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Seeds of Destruction
The Clintons should be ashamed of themselves for deliberately trying to wreck the presidential prospects of their party’s likely nominee.Republicans Vote Against Moms; No Word Yet on Puppies, Kittens
It was already shaping up to be a difficult year for congressional Republicans. Now, on the cusp of Mother's Day, comes this: A majority of the House GOP has voted against motherhood.(close)Related info:
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- 05/09/2008
- 05/10/2008
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- # 25
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Republicans vote against Mother’s Day. (5/9/2008)
Obama Now Takes The Lead in Superdelegates Too
ABC News' Karen Travers Reports: For the first time this campaign season, Barack Obama has surpassed Hillary Clinton's support among superdelegates, according to the ABC News delegate estimate.
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- 05/09/2008
- 05/10/2008
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Obama picks up 9 superdelegates, union endorsement (5/9/2008) 
You all voted for Obama, but the Superdelegates put Hillary in the lead (2/6/2008) 
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On GI Bill, McCain really is ‘full of it’
A couple of weeks ago, John McCain talked about the importance of increasing the size of the U.S. military. To entice more volunteers, he said, the government should focus on incentives: “[O]ne of the things we ought to do is provide [the troops with] significant educational benefits in return for serving.” A few days later, McCain announced that he opposes a bipartisan measure to renew and expand the GI Bill for a new generation of veterans. Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.), the leading proponent of the modernized GI Bill, called McCain out.
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- 05/10/2008
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McCain’s bizarre reluctance on the new GI Bill (4/11/2008) 
BREAKING: Warner, McCain To Propose Toothless, Watered-Down Version Of Webb Amendment (9/19/2007) - McCain: ‘Anyone Who Worries About How Long We’re In Iraq Does Not Understand The Military’ (2/13/2008)
- One Year Later, Market Where McCain Strolled ‘Freely’ Is Controlled By Sadr, Too Unsafe For Americans To Visit (3/17/2008)
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- McCain Plane Still Flying (5/10/2008)
U.N. Resuming Aid to Myanmar After Dispute With Junta
The United Nations suspended relief supplies on Friday after Myanmar’s government seized food and equipment it had sent but said it would resume flights on Saturday.(close)Related info:
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- 05/09/2008
- 05/10/2008
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- Troops take back control in Myanmar (9/28/2007)
- Soldiers hunt dissidents in Myanmar (10/3/2007)
NY Times, Washington Post Confirm Arianna's Story That McCain Did Not Vote For Bush
On Monday, Arianna reported that John McCain told her he had not voted for George W. Bush in 2000. Today, both The New York Times AND The Washington Post published articles with sources confirming John McCain had indeed told Arianna and others at an event that he did not vote for Bush in 2000. From The New York Times: Did Senator John McCain not vote for George W. Bush in 2000? That question has kicked up a minor ruckus in political circles this week as Arianna Huffington and the McCain campaign have traded he-said, she-said barbs...
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- 05/10/2008
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Sen. Clinton and the Campaign (5/9/2008) - Stories with possibly similar content:
McCain Denies Huffington Vote Claim (5/7/2008) 
Arianna Huffington: What John McCain Told Me, and What it Says About How Far He's Fallen (5/6/2008) - Arianna Huffington: Democratic Dinosaurs Turn D.C. into the Land That Time Forgot - Politics on The Huffington Post (6/12/2007)
- Marc Cooper: Why John McCain Owes The New York Times a Thank You Card - Politics on The Huffington Post (2/21/2008)
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- John McCain’s Top 10 Out-of-Touch Moments (5/10/2008)
- Obama: McCain is 'losing his bearings' (5/10/2008)
- McCain Pushed Land Swap That Benefits Backer (5/9/2008)
- Today's Must Read (5/10/2008)
Was Hillary channeling George Wallace?
Hillary's reckless exploitation of racial division could split the Democratic Party over race -- a tragic legacy for the Clintons.
