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By Kim Priestap The whole premise of redistribution of wealth is based upon the concept - erroneously - that wealth is collectively owned and is Obama's to redistribute. Well, hello, Mr. Obama, maybe you need to be reminded that this is not Cuba. Or China. So the American people are neither a collective nor do...

John McCain said Monday that it was unfair for Rep. John Lewis to compare the negative tone of the Republican presidential campaign to the atmosphere a segregationist fostered in the 1960s. McCain suggested that the comments by the Georgia Democrat and veteran of the civil rights movemen...

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Republican John McCain delivered his toughest criticism so far of President Bush's economic policies as he unveiled a new campaign stump speech that promised an energetic fight to reverse his slide in the polls.

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By The Huffington Post News Editors The McCain campaign hopes to raise $7 million at the event at a midtown Manhattan hotel. For $25,000, guests get a sit-down dinner and a photo with the Arizona lawmaker and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Guests who pay $1,000 can attend a reception. The Money Race

By Ken Layne Each day across the nuttier parts of our great country, Grandpa John McCain and his circus geek, Sarah Palin, thrill the yokels with their tough talk against the terrorist, Barack Obama, who will soon be president of Terrorist America. But today there was no talk of the terrorist, in Virgi...

By The Huffington Post News Editors Such a leader is at hand. With great enthusiasm, the Globe endorses Senator Barack Obama for president. The charismatic Democrat from Illinois has the ability to channel Americans' hopes and rally the public together, at a time when the winds are picking up and the clouds keep on darkening....

By SilentPatriot Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton offered a Democratic rejoinder to the Republican chant of "drill, baby, drill." Said the one-time presidential candidate: "Jobs, baby, jobs." Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton offered a Democratic rejoinder to the Republican chant of "drill, baby, drill." Said the...

By SilentPatriot Can the media please stop saying that Bill and Hillary Clinton aren't throwing their full weight behind Barack Obama already? I mean, seriously...what more do they have to do? Both of them hit the stump today in Pennsylvania, forcefully arguing, like they have for months now, that America c...

By Ann Althouse(annalthouse@mac.com) and wrote an op-ed saying McCain ought to fire everyone: There are still enough doubts about Obama to allow McCain to win. But McCain needs to make his case, and do so as a serious but cheerful candidate for times that need a serious but upbeat leader....

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By Phillip Brownlee It was good that John McCain finally intervened at increasingly hostile GOP political rallies. McCain corrected a woman at one rally last week who said that Barack Obama was an Arab. At another rally McCain told a man who said he was “scared” of Obama that Obama is “a decent person and a person...

Obama unveiled a "rescue plan" for the middle class. Obama-Biden has Jay-Z; McCain-Palin has Hank Williams. Democratic Senate candidate Brian Foley went negative in his new TV ad, slamming GOP Sen. Caesar Trunzo's support of "Crookhaven" Republicans.

Senator Obama's Economic Rescue Plan for the Middle Class  —  Senator Obama delivered a major economic policy address to lay out his economic rescue plan for the middle class in Toledo, Ohio this afternoon.  —  He unveiled his Economic Rescue Plan for The Middle Class.

David Letterman has invited John McCain back to his show -- and McCain has accepted.

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David Letterman has invited John McCain back to his show -- and McCain has accepted.

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By Moneycontrol.com editor@moneycontrol.com US President George Bush, Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi discussed financial crisis response. Bush said that they are working together to stabilise global financial markets. \"US will implement measures consistent with the G7 plan. We welcome \'bold\' actions by Europe to address...

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By jadedreptile A vast majority of the nation, 73 percent of the country, disapproves of the job President George W. Bush is doing. No president has ever had a higher disapproval rating, not even President Richard Nixon at the height of Watergate. ...

By jadedreptile Some presidential candidates have closed the gap in the weeks leading up to Election Day, including Al Gore in 2000, Gerald Ford closed the gap against Jimmy Carter in 1976, and in 1980 Ronald Reagan overcame an eight point deficit to ...

Jamal Simmons, a regular political commentator on CNN television and an analyst with the campaign of Barack Obama, will speak Saturday at the Alabama Democratic Conference Semi-Annual Convention luncheon. The event is at 12:30 p.m. at the Wynfrey Hotel in Birmingham. Along with his speec...

Look, I know it was hard work the last 2 years buddying up to that piece of bullcrap President Bush and his slimy little turdblossom senior adviser, Karl Rove, much less having to listen to Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee and Fred Thompson ...

Barack Obama and Joe Biden won the endorsement Monday of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.

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Sioux City Journal  - Hillary Rodham Clinton says President Bush doesn't see how hard the economy is the middle class and that voters should elect Democrat Barack Obama. ... Video: Obama, McCain Fight for Pennsylvania AssociatedPress all 515 news articles

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By Dave Zirin Flyers fans in Philly were not nearly so giving, but you can understand why Palin chose this venue. As Philadelphia Weekly Executive Editor Liz Spikol said, "Of all the sporting events that could appeal to conservative voters in Philly, hockey would be the Republicans' best bet. But the el...

Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton returned to their roots, taking their message to blue-collar voters in Pennsylvania.

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By Shelia Republican reinforcements for the new season include Lil’ Rudy Giuliani, Lil’ Mitt Romney, Lil’ Fred Thompson and the mastermind himself, MC Karl Rove (voiced by Kevin Federline). Featured guest voices for the second season include ...

 CA - After the debate during follow-up discussions with some of the candidates, the other moderator, Chris Matthews, asked New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson ...

By Steve Hammons After the debate during follow-up discussions with some of the candidates, the other moderator, Chris Matthews, asked New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson about UFOs, since New Mexico is associated with "the Roswell incident." ...

Oliver Stone thinks George W. Bush was unqualified to be president. However, the filmmaker found him an irresistible figure for drama. After months of speculation over whether Stone's film biography would be a hatchet job on Bush, "W." arrives as a surprisingly empathetic -- though hardly...

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Oliver Stone thinks George W. Bush was unqualified to be president. However, the filmmaker found him an irresistible figure for drama. After months of speculation over whether Stone's film biography would be a hatchet job on Bush, "W." arrives as a surprisingly empathetic -- though hardly...

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By Gary Gross He believes Obama’s Cabinet is shaping up to look like this: retiring US Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., as defense secretary; Massachusetts Democrat Gov. Deval Patrick as attorney general; New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, ...

He believes Obama's Cabinet is shaping up to look like this: retiring US Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., as defense secretary; Massachusetts Democrat Gov. Deval Patrick as attorney general; New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, ...

US President George W Bush promised the American people Friday that the U.S. government's financial rescues plan was aggressive enough and big enough to work even though it would take time to fully kick in. "We are a prosperous nation with immense resources and a wide range of tools at our dis...

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President George W. Bush said on Friday the U.S. government was moving aggressively to address the financial markets crisis but ......

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 CA - Oct 9, 2008 Back in March, two months after ending his own quest for the Democratic presidential nomination, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson surprised the political ...

By hillary clinton - Google News Los Angeles Times, CA - . Bill Richardson surprised the political world by endorsing Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton. It was, of course, ...

By mokellyreport@sbcglobal.net (Morris W. O'Kelly) Bill Richardson — famously called a ‘Judas’ by a Clinton loyalist for backing Barack Obama over Hillary Rodham Clinton in the contentious Democratic presidential primary — says he’s not concerned that Bill Clinton continues to hold a ...

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By Dave Winer Think of it this way, Al Gore got more than 50 percent of the votes in the 2000 election. John Kerry got pretty close to 50 percent. Win or lose, Barack Obama will get 50 percent, more or less. So if you love America, it seems you must love the people who voted for Gore, Kerry and Obama too. Otherwise,...

Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday secured a fellow billionaire's once-wavering support to change the city's term-limits law.

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 United States - In referring to Mitt Romney, a Republican presidential contender, Mr. Michaels added, “As exciting as a Romney-Biden debate would have been, it just would ...

NEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday secured a fellow billionaire's once-wavering support to change the city's term-limits law, even as other obstacles formed to the politician's attempt to extend his tenure. ...

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By tnr1.com So where does that leave the party? Well, there is Mike Huckabee, there is Mitt Romney, there is Sarah Palin, and there is an ever-dwindling supply of senators and governors. It goes without saying that a political party is defined by more than its five or ten brightest stars, but all these f...

 United States - The Democrat who voted in past elections for Bill Clinton, Al Gore and John Kerry isn't about to change now -- Obama's her man. "I want Obama to be perfect, ...

 CA - Kennedy, a onetime spokesman for President Bill Clinton, Sens. Hillary Clinton and Joe Lieberman and Vice President Al Gore, is regarded within the industry ... Hollywood Reporter all 3 news articles

 UK - both will be trying to avoid a repeat of the embarrassing moment eight years ago when Al Gore appeared to stalk George W Bush across the stage. ... Town hall debates: pros, cons for candidates San Francisco Chronicle

Citing the need for his financial expertise during a time of crisis, the billionaire New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Thursday that he would seek a third term as mayor.

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Perhaps the most effective defender of Sarah Palin has been Fred Thompson. He just turned in another excellent performance on MSNBC. Earlier today, he was also very solid on CBS ... Regarding the Republicans who have...

By oscar LINK TO THE FULL STORY HERE: THOMPSON: PALIN MAY BE TOO COACHED. Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson thinks Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin may be over-coached by John McCain’s campaign after watching her recent interview preformance with CBS’s ...

NEW YORK: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on Thursday that he would seek a third term as mayor, a move which would require overturning the city's term limitations law.

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By Postroad Sarah palin's lover revealed I guess that takes care of family values...sure, the paper is a tabloid. But they stand by their story and they were the paper that nailed John Edwards. But if Palin is only the number two person, what do we really know about the full medical record of McCain?It is not b...

A former aide to Rudy Giuliani is out of prison and attacking the ex-mayor's ethics, saying he was ordered to help Giuliani's then-girlfriend get a below-market rent apartment.

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