Articles filed under Politics
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Silly special election wasted time, moneyMar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - I am not a person who votes in primaries and probably should not criticize. But I have to voice my opinion about the 14th U.S. House district. What really made be sick ...
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Obama riding high as Mississippi Democrats head to pollsMar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - GREENVILLE, Miss. -- Barack Obama made a final appeal to Mississippi voters as Democrats Tuesday decide the last in a series of presidential contests between Obama and H...
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Obama warns voters of Clintons' 'bamboozling'Mar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Miss. -- Don't fall for hoodwinks, bamboozling or the old okey-doke, Barack Obama told supporters Monday, because he wants to make one thing clear: He has no i...
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With closet of ugly bridesmaid dresses, Oberweis needs changeMar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Having lost Saturday's special election to fill the vacant seat of Republican Congressman Dennis Hastert, Jim Oberweis has another ugly bridesmaid dress for his politic...
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Dumping Electoral College a bad ideaMar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - By all means, get rid of the Electoral College. That way, we only have to hold elections in the large cities. We can let one group of voters elect the leaders for the r...
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Second thoughts after Oberweis loss in Congressional raceMar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - The news went from bad to worse for Jim Oberweis Saturday night. Yes, he'd lost the special election for the 14th Congressional District seat. But defeats -- even slim o...
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McCain advisers lobbied in tanker deal that McCain tried to refereeMar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Top current advisers to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign last year lobbied for a European plane maker that beat Boeing to a $35 billion Air Force t...
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Rep. Bobby Rush undergoes cancer surgeryMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush successfully underwent a surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from a salivary gland and was scheduled to recover at home for several weeks, officials...
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Blagojevich relying on state-tied donors to pay mounting legal billsMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich is relying heavily on state-tied donors to pay off massive legal bills in the face of a federal corruption investigation -- a probe that focuses on ...
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Foster eager to get to work in 14th Congressional DistrictMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - What's more difficult, finding a subatomic particle or winning a seat as a Democrat in the 14th Congressional District? Former Fermilab scientist Bill Foster of Geneva c...