Articles filed under Political Figures
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From brainwashing to the voter's boothFeb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - The lack of quotes from Republican leaders in your article about allowing 17 year olds to vote in Illinois proves what we conservatives have known all along. The younge...
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War of words over war in IraqFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - TYLER, Texas -- Republican presidential hopeful John McCain mocked Barack Obama's view of al-Qaida in Iraq, and the Democratic contender responded that GOP policies brou...
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Influential black leader switches to Obama campFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Civil rights leader John Lewis dropped his support for Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential bid Wednesday in favor of Barack Obama. Lewis, a Democratic co...
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Clinton tries to stem Obama's momentumFeb 26, 2008 10:00 pm - CLEVELAND -- Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama sat at a table in many ways as if in a game of high-stakes poker -- with Obama holding more chips and better cards. That wa...
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Names that should be on McCain's running-mate listFeb 26, 2008 10:00 pm - "Do you think he'd do it?" That was the first question Ronald Reagan asked when, 24 days before the 1976 Republican convention, his campaign manager suggested that Reaga...
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A 'candle of hope' has finally emergedFeb 26, 2008 10:00 pm - If it had been possible for Robert Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King to have had a child, that child's name would be Barack. As a 62-year- old white "liberal," I can cl...
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Governor unfazed by link to corruption caseFeb 26, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Undeniably linked to a federal corruption case and then stymied by lawmakers on health care, Gov. Rod Blagojevich grasped for political relevance Tuesday,...
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Foster, Oberweis talk Iraq, taxes and valuesFeb 26, 2008 10:00 pm - Congressional hopefuls Bill Foster and Jim Oberweis Tuesday night clashed on the war in Iraq and health care as the special March 8 election draws closer. Foster, the De...
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Clinton is qualified for the presidencyFeb 25, 2008 10:00 pm - We must congratulate the NIU president, his staff, and campus police team for such a timely lockdown during the Valentine's Day shootings. NIU campus Police Chief Don Gr...
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State considers lowering voting age to 17Feb 25, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Few legal rites of passage exist at age 17. There's the opportunity to see R-rated movies like "Strange Wilderness" without Mom or Dad. Or buy an M-rated ...