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March 2008 - Posts
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Senator Barack Obama sheaths is grounding his lofty rhetoric in the more prosaic language of white-working-class discontent, adjusting it to the less welcoming Read More...
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Instead of waiting for the federal government to take action, the Arizona legislature is proposing a bill that would create a state guest worker program. Read More...
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Convention fights often spell ruin for a party. The 1980 experience for Democrats — as well as a fight in 1968, and one in 1976 for Republicans — all suggest Read More...
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday that President Bush should consider boycotting the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics following China’s crackdown Read More...
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Factcheck.org piece looking into the truth behind Obama's claim not to take money from oil companies. Read More...
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Q&A with Mike Gravel on why he just joined the Libertarian Party, the 2008 race and why he's still running. Read More...
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Five tips from Bush's former chief of staff on how the candidates can win in the event of a contested Democratic convention. Read More...
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The changes proposed by the White House Monday add to an ongoing debate about what is needed to clean up the mess created by Wall Street’s failure to manage Read More...
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Voters in Pennsylvania rarely elect black and female candidates. Read More...
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President George W. Bush left on Monday for his farewell NATO summit and a final heads-of-state meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin as he tries to salvage Read More...
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Carol Leonnig of the Washington Post discusses how the Department of Housing and Urban Development has been managed over during the crises brought on by Read More...
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Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson resigns amid a criminal investigation following allegations of favoritism in HUD projects. Read More...
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Rep. Stupak proposes awarding delegates based partly on Michigan's Jan. 15 primary results and partly on the popular vote in all the nation's presidential Read More...
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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson issued a sweeping proposal to overhaul how U.S. financial companies are regulated. The proposal does not address the immediate Read More...
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The Bush administration Monday proposed the most far-ranging overhaul of the financial regulatory system since the stock market crash of 1929 and the ensuing Read More...
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San Francisco Board of Supervisors member Michela Alioto-Pier is vowing to sue the city unless it builds a wheelchair ramp to enable her to reach the board Read More...
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On the night of March 31, 1968, President Lyndon Johnson shocked the nation by announcing at the end of a speech that he would not seek a second term. Read More...
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Sen. Barack Obama has added another high-profile Democrat to his ledger of pledged superdelegates, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN). She discusses her endorsement Read More...
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Former vice president Al Gore's non-profit organization on Monday launches the "We" campaign, a $300-million effort to push policymakers to adopt tough Read More...
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Nobel prize winner and former Vice President Al Gore plans to launch a three-year advocacy campaign calling for the United States to reduce its greenhouse Read More...
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The Bush administration's top housing official resigned Monday amid a criminal investigation and a lawsuit over alleged favoritism in awarding contracts. Read More...
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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to step into a legal fight between the Justice Department and a member of Congress who has been indicted on bribery Read More...
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Polls show Americans aren't satisfied with their politicians. So why do people still invest all their hopes in a presidential candidate every four years? Read More...
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Superdelegates are bound to play a critical role in the Democratic nomination. 257 are still uncommitted -- more than have declared for either Clinton Read More...
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On his way out of the country, President Bush stopped long enough Monday to tell Congress what to do what while he was away: pass legislation he wants Read More...
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Republican Sen. John McCain is opening a new chapter in his presidential campaign, casting himself as an "imperfect servant of my country" who was born Read More...
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Artist Justin Gignac began putting garbage into boxes and selling them for as much as $100 to poke fun at the notion of value. A second project involves Read More...
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In proposing the broadest overhaul of financial oversight since the Great Depression, the Bush administration has kicked off a fierce debate. Read More...
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Earlier this month, due to new sentencing guidelines, hundreds of inmates with federal crack cocaine charges became eligible for early release. Julie Stewart, Read More...
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Former president Bill Clinton on Sunday spoke to democratic activists at the state's annual party convention. But his real audience was a small number Read More...
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Senator John McCain is pressing ahead to the general election but has yet to sign up one critical constituency: the big-money people who powered the Bush Read More...
