stretch of Chicago's Grant Park, newly elected ...
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How to heal a nationNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - After months of hearing Barack Obama accused of being a radical, socialist and even a terrorist sympathizer or John McCain derided for his age and judgment, the nation n...
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U.S. was ready long ago to elect a blackNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - I am tired of hearing Barack Obama supporters repeatedly saying "America was finally able to elect an African-American as president." For the last 30 years, America was...
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Vote means taxes, regulation, lost jobsNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - On Election Day 2008, Americans voted for change. Beginning on Jan. 20th, the president and Congress that we put in office will start to make us look much more like Euro...
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How deep was Obama effect in suburban races?Nov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Look at suburban election results from one angle and the vaunted Barack Obama coattails appear to offer all the coverage of a political tube top. Time and again, incumbe...
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Suburban Republicans hope to lead Senate GOPNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - As part of a sweeping leadership change in the state Senate, suburban Republicans are angling to head their party's struggling minority as downstate Sen. Frank Watson ha...
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America has chance now to begin againNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Tuesday night, America arrived at the epiphany of its democracy. In the backdrop of a world in conflict with a domestic crisis at home, this country stands at the thres...
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Totals are in: Munson loses in 43rd House DistrictNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Ruth Munson, who on Tuesday lost the 43rd State Representative District seat she held since December 2002, said she has no regrets about her campaign and that she was hu...