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McCain challenges Obama on adviser
The Swampby Mark Silva John McCain's supporters heard a frontal assault on the Republican candidate for president in Barack Obama's appearance in North Carolina today, and McCain is returning fire in an interview this afternoon with FOX News. McCain takes aim........Tags: Mortgages, Politics, Barack Obama, North Carolina, Elections
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Obama: no need to 'vet the vetters'
The Swampby John McCormick ST. LOUIS - Sen. Barack Obama said today that he does not think there is a need to "vet the vetters," as he stood by a member of his vice presidential search committee who has come under......Tags: Mortgages, Fannie Mae, Politics, Barack Obama, Political Candidates
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Obama: Brushing off Johnson/Countrywide
Spin CycleObama, at a press conference in St. Louis, brushes off questions about Jim Johnson, the head of his vp search committee, who has been blasted by Republicans for getting insider loans from Countrywide, a sub-prime lender Obama has denounced: The......Tags: Republican Party, Barack Obama
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Obama: Stepping in your message
Spin CycleStories over the weekend report that Jim Johnson (left), the Democratic insider who is supervising Obama's vice-presidential search, received loans totalling about $7 million on favorable terms because he was a friend of Angelo Mozilo (right), the...Tags: Fannie Mae, Hillary Clinton
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Obama, McCain's ties to Fannie Mae
The SwampBarack Obama's taking serious heat for his reliance on former Fannie Mae CEO James Johnson to vet potential vice presidential prospects. Obama has presented himself as an outsider and a Washington change agent and Johnson, whose favorable loan deals...Tags: Mortgages, Politics, Barack Obama, Public Employees, Elections
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Obama veep vetter quits
The SwampJim Johnson on Capitol Hill, Monday, June 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) by Mike Dorning Updated An embattled member of Barack Obama's vice presidential search team quit today following criticism of favorable loans he received from a subprime.......Tags: Heads of State, Mortgages, Politics, Caroline Kennedy, Interior Policy
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Obama hobbled by veep-choice vetter
The Swampby Frank James Sen. Barack Obama has a real problem on his hands so long as James A. Johnson runs his vice presidential search. As long as Johnson, the consummate Washington insider who allegedly got low-interest rate mortgage loans as......Tags: Mortgages, Homes, Jeremiah Wright, Politics, Interior Policy
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Obama: McCain offers more of Bush
The Swampby John McCormick RALEIGH, N.C. - Sen. Barack Obama says he feels your pain. With Americans stressed by $4-per-gallon gasoline and locked in a deeply depressed housing slump, the presumptive Democratic nominee launched a two-week tour Monday to focus on.....Tags: Jimmy Carter, Politics, Barack Obama, Health, Elections
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Congress-Countrywide probe unlikely
The Swampby Frank James It's probably safe to assume that Rep. Jeb Hensarling, a Texas Republican, knows he wasn't one of the "Friends of Angelo," as in Mozilo, the former chief executive officer of Countrywide Financial. That's because Hensarling is calling......Tags: Republican Party, James Johnson (basketball), Kent Conrad, Harry Reid, Barack Obama
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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: Mortgages, James Johnson (basketball), Chicago Mortgages, Northern Trust Corporation, Politics
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McCain aide Black still plugged in
The SwampWASHINGTON--In selecting little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, John McCain has underscored his determination to run as a reformer intent on ending the cozy deal-making of big-money special interests in Washington. But an architect of...Tags: Business Enterprises, Terrorism, Politics, Securities, Interior Policy
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Exec pay cap = Sen. Dodd job protection?
The Swamp(This posting has changed from the original version.) by Frank James You don't have to be a Wall Street money magnet to be concerned about the unintended consequences from a provision tucked into the $787 billion economic stimulus bill that......Tags: CNN (tv network), Politics, Quinnipiac University, Employees, Greenwich
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