en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/politics/former/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/politics/conviction_thrown_out_in_abramof/ The Justice Department overreached in prosecuting a former Bush administration official in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, a federal appeals court said Tuesday as it dismissed some charges and ordered a new trial on others. The decision overturns t news politics 2008-06-18 08:13:51 http://www.newsique.com/politics/conviction_thrown_out_in_abramof/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/313896294/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Interesting [13] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/conviction_thrown_out_in_abramof/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/clinton_blasts_wright_on_oreilly/ Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday she found remarks by Barack Obama’s former pastor to be “offensive and outrageous” and noted that her Democratic rival had spoken out forcefully against them. “I think that he made his views clear, finally, news politics 2008-05-01 08:17:12 http://www.newsique.com/politics/clinton_blasts_wright_on_oreilly/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24397789/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/clinton_blasts_wright_on_oreilly/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/obama_denounces_former_pastor/ Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Tuesday he was outraged by the latest divisive comments from his former pastor and rejected the notion that he secretly agrees with him. Obama is seeking to tamp down the growing fury over Rev. Jeremi news politics 2008-04-30 08:22:45 http://www.newsique.com/politics/obama_denounces_former_pastor/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24371827/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/obama_denounces_former_pastor/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/clinton_irked_by_richardson_endo/ Former President Clinton is still smarting over New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson's endorsement of Barack Obama. During a private meeting with California Democrats this past weekend, Clinton grew red-faced as he talked about how he expected Richardson, w news politics 2008-04-03 08:14:04 http://www.newsique.com/politics/clinton_irked_by_richardson_endo/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/263075545/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/clinton_irked_by_richardson_endo/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/obama_confronts_racial_division/ Barack Obama confronted the nation's racial divide head-on, tackling both black grievance and white resentment in a bold effort to quiet a campaign uproar over race and his former pastor's incendiary statements. Standing before a row of eight American news politics 2008-03-19 08:06:06 http://www.newsique.com/politics/obama_confronts_racial_division/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/253706626/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Interesting [11] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/obama_confronts_racial_division/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/mccain_holds_off_huckabee/ Polls taken last week showed McCain with a double-digit lead over Huckabee, a Baptist minister, but Huckabee drew strong support in rural western Virginia, the state’s Bible belt. He appealed to Christian conservatives in Virginia, where he had the endo news politics 2008-02-13 08:15:16 http://www.newsique.com/politics/mccain_holds_off_huckabee/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23136322/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [6] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/mccain_holds_off_huckabee/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/giuliani_prepares_to_exit_back_m/ Following his third place finish in Florida, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani is expected to drop out of the presidential race today and endorse Sen. John McCain. Last night, Giuliani stopped short of announcing he was stepping down, but delivered a news politics 2008-01-30 08:14:44 http://www.newsique.com/politics/giuliani_prepares_to_exit_back_m/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/225650107/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Interesting [12] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/giuliani_prepares_to_exit_back_m/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/mike_huckabees_political_past_co/ WASHINGTON - To Mike Huckabee, Baptist minister, former governor, and GOP candidate for president, being a good Christian is about redemption and forgiveness and recognizing his own frailties so he can be more understanding of the shortcomings of others. news politics 2007-12-04 08:30:52 http://www.newsique.com/politics/mike_huckabees_political_past_co/ Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/10/14/huckabee_could_face_hurdles_from_the_past/?page=1 http://www.newsique.com/sources/boston_globe/ 95 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/mike_huckabees_political_past_co/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/former_aide_blames_bush_for_leak/ Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan blames President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for efforts to mislead the public about the role of White House aides in leaking the identity of a CIA operative. In an excerpt from his forthcoming news politics 2007-11-20 22:01:24 http://www.newsique.com/politics/former_aide_blames_bush_for_leak/ Google Associated Press http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jH9M6k9jnKVo5cmYQEtzHe7vpxTwD8T1KVNO0 http://www.newsique.com/sources/google_ap/ 100 Important [17] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/former_aide_blames_bush_for_leak/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/ex_daytona_commissioner_teacher_/ A former Daytona Beach city commissioner and a local high school teacher arrested Thursday during a sex sting at a Volusia mall bathroom were released from the Volusia County Brach Jail today, authorities said. Former commissioner and mayoral candidate news politics 2007-11-04 19:05:07 http://www.newsique.com/politics/ex_daytona_commissioner_teacher_/ News Journal Online http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Headlines/frtHEAD01110207.