Christ sculpture draws protest, but Barack turns the other cheek
Chicago Tribune Apr 3, 07 9:04 AM CDT
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Another sculpture of Jesus is stirring protest this Holy Week—this time a work portraying Barack Obama as the savior. The Art Institute of Chicago has gotten a flood of angry calls over the piece in an exhibition of student work, close on the heels of the chocolate Christ brouhaha in Manhattan.
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White House campaign nets $36 million
Washington Post Apr 2, 07 7:10 AM CDT
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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 Bill joined Hillary for huge galas around the country.
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Claims he's the only real conservative
in the GOP field
CNN Apr 2, 07 6:18 AM CDT
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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 of Wisconsin.
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Obama picks up key endorsement
Associated Press Mar 30, 07 1:13 PM CDT
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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 don't owe a debt to any of them."
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Poll sees Clinton KO'd by Giuiliani, McCain; Obama fairs better
Time Mar 30, 07 9:32 AM CDT
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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 the polls, fares better: 43%-45% to McCain, 44%-45% to Giuliani.
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Denies she broke up marriage number two, or estranged his son
Associated Press Mar 30, 07 9:09 AM CDT
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"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 told Barbara Walters.
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Sorry, Mitt. In just two weeks the "Law and Order" man has won GOP hearts
CNN Mar 28, 07 1:14 PM CDT
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"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 fourth.
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Iraq vote may not have been anomaly
New Republic Mar 27, 07 7:59 AM CDT
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Hillary may be more hawkish than liberal supporters realize, Michael Crowley concludes after a lengthy look at the senator's history . Many assume she supported the Iraq war to look tough and won’t back down to avoid the label of flip-flopper. But long before 9/11, she was scornful of those who support military action only in easily winnable, "splendid little wars."
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High school chum,
now homeless,
hopes for handout
Wall Street Journal Mar 23, 07 3:13 PM CDT
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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.
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Which makes six marriages between them, for those keeping score
New York Post Mar 23, 07 3:04 PM CDT
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Rudy turns out to be Judith Giuliani 's third husband, not her second, as the candidate's spouse (his third) reveals a nearly-five-year starter marriage that had remained a secret to the public and even longtime Giuliani supporters.
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2008 candidate will continue his campaign
Washington Post Mar 23, 07 8:14 AM CDT
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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 couple, however, plans to push forward on John's campaign.
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Huffington Post Mar 22, 07 8:17 AM CDT
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An employe of the tech company that handles Barack Obama’s website admits making the notorious “Vote Different” YouTube video portraying Hillary Clinton as Big Brother – now one of the most watched videos on the web. Phil de Vellis writes on The Huffington Post that he created the attack ad to make a personal point about the future of presidential campaigns.
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McCain calls them the "most despicable people I have ever had the misfortune to encounter"
The Hill Mar 14, 07 8:58 PM CDT
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The veterans who helped sink John Kerry's Swift Boat to the White House is prepping for battle with John McCain. "Vietnam Veterans Against John Kerry" founders Jerry Kiley and Ted Sampley have dusted off their 527 forms and created "Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain," to combat the former POW's "media-created image."
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Candidate has gone over to the dark (read: conservative) side
Los Angeles Times Mar 12, 07 11:31 AM CDT
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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 the dark side, pandering to conservatives in his grab for the presidency.
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