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Senators OK After Emergency Afghan Landing

Snowstorm grounds choppers carrying Kerry, Biden, Hagel

Feb 21, 08 4:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Helicopters transporting three US senators over mountains in Afghanistan were forced to make an emergency landing today due to a snowstorm, the Associated Press reports. US troops sent ground transportation for Democrats John Kerry and Joseph Biden and Republican Chuck Hagel, none of whom was injured, and returned them to... More »

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Afghanistan • Congress • Joe Biden • Chuck Hagel • John Kerry • helicopter • emergency landing

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Pakistanis Await Poll Returns

Voter turnout light, international observers expect rigging

Feb 18, 08 5:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Polls have closed in Pakistani elections long-delayed by the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, as fears of violence kept voter turnout down to an estimated 15%, Reuters reports. Heavy security, with more than 470,000 police and soldiers deployed at polls nationwide, did little to assuage citizens' anxiety as voting proceeded... More »

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Joe Biden • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • John Kerry • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Lahore • Pakistan elections • election fraud

Clinton's Black Allies Defecting

John Lewis may switch vote; another House member already has

Feb 15, 08 8:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton is starting to lose the support of prominent black leaders—and superdelegates— who previously backed her. Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat who carries great influence in Congress, says he's now tilting toward Barack Obama. Another Georgia Democrat, David Scott, already switched, the AP reports. “Something is... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Kerry • primary • Democratic National Convention • Ted Kennedy • caucus • campaign • Democratic nomination • endorsement • Jim Clyburn • delegates • superdelegates • David Scott • Jesse Jackson Jr. • John Lewis • Emanuel Cleaver

Cupid Lurks on Campaign Trail

Election fever produces plenty of hook-ups—and even a few marriages

Feb 14, 08 12:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Looking for love on this Valentine's Day? Maybe you should join a presidential campaign, the Christian Science Monitor reports. With the trail drawing energized, like-minded activists, traditionally tame vote-first states are earning new slogans like “what happens in Iowa stays in Iowa.” Indeed, staffers are finding love in... More »

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John Edwards • Iowa • Al Gore • John Kerry • George HW Bush • Richard Gephardt • James Carville • romance • campaign trail • Valentine's Day • Mary Matalin • Des Moines • campaign romance

Clinton Clings
to Lead in
Superdelegates

Democrats trade words
about process; AP tallies votes

Feb 11, 08 3:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Even after Barack Obama's weekend primary victories, he and Hillary Clinton are neck-and-neck in the delegate race thanks to her lead among superdelegates. By the AP's count, Clinton has won endorsements from 243 of the 796 party officials and insiders who vote at the convention for the candidate of their... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Kerry • Ted Kennedy • superdelegates

Key Dems May Have Had Enough

Tired of Clintons' grip on party, many leaders defecting to Obama

Jan 28, 08 9:34 PM CST
(Newser) - As Hillary Clinton loses Democratic stalwarts like Tom Daschle, John Kerry, and now Ted Kennedy, the New Republic looks at Democratic power brokers who have had enough of the Clinton brand and many who dismiss the former first couple as power-hungry and legacy-obsessed. Although it’s not obvious outside Washington,... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Kerry • Democratic National Convention • Bill Clinton • Ted Kennedy • Democratic National Committee • Tom Daschle • Clintonites • 527s

OPINION

Kerry Deplores Nevada Lawsuit

Ex-candidate condemns attempt to shut down some caucus sites

Jan 16, 08 1:53 PM CST
(Newser) - John Kerry came out swinging today against voter suppression, insisting on Talking Points Memo Cafe that all Democrats reject a lawsuit that would block special caucus sites for Las Vegas Strip workers. The Obama booster didn’t call out the Clinton campaign by name, but said “certain tactics make... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Kerry • lawsuit • Nevada primary

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John Kerry Endorses Obama

Former Dem nominee backs the Chicagoan in South Carolina

Jan 10, 08 11:42 AM CST
(Newser) - John Kerry threw his support behind Barack Obama's candidacy today at a Charleston, South Carolina, rally, saying "Barack Obama can help our country turn the page." The Democratic standard-bearer said Obama is best suited to unite the country, and spark "a transformation, not just a transition."... More »

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Barack Obama • John Kerry • endorsement

OPINION

Swift Boaters Resurface for GOP

Kerry angered over donations to fellow veteran McCain

Jan 3, 08 1:29 PM CST
(Newser) - The renamed Swift Vets and POWs for Truth—infamous for derailing John Kerry’s 2004 presidential bid—have returned, contributing and bundling nearly $200,000 to Republican candidates. This doesn’t “bode well” for clean politics, writes the Nation’s Christopher Hayes, who sought out Kerry’s comment on... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • John Kerry • bundlers • Swift Boat Veterans for Truth

Interest Groups Gain in Cash —and Influence

As party $$$ dips, issue $$$ rises; will further polarize 2008 election

Dec 19, 07 12:27 PM CST
(Newser) - The swift-boating of John Kerry was only the first wave—election spending by groups unaffiliated with the major political parties nearly tripled between 2000 and 2006, the Wall Street Journal reports, to 19% of the total. And the so-called "527" groups, which don't have to disclose their donors, are... More »

