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What if candidates spoke at each other's conventions?
Earlier in the presidential campaign, Republican John McCain urged democrat ... Full Article At USA Today - On Politics
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Obama Camp Works To Put Focus On Afghanistan, Not Iraq
On Thursday, aides to Barack Obama continued what appears to be a concerted efforts to shift the Foreign Policy Debate from Iraq to Afghanistan... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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First Principles
Friends, below are the remarks I'm just about to give to the National Right to Life 2008 Convention. I thought you might be interested in reading them. ------ First, I would like to thank... Full Article At Redstate
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Jon Soltz: McCain Flips At Legit Question
I've been running VoteVets.org for a couple of years now. In 2006 and in 2008, we've endorsed a number of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans for Congress. It's still a story that the press is largely interested in, and when they call me to... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Obama says he could 'refine' Iraq policy
From NBC/NJ's Athena Jones and Domenico Montanaro FARGO, N.D. -- Obama said he had not changed his position regarding Iraq troop withdrawals, but that he could "refine" his policy after assessing the situation there. This, of course, echoes... Full Article At MSNBC - First Read
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Obama Fuels Pullout Debate With Remarks
The changing dynamics in Iraq have posed a challenge for Barack Obama, who said Thursday he might “refine” his policies but later held a second news conference to clarify his first statement.... Full Article At The New York Times - Politics
McCain plays dumb on economics ignorance
Earlier this year, in a nationally televised Debate, Tim Russert confronted John McCain with some of his inconvenient admissions about the Economy:... Full Article At Crooks and Liars
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What Obama Can Learn From Bubba
The bitter ideological Debate over Barack Obama's decision to support to controversial National Security wiretapping legislation and... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
Matthew and Peter Slutsky: VIDEO: 2008: Web Video Odyssey
When all is said and done in Primary season 2008, what will people remember? Will it be the fist bumps, shots of whiskey and endless number of debates? Will it be the carefully crafted policy positions or gas tax holidays? We say no. As we move from... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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McCain Responds to Chait, Chait Responds to McCain
Just what I've always wanted: a Debate with presidential candiates, albeit through intermediaries : Fortune: Jonathan Chait has written in The New Republic that if John McCain circa 2007 were... Full Article At The New Republic
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Come on, Obama - you can do it!
NOTE FROM PAM: This is Patrick's continuation of the earlier thread by Linda_F. -- where there was significant Debate over whether Barack Obama needs to specifically counteract his statement that... Full Article At Pam's House Blend
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Club for Growth is not gunning for Governor Jindal
Whilst the leftosphere borders on Civil War over the failure of Democratic leaders, Senator Obama included, to defeat the President's wishes on ... Full Article At Redstate
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The McCain September Debate Strategy: A Suggestion
An idea; a proposal: John McCain should challenge Barack Obama to a week-long set of town-hall debates (say, 4-5 of them) on college campuses when the college kids go back to school in late August... Full Article At Redstate
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Huffpollstrology: Candidates' Horoscopes, Polls And More For June 30
Polls have come to dominate the media's horse race coverage of political campaigns. Pundits and reporters constantly use them to tell us who's hot and who's not -- but skip over the fact that plummeting response rates and variables like undecided voters and margins of error and often render... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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BIPARTISAN CONFUSION.
The big Debate this week, certainly in presidential campaign press releases and conference calls, centers around which candidate is more bipartisan. Both candidates claim it's them. Pundits, inevitably, have their own opinions. Marc Ambinder argues... Full Article At The American Prospect - Tapped
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Protest gives preview of abortion debate
A small but vibrant protest on Capitol Hill on Thursday previewed what pro-choice and pro-life activists say will be a defining issue in this year's Presidential Election - Abortion.... Full Article At Washington Times
Imagine If...
The Yongbyon nuclear facility is no more. A great triumph for diplomacy: I did a scan of NRO and The Weekly Standard and the silence on this issue seems a bit deafening. But this is a big deal. Either Bush has, whatever criticisms one might have of his early policy toward the DPRK, done a good... Full Article At The Atlantic - Matthew Yglesias
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Steve Ralls: The World As It Should Be: What Michelle Really Said
Words matter, and Michelle Obama is a woman of powerful words. Last night, in a passionate address to the Democratic National Committee's Gay and Lesbian Leadership Council, Mrs. ... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
Webb Clarifies His McCain "Calm Down" Remark
Senator Jim Webb's staff issued a clarification late Tuesday over comments made by the Virginia democrat in which he urged ... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Chris Weigant: What Would Abbie Hoffman Have Thought Of The Flag Lapel Pin Debate?
First off, happy Independence Day! I'd like to address, in as patriotic spirit as can be mustered, the wearing of United States flag lapel pins, and the inherent silliness this Debate represents. Flag lapel pins are all the rage these days, but the... Full Article At HuffingtonPost