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Courting Jewish voters, presidential candidates tout support for Israel
It began like a hailstorm and hasn't let up. First, spirited sniping over Israel between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney during their Boca Raton debate. Then came the Democratic and Republican surrogates, intensifying protracted efforts...
Tags: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Republican Party, Judaism, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney
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Gambling money corrupts our politics
Your article on the final presidential debate included a paragraph stating that "with backing from casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson, the Republican Jewish Coalition is airing anti-Obama TV ads in South Florida, where most of the state's Jewish voters...Tags: Politics, Elections, Judaism, Religion and Belief
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Obama Dodging Key Foreign Policy Questions
The Hartford CourantIt's embarrassing when President Barack Obama's risk-averse refusal to engage foreign policy issues becomes so obvious that it's a laugh line for the president of Iran. "I do believe that some conversations and key issues must be talked about again...Tags: Al-Qaeda, Christopher Stevens, United Nations, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney
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Obama gaining in battleground state contributions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Showing impressive momentum, President Barack Obama raised more in high-dollar contributions than Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney during the last two months in 10 of 11 battleground states that are pivotal to win the...
Tags: Politics, Elections, Republican Party, Charity, Political Fundraising
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Occupy anniversary: The 1 percent are winning
It's been a good year for the 1 percent. The protesters who occupied public spaces in cities across the country, beginning with Wall Street on Sept. 17, 2011, garnered a great deal of attention for the idea that our democracy is being hijacked by the...Tags: The New York Times, Republican Party, Charity, Bain Capital, LLC, Baltimore Development Corporation
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Sometimes, you almost want to feel sorry for Mitt Romney
I am starting to feel sorry for Mitt Romney. On an international tour to three countries, he made news in two of them by dissing the London Olympics and infuriating the Palestinians. The poor guy -- for months, people have complained that he never says...
Tags: Republican Party, United Kingdom, Pulitzer Prize Awards, England, Government
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Money is on the unofficial agenda at the Republican National Convention
TAMPA, Fla. — A little more than a year ago, Frank VanderSloot contributed $1million to a "super PAC" supporting Mitt Romney. Now, the Idaho-based health products executive is a sought-after donor at the Republican National Convention as he makes...
Tags: Republican Party, Charity, Marco Rubio, Tampa, Political Fundraising
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A love affair with numbers
Farm and Food FileWe have long proclaimed, and make no apology for, our deep love affair with numbers. Since figures backstop fact, numbers are the meat and potatoes and forks and knives of journalism. They are, in a word, beautiful, and, like true beauty, they can take...Tags: Weather, Politics, Internal Revenue Service, Elections, Weather Statistics
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Romney arrives at condensed GOP convention
Mitt Romney arrived Tuesday at the condensed Republican National Convention in Tampa as organizers kept a nervous eye on Hurricane Isaac churning toward Louisiana's coast. The storm caused a one-day delay in the convention agenda, but Republican...
Tags: Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, Republican Party, ABC (tv network), Tampa
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Mitt Romney clinches GOP nomination
Mitt Romney officially clinched the GOP presidential nomination Tuesday when a majority of delegates to the Republican National Convention supported his candidacy. To roaring cheers in the packed Tampa Bay Times Forum, the delegation from New Jersey...
Tags: Reince Priebus, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Polls, Politics
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At least he had some great facial hair
Change of SubjectBy Megan Crepeau When Clark wanted to become senator, he figured the easiest way to do it was to get out his checkbook. Literally. He bought the votes of the Montana state legislature for the 1898 election for about $140,000....... -
Self-interest trumps democracy
With so many tens of millions of dollars flowing into political campaigns anonymously this year, it's hard to believe anyone would oppose some minimum level of disclosure. After all, it was Justice Anthony Kennedy who wrote in the infamous Citizens United...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Republican Party, Mitch McConnell, Charity, Political Fundraising
Oct 26, 2012
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|Column| Hartford Courant
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Sep 17, 2012
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Aug 5, 2012
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Aug 29, 2012
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Sep 1, 2012
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Aug 28, 2012
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Aug 28, 2012
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Jun 26, 2012
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Jul 17, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
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