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(Newser) - The Rev. Jeremiah Wright has no hard feelings against President Obama and will speak to him again when able, the Newport News (Va.) Daily Press reports. Wright, at a ministers conference, said, “them Jews aren’t going to let him talk to me. I told my baby daughter,... More »

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Christianity • Jews • religion • Election 2008 • Trinity United Church of Christ • Rev. Jeremiah Wright • President Obama

 Coleman-Franken Fight 
 Heads to Minn.'s Top Court 

Ex-lawyer Coleman working case; Franken acting like senator

May 31, 09 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Norm Coleman and Al Franken take their protracted election battle to Minnesota's Supreme Court tomorrow, reports the Hill, in what could be its final stage. Lawyers on both sides have spent some 6 weeks readying their arguments—including Coleman, himself a lawyer. Franken, meanwhile, holding to a slim ballot... More »

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Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Election 2008 • Minnesota Supreme Court

(Newser) - It's almost a political rite of passage at this point: Bob Woodward is writing a book about the Obama administration, reports Gabriel Sherman in the New Republic. No word on the focus, but Sherman notes that Woodward has a knack for making administrations nervous. “Every White House... More »

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White House • Bob Woodward • Election 2008 • reporting • Obama administration • President Obama • investigative journalism

Ayers, Rev. Wright Team Up for Middle East Peace

Obama's former liabilities joke about their roles

May 18, 09 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two of the toughest thorns in Barack Obama's side during the presidential campaign joined together in Chicago yesterday for the first time, the Tribune reports. The Rev. Jeremiah Wright and William Ayers shared a stage at a kickoff rally for a march for Mideast peace. It was their work on... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • Chicago • Palestine • Israel and Palestinians • rally • Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict • Jeremiah Wright • Election 2008 • Bill Ayers • Israelis • William Ayers • march

Murtha Aide Threatened Me: GOP Opponent

Army vet says staffer warned about a possible court-martial

May 13, 09 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - John Murtha's 2008 Republican challenger has accused an aide to the Pennsylvania congressman of threatening to recall him to active military service so the Army could court-martial him, Politico reports. Participating in elective politics while on active duty is against military policy. Russell, who retired from the Army Reserves during... More »

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ethics • John Murtha • Pennsylvania • threats • court martial • Election 2008 • Bill Russell • John Hugya

Interview

 Campaign Over, 
 Mac's Mom Lays It Out 


May 6, 09 12:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Throughout the presidential campaign, James Rainey of the LA Times tried to land an interview with Roberta McCain. “They wouldn’t let me talk, thinking I don’t do the politics thing,” the 97-year-old says. “And they were right.” Now the gag order’s off,... More »

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John McCain • straight talk • Election 2008 • Roberta McCain

(Newser) - President Obama’s late mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, was baptized by the Church of Latter-day Saints during the campaign last year, Politico reports. The Mormons are investigating the baptism of Dunham—who died in 1995—which a Church ancestry website documents. Posthumous baptism performed without permission has raised problems in... More »

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presidential campaign • Mormon • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints • Election 2008 • President Obama • LDS

(Newser) - Elizabeth Edwards is taking married life day by day—or "maybe it's month by month"—she tells Oprah, in an episode to air Thursday. When asked whether she still loves her husband, she responds, "You know, that's a complicated question," the AP reports. "I wanted... More »

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John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • infidelity • Election 2008 • Rielle Hunter

Rove and Plouffe Go
Negative at Book Event

Old-school politicos can't help but go at it

May 5, 09 9:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Old campaign hacks never die; they just bicker at events to boost book sales. Last night Obama campaign geek-in-chief David Plouffe and Bush hatchet man Karl Rove went at it in Monterey, California, only half-playfully, the Huffington Post reports. Rove attacked Obama’s commitment to bipartisanship; shot back Plouffe, “... More »

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Karl Rove • David Plouffe • Election 2008 • Obama administration

ANALYSIS

 Clinton Gets Comfy at State 


May 1, 09 5:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton’s transition from presidential candidate to secretary of state wasn’t easy—and neither is the new gig—but the former first lady has taken it all in stride, the New York Times reports. “I love the job; I mean, it’s really hard,” Clinton said,... More »

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Hillary Clinton • State Department • secretary of State • foreign policy • Election 2008 • Obama administration • President Obama • special envoy

