blog.washingtonpost.com - 7/30/2008
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37th was way out in front on this issue: From today's Washington Post: By Juliet Eilperin and Jonathan Weisman Raising a politically-explosive issue for the first time this election, Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) campaign accused Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) this morning of invoking the specter of race in order to bolster his electoral prospects. The charge came in reaction to comments the ...
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Remainders: Leave Britney alone!
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... says it's about making him foreign.
The presidential comic books will stick to just the facts.
Obama meets with Catholic house members about abortion-reduction.
His campaign tells party leaders that Hillary will keynote the second night of the convention -- just like Obama in 2004.
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... It seems in blogging less I missed the news that David Wade, longtime aide to Senator John Kerry, has taken a leave absence to work for the Obama campaign. David has been tapped to be “ ...
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... “a leave absence to work for the Obama campaign.” David Wade’s new position with the Obama campaign, coincidently is to be “ ...
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