Articles filed under Politics
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Pastor forged message during civil rights eraMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - As shocking as they may be, the provocative sermons of Barack Obama's pastor come out of a tradition of using the black church to challenge its members and confront what...
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Bush's lame-duck status could impede foreign policyMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - President Bush seems ready to move back to Texas. There he was singing a jolly farewell at the Gridiron Club dinner recently, a fancy gathering for journalists and thei...
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Obama confronts nation's legacy of racial divisionMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA -- Barack Obama unsparingly criticized his longtime pastor's words while strongly defending the man himself Tuesday in a politically risky speech that appea...
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Do-over primary in Florida unlikelyMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Facing strong opposition, Florida Democrats on Monday abandoned plans to hold a do-over presidential primary with a mail-in vote and threw the deleg...
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Logical choice for Clinton or Obama to pick as running mateMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Were it not for the 12th Amendment, ratified on June 15, 1804, presidential nominees could, and probably would prefer to, run alone without being saddled with pesky vice...
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Hastert still backing Oberweis for CongressMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert is still supporting Republican businessman Jim Oberweis to replace him in Congress but acknowledges winning the seat back from a Demo...
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Race between Clinton and Obama is about identity, not policyMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Elections can be about policy, personality or identity. The race between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton is surely not about policy. The differences between the two are...
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Candidates, voters wary of super delegates in wild Democratic contestMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - This wild ride called the Democratic primary season has taught us that nothing is certain. To predict is to err. Still, tempting fate, it seems nearly safe to say that n...
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Obama sees racial divide tainting campaignsMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - PLAINFIELD, Ind. -- Sen. Barack Obama on Saturday decried "the forces of division" over race that he said are intruding into the Democratic presidential nomination conte...
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Iowa supplies a few more Obama delegatesMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- Barack Obama expanded his fragile lead in delegates over rival Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday, picking up at least seven delegates as Iowa activ...