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Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • John Kerry • campaign finance • Mike Huckabee • campaign contributions • campaign fundraising • 527 groups • Swift Boat Veterans for Truth

Iowa First Lady Backs Edwards

Abandoning neutrality, Culver supports 'electable' candidate

Dec 17, 07 7:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Iowa’s first lady backed John Edwards today but said her husband would steer clear of endorsements, the Des Moines Register reports. "I'm my own person," said Mari Culver, wife of Gov. Chet Culver. "I have my own political interests." Tom Vilsack similarly stayed above the... More »

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Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • John Kerry • Tom Vilsack • Des Moines Register • Mari Culver • Chet Culver • Christie Vilsack • endorsement

'04 Defeat
Begat
'08 Edwards

'Sunny centrist' now
the fighter the ticket needed, say loyalists

Nov 21, 07 4:11 PM CST
(Newser) - The John Edwards of the 2008 campaign is a changed man from the VP-candidate who stumped across America with John Kerry four years ago, notes the New York Times, and Kerry loyalists can't help being frustrated watching Edwards displaying the aggression they pined for then. "A lot of... More »

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John Edwards • John Kerry • Democratic presidential candidates • Democratic presidential primaries • Election 2008

Kerry Takes
$1M Swift Boat Challenge

Senator vows to face Texas billionaire and blast allegations

Nov 16, 07 6:53 PM CST
(Newser) - John Kerry accepted a $1 million challenge today to back his military record against claims by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, the AP reports. The former Dem nom answered an open challenge by oilman T. Boone Pickens, a key funder of the group that claimed Kerry fudged his military... More »

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oil • John Kerry • smear campaign • T. Boone Pickens • reward • Purple Heart • Swift Boat Veterans for Truth

Nader Sues Dems, Claiming '04 Conspiracy

Suit says Dems and Kerry-Edwards blocked him from state ballots

Oct 30, 07 6:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ralph Nader jumped into the political fray today, suing the Dems for a "vast Democratic Party conspiracy" to block his 2004 election, McClatchy Newspapers reports. He accused the Democratic Party, Kerry-Edwards 2004, and other groups of keeping him from state ballots "as a means to drive into deep... More »

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John Edwards • John Kerry • lawsuit • conspiracy • sabotage • Democratic Party • Ralph Nader

Rudy, Mitt Trade Kerry Insults

In debate post-mortem, GOP hopefuls spar over who's  less like the Democratic loser

Oct 11, 07 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney couldn't seem to get out of the ring yesterday, even though their tussle at Tuesday's debate was over. The campaigns  kept it going with press-release jabs, each rehashing his opponent's debate language on Iran and each comparing the other to John Kerry, notes Election Central’... More »

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Iran • Mitt Romney • Congress • Rudy Giuliani • John Kerry • Constitution • airstrike

Police Who Tasered Student Placed on Leave

University prez calls incident at political forum 'regretful'

Sep 19, 07 5:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two University of Florida police officers who used a stun gun on a 21-year-old student at a campus forum with John Kerry have been placed on paid leave pending an investigation, CNN reports. Disturbing video of the incident, in which the student pleaded with police not to taser him, has... More »

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John Kerry • police • University of Florida • Taser • Andrew Meyer • stun gun • forum • J. Bernard Machen

Student Tasered at Kerry Speech

Senior zapped and arrested for disrupting U of Florida forum

Sep 18, 07 4:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police Tasered and arrested a University of Florida student after his belligerent questioning of John Kerry during a campus event last night. Andrew Meyer, who has a history of recording his own pranks, spent the night in jail after pressing Kerry beyond his allotted time, the AP reports. Officers removed... More »

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John Kerry • University of Florida • student • Taser • student activism • Andrew Meyer

Flip-Floppers See Light—Or Just Want Job

Romney and Kerry stand in long line of political mind-changing

Sep 18, 07 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Maybe Mitt Romney and John Kerry should hold their flip-flopping heads high: Changes of mind have furthered the causes of abolition and civil rights over the centuries. Ronald Reagan defiantly claimed his biggest reversal—promising feet “in concrete” about raising taxes, then singing “the sound of concrete cracking”... More »

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Mitt Romney • taxes • John Kerry • Lyndon Johnson • Ronald Reagan • civil rights • flip flop • John Quincy Adams • slavery • Election 2008 • presidential election

Bad News Plagues Bears

As ice caps melt, trophy hunters take aim, polar bears belong on endangered list

Sep 9, 07 3:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's bad enough when 40% of your habitat will disappear by mid-century, but add trophy hunters taking advantage of a loophole in US law, and it's not a good time to be a polar bear, the Independent on Sunday reports. The bears are not listed as endangered so 950 pelts... More »

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climate change • endangered species • John Kerry • global warming • Arctic • Endangered Species Act • hunting • polar bear • species

Nussle's New Budget Boss Despite Dem Protests

Opposition a blow against Bush policies

Sep 5, 07 3:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Despite opposition from several Democrats, the Senate yesterday approved former Iowa Rep. Jim Nussle as the new White House budget director. The dissenters were largely protesting Bush’s economic policy, rather than Nussle himself, recalling the criticism they faced after approving Gen.Petraeus while opposing Iraq policy, The Hill reports. More »

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Hillary Clinton • Congress • John Kerry • Senate • Harry Reid • White House • US economy

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