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Americans of mixed race say these are issues they have long confronted, and when Senator Barack Obama recently delivered a speech about race, it rang with Read More...
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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Monday unveils plans to expand the federal government's power over U.S. financial markets. It's being called one of Read More...
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Any business before Congress on Monday is likely to be overshadowed by the presidential campaign. During the past few days, prominent Democrats have been Read More...
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Work on ethics reform that began as a promising collaboration between Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain collapsed after barely a week amid contentious Read More...
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Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson, buffeted by allegations of cronyism and favoritism, is expected to announce his resignation Monday, Read More...
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He travels with a green duffel bag stuffed with nonfiction books about military campaigns and political affairs. He has an iPod and noise-canceling earphones Read More...
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The battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is sometimes boiled down to Starbucks vs. Dunkin Donuts Democrats. What can the candidates learn from Read More...
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Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton likened this stage of the campaign to the final quarter of a close basketball game — hardly the time to stop playing. Read More...
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Barack Obama refused Saturday to go along with other Democrats who are calling for Hillary Rodham Clinton to step away from the race for the Democratic Read More...
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A plan by the Treasury Department to revamp the nation's decades-old financial regulatory structure could require congressional action stretching over Read More...
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Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama scrambled to secure more Texas delegates Saturday as the state pushed to settle the outcome of the March Read More...
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Former Sen. John Edwards, in his first public speech since dropping his White House bid two months ago, praised Democratic rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton Read More...
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The heavy fighting that broke out last week as Iraqi security forces tried to oust Shiite militias from Basra is reverberating on the presidential campaign Read More...
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Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, a noted Republican, says he thought long and hard before deciding against greeting Bill Clinton when the former Read More...
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Former President Clinton has some advice for Democrats calling for his wife to drop out of the presidential race. "Just relax," he says, and let the remaining Read More...
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If Hillary Rodham Clinton is feeling heat from pundits and party elders to quit the race and back Barack Obama, you’d never know it from her crowds, energy Read More...
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The Bush administration has added fewer plants and animals to the endangered species list than the last two administrations. But this year, the government Read More...
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In the race for the presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama maintain command, but their strategists are the ones plotting their campaigns. Read More...
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Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, faces his most serious challenge yet as he tries to win a sixth term in office on Saturday. Beatrice Mtetwa, a human Read More...
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A prosecutor says former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer angrily ordered an aide to smear a political rival — something Spitzer denies. Read More...
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NBC's Ken Strickland on why Sen. Bob Casey contradicted his promise of neutrality with Friday's endorsement of Barack Obama. Read More...
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The White House says a presidential aide has resigned after engaging in improprities using USAID grant money. Read More...
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International Olympic Committee member Anita DeFrantz -- a U.S. rower who missed the 1980 Moscow games because of a boycott -- says the games have forced Read More...
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NBC's Chuck Todd explains why the growing calls for Hillary Clinton to drop out of the race are premature. Read More...
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President Bush says that close U.S.-Australian ties will continue under new Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's leadership. Read More...
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain launched his first television ad of the general election Friday, portraying himself as a courageous leader Read More...
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The New York Times' David Brooks and the Washington Post's Ruth Marcus discuss the week in politics with Robert Siegel. On tap: Pa. Sen. Bob Casey's endorsement Read More...
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Hillary Clinton was correct when she pointed out that under Democratic rules, even pledged delegates are free to vote for whomever they choose at the convention. Read More...
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The Democratic party chairman urges everyone to stay calm. News analyst Juan Williams breaks down the comments and the latest campaign endorsements. Read More...
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White House hopeful Barack Obama suggests he would have left his Chicago church had his longtime pastor, whose fiery anti-American comments about U.S. Read More...
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Barack Obama will be endorsed by Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey, according to the Obama campaign. Read More...
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Attorney General Michael Mukasey vowed anew Thursday to crack down on crooked politicians and public officials, dismissing critics who accuse the Justice Read More...
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Congress returns to Washington, D.C., next week facing a big task: how to deal with an economic crisis that extends from Main Street to Wall Street. The Read More...
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