Articles filed under Politics
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Lawmakers, governor keep fighting over construction spendingAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Pork projects and pay raises will be on the menu next week when Gov. Rod Blagojevich orders lawmakers back to the Capitol. On Tuesday, the governor announc...
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Obama campaigns with strong veep candidateAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - ELKHART, Ind. -- Democrat Barack Obama campaigned on Wednesday with a man considered by many to be on his short list of running mates, Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh. Obama call...
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Politics shouldn't be a spectator sportAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - At what point did the exercise of politics change from compromise and uniting for the common good to two sides screaming at each other and accomplishing nothing? Politic...
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Notice how Obama never strays far?Aug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois' Junior Sen. Obama has proven once again during this historically expensive, highly glitzy sideshow, known as the 2008 presidential campaign, that it's best tha...
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Record number of voters may cast paper ballotsAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN DIEGO -- Come November, more Americans might cast their ballots on paper than in any other election in U.S. history. That wasn't supposed to happen. If everything ha...
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Seals campaign is far from grassrootsAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Dan Seals likes to talk about his "grassroots support." He crows about his volunteers in the same interview where he, somewhat ironically, brags that he is importing act...
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Rep. Kirk's good, just not good enoughAug 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Like many political moderates in the 10th Congressional District, I believe Congressman Mark Kirk has been a good representative of our interests. He has been a strong ...
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Will U.S. now return to a military draft?Aug 04, 2008 11:00 pm - If McCain is elected and he continues the colonization of Iraq, he must immediately start the draft. There is no alternative. Our all volunteer military can't continue t...
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New poll shows Obama leading McCainAug 04, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Solid margins among women, minorities and young voters have powered Barack Obama to a 6 percentage point lead over John McCain in the presidential race, ac...
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Obama: Tax big oil, give taxpayers $1,000Aug 03, 2008 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Barack Obama's campaign will begin running a television ad Monday that attacks Republican John McCain's energy policies. "After one president in the pocket of...