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Thompson Joins Race for 2008

Claims he's the only real conservative
in the GOP field

Apr 2, 07 6:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former governor and Bush cabinet member Tommy Thompson announced  for president yesterday, staking a claim to the territory to the right of the other GOP contenders. "I am the reliable conservative, my record shows that,"  said the one-time secretary of Health and Human Services and four-term governor... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • Middle East • Republican • health insurance • politics • Tommy Thompson • Health and Human Services • presidency • Wisconsin • Cabinet • presidential campaign • Election 2008 • George W. Bush

Former Giuliani Partner Faces Felony Charges

Kerik trial could embarrass the GOP frontrunner

Mar 31, 07 4:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bernie Kerik is about to embarrass his former pal and partner Rudy Giuliani again. Federal prosecutors say they will charge Kerik with with several felonies in connection with the same problems that sank his nomination for secretary of Homeland Security in 2004. More »

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Rudy Giuliani • Republican • Bernard Kerik • New York City • taxes • New York • tax evasion • 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

Rudi Says Judi Could Sit In
On Cabinet

Denies she broke up marriage number two, or estranged his son

Mar 30, 07 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - "I couldn’t have a better adviser,” Rudy Giuliani gushed about his wife, Judith Nathan, on ABC's 20/20. He would encourage Nathan, a registered nurse and the third Mrs. Giuliani, to sit in on the occasional cabinet meeting and consult on policy in his administration, the GOP frontrunner... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • Republican • presidential campaign • ABC • September 11 • Judith Nathan • 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

Thompson
Slides Into Third

Sorry, Mitt. In just two weeks  the "Law and Order" man has won GOP hearts

Mar 28, 07 1:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - "Law and Order" actor and former senator Fred Thompson is in third place among GOP presidential hopefuls in a new USA Today/Gallup poll. Since he announced that he was considering a bid two weeks ago, Thompson's support has skyrocketed to 12 per cent, kicking Mitt Romney to a distant... More »

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Mitt Romney • Republican • politics • Fred Thompson • presidential campaign • Election 2008

GOP Insiders Nuke Global Warming

87% of Republicans on the Hill don't believe in climate change. The rest have a solution: nuclear power

Mar 27, 07 1:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - The more powerful the evidence for global warming becomes, the more skeptical hard-line Republicans appear to be. Resistance to the case against greenhouse gases is hardening into conservative dogma, Jonathan Chait writes.  Last year, 23 per cent of Congressional Republicans said they believed humanity’s contribution to global warming... More »

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climate change • energy • environment • Republican • Al Gore • nuclear power • greenhouse gases • global warming • energy industry

Bush Is Worse Than a Lame Duck

Mar 27, 07 10:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - The FT catalogs a litany of the obstacles for President Bush achieving anything meaningful in his last 22 months in office. At the core of it all is the Iraq war, which has reduced Bush’s popularity to the point where he has no more political capital to spend. More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • Congress • terrorism • Republican • politics • war • Walter Reed Army Medical Center • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Novak: Bush
Is Alone On Gonzales

"In half a century, I have not seen a president so isolated from his own party"

Mar 26, 07 8:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - There is virtually no support on Capitol Hill for the president's wish to save Alberto Gonzales, who is even more disliked than Rumsfeld was, Robert Novak wrote today. "In half a century, I have not seen a president so isolated from his own party in Congress.  Not Jimmy... More »

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Bush administration • Congress • Alberto Gonzales • Republican • Capitol Hill • Robert Novak • George W. Bush

Wal-Mart Drops Out of Bank Biz

Mar 18, 07 10:53 PM CDT
(Newser) -  Wal-Mart has withdrawn its controversial application for a bank charter, ending a potential foray into the retail bank market. The big-box retailer’s plans to set up its own bank had drawn fire from banking and consumer groups, who feared it would stifle competition. The company, for its part,... More »

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retail • Republican • House Financial Services Committee • bank • banking • Wal-Mart

Chait: John McCain Is No Luke Skywalker

Candidate has gone over to the dark (read: conservative) side

Mar 12, 07 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain liked to portray himself as Luke Skywalker in his 2000 presidential campaign, says LA Times columnist Jonathan Chait, but this time around he resembles a different Jedi: the corrupt Darth Vader. McCain claimed he was an anti-special interests crusader, but the last few years he's gone over to... More »

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John McCain • Republican • presidential campaign • conservative • Darth Vader • Election 2008

Mitt Throws Money at Former Critics

Just before announcing, Romney made hefty donations to conservative groups

Mar 11, 07 4:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mitt Romney has been lining the coffers of conservative groups whose support he'll be seeking in his presidential bid. Late last year, just two months before he announced his candidacy, Romney gave five-figure personal donations to four Massachusetts groups, David Kirkpatrick of the New York Times reports—groups to which... More »

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Mitt Romney • Republican • presidential campaign • campaign finance • money • campaign fundraising • Election 2008

Coulter's Slur Slinging Aims Right for
GOP Base

Edwards attacks play right into insecurities

Mar 8, 07 2:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Ann Coulter's gay-baiting of John Edwards won't cost her anything, writes Glenn Greenwald in today's Salon, because it appeals perfectly to her base: anxious, insecure American voters. "Her aim was not to suggest that Edwards is actually gay, but simply to feminize him like they do with all male... More »

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religious right • John Edwards • Ann Coulter • Republican • Amanda Marcotte • homophobia

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