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West Virginia could spell trouble for Obama
In Hardy County, Democrats outnumber Republicans more than 2 to 1. But there is little enthusiasm for Barack Obama in this mountainside enclave, a portent of trouble for the Illinois senator in next week's West Virginia primary and the general election beyond.(close)Related info:
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- 05/10/2008
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Opening Friday, November 2nd, 5-7pm You are cordially invited to see the work of three West Virginia artists in Lewisburg. John Farrell has been photographing West Virginia for for (12/26/2007) - West Virginia Intrigue (2/5/2008)
- Split Dominion (2/8/2008)
Democratic gains in suburbs spell trouble for GOP (11/27/2006)
McCain Pushed Land Swap That Benefits Backer
PRESCOTT, Ariz. -- Sen. John McCain championed legislation that will let an Arizona rancher trade remote grassland and ponderosa pine forest here for acres of valuable federally owned property that is ready for development, a land swap that now stands to directly benefit one of his top presidenti...(close)Related info:
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- 05/09/2008
- 05/10/2008
- Rank of all stories in past 30 days:
- # 47
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- Hagee Reneges On Retraction Of His Katrina Comments: ‘God Always Punishes Unconfessed Sin’ (5/10/2008)
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Today's Must Read (5/10/2008) 
Land-Swap Plan Causes Trouble For Congressman (4/21/2007)
Clinton makes case for wide appeal
Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed Wednesday to continue her quest for the Democratic nomination, arguing she would be the stronger nominee because she appeals to a wider coalition of voters including whites who have not supported Barack Obama in recent...(close)Related info:
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- 05/08/2008
- 05/09/2008
- 05/10/2008
- Rank of all stories in past 30 days:
- # 3
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- On Campaign Bus, Obama Opens Up About Challengers (11/9/2007)
- Don't Expect Clinton to Quit Before Superdelegates Decide (5/9/2008)
- Schoen tokes the herb (4/16/2008)
- Blacks Shift To Obama, Poll Finds (2/28/2007)
McCain Plane Still Flying
Cindy McCain said she would never release her personal income tax filing even if her husband was elected president. But records indicate that she appears to be using her personal wealth to help his campaign, through the continued use of her corporate jet.
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- 05/10/2008
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- Cindy McCain says she'll never release her tax returns (5/9/2008)
Cindy McCain Refuses to Release Her Tax Returns... Ever (5/8/2008)
Krugman has some decent ideas. Robinson has a sense of entitlement
We know, we know—by all press corps scripts, it’s Clinton who feels so entitled. And no one knows such scripts better than Gene. He launched that particular Standard Assessment in today’s opening paragraph: ROBINSON (5/9/08): From the beginning, Hillary Clinton has campaigned as if the Democratic nomination were hers by divine right. That's why she is falling short—and that's why she should be persuaded to quit now, rather than later, before her majestic sense of entitlement splits the party along racial lines. Perfect scripting!
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- 05/10/2008
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Identity, Progressivism, and American Patriotism (4/9/2007) - Blink Your Eyes.. (1/4/2008)
Hillary Clinton And Rwanda (3/9/2008) - Don't Expect Clinton to Quit Before Superdelegates Decide (5/9/2008)
Obama picks up 9 superdelegates, union endorsement
Barack Obama all but erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among national convention superdelegates on Friday and won fresh labor backing as elements of the Democratic Party began coalescing around the Illinois senator for the fall campaign.(close)Related info:
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- 05/09/2008
- 05/10/2008
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Obama picks up 3 more Illinois superdelegates: Daley, Currie and Stroger. (5/1/2008) - Obama Now Takes The Lead in Superdelegates Too (5/9/2008)
- You all voted for Obama, but the Superdelegates put Hillary in the lead (2/6/2008)
- Obama Heads for Superdelegate Edge (4/29/2008)
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- Clinton Supporters Send Last-Ditch Obama Attack Emails To Supers (5/9/2008)
Rocket hits BBC bureau in Baghdad
Shiite militants launched rockets toward the fortified Green Zone on Friday, taking advantage of a sandstorm that gave cover from attacks by U.S. aircraft. Some rockets fell short, including one that damaged the British Broadcasting Corp. bureau.(close)Related info:
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- 05/09/2008
- 05/10/2008
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Pentagon tells lawmaker not to air Green Zone video again (4/9/2008) - U.S. Deaths in Iraq War Reach 4,000; Green Zone Is Shelled (3/24/2008)
- Strikes on Baghdad's Green Zone on the Rise (3/30/2007)
- Iraqi leaders face grave Shiite crisis (3/25/2008)
I Don’t Think “Exclusivity” Means What John Yoo Thinks It Does
I wanted to focus some attention on one tiny part of the interchange I highlighted yesterday. In the guise of explaining to Administraton apologist David Rivkin the Kafkaesque process by which he has gotten some of the Office of Legal Counsel's opinions declassified, Sheldon Whitehouse revealed he has been trying to get one more opinion declassified--one relating to exclusivity: I'd be delighted to show you the whole rest of the opinion [stating that the President tells DOJ how to interpret law] but I'm not allowed to. It's classified. I had to fight to get these declassified. They made me take ... they kept my notes.
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- 05/10/2008
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- Sen. Whitehouse Reveals Secret DoJ Legal Memos: Bush Determines What Is Constitutional (12/7/2007)
Whitehouse Reveals Smoking Gun of White House Claiming Not to Be Bound by Any Law (12/7/2007) - Secrets to Be Declassified Under New Rule at Age 25 (12/21/2006)
- Iraq's Alleged Al-Qaeda Ties Were Disputed Before War (9/10/2006)
Republicans vote against Mother’s Day.
