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Reconcilable Differences
Atlantic Monthly - By Ronald Brownstein - Aug. 19 (Special Report)
In November, whether most voters pull the lever for John McCain or for Barack Obama, they're likely to get a president who's more competent than Bush... More »
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McCain nets $1.75 million at Reed-linked event
Associated Press - By Philip Elliott - Aug. 19 (News Report)
John McCain raised more than $1.75 million for Republicans Monday at a fundraiser that became high profile after a political operative connected to disgraced lobbyist Jack... More »
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Big Oil's lobby machine
CNN - By Steve Hargreaves - Aug. 19 (News Analysis)
But when it comes to lobbying - and spending money that goes toward researching, writing and convincing lawmakers to vote its way - the industry ranks fifth... More »
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Poker Lobby Wants New Deal From GOP
Congressional Quarterly - By Bart Jansen - Aug. 20 (News Report)
The Poker Players Alliance, which spent $1.2 million lobbying during the first half of 2008, aims to legalize virtual versions of the game now played under the table... More »
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Alaskan Bribing CEO Enjoys Window of Freedom
ProPublica - By Eric Umansky - Aug. 19 (News Report)
Alaskan politicians are facing a lot of heat these days. The state's senior senator, Ted Stevens (R), has of course been indicted for not disclosing booty he received from an... More »
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The critical pick: secretary of State
Christian Science Monitor - By John Hughes - Aug. 18 (Opinion)
The world the new president will confront is a restless one. India and China are ascendant. Russia, as we have seen recently in Georgia, seeks renewed territorial influence... More »
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The Candidate We Still Don't Know
New York Times - By Frank Rich - Aug. 16 (Opinion)
While reporters at The Post and The New York Times have been vetting McCain, many others give him a free pass. Their default cliché is to present him as the Old Faithful everyone... More »
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Dissent doesn't belong in a cage
Seattle Post Intelligencer - By Amy Goodman - Aug. 15 (Opinion)
The bulwark against tyranny is dissent. Open opposition, the right to challenge those in power, is a mainstay of any healthy democracy. The Democratic and Republican conventions... More »
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Summer Love, Fall Freak
Huffington Post - By Rebecca Curtis - Aug. 20 (Blog Post)
In fact, Obama's already experienced the Bradley Effect. He was expected to win New Hampshire--a bellwether state--by 13 points. He lost by 3... More »
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Who Do You Want Running the West Wing?
Huffington Post - By Janet Ritz - Aug. 19 (Blog Post)
A recent NYT article has detailed the dysfunction of the McCain campaign, in what the authors referred to as a "loose style" of "infighting" and... More »
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The Long Run - Response to 9/11 Offers Outline of McCain Doctrine
New York Times - By David D. Kirkpatrick - Aug. 17 (News Report)
"Just as Sept. 11 revolutionized our resolve to defeat our enemies, so has it brought into focus the opportunities we now have to secure and expand our freedom," Mr... More »
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Democrats to offer bill with offshore oil drilling
Reuters - By Tom Doggett - Aug. 16 (News Report)
In the Democrats' weekly radio address, Pelosi of California said expanding drilling areas would be part of a broader bill which addresses other energy issues... More »
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Key Constituency at Play At Candidates' Faith Forum
Washington Post - By Shailagh Murray, Perry Bacon Jr. - Aug. 17 (News Report)
Barack Obama and John McCain made their first joint appearance of the general election here Saturday night, breaking away from the debates over national security and the economy... More »
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How Anti-Intellectualism Is Destroying America
AlterNet - By Terrence McNally, Susan Jacoby - Aug. 18 (Interview)
"It's like these guys take pride in being ignorant." Barack Obama finally said it. Though a successful political and electoral strategy, the Right's stand against... More »
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Obama Infanticide Attack Being Readied By 527s, Pat Buchanan Says
Huffington Post - By Sam Stein - Aug. 18 (News Report)
the GOP seems hell bent on furthering the line of attack. In the minutes preceding Saturday's values forum with the presidential candidates, Pat Buchanan discussed Obama's alleged... More »
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McCain scores an imperfect 8
Seattle Post Intelligencer - By Thomas L. Friedman - Aug. 14 (Opinion)
McCain did not show up for the crucial vote July 30, and the renewable energy bill was defeated for the eighth time. In fact, McCain has a perfect record on this renewable energy... More »
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The Missing Debate
The Nation - By Stephen F. Cohen - Aug. 14 (Opinion)
Because the first steps in this direction were taken in Washington, so must be initiatives to reverse it. Three are essential and urgent: a US diplomacy that treats Russia as a... More »
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A Cut-and-Paste Foreign Policy
Real Clear Politics - By Joe Conason - Aug. 14 (Blog Post)
The discovery that John McCain's remarks on Georgia were derived from Wikipedia, to put it politely, is disturbing and even depressing -- but not surprising... More »
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McCain nets $1.75 million at Reed-linked event
Associated Press - Aug. 19 (News Report)
John McCain raised more than $1.75 million for Republicans Monday at a fundraiser that became high profile after a political operative connected to disgraced lobbyist Jack... More »
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Big Oil's lobby machine
CNN - Aug. 19 (News Analysis)
But when it comes to lobbying - and spending money that goes toward researching, writing and convincing lawmakers to vote its way - the industry ranks fifth... More »
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McCain nets $1.75 million at Reed-linked event
San Francisco Chronicle - Aug. 18 (News Report)
John McCain raised more than $1.75 million for Republicans Monday at a fundraiser clouded by confusion over the role of a political operative connected to disgraced lobbyist Jack... More »
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Poker Lobby Wants New Deal From GOP
Congressional Quarterly - Aug. 20 (News Report)
The Poker Players Alliance, which spent $1.2 million lobbying during the first half of 2008, aims to legalize virtual versions of the game now played under the table... More »
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ABC's Ross On The Purpose And The Future Of Investigative Journalism
Media Bistro - Aug. 20 (Interview)
Under a system endorsed and kept alive by both parties, lobbyists and corporate executives and union officials have been able to buy access to powerful American politicians in... More »
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For Obama, Taxes Are About Fairness
Opinion Journal (WSJ) - Aug. 19 (Opinion)
it doesn't really matter whether a tax increase actually brings in more revenue. It's not about robbing from the rich to give to the poor... More »
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The Candidate We Still Don't Know
New York Times - Aug. 16 (Opinion)
While reporters at The Post and The New York Times have been vetting McCain, many others give him a free pass. Their default cliché is to present him as the Old Faithful everyone... More »
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Dissent doesn't belong in a cage
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Aug. 15 (Opinion)
The bulwark against tyranny is dissent. Open opposition, the right to challenge those in power, is a mainstay of any healthy democracy. The Democratic and Republican conventions... More »
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Summer Love, Fall Freak
Huffington Post - Aug. 20 (Blog Post)
In fact, Obama's already experienced the Bradley Effect. He was expected to win New Hampshire--a bellwether state--by 13 points. He lost by 3... More »
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Obama flip-flop: Bagmen to the Philly streets
Hot Air - Aug. 19 (Blog Post)
I complimented Barack Obama for his principled stand against the corrupt practice of providing "street money" to political organizers in Philadelphia... More »