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How would Barack Obama and John McCain play in Turkey, Texas?
And will either give a speech in Protection, Kan.?... Full Article At LA Times - Top of the Ticket
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Paul Jenkins: The McCain/Bush Effect on Red States
When John McCain clinched the GOP nomination, it was widely believed that his relative popularity among moderates and independents may well save the party from a Bush-caused bloodbath in November... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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The FundamentaList (No. 39)
Latino evangelicals may play a decisive role in future elections, Dobson says Obama has a "fruitcake" interpretation of the Constitution, and culture wars continue in ... Full Article At The American Prospect
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Daniel Cubias: Defining My Terms
From the very first post, I'm likely to piss somebody off. This is because I'm wading into the whole "Hispanic" vs. "Latino" lexicon fistfight. You may not know this, particularly if you are of the Anglo persuasion, but there is an ongoing ... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
Oliver Stone's "W": A Visit Behind The Scenes
SHREVEPORT, LA. -- IT'S A conversation any father and son might have -- a quick chat about baseball, families and world affairs. But when the speakers are President George H. W. Bush and his son George W. Bush, even a seemingly innocuous conversation can suddenly carry great weight, especially when... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Aubrey Sarvis: Women's Liberation? No, Oppression
You can be sure that someone in the Pentagon has been scratching his head this week and muttering. "What is it with all these women?" More likely several someones. Maybe you noticed that I said "his head." I said it deliberately, not out of some unconscious sexist impulse. It's got to be a man... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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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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GOP Senator's Top Staffer Busted Posting Comments Under Fake Name On Liberal Blog
This is fun: A campaign staffer for a leading GOP Senator has been busted posting fake posts on Liberal blogs under an alias. Burnt Orange Report, the premier state-level ... Full Article At The American Prospect Election Central
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What About Bill?
Now that Obama and Bill Clinton have finally chatted , the big question is: how should Obama use the 42nd president in his campaign? Terry... Full Article At The New Republic
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Chris Rodda: David Barton: Bobby Jindal is "One of the Really Cool Guys"
Quite a few articles were written last week about speculative McCain VP pick, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, many focusing on Jindal's signing into law a bill that will allow the teaching... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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The Coming Barr-Paul Political Alliance?
One of the great fears of the McCain campaign (and, conversely, a tightly held hope of Barack Obama) is that Libertarian Bob Barr could somehow turn his campaign into a ... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Sam Greenfield: A Little Joe Goes a Long Way
One of the many jokes about President Bush is he is the only man who couldn't find oil in Texas. Equally amazing is that Joe Lieberman, an Orthodox Jew, couldn't deliver South ... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
Texas Realtors Launch Campaign To Protest Rove’s Upcoming Speech At Statewide Convention
The Daily News of Galveston County, Texas reports that former top Bush aide Karl Rove is scheduled as the keynote speaker at the Texas Realtors Association... Full Article At Think Progress
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State Dept Officials Knew Of Iraq Oil Deal WIth Company Tied To Bush
Bush administration officials knew that a Texas oil company with close ties to President Bush was planning to sign an oil deal with the regional Kurdistan government that runs counter to American policy and undercut Iraq's central government, a Congressional... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Longshots in the veepstakes (Politico)
Politico - Last Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi touted Chad Edwards, the little-known Democratic congressman from Waco, Texas, for her party... Full Article At Yahoo! News - Politics
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The Scandal Test
So it's my last day of vacation, and I can report that Texas is even hotter in the summer than I remembered. While I've been away, I've been indulging my need for a politics fix with what is of late one of my favorite websites. Today, baseball... Full Article At Time - Swampland
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The VP Longshots: Bill Gates, Colin Powell, Chet Edwards
Last Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) touted Chet Edwards, the little-known Democratic congressman from Waco, ... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Greg Mitchell: High Court Okays Exorcism -- Good for Bobby Jindal Or Not?
With a 1994 article by McCain V.P. candidate Bobby Jindal gaining fresh attention, the Texas Supreme Court on Friday overturned a judgment against the Pleasant Glade Assembly of God Church on Friday... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
Iraqi Kurds Out-Lobby Iraqi Arabs In Washington
This week, we learned that the White House knew about last year's deal between Texas-based Hunt Oil and the Kurdish Regional Government. Apparently the threat it posed to the fragile negotiations in Baghdad didn't concern the president as much... Full Article At TPM Muckraker
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Tom Gerdy: The Other Energy Crisis and The Prom Night Pimple
I have yet to pay $4.00 for a gallon of gas but I am sure that magical moment for me is only days away. It won't be quite as memorable as where I was when JFK was shot, but breaking the $4.00 barrier will be a pretty big moment for me. For... Full Article At HuffingtonPost