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Gas Prices Predict Elections

Jennifer Donahue | Posted May 6, 2008 | Off The Bus

Read More: Breaking Political News, Clinton, Delegate Count, Democratic Presidential Race, Gas Tax Holiday, Indiana, Mccain, North Carolina, Obama, Primary, Superdelegates

And Senator Clinton knows it. It doesn't mean the issue will necessarily give her the lifeline she needs today, but if anything will, she's hit the right issue.

For the past forty years, the most predicitive economic indicator has been oil prices and how they affect consumers. This hasn't held...

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Hillary Wins PA by Triple Digits!

Evan Eisenberg | Posted April 24, 2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Breaking Political News, Clinton Spin, Democratic Primary, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, Media Bias, Pennsylvania Primary, Pundits, Spin

The pundits agreed:

Given her desperate need to make a dent in Obama's vast pledged-delegate lead...

Given that her campaign was not merely broke, but deep in the red...

Given that, a few months ago, polls showed her leading in Pennsylvania by 20 points or more...

Given the support of...

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A Presidential Cookie

Amy Ephron | Posted April 22, 2008 | Politics

I have a theory that in order to be First Lady you have to have a cookie recipe.

Martha Washington had a cookie recipe: jumbals. (Jumbals have fallen out of fashion but they're a little like a pretzel made out of biscuit dough.)

Mary Lincoln had a cookie...

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What Really Went Down in Pittsburgh

Scott Paul | Posted April 19, 2008 | Politics

Read More: Breaking Political News, China, Free Trade, Free Trade Agreements, Manufacturing, Obama Bitter, Pennsylvania Primary, Trade

On Monday, Senator Barack Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton came to Pittsburgh for substantive dialogue about their trade policies and, particularly, how they plan to address China's unfair trade practices. The Alliance for American Manufacturing, a labor-management, non-partisan partnership, hosted the forum and rightly put the candidates on the spot...

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Jake Tapper's Smoke Detector Goes Off at ABC News

Eric Boehlert | Posted April 9, 2008 | Media

Read More: Abc, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Breaking Media News, Breaking Political News, Digby, Hardball, Hillary Clinton, Jake Tapper, Msnbc, National Review, Sadly No!

Did Obama fib about smoking as Tapper claimed? I have no idea. Does it matter in terms of Obama's White House run? I can't imagine how it would.

I don't even know how to describe Tapper's I-think-Obama-lied-about smoking report. It certainly does not represent journalism in any fundamental way....

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Hillary Clinton, 60 Minutes, and the Muslim question

Eric Boehlert | Posted March 11, 2008 | Media

When people suggest that the press employs a separate standard for covering Clinton, this is the kind of episode they're talking about. There simply is no other candidate, from either party, who has had their comments, their fragments, dissected so dishonestly the way Clinton's have been.

If you look...

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Congress Eases Access To Government Records

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | December 18, 2007 06:23 PM

Read More: Breaking Political News, Bush Administration, Congress, Freedom Of Information Laws, Freedom Of Informaton Act, Government Records

Congress on Tuesday struck back at the Bush administration's trend toward secrecy since the 2001 terrorist attacks, passing legislation to toughen the Freedom of Information Act and increasing penalties on agencies that don't comply. The White House would not say...

Watch: Oprah Speaks At Obama Rally In Iowa

Fox News | December 8, 2007 08:17 PM

On Saturday in Iowa, Oprah Winfrey took the stage at an Obama rally to speak about why she is endorsing Barack and why it is America needs him as president. In front of a full house of roughly 18,500 people,...

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Oprah Speaks At Iowa Obama Rally: "For The Very First Time In My Life I Feel Compelled To Stand Up And Speak Out"

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | December 8, 2007 05:35 PM

Read More: Barack Obama, Breaking Political News, Obama, Oprah, Oprah And Obama, Oprah Campaigning, Oprah For Obama, Oprah Iowa, Oprah South Carolina, Oprah Speech, Oprah Speech Iowa, Oprah Video Iowa, Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey said worry about the direction of her country and a personal belief in Barack Obama's ability to lead it pushed her to make her first endorsement in a presidential campaign, support with incalculable value in a tight race...

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Pentagon: Iran Nuke Report Won't Change Military Planning

AP | ROBERT BURNS | December 7, 2007 06:02 PM

Read More: Breaking Political News, Breaking Politics News, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Iran Report, Nie Report, Pentagon

A new intelligence estimate downplaying Iran's nuclear ambitions has not changed the way the Defense Department views the country that has been long criticized by the Bush administration for fostering instability in Iraq, senior Pentagon officials said Friday. "There has...

