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THE CONVENTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED.
Brushing off charges that his VP vetter Jim Johnson might be tied to some shady mortgage deals, Barack Obama observed that such a level of scrutiny would lead to an endless cycle of hiring "vetter(s) to vet the vetters." This hasn't stopped... Full Article At The American Prospect - Tapped
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Kansas GOP senators slam McCain's Guantanamo plan
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — An idea to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp for war-on-terror detainees and transfer the prisoners to the military prison here — championed for more than a year by Republican presidential hopeful ... Full Article At McClatchy - Election 2008
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Gitmo’s Got to Go… but where?
In the face of growing national discontent and an increasingly-complicated legal situation, both Senators Barack Obama and John McCain have called for the closing of the United States detention... Full Article At The Moderate Voice
One Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Ripped from HillaryGreenMountain.org Latest edition: Democratic Governor Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas plays the race card on Obama’s behalf... Full Article At No Quarter
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Sebelius Predicts GOP Will Play Race Card
Kansas Governor and Veep prospect says Republican critiques of Obama will be full of “code words” in an effort “to try and... Full Article At Time - The Page
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Kansas governer warns GOP will play race card
Washington — Echoing comments by Barack Obama, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius predicted that Republicans would undertake "a major effort to... Full Article At McClatchy - Election 2008
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Mike Murphy Interview
Republican Political Strategist; Writer, MikeMurphyCommentary.Com [0:00:00] Joining me now is Republican political strategist and writer at Mike Murphy commentary dot com. This is Mike... Full Article At EveryZing - 2008 Presidential Election
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Senate Polls, Collins (ME) in Trouble?
We have all US Senate races now included on the Senate Projection Table. Some big polls released over the last few days. Polls in Alaska, Minnesota, Maine, ... Full Article
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On Kansas Senate Candidate Jim Slattery
I spent some time with Kansas Senate candidate Jim Slattery last night, who is running against the head of the Intelligence Committee, Pat Roberts. ... Full Article At Open Left
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Sebelius double the trouble for GOP
The governor plans another Ohio speech about the Presidential Election on Saturday. Gov. Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas, that is.... Full Article At USA Today - Politics/Elections 2008
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Aiming to Avoid the Dole-drums - Newsweek
John McCain has long known what it's like for a teleprompter-challenged Republican senator to go up against a charismatic, made-for-TV ... Full Article At Live Search News
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Rasmussen Kansas General Election
Rasmussen Kansas General Election John McCain 47% (55%) Barack Obama 37% (34%) Rasmussen ... Full Article At Race 4 2008
McCain’s not-so-inspiring prebuttal speech
Turkish Press McCain’s not-so-inspiring prebuttal speech Kansas.com, KS - 1 hour ago Did you happen to catch John McCain’s speech Tuesday night? If the idea was to steal ... Full Article At Google News
Two awesome women
I am happy to report the completion of a most amazing event here in Chapel Hill, where two strong female governors knocked the socks off a very hot crowd! Governor Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas, and Governor Janet Napolitano were both on hand for a fundraiser... Full Article At BlueNC
Obama Up With First TV Ad
Barack Obama has released his first TV ad of the general Election, which will be aired in 18 states. The ad attempts to introduce Obama to general... Full Article At Time - Real Clear Politics
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Obama, facing a vet, opens his election ads with patriotism
He stresses his family's upbringing in Kansas, not his youth elsewhere, and his rejection of Wall Street.... Full Article At LA Times - Top of the Ticket
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Country I Love
Sen. Barack Obama launched his first general Election advertisement today called "Country I Love." The goal of the spot is to clearly portray ... Full Article At Political Wire
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Big Field for Obama Veepstakes
The first test of his decision-making is at hand. The short list is down to “about twenty current top government officials, former top government officials and former military leaders” as Barack Obama looks for a ... Full Article At The Moderate Voice
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Another Election Like 1932? (Part 4) Book Review: Donald Ritchie's Electing FDR
Electing FDR: The New Deal Campaign of 1932 By Donald A. Ritchie University Press of Kansas Lawrence, KS, 2007 In late 2007 I wrote a series of three essays ( here , here and here ) examining the parallels between the early indicators in this ... Full Article At Daily Kos
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In WSJ op-ed, Rove misled about Obama ad
In a July 3 Wall Street Journal op-ed , Fox News contributor Karl Rove wrote that Sen. Barack Obama's "ads show he's aware of his vulnerability on two fronts: his ... Full Article At Media Matters for America