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POLITICS / NEWS Tue Feb 26, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

MSNBC -- He’s from Illinois and I’m from Illinois and he reminds me of Abraham Lincoln,” said Dylan Jones, 53, a laborer from Oxford, N.C., who was interviewed in a follow-up to the poll. “I can see him out there splitting rails. I don’t have anything ag.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Tue Aug 21, 2007 @ 1:11am neoform

Washington Times -- President Bush's two-day summit with the leaders of Canada and Mexico, beginning today in nearby Montebello, is raising fears among some conservatives that the three governments are planning a European Union-style super-government. Concerns about such.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Fri Mar 2, 2007 @ 12:18pm mrmdc

New York Times -- In the months since the Congressional elections, President Bush has lost substantial support among members of his own party, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll. Mr. Bush’s approval rating dropped 13 percentage points since last fall.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Thu Jun 12, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

MSNBC -- Poll: More women support Obama Polling data suggest that women are more likely than men to hold unfavorable views of McCain and to say they support Obama over McCain. But a Pew Research Center survey in late May suggested that the Democratic nomination.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Wed Dec 19, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

CNN -- Hillary Clinton appears to have recaptured the lead among Democratic candidates in New Hampshire, according to results of a new CNN/WMUR poll, conducted by the University of New Hampshire. Clinton was virtually tied with Illinois Sen. Barack Obama in last.. Read More

POLITICS / OPINION Tue Sep 25, 2007 @ 4:20pm neoform

Washington Post -- The last two times the Pew Research Center asked people to describe President Bush in a single word, chief among the overwhelmingly negative responses was the word "incompetent." What makes that particularly fascinating is that it's a realization that.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Thu Sep 6, 2007 @ 3:32pm neoform

CNN -- Two mayors and two state legislators are among 11 public officials arrested in New Jersey as part of a corruption investigation, the U.S. attorney's office in Trenton announced Thursday. "The defendants allegedly demanded and accepted payments ranging fro.. Read More

POLITICS / OPINION Thu Jun 7, 2007 @ 9:00pm neoform

CNN -- Conservative critics have been lighting up the airwaves and blogs for the last 48 hours after Sen. Barack Obama's speech to the Hampton University Annual Ministers' Conference raised the combustible topic of the burning anger among the nation's poor Afric.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Fri May 4, 2007 @ 1:19am neoform

CNN -- Alone among 10 Republican presidential contenders, Rudy Giuliani said in campaign debate Thursday night "it would be OK" if the Supreme Court upholds a 1973 landmark abortion rights ruling. "It would be OK to repeal it. It would be OK also if a strict.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Thu Apr 5, 2007 @ 4:16pm neoform

CNN -- Even in a Harlem church where former President Bill Clinton is revered, his wife and presidential aspirant Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has some work to do with black women once expected to be firmly in her camp. "Right now, she's my front-runner, but t.. Read More

POLITICS / OPINION Mon Apr 2, 2007 @ 11:05am neoform

Alter Net -- A widely circulated email among the Black community warns that Black leaders shouldn't demand that Barack Obama's record be scrutinized more closely and meet a higher standard than his white counterparts simply out of jealousy. This is the text of an o.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Wed Mar 21, 2007 @ 2:56pm neoform

SF Gate -- It's an odd twist that Carol Lam is among eight federal prosecutors fired by the Justice Department. A low-key litigator who made her name prosecuting health care fraud, Lam got the job as U.S. attorney in San Diego because she was seen as a safe choic.. Read More