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Ron Paul's forces quietly plot GOP convention revolt against McCain — Virtually all the nation's political attention in recent weeks has focused on the compelling state-by-state presidential nomination struggle between two Democrats and the potential for party-splitting strife over there.
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Barr unpersuaded by 'don't run' pleas — Former Rep. Bob Barr says a number of Republicans have been trying to persuade him not to run for president on the Libertarian Party ticket, but none has given him a convincing reason. — The former Republican congressman from Georgia formed …
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Barr announces Libertarian White House bid — WASHINGTON - Former Republican Rep. Bob Barr launched a Libertarian Party presidential bid Monday, saying voters are hungry for an alternative to the status quo who would dramatically cut the federal government.
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Clinton creaming Obama in Ky. — U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton enters the final week before Kentucky's May 20 Democratic presidential primary with a commanding 27 percentage point lead over U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, a new poll shows. — She leads the Illinois senator 58 percent to 31 percent …
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Poll Predicts 36-Point Clinton Landslide in W. Virginia — Voters Say Clinton's Persistence Will Not Hurt the Democratic Party — Although Barack Obama is the likely Democratic nominee, West Virginia Democratic voters are marching to a different drummer, as Hillary Clinton leads …
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Clinton Team Acknowledges $20 Million Debt
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President Apostate? — BARACK OBAMA has emerged as a classic example of charismatic leadership — a figure upon whom others project their own hopes and desires. The resulting emotional intensity adds greatly to the more conventional strengths of the well-organized Obama campaign …
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O'Reilly's meltdown: ‘F*ck it! F*cking thing sucks!’ — Between 1989 and 1995, Bill O'Reilly hosted the entertainment program “Inside Edition.” A new behind-the-scenes video from his time there has surfaced, showing O'Reilly flipping out because of a teleprompter malfunction. “I can't read it!
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Obama on Zionism and Hamas — The Hamas leader Ahmed Yousef did Barack Obama no favor recently when he said: “We like Mr. Obama and we hope that he will win the election.” John McCain jumped on this statement, calling it a “legitimate point of discussion,” and tied it to Obama's putative softness on Iran …
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Bush Hits New Low as ‘Wrong Track’ Rises — Eighty-Two Percent of Americans Say the Country's Seriously Off on the Wrong Track — Public disgruntlement neared a record high and President Bush slipped to his career low in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll.
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Could Obama Be Another Dukakis? — It is a thought that sends shivers down the backs of Democrats, a name that brings to mind memories of an election lost that might have been won, against a war hero once referred to in headlines as a “wimp” who won not so much by his own strengths …
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Death toll in China earthquake up to nearly 9,000 — CHONGQING, China - One of the worst earthquakes in decades struck central China on Monday, killing nearly 9,000 people, trapping about 900 students under the rubble of their school and causing a toxic chemical leak, state media reported.
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Obama's Inability to Hire Good Help Rears Its Head ... Again — We started covering Sen. Barack Obama's inability to hire good staffers in June 2007, when he blamed staffers for some opposition research trying to link Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, to outsourcing in India …
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Reading the Ron Paul Revolution — Ron Paul's book, The Revolution: A Manifesto benefits from many of the virtues of the author's maverick presidential campaign - but it also shares some of the Paul campaign's shortcomings. — Ron Paul's <i>The Revolution: A Manifesto</I> is an important book.
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For Obama, Advice Straight Up — Valerie Jarrett Is Essential Member of Inner Set — In one of the small, rural towns where Barack Obama was campaigning this year, he asked an aide for a slice of pecan pie to go with his usual dinner of salmon, broccoli and brown rice.
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Bush May Be as Harmful to McCain as Wright Is to Obama — One-third of likely voters say they are less likely to vote for McCain because of Bush — PRINCETON, NJ — George W. Bush may do as much damage to John McCain's chances of being elected as Jeremiah Wright does to Barack Obama's …