Articles filed under Politics
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Iowa series put presidential politics in suburban contextDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - We know what's happening in Iowa can be relevant in the suburbs and has connections to suburban interests. I often think of the Daily Herald in a phrase similar to the c...
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College students find the place to really get involved in politicsDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Finals week at the University of Iowa and Drake University makes sleep deprivation and stress as ubiquitous as the North Face jackets that bundle stud...
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Giuliani heading home after hospital checkup for flu-like symptomsDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Doctors gave Republican Rudy Giuliani the all clear to go home to New York City after the presidential candidate spent the night in a St. Louis hospi...
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Batavia parks feeling out of the loopDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - Alan Leard doesn't have a problem with the components of a Batavia High School expansion plan. What the vice president of the Batavia park board does have a problem with...
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As Iowa homestretch nears, Clinton starts showcasing softer sideDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - CORALVILLE, Iowa -- It was a blunt question for Hillary Rodham Clinton at the end of a long campaign day. A young man said he knew a lot of people who just didn't like h...
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Huckabee shrugs off Christmas ad criticismDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - HOUSTON -- Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee on Tuesday defended his Christmas ad amid suggestions the ordained Baptist minister had gone too far mixing re...
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Clinton stirs Chicago crowd at fundraiserDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - Trumpeting her familiar campaign themes and raising money for the stretch run, Hillary Clinton stopped in her home state long enough to fire up a raucous crowd of suppor...
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Hillary Clinton will struggle to sell herself as an agent of changeDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - Things are not working. The war in Iraq, originally penciled in for a month or two, is in its fifth year and will not end soon. The war in Afghanistan, once seemingly wo...
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Obama not getting national union support for presidential bidDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama's appeal among Democrats is undeniable. He's near the top of every poll and he packs rooms wherever he goes. But a vital piece of the Democrat...
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Iowa debates offer voters vivid contrasts in candidate viewsDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - DES MOINES -- In the space of 24 hours, the nine lecterns occupied by Republican presidential candidates in the auditorium of the Iowa Public Television studios were rep...