Articles filed under Politics
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Obama hits McCain on economy, gas pricesJun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - RALEIGH, N.C. -- The presidential campaign's focus turned sharply to the economy Monday, an inopportune time for Republican John McCain as Americans cope with record-hig...
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Candidates need to focus on economyJun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - It's the economy, stupid. Now that the nation's long primary season is over, Barack Obama and John McCain would do well to remember that phrase, coined in 1992 during Bi...
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Clinton's exit lifts ObamaJun 07, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Hillary Rodham Clinton suspended her pioneering campaign for the presidency on Saturday and summoned supporters to use "our energy, our passion, our streng...
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The search for a running mateJun 07, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Finding a running mate tops the summer to-do lists of John McCain and Barack Obama, and each needs to decide what he wants as much as who he wants. Are the...
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Community spoke; district listenedJun 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Community spoke; district listened The Glen Ellyn Park District Board of Commissioners voted on Tuesday to NOT put soccer fields at Ackerman Woods. The vote was 4-1 wit...
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Critics can't match priest's good deedsJun 07, 2008 11:00 pm - The avalanche of hate, disparagement and vilification aimed at Father Michael Pfleger for his May 25 over-the-top sarcasm directed at Hillary Clinton is puzzling. Usual...
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Putting Clinton on his ticket would be a bad move by ObamaJun 07, 2008 11:00 pm - An axiom. When voters watch a presumptive presidential nominee considering this or that running mate, they think: What if the president dies? When the presumptive nomine...
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McCain staff hits throttleJun 06, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- With his Democratic foe now certain, Republican John McCain is deploying dozens of staffers into battleground states, boasting of improved fundraising and ...
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Clinton suspends campaign, endorses ObamaJun 06, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Hillary Rodham Clinton ended her historic campaign for the presidency on Saturday and told supporters to unite behind rival Barack Obama, closing out a rac...
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Kirk stays strong against IranJun 06, 2008 11:00 pm - The president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is in the news for yet again threatening Israel with destruction. At a celebration marking the death of Ayatollah Khomeini, ...