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The Clintons and History — WASHINGTON — There's an old joke people here in the capital like to tell about Charles E. Schumer, the New York senator, and over the years I'm sure it's been used to describe other politicians, as well: The most dangerous place to stand in Washington …
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Obama Damps Down Racial Controversy — ABC News' David Wright, Andy Fies, and Sunlen Miller Report: Sen. Barack Obama told ABC News Monday there is nothing in Sen. Hillary Clinton's record that would give him any cause for concern about her in terms of racial politics.

Clinton camp fires up blacks but not how they hoped — The fallout from comments about Sen. Barack Obama made by billionaire Robert Johnson of Black Entertainment Television fame on behalf of Sen. Hillary Clinton continues today. — Former President Bill Clinton put distance between himself …

Obama Needs a History Lesson about Hillary and King — The Obama camp did it again. They manufactured yet another issue out of a non-issue when they pounded Hillary Clinton for supposedly defiling Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by minimizing his role in the civil rights struggle.


Bill Clinton compiles ‘list’ of Obama attacks — (CNN) — Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign came out swinging Monday against the latest complaints from her rival, with former President Clinton announcing he has “a list of 80 attacks on Hillary” by Senator Barack Obama's campaign.
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President Clinton Does More Damage Control on Black Radio — In an interview Monday, President Clinton mounted a less-than-vigorous defense of comments a prominent supporter of Senator Clinton's presidential bid, Robert Johnson, made which many interpreted as a reference to Senator Obama's admission …

Obama Camp's Memo on Clintons' Politicizing Race
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New Poll: Democratic race in Nevada a dead heat — A new poll by the Reno Gazette-Journal shows a neck-and-neck three-way race among Democrats for Saturday's caucus. On the Republican side, U.S. Sen. John McCain has taken his first lead in Nevada of the election season, and Mitt Romney …
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USAT/Gallup Poll: McCain jumps to lead; Clinton regains advantage — Both winners in last week's New Hampshire primary now lead in the USA TODAY/Gallup national poll of the Republican and Democratic presidential nomination races. — Sen. John McCain has jumped ahead of the other Republican contenders.

Clinton holds solid lead in California — The poll of 384 likely Democratic primary voters, conducted by telephone Jan. 11-13, shows the New York senator at 47 percent, comfortably ahead of Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's 31 percent and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards' 10 percent.
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Fred Thompson Surges in South Carolina — Rasmussen Reports released their latest South Carolina poll. Fred has vaulted into a statistical tie for second place: … We are not surprised. South Carolinians know a consistent conservative when they see one. Fred has been working hard on his bus tour to talk directly to voters.
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McCain booed in Michigan...twice; Update: Video added — Update: Here's the vid of the booing at the Americans for Prosperity Summit event... Mr. Shamnesty-Short Fuse almost walked off the stage during a campaign event with the AFL-CIO in Michigan. Audience members didn't like his soft-on-illegal immigration blather.
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Bothersome Intel on Iran — In public, President Bush has been careful to reassure Israel and other allies that he still sees Iran as a threat, while not disavowing his administration's recent National Intelligence Estimate. That NIE, made public Dec. 3, embarrassed the administration …


The Case Against Hillary Clinton — WHY ON EARTH WOULD WE CHOOSE TO PUT THE CLINTON FAMILY DRAMA AT THE CENTER OF OUR POLITICS AGAIN. — Seeing the name Hillary in a headline last week—a headline about a life that had involved real achievement—I felt a mouse stirring in the attic of my memory.
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In Defending War Vote, Clintons Contradict Record
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Indiana Jones meets the Da Vinci Code — Islam watchers blogged all weekend about news that a secret archive of ancient Islamic texts had surfaced after 60 years of suppression. Andrew Higgins' Wall Street Journal report that the photographic record of Koranic manuscripts …
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Financial advisers' No. 1 worry: A Democrat in the White House — Nothing worries financial advisers more than the prospect of a Democrat's being elected president in November, according to a quarterly poll by Brinker Capital Inc. — The fourth-quarter edition of the Brinker Barometer …
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Rudy: “Do I look nervous?” — Naples, FL — Despite seeing a precipitous decline in national and Florida polls, Rudy Giuliani told Fox today his campaign is in “good shape” and he is pursuing a “smart strategy." — In an exclusive interview aboard his bus midway through Hizzoner's three …
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