memeorandum: Jack Kemp, all-star quarterback, politician, father, dead of cancer, 73 (Andrew Malcolm/Top of the Ticket)

Jack Kemp, tax crusader and '96 VP candidate, dies — WASHINGTON - Jack Kemp, the former pro quarterback who turned fame on the gridiron into a career in national politics and a crusade for lower taxes, has died of cancer at age 73. — Family spokeswoman Marci Robinson said Kemp died shortly …

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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:

Jack Kemp, all-star quarterback, politician, father, dead of cancer, 73 — Jack Kemp, the all-star college and pro quarterback who went on to serve nine House terms, as secretary of Housing and Urban Development and as Robert Dole's VP running mate on the 1996 Republican presidential ticket, died this evening.

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Associated Press:

Former VP candidate, Bills QB Jack Kemp dies — WASHINGTON — Jack Kemp, the former Bills quarterback, Buffalo-area congressman, one-time vice presidential nominee and self-described “bleeding-heart conservative,” died Saturday. He was 73. — Kemp died after a lengthy illness …

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Adam Clymer / New York Times:

Jack Kemp, Star on Field and in Politics, Dies at 73 — Jack Kemp, the former football star turned congressman who with an evangelist's fervor moved the Republican Party to a commitment to tax cuts as the central focus of economic policy, died Saturday evening at his home in Bethesda, Md. He was 73.

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Patricia Sullivan / Washington Post:

Ex-Official Championed Housing, Tax Reforms — Jack Kemp, 73, a star quarterback with the Buffalo Bills who became a spokesman for supply-side economics, a secretary of Housing and Urban Development and a candidate for high national office, died yesterday at his home in Bethesda.

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Fox News: Jack Kemp, Former GOP VP Candidate and Quarterback, Dies at 73

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Condi Rice sticks it to the Stanford bleeding hearts — Condoleezza Rice, Guantanamo Bay, torture, — If ever you needed further proof of the “person of color” America really needs in charge right now, I urge you to watch this fabulous YouTube footage of the magnificent Condoleezza Rice …

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JSOnline:

GOP chairman Steele calls moderates to party at La Crosse convention — By Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel — La Crosse - Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele appealed to the political middle Friday to join his party but added that the party itself wouldn't moderate.

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CNN:
Bob Barr: GOP in ‘very deep trouble’

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Robert J. Shiller / New York Times:

Depression Scares Are Hardly New — WHAT is the chance that the current downturn will morph into another Great Depression? That question has been preoccupying people for months. — The popular mood has a huge impact on the economy, so it's worth noting what many people seem to forget: Depression scares come and go.

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Hazel Blears / Guardian:

YouTube is no substitute for knocking on doors — Ministers need to engage more, and hear the public's anger first-hand — When Gordon Brown leads Labour into the next general election, our campaign must rest on three pillars: we need to fight on a platform of practical policy …

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Annys Shin / Washington Post:

U.S. Workers' Wages Stagnate As Firms Rush to Slash Costs — In December, Timothy Owner, a trombone player with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, called his landlord to tell her he might have trouble paying rent around May. He and the orchestra's 53 other full-time members …

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Amy Gardner / Washington Post:

Va. Candidate McAuliffe Has History of Mixing Business, Politics — Terry McAuliffe has a simple message for Virginia: Elect him governor this year and he will bring jobs, because he has more business experience than anyone else in the race. — Yet McAuliffe's business pedigree is not so simple.

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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:

David Shuster destroys NOM's Brian S. Brown over their misleading ad against gay marriage — You can view this video right here by getting the latest version of Flash Player! — David Shuster exposed the distortions being used by NOM's Brian S. Brown over the issue of gay marriage.

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