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Republican Stevens's trial starts
The Swampby Frank James Sen. Ted ("the Internet is a series of tubes") Stevens, the Alaska Republican with few peers in Congress when it came to bringing home the bacon, went on trial today in a federal court here in......Tags: Trials, Political Candidates, Crime, Law and Justice, National Government, Alaska
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D'Amato Lauds DiNapoli: UPDATED
Spin CycleRepublican eminence Alfonse D???Amato was among the crowd this morning at the Garden City Hotel on Long Island at a fund-raiser for Democratic state Comptroller Tom Di Napoli. ???There???s not a better person in public service... and not a......Tags: Garden City Hotel, National Government, Economy, Business and Finance, Elections, Long Island
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Billionaires' pact: Oligarchs get a fix on NYC charter
Spin CycleMayor Michael Bloomberg, the self-made billionaire who has a private habit of expressing disdain for those with inherited wealth, nonetheless seems to have cut a deal with fellow billionaire, longtime Republican and once-failed mayoral candidate Ronald...Tags: Michael Bloomberg, David Dinkins, Crime, Law and Justice, Regional Authority, Republican Party
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The new McCain is . . . Hillary?
The Swampby James Oliphant This is the reboot? As he has tumbled in the polls, John McCain and his campaign have been looking for a way to jump-start his presidential bid. As noted below, new polls show that McCain's scorched-earth approach......Tags: Pennsylvania, Virginia, Barack Obama, Indiana, National Government
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'Obama's a Muslim' rumor author exposed
The Swampby Frank James So now we know the genesis of the false Obama-is-a-Muslim rumor. According to the New York Times, Patient Zero in this particular epidemic which has virally spread around the nation thanks to the Internet is a......Tags: Judges, Chicago, Florida, Arts and Culture, Civil and Public Service
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Facts: Ayers living room, and launching Obama
Spin CycleTonight, for about the zillionth time, McCain claimed that Obama launched his political career in ex-radical Bill Ayers' living room. Obama denied it. Here's the best account we've seen of what actually happened, from Chicago Sun-Times reporter Lynn...Tags: Hyde Park, National Government, Chicago Sun-Times, Career and Workplace, Kenwood
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Obama sank the Titanic too, right?
The Swampby Frank James Tony Blankley, Newt Gingrich's former press secretary, must know something we don't. In a column today in which he urges Sen. John McCain to unmask Sen. Barack Obama in tonight's final presidential debate, he insinuates that Obama's......Tags: Political Candidates, Chicago Cubs, Gary Cooper, Family, John McCain
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McCain's second comeback: Possible?
The Swampby Jill Zuckman MIAMI, Fla. - Though Election Day is still just 18 days off, it's clear that Sen. John McCain has lost the battle of the talking heads as they point to polls showing him losing steam in key......Tags: Pennsylvania, Economic Policy, Florida, John McCain, Republican Party
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Jewish vote-courting: TV-ads airing
The Swampby Mark Silva In the campaign for the Jewish vote, the Republican Jewish Coalition has been running ads in Jewish weekly newspapers in Florida and in other battleground states challenging Barack Obama's commitment to Israel. Now the ads are going......Tags: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida, National Government, Iowa
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Will Dems get a brake-free Senate?
The Swampby Frank James One of the biggest question marks right now about what will happen on Election Day is whether Democrats will gain a filibuster-proof Senate by reaching 60 votes. The filibuster, of course, is the way that the Senate......Tags: Bob Schaffer, Edward M. Kennedy, North Carolina, Jeff Merkley, Al Franken
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Clinton stumps in Omaha for Obama
The Swampby Laura Olson Sen. Hillary Clinton's appearance Tuesday in Omaha, Neb. (or "Obamaha", as several news organizations dubbed it in primary election headlines), is a reminder that even a lone electoral vote in a traditionally blood-red state could be...Tags: Nebraska, National Government, Republican Party, Government, Politics
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Obama's Cheney
The Swampby Paul West Newly elected presidents often need a guide, a sherpa to ease them into the loftiest office in the world. George W. Bush, elected with no national experience, leaned heavily on Dick Cheney, a master of the capital's......Tags: Dick Cheney, Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, National Government, Robert Byrd
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