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Clinton rejects official's Obama comment
Dec 14 2007 11:51PM (CT)
JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday denounced the comments of an official in her campaign who resigned after raising questions about drug use by Barack Obama. Clinton was asked about the official's comments about Obama as she campaigned in Iowa, where the controversy has become an issue less than three weeks before the state's leadoff caucuses.
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Rivals try class warfare against Romney
Dec 14 2007 11:07PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Mike Huckabee and Fred Thompson have begun casting Republican rival Mitt Romney as a scion of the upper class, contrasting him with their more humble roots in hopes of undermining the richest candidate in a well-off group.
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Rivals try class warfare against Romney
Dec 14 2007 11:07PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Mike Huckabee and Fred Thompson have begun casting Republican rival Mitt Romney as a scion of the upper class, contrasting him with their more humble roots in hopes of undermining the richest candidate in a well-off group.
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Huckabee sees WH 'bunker mentality'
Dec 14 2007 9:12PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Mike Huckabee, who has joked about his lack of foreign policy experience, is criticizing the Bush administration's efforts, denouncing a go-it-alone "arrogant bunker mentality" and questioning decisions on Iraq.
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Huckabee sees WH 'bunker mentality'
Dec 14 2007 9:12PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Mike Huckabee, who has joked about his lack of foreign policy experience, is criticizing the Bush administration's efforts, denouncing a go-it-alone "arrogant bunker mentality" and questioning decisions on Iraq.
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Barack Obama Straddles Different Worlds
Dec 14 2007 6:40PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - It was a Wednesday night ritual for Barack Obama: After a day of debating taxes, the death penalty or some other divisive issue, he'd head to a meeting of "The Committee."
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McCain's WMD Is a Mouth That Won't Quit
Dec 14 2007 6:18PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - John McCain has stocked his arsenal with a variety of weapons over the years, like fists when he was in school and bombs when he was at war. But his WMD is a mouth that won't quit. He possesses wisecracks of mass destruction.
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Is Richardson 'Too Real?'
Dec 14 2007 6:18PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - You would have to look hard these days for signs of "the unmade bed," as Bill Richardson has been described time and again through the years.
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Romney's Life Is His Father's Legacy
Dec 14 2007 6:16PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - From his carefully coifed hair to his data-driven business principles to his unwavering devotion to his oft-maligned Mormon faith, Mitt Romney is the spitting image of his father physically, professionally and morally.
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Giuliani: a Pugilist From Birth
Dec 14 2007 6:15PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rudy Giuliani minces no words and suffers no fools. He eats peanuts with the shells still on.
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Thompson Made the Most of Opportunities
Dec 14 2007 6:13PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - It's the kind of story you could write a book about: A 35-year-old single mother of three is fired from her state job after refusing to go along with a scheme to pardon criminals who bribe aides to the governor.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton: Who Is She?
Dec 14 2007 6:12PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton likes to say she was born in the middle of the country at the middle of the century, in a Chicago suburb that defined a childhood out of "Father Knows Best" or "Ozzie and Harriet."
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In Life, Politics, Edwards Relights Fire
Dec 14 2007 6:11PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sheer will has taken John Edwards far, but only so far. His is the storybook life, still waiting for the storybook ending.
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Obama giving away indicted donor's cash
Dec 14 2007 5:56PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Barack Obama is getting rid of an old $5,000 campaign donation that was given to him by an Illinois businessman who was indicted this week.
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How the 2008 candidates chill out
Dec 14 2007 5:55PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - In the midst of furious campaigning, The Associated Press asked presidential candidates to reflect on what they like to do on a lazy day.
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Huckabee pushes national sales tax in NH
Dec 14 2007 5:52PM (CT)
BOSCAWEN, N.H. (AP) - Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee said eliminating federal income taxes in favor of a national sales tax would help save Social Security _ an odd pitch in a state where residents pay no state income or sales taxes.
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Huckabee pushes national sales tax in NH
Dec 14 2007 5:52PM (CT)
BOSCAWEN, N.H. (AP) - Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee said eliminating federal income taxes in favor of a national sales tax would help save Social Security _ an odd pitch in a state where residents pay no state income or sales taxes.
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Two more staff departures at White House
Dec 14 2007 5:08PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush is losing two more key aides as his presidency winds toward its end, with his chief speechwriter and lobbyist both announcing Friday that they are leaving.
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Edwards attacking rivals only indirectly
Dec 14 2007 4:53PM (CT)
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - At a key moment during a labor-sponsored debate in August, John Edwards laid down a marker against Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Edwards attacking rivals only indirectly
Dec 14 2007 4:53PM (CT)
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - At a key moment during a labor-sponsored debate in August, John Edwards laid down a marker against Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Edwards attacking rivals only indirectly
Dec 14 2007 4:53PM (CT)
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - At a key moment during a labor-sponsored debate in August, John Edwards laid down a marker against Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Bah, humbug: Holiday polling woes
Dec 14 2007 2:14PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Santa Claus may be coming to town, but lots of people will be leaving or otherwise hard to reach in Iowa and New Hampshire. That makes for plenty of nervous pollsters preparing to take late soundings on the presidential race during the frenzied holiday period.
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Clinton adviser out after Obama comment
Dec 14 2007 11:39AM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A top campaign adviser to Hillary Rodham Clinton resigned, a day after suggesting Democrats should be wary of nominating Barack Obama because his teenage drug use could make it hard for him to win the presidency.
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Democrats in debate urge taxes on rich
Dec 14 2007 2:01AM (CT)
JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) - Democratic presidential hopefuls called for higher taxes on the highest-paid Americans and on big corporations Thursday and agreed in an unusually cordial debate that any thought of balancing the federal budget would have to wait.
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Democrats in debate urge taxes on rich
Dec 14 2007 2:01AM (CT)
JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) - Democratic presidential hopefuls called for higher taxes on the highest-paid Americans and on big corporations Thursday and agreed in an unusually cordial debate that any thought of balancing the federal budget would have to wait.
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Democrats in debate urge taxes on rich
Dec 14 2007 2:01AM (CT)
JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) - Democratic presidential hopefuls called for higher taxes on the highest-paid Americans and on big corporations Thursday and agreed in an unusually cordial debate that any thought of balancing the federal budget would have to wait.
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Democrats in debate urge taxes on rich
Dec 14 2007 2:01AM (CT)
JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) - Democratic presidential hopefuls called for higher taxes on the highest-paid Americans and on big corporations Thursday and agreed in an unusually cordial debate that any thought of balancing the federal budget would have to wait.
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Democrats in debate urge taxes on rich
Dec 14 2007 2:01AM (CT)
JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) - Democratic presidential hopefuls called for higher taxes on the highest-paid Americans and on big corporations Thursday and agreed in an unusually cordial debate that any thought of balancing the federal budget would have to wait.
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Democrats in debate urge taxes on rich
Dec 14 2007 2:01AM (CT)
JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) - Democratic presidential hopefuls called for higher taxes on the highest-paid Americans and on big corporations Thursday and agreed in an unusually cordial debate that any thought of balancing the federal budget would have to wait.
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Democrats in debate urge taxes on rich
Dec 14 2007 2:01AM (CT)
JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) - Democratic presidential hopefuls called for higher taxes on the highest-paid Americans and on big corporations Thursday and agreed in an unusually cordial debate that any thought of balancing the federal budget would have to wait.
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