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Obama a little skittish at hospital
The Swampby John McCormick ST. LOUIS - Sen. Barack Obama spent part of his morning touring a hospital here, on the second day of his two-week economic tour. The pool report of the visit, as written by Washington Post media reporter......Tags: Health, Physical Conditions, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals, Barack Obama
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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: James Johnson (basketball), Fannie Mae, Lobbying, John Kerry, Elections
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Cheney on achievements: War on terror
The Swampby Mark Silva Near the end of his tenure, the most powerful vice president in the history of the United States pauses to assess "the most important achievements of the administration and any disappointments.'' That was the question put to......Tags: Crimes, Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Heads of State, Politics
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Holder: Next on the GOP hit list?
Spin CycleA week ago, we wrote an item questioning the choice of Eric Holder as an Obama v-p vetter, given Holder's role as a Department of Justice official in facilitating the Marc Rich pardon. As it turned out, the top......Tags: Luis Gutierrez, Health, Career and Workplace, Janet Reno, Government
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McCain, Democrats wrestle for women
The Swampby Mark Silva The Democratic National Committee made much ado this weekend about the fact that Republican Sen. John McCain has cancelled a fundraiser at the home of an 86-year-old Texas oilman who many years ago uttered some incredibly crude......Tags: John McCain, Government, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, George W. Bush
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Did Justice Scalia go too far?
The Swampby James Oliphant Justice Antonin Scalia is known for his strongly worded dissents, ones where he has never been hesitant to use confrontational and, some would say, even abusive language to make his point as clearly as possible. But some......Tags: Prisoners and Detainees, Justice System, Court Administration, Government, Crime, Law and Justice
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Facts: Comparing the tax plans
Spin CycleObama and McCain went back and forth yesterday on tax policy. Obama wants to allow Bush's tax cuts for the wealthy expire, cut taxes for low and middle income taxpayers, and increase rates on dividends and capital gains. McCain......Tags: John McCain, State Budgets, Politics
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Did Clinton suffer from sexist media?
The Swampby Frank James Did we in the media torpedo Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign through our allegedly rampant sexism? That's the question at the heart of a lengthy story this morning in the New York Times about criticism of the......Tags: Katie Couric, Eleanor Roosevelt, Crime, Law and Justice, News Media, The New York Times
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Obama, McCain: Who better on gas price?
The Swampby Mark Silva In politics, perception is everything - especially when gasoline prices have surpassed $4 per gallon and could be headed toward $5 or more this summer. Half the voters surveyed in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll say......Tags: National Government, John McCain, Energy, Government, Elections
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McCain advisor: Big invade-Iraq fan
Spin CycleOne of the familiar faces, or voices, of the McCain campaign is getting to be foreign policy advisor Randy Scheunemann, who seems to be blasting Obama for this or that every day. Yesterday, he attacked Obama's views on Guantanamo,......Tags: Diplomacy, Rudy Giuliani, Politics
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GOP on Obama: Words vs. Deeds
Spin CycleTop McCain advisor Steve Schmidt uses the public-financing flip to launch a long memo on alleged Obama misdirections, titled "Words Matter." Subjects: Campaign money, Town Hall debates, Bush-Cheney energy bill, trade, taxes. After the jump.......Tags: Tim Russert, John McCain, NBC (tv network), Dick Durbin, Hillary Clinton
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Remembering Russert
The TV ZoneYeah, that was a hell of a memorial for Tim Russert yesterday. Beautiful AND moving, and whenever deeply heartfelt memorials like this roll around, you almost instinctively remember that great Yeats line, "Think where mans glory most begins and......Tags: Tim Russert, NBC (tv network), Regional Authority, Government, News Media
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