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Published 10/14/2008 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - It wasn't long ago that illegal immigration was supposed to be a top issue in the 2008 presidential campaign. Terrorism and the Iraq war, which drove the 2004 contest between President Bush and Democrat John Kerry, were expected to be important again this time.
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AP - This was once supposed to be a presidential election about the war in Iraq, or maybe the future of health care.
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Top GOP Fund-Raiser Tied to Iraq Fuel Contract — NYT > Politics 10/16/2008
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