After nearly eight years when intellectual curiosity and an appreciation for nuance were viewed as suspect, does the Obama election herald a restoration for the...
Posted by: seamusm | (2) Comments Last comment: 11/8/2008 9:05:23 PM by glendam
Efforts to restore its recitation have resulted in a dispute.
Posted by: barb | (4) Comments Last comment: 11/15/2008 7:30:45 PM by glendam
New polling and a trickle of stories from the battleground states suggest that Sen. Barack Obama's coalition includes one unlikely group: white voters with negative...
Posted by: seamusm | (3) Comments Last comment: 10/20/2008 2:47:56 PM by ademers1980
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another attempt to secularize Christmas for those uncomfortable with its "religious overtones"
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Calling the American industry a dinosaur who's day of reckoning has come, several key Republicans said Sunday that they would oppose any attempt to bail out American car makers.
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Racial incidents, ranging from cross burnings to school children chanting "assassinate Obama" have reportedly been in the increase since last week's presidential election.
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At least part of the answer to what is expected to be a long and protracted crisis might turn out to be a Roosevelt era type public works project, which could create jobs, and pump cash over a long period of time into our moribund economy.
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It's not just the AP poll, which indicates that Obama's lead has shriveled to 1 point, but there's also reason for the GOP to be hopeful about Florida and Virginia.
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Police, emergency services bracing for unprecedented crowd as city salutes hometown hero.
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Democrats in the U.S. House have been conducting hearings on proposals to confiscate workers’ personal retirement accounts
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Barack Obama's ailing grandmother died Monday in Hawaii, a day before Obama was to stand election for the presidency, his campaign announced. Madelyn Payne Dunham was 86.
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Barack Obama wona landslide victory in tiny Dixville Notch and Hart's Location, N.H., where tradition of having the first Election Day ballots tallied lives on. Obama captured 17 votes to 10 for McCain and two for write-in Ron Paul.
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Terror watchers say there hasn't been the usual pre-election chatter from Islamic terrorists this year, but they are keeping a close eye for white supremacist groups.
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Jim DeMint will hold off on a move to expel Ted Stevens until his re-election status is known
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Literary agents are apparently lining up to nab Palin so that she can put her name on a book that most believe could fetch a $7 million advance.
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Two-time Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told an audience in India that Hillary Clinton would be a great choice
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The University of Michigan graduate and co-chair for the transition team will be in this important position
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President elect Obama has held at least one closed door meeting with Hillary Clinton and New Mexico Governor and former UN Ambassador Bill Richardson, as the search narrows for a next Secretary of State.
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Presidential reflections in an interview aboard the U.S.S. Intrepid in New York.
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Dr. Lyle Rossiter, a certified clinical psychiatrist, claims liberalism is a "mental disorder."
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does Obama's election signal a cultural shift in racial attitudes?
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It's proving difficult to peer inside Obama's still tightly closed Cabinet. But so far his presidential transition has looked deliberate and impressive.
By: barb | Updated: 8 days ago by barb | (1)
Lobbyists will be able to work on transition team, but "if someone has lobbied in the last 12 months, they are prohibited from working in the fields of policy on which they lobbied."
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