Articles filed under Politics
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Obama, McCain argue over war, taxes in 1st debateSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - OXFORD, Miss. _ John McCain accused Barack Obama of compiling "the most liberal voting record in the United States Senate" Friday night in an intense first debate of th...
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Sen. Biden must need history lessonSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - You would think that a vice presidential candidate who has been in Congress for 30 years would know that Herbert Hoover was president, 1929-1933, when the stock market a...
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Biden misleads with accusation of tax increaseSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON _ Joe Biden charged Thursday during a campaign stop in Pennsylvania that John McCain's tax proposals for health insurance would be "the largest tax increase i...
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Congressional ad battle focuses on George BushSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Both sides in the ad battle fueled by a fierce North suburban congressional election agree on one thing: Keeping their distance from President George Bush. Democratic c...
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Box office, not ballot materialSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - What part of "scary" can't we spell when it comes to Sarah Palin's world view? What part of bad judgment, desperateness and weakness on the part of John McCain can't we ...
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Bean, Greenberg share economic goalsSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean believes improving the regulation of the nation's financial markets is key to promoting economic recovery. Mortgage reform also is necessary, the ...
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Duffy will rein in state spendingSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - We write to you today to let you know why we need Dan Duffy, who is running for 26th District state senator, in Springfield. Dan has been a longtime friend of ours. He r...
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Debate audience starts own debateSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - As the first question of the presidential debate is delivered, the Buffalo Grove home erupts into an argument that runs from Israeli policy, to race, to Bill Clinton's s...
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Kirk has solution to problems with IranSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - We need some new and creative thinking when it comes to Iran. Right now, the debate in Washington centers on only two bad options: Maintain the status quo or attack Iran...
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Farnham cares about peoples' concernsSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Recently, candidate for state representative Keith Farnham came to my door and did something that I have never seen before: he asked me what my concerns were. Mr. Farnha...