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Obama says Jones mailer is not an endorsement
Atlanta (AP) - Barack Obama's presidential campaign distanced itself Thursday from a mailer by Georgia ... Full Article At AOL News - Election News
McCain campaign calls Obama's words into question
Sen. John McCain's campaign says Barack Obama has not been consistent on Iraq. (CNN) – Sen. John McCain's campaign said Sunday... Full Article At CNN - Political Ticker
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Noriega, Cornyn battle over veteran efforts in Senate race
democrat Rick Noriega, an Army National Guard officer who wants to win over fellow military voters in his run for U.S. Senate, is portraying... Full Article At Houston Chronicle - Politics
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Dr. King was not a Republican
Two years ago, in the midst of a competitive Senate race in Maryland, the National Black Republican Association went to work in support of Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele, a conservative black ... Full Article At The Carpetbagger Report
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Top GOP Senator: "If You Have An R In Front Of Your Name, You Better Run Scared"
Mississippi, one of the nation's most conservative states, has not elected a Democratic senator in a quarter-century. It has voted for Republican presidential candidates in the last seven... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Mike Stark!
Good for him : [Mike] Stark, a 39-year-old former computer programmer and third-year law student at the University of Virginia, made a name for himself through his uncanny ability to get past the screeners for Mr. O’Reilly and Mr. Limbaugh and... Full Article At Corrente
For Republicans, the Senate outlook is bad
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Entertainment and politics: Hand in hand for decades
If Al Franken can overcome his colorful past and win his Minnesota Senate race, he would join a long list of entertainers who have found a second or... Full Article At Chicago Tribune - Nation/World
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McCain adviser Charlie Black defended Helms’ racially-motivated ad.
As ThinkProgress noted yesterday, the late-Sen. Jesse Helms’ ran an ad in his 1990 Senate campaign that preyed on people’s fears about affirmative action. The Politico reports that Sen. ... Full Article At Think Progress
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You Had a Friend in Albany
Democrats in New York City are about to find out that life without Joseph Bruno, New York’s Republican Senate majority leader, won’t be easy.... Full Article At New York Times = Op/Ed
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North Carolina Now
Much ink and many keystrokes have been spilt recently on the death of a former federal official from North Carolina. While the need to study and acknowledge the past is important, it should not overshadow the more important need of acting... Full Article At Pam's House Blend
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Joe Galloway: How dare they rip The Fourth Amendment?
Early next week the U.S. Senate will vote on an extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, with a few small amendments... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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House and Senate Roundup: Weekend Update
Due to the holiday yesterday (and the resultant slow news day), we did not do a roundup on Friday, instead saving the news for today. House and Senate Roundup will be returning to its regularly scheduleduh, schedule, on Monday - brownsox ... Full Article At Daily Kos
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Betting it all on criminal wiretapping prosecutions.
Rep. Mark Udall, running for Senate in Colorado, is among the House Dems who recently voted for the ... Full Article At Daily Kos
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David Paul Appell: Ingrid for President / Ingrid Para Presidente
(Para español, haz clic aquí) Okay, the timing was a little bit fishy - right as John McCain was trying to pander to U.S. Latino voters with his visit to Colombia and its president, Alvaro Uribe, who happens to be a Bush buddy and ... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
Report: Obama May Speak in Berlin During Europe Trip
Der Spiegel: The Berlin Senate has reportedly been asked whether the Illinois Senator can speak in front of the Brandenburg Gate, where Reagan gave his “tear down this wall” speech in ‘... Full Article At Time - The Page
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Harold Pollack: Sorry Mr. President, but Jesse Helms was NOT a "kind, decent, and humble man," nor a "great patriot."
Jesse Helms has passed, and what should we say? We can extend our condolences to the Helms family, who loved him as a father, spouse, or loved one. His family is not responsible for his misdeeds and odious views. What else can you say? Here is one approach, according to my morning Tribune: "Jesse Helms... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Durbin slams Senate GOP for obstructing key bills
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Saturday strongly criticized the chamber’s Republicans, accusing them of stopping “efforts to bring... Full Article At The Hill - Top News
NBC: Metzenbaum a 'Populist,' But Jesse Helms an 'Ultra-Rightist'
When far-left former Democratic Senator Howard Metzenbaum passed away in March, the NBC Nightly News didn't identify his party or apply any ideological label as fill-in anchor Ann Curry hailed his life as “the classic American success story... Full Article At Newsbusters
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Jesse Helms: Polarizer, not a compromiser
"Compromise, hell!" Jesse Helms screamed in a 1959 editorial that captured what would become the legacy of his Senate career and his place in the conservative movement. Jesse Helms mostly was a polarizer, not a compromiser. He would rather win elections... Full Article At San Francisco Chronicle