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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: Hillary Clinton, Countrywide Financial Corp.
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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: Government, John McCain, Elections, Political Candidates, Louisiana
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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: Government, John McCain, Political Candidates, Elections, Politics
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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: Government, Political Candidates, Elections, Politics, Homes
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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: Government, John McCain, Political Candidates, Elections, Politics
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Lobbyists: More legs on Johnson story
Spin CycleWe have viewed the skirmishing over Obama vice-presidential vetter James Johnson's ties to a sub-prime lender as unlikely to do any serious damage, but two new reports today give the story some new legs. First, the New York Times......Tags: Elections, CEO Pay, The New York Times, Politics, Washington Post Co.
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Obama v.p. list includes ex-military brass
The Swampby Mike Dorning Barack Obama's vice presidential search team is considering former military leaders among potential choices, said a senator who spoke with the vetting team today. Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), who met with members of the Obama vice...Tags: Defense, Government, Caroline Kennedy, Kent Conrad, Politics
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Economy's job losses meet expectations
The Swampby Frank James It was a bad news, good news morning for economy watchers. The bad news was that the economy shed 62,000 jobs in June, the sixth straight month in which employers cut their payrolls. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate......Tags: Executive Branch, Finance, Elections, Political Candidates, Homes
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Bernanke's not so mighty pen
The Swamp(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) by Frank James You have to give it to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. He may be one of the nation's most powerful men but no fancy shmancy Mont Blanc pen for him, at......Tags: Freddie Mac, Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve
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Bernanke: Pricey gas not from chicanery
The Swampby Frank James Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke spent much of his time on Capitol Hill today discussing the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac crisis as well as the outlook for the nation's economy. However, in his prepared testimony and......Tags: Elections, Mel Martinez, Laws, Politics, Environmental Issues
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Bush: Economy won't 'change on a dime'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Bush, asserting that the American banking system remains strong at a time of troubling bank failures, today declined to predict when the economy will regain steam. "I'm not an economist... But I do believe that we're......Tags: Wars and Interventions, Elections, Political Candidates, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics
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Obama: Kuwait, Afghanistan and a boost from Maliki
Spin CycleSo, Obama, after a stopover to visit with troops and play some hoops in Kuwait, has now landed in Afghanistan, which apparently will precede Iraq on his foreign trip over the next week. A couple of good things have......Tags: Elections, Political Candidates, Politics, Armed Forces, Barack Obama
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