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Freedom's Watch Watch: Vulnerable Democrats Shrug Off New Iraq Ads

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | November 14, 2007 09:55 AM

Read More: 2008, Breaking Political News, Democrats, Freedom's Watch, House Of Representatives, Iraq

If House Democrats are worried about Freedom's Watch calling them out in newspaper ads in their local districts, they aren't showing it. "In an age of global threats, I do not believe our nation is best served by devoting so...

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Freedom's Watch Watch: New Veterans Day Ads Target Dems On Iraq

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | November 13, 2007 02:10 PM

Read More: Breaking Political News, Democrats, Freedom's Watch, House Of Representatives

The morning after the country observed Veterans Day, newspaper readers in seven cities woke up to full page ads blasting their local Democratic representative over the war in Iraq. "Stop the politics," the ads charge, and "fund the troops." After...

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Giuliani Advisors: We'll Win The Nomination In February

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | November 12, 2007 11:29 AM

Read More: 2008, Breaking Political News, Primaries, Republican Presidential Candidates, Rudy Giuliani

The top campaign staffers for former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani want everyone to ignore the significant leads that ex-Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has in Iowa and New Hampshire. They say the Republican presidential hopeful will race to a triple-digit...

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Democrats' New Bill Gives Blackwater, Contractors Six Months Notice In Iraq

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | November 9, 2007 01:26 PM

Read More: Blackwater, Breaking Political News, Iraq, Private Security Contractors, Rep. Jan Schakowsky

A group of House members and one Senator came together on Tuesday to introduce the "Stop Outsourcing Security Act," a bill that will give pink slips to private security guards employed by contractors like Blackwater USA in Iraq and other...

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Obama Refers To "Social Security Crisis"

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | November 9, 2007 12:50 PM

Read More: 2008, Barack Obama, Breaking Political News, Chris Dodd, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, Social Security

In an interview yesterday, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) explicitly used the word "crisis" in reference to Social Security, seemingly contradicting a progressive refrain that such talk is a red herring advanced by proponents of privatization. "You know, Senator Clinton says...

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Romney Keeps Up Tough Immigration Message After Joining Univision Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | November 9, 2007 10:32 AM

Read More: 2008 Election, Breaking Political News, Immigration, Mitt Romney, Republican Presidential Candidates

Mitt Romney announced last night that he would attend a debate broadcast in Spanish on the Univision network. The December 9 debate follows an earlier event that was canceled in September after only Senator John McCain and Rep. Duncan Hunter...

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Blackwater-Linked Figure No Longer WIth Penn's Firm

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | November 8, 2007 02:20 PM

Read More: Blackwater, Breaking Political News, Burson-Marsteller, Mark Penn, Robert Tappan

The top adviser to Hillary Clinton's campaign says that an executive who brought heightened scrutiny to the public relations giant he runs by helping out Blackwater USA is no longer with his firm. During an appearance on the public radio...

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White House Trying To Limit Reach Of Criminal Law On Blackwater, Contractors

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | November 8, 2007 11:00 AM

Read More: Blackwater, Breaking Political News, House Of Representatives, Iraq, Private Security Contractors, Senate

A tug of war has broken out between Congress and the Bush administration over legislation that would put private security contractors on a shorter legal leash. The White House and Justice Department are trying to limit the reach of U.S....

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Social Conservative Groups Mostly Silent On Robertson Endorsement

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | November 7, 2007 03:54 PM

Read More: 2008, Breaking Political News, Pat Robertson, Republican Presidential Candidate, Rudy Giuliani

Pat Robertson's endorsement this morning of Rudy Giuliani has been met with virtual radio silence from social conservative groups. A spokeswoman at the Christian Coalition said that Robertson had made the endorsement "in his personal capacity" and so the group...

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Robertson Endorses Giuliani -- Without Mentioning Abortion

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | November 7, 2007 09:51 AM

Read More: 2008, Breaking Political News, Endorsements, Pat Robertson, Republican Presidential Candidates, Rudy Giuliani

The morning buzz is centering on televangelist Pat Robertson's endorsement of Rudy Giuliani. Finally, Giuliani's campaign hopes to communicate, the thrice-married, traditionally socially liberal Catholic is making headway within the Christian conservative base of his party. But wait just a...

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