Articles filed under Politics
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HBO's 'Recount' captures emotion of 2000 Fla. electionMay 21, 2008 11:00 pm - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Political operatives who were involved in the most dramatic election of our lifetimes say HBO's "Recount" brings back the intensity. Not all the det...
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Obama to stand in for Kennedy at WesleyanMay 21, 2008 11:00 pm - BOSTON -- Sen. Edward Kennedy is pulling out of the commencement address at Wesleyan University after being diagnosed with brain cancer, and Barack Obama will stand in f...
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McCain, Obama spar on GI billMay 21, 2008 11:00 pm - UNION CITY, Calif. -- Republican John McCain said Thursday that Democrat Barack Obama had no right to criticize McCain's position on military scholarships because the Il...
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McCain to entertain possible veepsMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - CLEVELAND -- The Memorial Day guest list at Sen. John McCain's Arizona home runs to at least three Republicans mentioned as vice presidential running mates, but a top ai...
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Electoral College a brilliant conceptMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Kevin Martin (Fence Post, Saturday) informs us that he read with amusement my response to his view of the Electoral College. It is always gratifying to bring a note of c...
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It's still not over, or is it?May 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Is it over? It is if you listen to Sen. Barack Obama's camp, which two weeks ago predicted Tuesday's Oregon and Kentucky primaries would give him a majority of pledged c...
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McCain would continue tragedyMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - John McCain was a hero and survived unimaginable suffering as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. This was truly a tragedy, but no more so than the tragedy that w...
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Campton Hills curbs clerk's moveMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Campton Hills officials took steps Tuesday to prevent the village clerk from certifying a controversial referendum question that proposes dissolving the one-year-old tow...
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Kennedy illness robs Senate of dealmakerMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Sen. Edward Kennedy's diagnosis of a malignant brain tumor left Congress this week without its best dealmaker as well as its boldest liberal, a politician ...
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Clinton shows future presidential stuff in her refusal to quit the raceMay 19, 2008 11:00 pm - The New York Times recently ran down the list of women who might someday become the nation's first female president. Out of both courtesy and caution, it included Hillar...