en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/politics/candidate/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/politics/a_seat_held_decades_by_republica/ Democrats on Sunday cheered a weekend special election in Louisiana, where a Democratic congressional candidate won a seat that has been held by Republicans for decades. Democratic State Rep. Don Cazayoux beat Republican Woody Jenkins in the state's 6th C news politics 2008-05-05 08:15:11 http://www.newsique.com/politics/a_seat_held_decades_by_republica/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/04/congress.democrats/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/a_seat_held_decades_by_republica/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/al_franken_to_pay_17_states_7000/ Senate candidate Al Franken, dogged by accusations that he failed to file tax returns in California, said Tuesday he will pay about $70,000 in back income taxes in 17 states dating to 2003. Most of the income at issue was from speeches and other paid appe news politics 2008-04-30 08:19:26 http://www.newsique.com/politics/al_franken_to_pay_17_states_7000/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/30/franken.taxes.ap/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/al_franken_to_pay_17_states_7000/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/ny_mayor_looking_forward_to_an_a/ Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has decided against his own White House run, said Thursday that his endorsement will go to the most straight-talking candidate, adding that "at least we'll have an adult in office who can lead and can accomplish something." news politics 2008-04-18 08:17:12 http://www.newsique.com/politics/ny_mayor_looking_forward_to_an_a/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/272562487/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Funny [10] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/ny_mayor_looking_forward_to_an_a/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/giuliani_worse_than_bush1/ Early Wednesday, May 16th, Charleston, South Carolina. The scene is a town-hall meeting staged by GOP presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, only a day after he wowed a patriotic Republican crowd at a nationally televised debate with a righteous ass-kickin opinion politics 2007-10-10 10:49:28 http://www.newsique.com/politics/giuliani_worse_than_bush1/ Rolling Stone http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/14952564/giuliani_worse_than_bush http://www.newsique.com/sources/rollingstone/ 92 Insightful [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/giuliani_worse_than_bush1/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/obama_would_seek_nuclear_ban_if_/ Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Tuesday if elected president he would pursue a global ban on nuclear weapons as he sought to pick up ground on his front-running rival, Hillary Clinton. "Here's what I'll say as president: America news politics 2007-10-03 09:34:14 http://www.newsique.com/politics/obama_would_seek_nuclear_ban_if_/ Reuters http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2007-10-02T205857Z_01_N02426868_RTRUKOC_0_US-USA-POLITICS-OBAMA.xml http://www.newsique.com/sources/reuters/ 93 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/obama_would_seek_nuclear_ban_if_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/anger_at_giuliani_911_fundraiser/ Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani has been criticised over a fundraising party at which participants are being urged to donate $9.11. The International Association of Fire Fighters accuses him of exploiting the 11 September 2001 terrorist a news politics 2007-09-26 00:55:33 http://www.newsique.com/politics/anger_at_giuliani_911_fundraiser/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7013466.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/politics/anger_at_giuliani_911_fundraiser/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/giuliani_worse_than_bush/ Early Wednesday, May 16th, Charleston, South Carolina. The scene is a town-hall meeting staged by GOP presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, only a day after he wowed a patriotic Republican crowd at a nationally televised debate with a righteous ass-kickin opinion politics 2007-06-01 11:05:52 http://www.newsique.com/politics/giuliani_worse_than_bush/ Rolling Stone http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/14952564/giuliani_worse_than_bush/print http://www.newsique.com/sources/rollingstone/ 92 Interesting [11] 60 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/giuliani_worse_than_bush/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/giuliani_confronted_at_new_york_/ A radical group at a Bronx fundraiser confronted Rudolph Giuliani on Tuesday morning, accusing him of being one of the "criminals of 9/11." The Republican candidate for president was outside City Island's Sea Shore restaurant in the Bronx, speaking wit news politics 2007-05-31 00:36:36 http://www.newsique.com/politics/giuliani_confronted_at_new_york_/ www.wnbc.com http://www.wnbc.com/politics/13404578/detail.html Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/giuliani_confronted_at_new_york_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/obamas_candidacy_sparks_debates_/ People across the political and racial spectrums started discussing presidential candidate and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's race after he spoke at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Some insist he is not African American and is unsuited to be a b news politics 2007-02-19 10:35:42 http://www.newsique.com/politics/obamas_candidacy_sparks_debates_/ SF Gate http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/19/OBAMA.TMP&feed=rss.news http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Shocking [9] 100 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/politics/obamas_candidacy_sparks_debates_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/obama_the_delegator_picks_his_sp/ A night owl, Mr. Obama is known to send e-mail messages well after midnight. Laurence H. Tribe, his Harvard law professor who now serves as an informal adviser, said he received an e-mail message from the candidate at 1:30 a.m. on June 4, when he had rece news politics 2008-06-16 08:14:37 http://www.newsique.com/politics/obama_the_delegator_picks_his_sp/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25181467/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/obama_the_delegator_picks_his_sp/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/obamas_controversial_comments_hi/ Talk about strange bedfellows. