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Sam's Club or country club: '08 debate
The Swampby Mark Silva There's a lot of talk about "clubs'' lately. Republicans are trying to put Barack Obama in one, with the GOP promoting a picture that they would like to paint of the presumptive Democratic nominee as aloof and......Tags: Republican Party, John McCain, Barack Obama, Tim Pawlenty, American Legion
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A presidential debate in Dubai?
The Swampby James Oliphant Washington Post columnist David Ignatius is espousing a radical notion: Why don't John McCain and Barack Obama take their contest to the heart of the Arab world? Ignatius would like to see the two presidential candidates debate......Tags: Political Candidates, Barack Obama, John McCain, Elections, Wars and Interventions
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Did Obama get sweetheart mortgage?
The Swampby Frank James The Washington Post has a large headline that has drawn some attention today, certainly from the Republican National Committee: "Obama Got Discount on Home Loan." The story goes on to say that in 2005 when Sen. Barack......Tags: James Johnson (basketball), Chicago Mortgages, Countrywide Financial Corp., Mortgages, Barack Obama
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Pentagon, EPA at odds
The SwampBy Josh Mitchell and wire reports The Pentagon and the Environmental Protection Agency are mired in a dispute over the pace of environmental cleanups at Maryland's Fort Meade and Fort Detrick, where contamination from fuels and munitions for years seeped....Tags: Family, Maryland, Education, Environmental Issues, Defense
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WaPo's "Lost Book Club"
The TV ZoneAnd...before I let this oversight go one more minute, did you know that the Washington Post has a "Lost Book Club" too? ABC.com launched one yesterday, but the WaPo's Jen Chaney tells me they've had one up and running......Tags: Book, Clubs and Associations, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Fist bump: Legendary moments in stupid reporting
Spin CycleYesterday, a pool report out of Ohio indicated that Obama had refused to trade a trademark fist-bump with a 12-year-old in Ohio, with the words, "If I start that..." By this morning, Maureen Dowd in the NYT was citing......Tags: New York, Ohio
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Bush expects new Walter Reed 'miracles'
The SwampBy David Nitkin For years, the name Walter Reed - an Army hospital opened in 1909 -- was synonymous with stellar medical care. But that changed in February 2007, after The Washington Post published the results of a four-month investigation......Tags: Health, George W. Bush, Montgomery County (Maryland), Maryland, Hospitals and Clinics
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Video: Obama explains
Spin CycleObama held a second press conference yesterday to explain his comments about refining his Iraq policy. Here he is: After the jump: And Obama release with prior consistent statements, to counter a GOP release arguing that he's shifting.......Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Espionage and Intelligence, Republican Party, The New York Times, Newspapers
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Vets for Freedom: Coordination?
Spin CycleTwo months ago, note was taken when Vets for Freedom -- an "independent" McCain-leaning group whose board included McCain backer Lindsay Graham -- put out an ad lashing Obama for not visiting Iraq and not meeting with Gen. Petraeus that......Tags: Tiger Woods, Political Candidates, Virginia, Elections, Michigan
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Flip-flopping, flip-flopping: WH 2008
The Swampby John Crewdson Swamp watches the Sunday talk shows, so you can play croquet with the family. The issues this Sunday: "flip-flopping," Phil Gramm's "mental recession," "flip-flopping," timetables for bringing U.S. troops home from Iraq, "flip-flopping,"...Tags: The New York Times, California, Political Candidates, Newspapers, Tennessee
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McCain: Flip-flop count at 61. (Updated: Obama=17)
Spin CycleA week or so ago, with McCain hyperventilating about Obama reversals on matters such as public financing of his campaign, we linked to a site that was tracking McCain's flip-flops. McCain is still hyperventilating. His current claim is that......Tags: The New York Times, Consumer Electronics Industry, Advertising, Political Candidates, Abortion Issue
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Money game: Is the Obama ATM running low?
Spin CycleOne of the underlying assumptions entering the fall campaign has been that Obama and the Democrats would have tons of money, and McCain and the GOP might not. But now, that bears watching. It is, apparently, no coincidence that......Tags: Republican Party, Political Candidates, Charity, Barack Obama, John McCain
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