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Edwards Gains on Clinton, Passes Obama

In New Hampshire
poll, it's suddenly
a three-way race

Apr 4, 07 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - John Edwards pushed past Barack and sliced into Hillary's comfortable lead in the latest New Hampshire poll, putting all three cadidates in a statistical dead heat. Clinton dropped from 35% of likely Democratic voters in February  to 27%. Edwards rose from 16% to 21%, and Obama lost a point, from... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Democrats • politics • presidential campaign • New Hampshire • Election 2008

Support The Troops With
A War Tax

Dems should insist
on paying, not borrowing, for war

Apr 3, 07 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - If the Democrats want to support the troops but call the question on the war, they should pass a "war tax,"  writes Richard Hall in the Detroit Free Press. They could adopt the supplemental appropriations, but attach an income tax surcharge to finance it. Would the president... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • Democrats • taxes • Detroit • war • US troops • Iraq war

Bush Staying the Course on Veto

President refuses to compromise on Iraq funding

Apr 3, 07 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bush is staying the course in the war with Congress, ripping into "Democrat leaders" in a press conference today, and repeating his vow to veto any bills with troop withdrawal deadlines that crossed his desk. Congress, he said, is more clearly interested in fighting political battles than real ones. More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • War on Terror • Congress • Pentagon • Democrats • Republican • politics • presidential politics • veto • troop withdrawal • George W. Bush

Hillary Triples War Chest Record

White House campaign nets $36 million

Apr 2, 07 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton proved her fund raising prowess by nearly tripling the previous record for the first quarter of a presidential campaign, amassing $26 million in donations.   Some $10 million appears to have been raised in the final 1 1/2 weeks of the quarter, the Washington Post reports, when... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democrats • politics • presidential campaign • campaign fundraising • Election 2008

Jesse Backs Barack

Obama picks up key endorsement

Mar 30, 07 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jesse's backing Barack, despite his long friendship with the Clintons, the civil rights veteran told the AP yesterday.  "He's got my vote,"  Jackson said, dismissing suggestions that he might feel obligated to support Hillary. "It's not awkward at all," he said, adding, "I... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democrats • politics • Jesse Jackson • presidential campaign • endorsement • Election 2008

GOP Gains in Head-to-Head Matches

Poll sees Clinton KO'd by Giuiliani, McCain; Obama fairs better

Mar 30, 07 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The smart money says the 2008 election is the Democrats' to lose,  but a surprising Time poll has the Democratic front runners narrowly losing to the Repubican front runners in hypothetical head-to-head match-ups. Hillary Clinton loses to John McCain 42%-48%, and to Rudy Giuliani 41%-50%. Obama, behind Clinton in... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Democrats • Republican • politics • presidential campaign • McCain 2008 • Election 2008

(Newser) - With Congress and the president now officially at war over Iraq, all parties scrambled yesterday to gear up for the coming firefight. The President promised to veto the spending bill with troop withdrawal deadlines attached, seeming to relish the fight ahead. Tthe newly aggressive and unified Democrats, notes the New ... More »

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Iraq • Congress • military • Democrats • Republican • war • Iraq war • Iraq exit strategy • Iraq war spending • George W. Bush

Senate Backs Troop Pullout Timetable

Bill ties troop funding to March 2008 withdrawal deadline

Mar 28, 07 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats in the Senate  pulled off a surprise victory yesterday in their bid to force President Bush to bring troops home from Iraq—deflecting a GOP effort to kill the troop withdrawal plan. The Democrats’ proposal sets a March 2008 deadline for ending the conflict and is folded into a... More »

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Iraq • War on Terror • Congress • Democrats • Chuck Hagel • Charles Schumer • war • US troops • troop withdrawal • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Techies Click With Obama

Silicon Valley elite are replacing Clinton with a next-generation model

Mar 26, 07 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Silicon Valley techies are forsaking  Hillary for Barack—and among the defectors are some of Bill's biggest fundraisers. Obama's is grabbing particular notice among the young and newly wealthy, with deep pockets and little political experience. "In the lexicon of high tech, Barack Obama is the next-generation solution,"... More »

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Barack Obama • technology • California • Democrats • politics • Silicon Valley • campaign fundraising • Election 2008

Blast From Obama's Past

High school chum,
now homeless,
hopes for handout

Mar 23, 07 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama was surprised last week when a buddy from back in the days when he was called Barry got in touch. Keith Kakugawa, recently released from prison for his third drug conviction and living in a car, called the senator's cell phone to ask for help. More »

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Barack Obama • Democrats • politics • presidential campaign • Keith Kakugawa • social services • Election 2008

Elizabeth Edwards's
Cancer Recurs

2008 candidate will continue his campaign

Mar 23, 07 8:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Presidential contender John Edwards and his wife Elizabeth announced today that the breast cancer she battled after the last election cycle has recurred and advanced to Stage IV. The cancer has spread to her bones, a lung, and possibly other organs, her oncologist explained,  and is now inoperable. The... More »

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cancer • John Edwards • Democrats • Elizabeth Edwards • health • breast cancer • presidential campaign • medical research • cancer research • Election 2008

Dems Score
With Subpoenas

They can't pass bills, but they can sure
hold hearings

Mar 20, 07 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats haven't managed to score with a single one of the bills drafted in their giddy first 100 hours, but playing hardball with hearings has proved more fruitful. In cranking up the congressional oversight machinery, write Richard Simon and Noam Levey, they've dominated headlines and applied pressure to the administration. More »

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Bush administration • ethics • Congress • Valerie Plame • investigation • Democrats • Congressional oversight • Democratic Congress • Congressional hearings • subpoena • Walter Reed Army Medical Center • George W. Bush

Left Coast Democrats
Lead in Nanny Laws

"Paternalistic" lawmakers are a sign that financially, society has arrived  

Mar 8, 07 9:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Smoking, trans fat and auto emissions are only the beginning: A group of California legislators is agitating for measures regulating everything from having your pet neutered to changing your light bulbs. They're called "nanny laws," and poli-sci types say they're a product of prosperity. It's "post materialist,... More »

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California • Democrats • nanny laws • California legislature • Bruce Cain • political science • post materialism • UC Berkeley • smoking ban

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