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Barack Obama gets Colin Powell backing
The Swampby John McCormick, updated Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has won the backing of former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a much anticipated endorsement from a Republican with impressive foreign policy credentials. The endorsement came during...Tags: Weather Underground, Values, Defense Equipment, Government, Spiro Agnew
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Obama: 'Bradley effect' over-stated
The Swampby Mark Silva The Bradley effect? A problem or urban myth? CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric asked Democrat Barack Obama the question that many are asking about all those opinion polls which portray an advantage for the first African-American......Tags: Iowa, Polls, California, Bradley Effect, Local Elections
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A Republican model on gun control
SACRAMENTO — George Deukmejian was not a flashy governor. Wasn't a spellbinder. But he was a bold leader on a perilous front: gun control. In a state that prizes entertainers and celebrities, Deukmejian twice got elected governor anyway. He was...
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Erin Aubry Kaplan: A Measured Salute to the New Superintendent
WHEN I LEARNED that the Los Angeles school board had hired retired Navy Vice Adm. David L. Brewer III as superintendent, I confess that my initial reaction was nakedly political. Well, I thought, score one for us. I'm not proud of myself. Yet this is...Tags: Football, Distilling and Brewing Industry, Elections, National or Ethnic Minorities, Social Issues
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Obama's rhetoric, American realities
'Bill Clinton: Obama's White Half Won Maine," read the headline on the humor site Scrappleface this week. "Obama gets to play both sides of the race card," a fictional Bill Clinton told the site. "I told you he won South Carolina because he's black,...Tags: South Carolina, Iowa, Political Candidates, Elections, Jesse Jackson
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Who wants a deep-dish Olympics?
patt.morrison@latimes.comTHE LAST TIME L.A. landed the Olympics, it was because nobody else wanted them. In 1977, when bids were due to host the 1984 Summer Games, the International Olympic Committee was still waiting by its mailbox in Switzerland for an application from some...Tags: Personal Service, Ulysses S. Grant, National Government, Soldier Field, Henry Kissinger
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More concealed guns for the Golden State?
Opinion L.A.In October, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law banning the open carrying of handguns in public. For several months before that, "open carry" proponents had been especially visible in the South Bay, making their 2nd Amendment point by packing heat...... -
Contest for Atlanta mayor might hinge on race
Top of the TicketA white candidate could become the first white mayor of Atlanta in decades in Tuesday's mayoral runoff election.... -
Voices: Daryl Gates, 1926 - 2010
The Daily MirrorMarch 29, 1978: Daryl F. Gates becomes police chief. ( George Holliday / Courtesy of KTLA via Associated Press ) Four Los Angeles Police Department officers charged in the videotaped beating of Rodney G. King on March 3, 1991, were acquitted in Superior... -
Getting inside voters' minds
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSEE CORRECTION APPENDED --- START OF CORRECTION --- For The Record Los Angeles Times Tuesday, February 12, 2008 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 1 inches; 37 words Type of Material: Correction Voters' minds: A headline with an article...Tags: Iowa, Marketing, Science, Fever, Richard Nixon
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Where is California's next governor? Probably up north
Nearly two years before we learn the results of the 2010 governor's race, the identity of the likely winner is clear: Northern California. More than half of California's population may live south of the Tehachapi Mountains, but the state -- in matters of...Tags: Elections, Richard Riordan, Pete Wilson, Primaries, Voting
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Live chat with Andrew Malcolm and Don Frederick
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAdministrator2: Hello and welcome to the Politics Chat! Administrator2: Welcome chatters, and welcome Andrew and Don! Don Frederick: hello Andrew Malcolm: Hi, everybody. Welcome to Top of the Ticket's chat. New Hampshire is over and that state's p[...Tags: Personal Service, Elections, Primaries, Polls, Bradley Effect
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