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/news-journalonline/ 100 Interesting [9] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/ex_daytona_commissioner_teacher_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/republicans_clash_in_florida_deb/ Republican front-runners Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney defended their conservative credentials in the face of pointed attacks from campaign rivals Sunday night in the most aggressive debate to date of the race for the White House. “You’ve just spen news politics 2007-10-22 08:17:52 http://www.newsique.com/politics/republicans_clash_in_florida_deb/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21410289/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [6] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/republicans_clash_in_florida_deb/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/former_ceo_says_us_punished_phon/ A former Qwest Communications International executive, appealing a conviction for insider trading, has alleged that the government withdrew opportunities for contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars after Qwest refused to participate in an unidenti news politics 2007-10-14 01:39:03 http://www.newsique.com/politics/former_ceo_says_us_punished_phon/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/12/AR2007101202485.html?nav=rss_email/components http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Shocking [45] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/politics/former_ceo_says_us_punished_phon/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/gore_shares_nobel_peace_prize_wi/ Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their work to raise awareness about global warming. In a statement, Gore said he was "deeply honored," adding that "the cli news politics 2007-10-12 08:15:29 http://www.newsique.com/politics/gore_shares_nobel_peace_prize_wi/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/12/nobel.gore/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/gore_shares_nobel_peace_prize_wi/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/gop_voters_want_someone_whos_not/ Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, has praised Bush on taxes and for recently speaking out on the need for “budget restraint,” but he is also running TV ads calling for “change in Washington,” particularly on the need for “fiscal responsib news politics 2007-10-04 08:23:59 http://www.newsique.com/politics/gop_voters_want_someone_whos_not/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21114419/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Insightful [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/gop_voters_want_someone_whos_not/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/colin_powell_he_was_pushed_aside/ “I’m a former everything,” Colin Powell jokes as he relaxes in his office in Alexandria, just across the Potomac from Washington. Indeed, he is a former national-security adviser, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and former secretary of news politics 2007-09-11 20:42:05 http://www.newsique.com/politics/colin_powell_he_was_pushed_aside/ Style.com http://men.style.com/gq/features/full?id=content_5900 http://www.newsique.com/sources/stylecom/ 100 Insightful [9] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/colin_powell_he_was_pushed_aside/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/tommy_thompson_quitting_run_for_/ Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson, the longshot who had pinned his 2008 presidential hopes on a top-two showing in the Iowa Republican Party Straw Poll, has decided to end his candidacy, FOX News has learned. "I'm outta the race," Thompson told MyFo news politics 2007-08-13 08:17:02 http://www.newsique.com/politics/tommy_thompson_quitting_run_for_/ FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293012,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/fox_news/ 82 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/tommy_thompson_quitting_run_for_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/against_claims_of_executive_priv/ Yesterday's Senate testimony by former White House political director Sara Taylor was a watershed. Not in the newsmaking sense: Taylor, as instructed by the White House, invoked executive privilege so often that the session did little to change the con news politics 2007-07-12 16:51:25 http://www.newsique.com/politics/against_claims_of_executive_priv/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/11/AR2007071102115.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Important [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/against_claims_of_executive_priv/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_commutes_libby_prison_sente/ President Bush spared former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby from a 2 1/2-year prison term in the CIA leak investigation Monday, delivering a political thunderbolt in the highly charged criminal case. Bush said the sentence was just too harsh. news politics 2007-07-02 22:59:58 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_commutes_libby_prison_sente/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/129878580/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Shocking [33] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_commutes_libby_prison_sente/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/ex-cheney_aide_must_go_to_jail/ Former White House official Lewis "Scooter" Libby has been told he cannot delay starting his jail term while he appeals against his conviction. Libby was found guilty of obstruction of justice and perjury over the inquiry into the unmasking of CIA agen news politics 2007-06-14 16:46:53 http://www.newsique.com/politics/ex-cheney_aide_must_go_to_jail/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/americas/6753365.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/ex-cheney_aide_must_go_to_jail/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/defections_to_fred_thompson_pose/ John Dowd represented Sen. John McCain in his darkest hour, the "Keating Five" scandal. He supported McCain the first time he ran for president in 2000 and signed up to be a major fundraiser for him in this year's presidential race. But when former senato news politics 2007-06-08 08:12:32 http://www.newsique.com/politics/defections_to_fred_thompson_pose/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060702535.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Interesting [7] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/defections_to_fred_thompson_pose/#comments