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the 2008 Democratic presidential candidate, and John McCain, the Republican presumptive nominee, joined forces this week to repeatedly remind voters that Barack Obama was - where else? - in San Franci news politics 2008-04-15 08:13:45 http://www.newsique.com/politics/obamas_controversial_comments_hi/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/270430146/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/obamas_controversial_comments_hi/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/florida_ditches_new_primary_plan/ The Democratic Party in Florida has decided not to stage a re-run of the state's primary election to choose a candidate for the US presidential poll. Florida Democrats had planned to re-run the ballot using mainly postal votes to try to resolve a row o news politics 2008-03-18 08:21:52 http://www.newsique.com/politics/florida_ditches_new_primary_plan/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/americas/7301958.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/florida_ditches_new_primary_plan/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/mississippi_voters_head_to_polls/ One of the most Republican states in the nation takes center stage Tuesday in the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination. Mississippi, which has not voted for a Democratic candidate in a presidential election in 32 years, holds a Democratic pri news politics 2008-03-11 08:17:38 http://www.newsique.com/politics/mississippi_voters_head_to_polls/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/11/miss.primary/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/mississippi_voters_head_to_polls/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/bloomberg_wont_run_for_president/ After two years of playing coy about his presidential ambitions, Mayor Michael Bloomberg declared in a newspaper editorial Wednesday that he will not run for president as an independent and said he might support the candidate who "takes an independent, no news politics 2008-02-28 08:15:45 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bloomberg_wont_run_for_president/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23379960/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bloomberg_wont_run_for_president/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/health_sector_puts_its_money_on_/ I intend to be the health care president,” Mrs. Clinton said at a debate last month in New Hampshire. “You see a lot of people with those stickers that say, ‘I’m a health care voter.’ Well, I want to be the health care president.” The Democ news politics 2007-10-29 08:18:01 http://www.newsique.com/politics/health_sector_puts_its_money_on_/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21523626/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/health_sector_puts_its_money_on_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/gore_backers_lead_movement_witho/ With talk of a Nobel Peace Prize in the air and election deadlines looming, supporters of Al Gore have been raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for petition drives and advertising campaigns in a last-ditch effort to draft him into the Democratic pres news politics 2007-10-11 08:22:37 http://www.newsique.com/politics/gore_backers_lead_movement_witho/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21231563/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [5] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/gore_backers_lead_movement_witho/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/move_over_obama_girl_tommy_girl_/ Barack Obama's not-so-secret admirer is going to have to share the stage soon with another female fan of a presidential candidate. While the sexy "Obama Girl" is expected to make a new plea on Wednesday for the affections of the Illinois senator and De news politics 2007-06-25 18:39:29 http://www.newsique.com/politics/move_over_obama_girl_tommy_girl_/ FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,286621,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/fox_news/ 82 Under Rated [2] 50 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/move_over_obama_girl_tommy_girl_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/hillary_could_use_bill_clintons_/ It is against the law for a candidate for federal office to take political contributions from foreigners. But a potential "loophole" could help at least one high-profile candidate in the 2008 presidential race: It is perfectly legal for a candidate for news politics 2007-06-20 08:18:29 http://www.newsique.com/politics/hillary_could_use_bill_clintons_/ FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,284434,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/fox_news/ 82 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/hillary_could_use_bill_clintons_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/imagine_how_the_media_would_cove/ McCain names his pets after fashion accesories, Giuliani loves the opera, and Romney sees himself as qualified for a top CEO job -- the top GOP presidential field is loaded with unabashed high rollers. Imagine how the media would react if a multimillio opinion politics 2007-06-04 16:58:43 http://www.newsique.com/politics/imagine_how_the_media_would_cove/ Alter Net http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/52958/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/alternet/ 86 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/imagine_how_the_media_would_cove/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/mccain_cornyn_engage_in_heated_e/ Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) hasn't spent much time in the Capitol this year as he seeks the GOP presidential nomination. But one of his rare appearances this week provided a pretty salty exchange with a fellow Republican. During a meeting Thursday on im opinion politics 2007-05-19 13:38:07 http://www.newsique.com/politics/mccain_cornyn_engage_in_heated_e/ Washington Post http://blog.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2007/05/mccain_cornyn_cursing_showdown.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Under Rated [1] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/mccain_cornyn_engage_in_heated_e/#comments