politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 11/19/2008
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(CNN) – Jim Martin gets some major league help today in his runoff election battle against freshman Republican senator from Georgia, Saxby Chambliss. And the surrogate stumping with Martin today is Bill Clinton — about as big a name as you can get.
The former President will join Martin, a former Democratic Georgia state lawmaker, at [...]
observer.com - 11/17/2008
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observer.com —
Why would Barack Obama invite Hillary Clinton into
a serious discussion of her potential appointment as Secretary...
of State without reaching his own conclusions about the risks and benefits of that possibility? That seems frivolous and foolish, ...
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Obama's Clinton Initiative
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/18/2008
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GOP Senator Saxby Chambliss, who's fighting a high-stakes
runoff in Georgia against Democratic candidate Jim Martin, has...
unveiled a tough new ad strategy -- he's attacking Barack Obama in his latest spot: "Barack Obama's new taxes would be ...
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GOP Senator In Georgia Race Launches New Attack Ad -- ...
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... , "To the best of our knowledge, this is the first attack ad out there that has gone after Barack Obama since he won the election (not counting Fox News promos)." The runoff election is on Dec. 2. * Speaking of the Georgia race, Bill Clinton will be in Georgia campaigning for Jim Martin today. * ...
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