(Newser) - Seeing Barack Obama’s success in the 2008 election, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has borrowed the US president’s most famous phrase for his own reelection campaign, the Guardian reports. In a campaign video, the Iranian president stands in front of a blackboard with the Farsi words “Ma Mitavanim,” or... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • presidential campaign • Election 2008 • President Obama • campaign slogan

OPINION

 Cheney Should 
 Have Run in 2008 

VP would have lost big and awakened right, says Douthat

Apr 28, 09 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - As he bashes the Obama administration and insists that torture kept the country safe, Dick Cheney sounds less like a retired VP than a man campaigning for a third Bush term. For Ross Douthat, it's a pity he didn't run himself. In his first column for the New York Times,... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Dick Cheney • torture • Election 2008 • conservatism • conservative movement

(Newser) - The fight for Kirsten Gillibrand’s House seat is over, the Albany Times Union reports. Republican candidate Jim Tedisco conceded the race to Democrat Scott Murphy this afternoon, more than 3 weeks after the election. “Ultimately, it became clear that the numbers were not going our way,”... More »

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Congress • New York • House of Representatives • Election 2008 • concession • Kirsten Gillibrand • Scott Murphy • Jim Tedisco

Coleman Takes Vote Battle to Top State Court

Franken picks Senate staffers as rival
refuses to concede

Apr 21, 09 1:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Embattled former senator Norm Coleman is keeping alive the last fight of Election 2008 with an appeal to Minnesota's Supreme Court, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Coleman is arguing that a lower court that awarded Al Franken a 312-vote victory denied constituents their constitutional rights by rejecting some absentee ballots.... More »

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Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Senate race • Election 2008

OPINION

Texas Wants to Secede? That Sounds Great!

Democrats would love to have state's 34 electoral votes back

Apr 17, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rick Perry’s talk of seceding from the union might seem crazy, but calling the Texas governor's bluff would be a great deal for Democrats, writes Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com. Consider:
  • Democrats would suddenly have a filibuster-proof majority in the 98-seat Senate.
  • Republicans would lose eight more
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Barack Obama • Texas • electoral college • Rick Perry • secession • Election 2008 • George W. Bush • electoral votes

(Newser) - Sarah Palin’s father—the great-grandfather of Bristol Palin’s son, Tripp—says 19-year-old babydaddy Levi Johnston “has not contributed anything” to raising the boy, Us reports. Chuck Heath took exception to Johnston’s recent Palin-bashing media tour. “He’s broke, so he’s trying to capitalize on... More »

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parenting • diapers • Election 2008 • media coverage • Sarah Palin • Bristol Palin • Levi Johnston • Chuck Heath

(Newser) - Democrats have widened their campaign against Norm Coleman to include a radio ad urging him to concede to Al Franken, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. “Minnesota deserves two senators and voters deserve to have their verdict stand,” says the ad, produced by the DNC. “Call Norm... More »

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Congress • Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Democratic National Committee • Al Franken • radio advertising • Election 2008 • ad buy

HBO Plans Film Version of 2008 Election Book

Film will look at events from candidates' perspectives

Apr 14, 09 2:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - HBO Films has picked up Game Change, a book about the 2008 election, to adapt for the small screen. The book, to be published next year, takes a character-driven look at the campaigns from the perspectives of the candidates and their camps, says Variety. The option continues the network’s... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • HBO • Recount • Mark Halperin • Election 2008 • adaptation • Frost/Nixon • John Heilemann • The Queen

Stalled Minn. Senate Race a Home Run for Fundraisers

Groups for both parties reap cash by citing Franken-Coleman battle

Apr 6, 09 9:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - For some political fundraisers, the longer the Franken-Coleman race barrels onward, the better: it’s helping them pull down huge sums, Politico reports. Groups from both parties are hitting up their constituents for cash, using the Minnesota race to spark sympathy. “We need to expose these illicit attempts to... More »

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Norm Coleman • Al Franken • political action committees • Election 2008 • political donations • fundraising

(Newser) - Bristol Palin's former fiancé says the couple shared a room at Sarah Palin’s home, and  the governor was wise to what was going on, Us reports. “I'm pretty sure she probably knew,” Levi Johnston tells Tyra Banks in an interview. “Moms are pretty smart.”... More »

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Tyra Banks • safe sex • engagement • teen pregnancy • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Bristol Palin • Levi Johnston

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