On Wednesday, the House took up the seemingly uncontroversial H. Res. 1113, “Celebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of Mother’s Day.” The resolution initially passed 412 to 0, until Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) rose in protest: Mr. Speaker, I ask for a recorded vote because I’m sure every member wants their mother to know that they have supported the goals of Mother’s Day. Tiahrt’s mother, however, may be disappointed to know that her son did not support Mother’s Day. He and 177 other Republicans decided to cast their vote against mothers.(close)Related info:
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- 05/09/2008
- 05/10/2008
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- Republicans Vote Against Moms; No Word Yet on Puppies, Kittens (5/9/2008)
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Hillary’s Mother-F’ing Tour Business (5/6/2007) - Late-Term Confusion (4/22/2007)
- Hagel: Republican Meeting With Bush Is ‘Just The Tip Of The Iceberg’ Of Conservative Dissent (5/14/2007)
- Elizabeth Edwards Confronts Coulter During Live Television Appearance (6/26/2007)
War With Iran Might Be Closer Than You Think
There is considerable speculation and buzz in Washington today suggesting that the National Security Council has agreed in principle to proceed with plans to attack an Iranian al-Qods-run camp that is believed to be training Iraqi militants. The camp that will be targeted is one of several located near Tehran. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates was the only senior official urging delay in taking any offensive action.
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- 05/10/2008
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United States is drawing up plans to strike on Iranian insurgency camp (5/4/2008) - Document: Iran Caught Red-Handed Shipping Arms to Taliban (6/7/2007)
- 'Nyet' on Iran (12/24/2006)
- Al-Qaeda Suspects Color White House Debate Over Iran (2/10/2007)
Thinking About November
Barack Obama has an extraordinary opportunity in this year’s election. He should do everything possible to avoid squandering it.Today's Must Read
Once again, Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) invulnerability to the charms of lobbyists and his campaign supporters is put to the test. This time it's The Washington Post going front page with the tale of McCain's role in a major Arizona land swap in 2005. The basic thrust is this: a rancher owning 250 acres that intermingled with federally owned forest started pushing for a land swap that provide him with federal land in exchange for his own -- land that he could develop. Such land swaps are fairly common, though obviously easily abused.
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- 05/10/2008
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- McCain Pushed Land Swap That Benefits Backer (5/9/2008)
Telecom lobbyists tied to McCain (3/24/2008) - McCain's Lying Problem (2/23/2008)
- Land-Swap Plan Causes Trouble For Congressman (4/21/2007)
Baghdad's Sadr City residents fear intensifying fight
A rare daytime US airstrike in Sadr City on Thursday came as residents said that soldiers were warning them to leave parts of the district, which is a bastion of support for the anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
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- 05/10/2008
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- Iraqi military orders Sadr City residents to evacuate (5/10/2008)
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- Sadr Gives Maliki Last Warning On Ceasefire (Updated) (4/20/2008)
Toll the Bell for the Polls, Part III (5/10/2008) 
More than 140 killed in Baghdad's Sadr City (11/23/2006) - Bombing in Baghdad's Sadr City kills 12 (9/8/2007)
The Fight Stuff
When a woman does ascend through the glass ceiling into the White House, it will be, in part, because of the race of 2008, when Hillary Clinton got down with the boys.3 accused of using Humble corpse's head to smoke pot
The Kingwood teenager's story of decapitating a corpse and using the head to smoke marijuana was so outlandish that at first Houston Police Department senior police officer Jim Adkins did not believe it. Yet, Kevin Wade Jones Jr., 17, appeared almost indifferent as he relayed the bizarre description of his and two friends' activities at an Humble area graveyard, Adkins said. "I just doubted it because it's very morbid, and I couldn't see anybody doing something like this," Adkins said Thursday.
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- 05/10/2008
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- Iraq threatens arrest of police officer (1/6/2007)
"We Should Start Over" (8/31/2007) 
McGavick misstated details of DUI arrest (10/25/2006) 
Columnist/Author released after being arrested in Spin Room (6/4/2007)
Report: Admiral's affair included sex at White House
A Navy admiral engaged in sexual relations in the White House in 1990 with a federal employee whom he falsely told he was a widower, according to a report released Friday by the Defense Department.(close)Related info:
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- 05/10/2008
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The outrageous White House report on Iraq. - By Fred Kaplan (7/13/2007) - Abramoff Put White House Contacts at 400 (9/30/2006)
DeDapper's Blog: Fossella Resignation Could Come Soon
Rep. Vito Fossella's resignation could come sooner rather than later, according to top New York Republicans.
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- 05/10/2008
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- Troubled GOP Rep. Fossella On His Way Out? (5/8/2008)