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February 8th, 2010
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Announcing his decision at a Chicago bar packed with patrons watching the Super Bowl, a tearful Scott Lee Cohen said the Democrats were not certain they could win with him on the ticket. He said he was stepping down because he did not want to jeopardize the Democratic Party ticket.
“This is the hardest thing that [...]
February 8th, 2010
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Aides who shaped Bill and Hillary Rodham Clintons 1990s plan to cover all Americans, then labored in vain to pass it into law, are adamant that the Democrats cant afford another health care disaster. But theyre divided on whether scaling down Obamas plan would be an acceptable solution.
The Clintonistas - now in think tanks, universities, [...]
February 7th, 2010
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Noting his partys dismal showing in elections since Obama moved into the White House a year ago with talk of hope and promises of change, Palin asked the gathering: “Hows that hope-y, change-y stuff workin out for you?”
Her audience waved flags and erupted in cheers during multiple standing ovations as the 2008 GOP vice presidential [...]
February 7th, 2010
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Landrieu, 49, became the majority-black citys first white mayor since 1979, the year his father Moon left the office. The mayor-elect, a moderate Democrat, won in a landslide over a field of 10 opponents in a campaign that concluded as Carnival celebrations and preparations for the New Orleans Saints appearance in the Super Bowl took [...]
February 7th, 2010
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His motorcade made it a few blocks through deserted streets so he could speak at the Democratic National Committees winter meeting on Saturday.
In his opening remarks, Obama thanked activists for being willing to brave the blizzard. The streets around the hotel where the meeting was held were blocked by snow and police ahead [...]
February 7th, 2010
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The campaign-style speech at a dinner in Nashville, Tennessee, last night was a frontal assault on the administrations handling of national security and terrorism, even though she stopped short of declaring ambitions for a 2012 presidential bid as her audience chanted “Run Sarah, Run!”
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February 7th, 2010
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Obama, in his weekly address on the radio and the Internet today, spotlighted the importance of small businesses the day after announcing his latest initiative to spur job growth. He said his recent proposals for tax incentives and credits, expanded government loan programs and aid to community banks will help small businesses add employees. [...]
February 6th, 2010
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But thats where the consensus ends among the diverse groups of frustrated Americans who count themselves part of this fledgling coalition.
“Were afraid and were fed up and were angry,” says Donna Henton of Blair, Neb. “But where this is going to go, we just dont know.”
If the people attending the first national “tea party” convention [...]
February 6th, 2010
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The president touched off a controversy when he broke with tradition - and decorum, his critics said - by criticizing the courts recent campaign finance decision in his speech with six justices in attendance and bound by their own tradition of not reacting to what is said. (Justice Antonin Scalia once said he no longer [...]
February 6th, 2010
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Barack Obama had been in office for about a week in 2009 when he expressed disbelief that many schools had canceled classes one day because of ice. “As my children pointed out, in Chicago, school is never canceled,” he said then. “Were going to have to try to apply some flinty Chicago toughness.”
Well, here comes [...]