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  • McCain stakes out a harder line on illegal immigration
    Jul 30, 2010 — The Dallas Morning News
    The stakes rose Wednesday when a federal judge halted enforcement of a state law targeting illegal immigrants. The issue has dominated the campaign ahead of the Aug. 24 primary. McCain supports the law and tries to deflect critics by pre-emptively talking about immigration and the border. "Our ranchers and citizens are afraid to leave their homes. He wanted to give Social Security benefits to illegals." Hayworth's message is pitch perfect for such voters.
  • Obama
    Jul 30, 2010 — Detroit Free Press
    Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne, who got the biggest burst of applause. Later in an area where workers add certain fasteners and check the welds he and plant manager Pat Walsh.
  • Obama appears on 'The View'
    Jul 30, 2010 — The Philadelphia Inquirer
    A presidential-level pol on pop TV is not new. The View knew. The media president. As Hasselbeck told Obama, "We are a very divided States of America." Obama acknowledged the fragmentation.
  • President Barack Obama to visit Highland Park on August fundraising trip
    Jul 30, 2010 — The Dallas Morning News
    On August 9, you and a friend could be in Dallas, meeting President Obama. John Cornyn of Texas leads the Republican effort to cut into that. It's unclear whether Obama will stump for any candidates on the trip. He lost the 2008 Texas primary and didn't carry the state that fall. White has ruled out any joint appearance, for which Gov.
  • Can Pawlenty separate himself from GOP field?
    Jul 29, 2010 — The Dallas Morning News
    By Carl Leubsdorf Jul. 29, 2010 (McClatchy-Tribune News Service delivered by Newstex) -- Minnesota Gov. Haley Barbour and others with business and governmental backgrounds, like 2008 also-ran Mitt Romney and Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels.Pawlenty would face an especially daunting political challenge in neighboring Iowa.
  • Glassman harries McCain; 3 assail Glassman
    Jul 29, 2010 — The Arizona Daily Star
    Rodney Glassman dogged Republican incumbent John McCain while the other three dogged Glassman. In the 27-minute roundtable on Channel 8 in Phoenix, Glassman stressed his doctorate, his four months as a lawyer in the Air Force Reserve and a stint as an aide to Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz. Glassman, who put $500,000 of his own money into his race, also stressed endorsements by the National Education Association, Planned Parenthood and the AFL-CIO. "One of the things we haven't had...
  • In GOP primary race, spotlight shifts from Democrat incumbent Skelton
    Jul 26, 2010 — The Kansas City Star
    It'll give them something to make up their mind." Said Hartzler, a former state representative from Harrisonville: "People are concerned about increasing job-killing taxes. Stouffer's history of proposing those." Democrats say they are tickled with the race's sudden turn.
  • Political Briefs
    Jul 24, 2010 — The Arizona Daily Star
    If you aren't registered to vote and want to weigh in on the Aug. 24 primary, you've got to be registered by midnight, July 26.
  • Political briefs
    Jul 22, 2010 — The Arizona Daily Star
    It begins at 1:30 p.m. at the Hilton El Conquistador Resort, 10000 N. Oracle Road. Brewer challenger Jette seeks debate on immigration Gov. He said the campaign will remain focused on defeating Rep.
  • Political notebook
    Jul 21, 2010 — The Arizona Daily Star
    Turns out the only date Saguaro Buttes wedding center had left this spring is on his birthday in March. Jan Brewer is too squishy for their taste. John Huppenthal's 21. No matter.
  • Georgia voters exhibit little trust in government
    Jul 18, 2010 — The Florida Times-Union
    A majority of respondents want a law similar to Arizona's controversial state law to identify and arrest illegal aliens. The tax structure in this country is not good for businesses.
  • McCain, 2 challengers spar in debate
    Jul 18, 2010 — The Arizona Daily Star
    Rhonda Bodfield Jul. 18, 2010 (McClatchy-Tribune Regional News delivered by Newstex) -- U.S. Sen. Hayworth, meanwhile, alleged McCain "has led in losing fights. We don't need a last line of defense.
  • Race seldom a top issue in Kentucky politics
    Jul 18, 2010 — Lexington Herald-Leader
    For example, the Kentucky Human Rights Commission in 2008 settled a complaint with an American Legion post in Franklin after it refused to allow a black television repairman onto the premises. Obviously, they said, he wasn't white or a native Kentuckian. Sweeney, who is black, was a state worker and civic activist.
  • GOP foes don't hold back
    Jul 17, 2010 — The Arizona Daily Star
    He pledged to "repeal and replace Obamacare" and extend the Bush tax cuts.
  • Business student opens shop
    Jul 16, 2010 — St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Louis County. M3 began in 2007 after McCain and his mother, Rita McCain, were experimenting using iron-on designs. In January 2010, M3 set up shop at 3323 North Lindbergh Boulevard. With Greek merchandise, we get about 10 customers a week.
  • OPINION
    Jul 15, 2010 — The Dallas Morning News
    The Democratic plan also cuts the number of party and elected officials guaranteed "super delegate" seats.
  • Parties nearing deal on 2012 primaries
    Jul 15, 2010 — The Dallas Morning News
    The Democratic plan also cuts the number of party and elected officials guaranteed "super delegate" seats.
  • Tensions below surface::
    Jul 13, 2010 — Los Angeles Times
    In the later part of Whitman's tenure, the former employee said, Whitman was seen as pushing for personal gain and perks.Whitman's temper also became an issue. Whitman retired as planned in 2008.As Whitman was establishing herself at eBay, Fiorina was taking the helm at Hewlett-Packard. When the audience began chanting Fiorina's name, she quickly pointed to Whitman, shifting the cheer to "Meg!
  • Insiders detail Fiorina and Whitman's fraught history
    Jul 11, 2010 — Los Angeles Times
    In the later part of Whitman's tenure, the former employee said, Whitman was seen as pushing for personal gain and perks. Whitman's temper also became an issue. Whitman retired as planned in 2008. As Whitman was establishing herself at EBay, Fiorina was taking the helm at Hewlett-Packard. When the audience began chanting Fiorina's name, she quickly pointed to Whitman, shifting the cheer to "Meg!
  • The boomer defection: Voters over 50 are leaning increasingly Republican
    Jul 9, 2010 — Los Angeles Times
    Voters in their 30s and 40s were evenly split; voters younger than 30 favored the Democrats. That's a big problem for Democrats, in two ways.First, older voters are a bloc the party doesn't want to lose. One answer, political strategists from both parties say, is that older voters are worried _ about the economy, the federal deficit and the prospect of rising taxes.
  • Antiwar liberals' Obama frustration
    Jul 7, 2010 — The Philadelphia Inquirer
    Liberals recognize that they don't have the numbers. For most of the past decade, and especially when Bush was fixated on Iraq, the liberal complaint was that America was rushing to avenge 9/11 by invading the wrong country. The immediate political danger for Obama, however, is that the left's unhappy quietude might further depress Democratic turnout in the November midterm elections.
  • 'I want my country back!'
    Jul 4, 2010 — Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)
    In Norfolk, every speaker from Greenwood to George Allen uses it. His fiery critique of Obama at a Norfolk tax day protest left him mobbed by supporters. Stevens was taken aback. "She takes conservatism and bastardizes it," Stevens says of Crabill who was trounced in the race. "She wants to execute congressmen.
  • Border issue no longer a bright political divide
    Jul 4, 2010 — The Arizona Daily Star
    President I will personally show you what AZ needs: tough border security." No matter the candidate or the office, it seems, border issues top the state's political agenda this year. John McCain in the Republican primary, confronting McCain on border and immigration issues. On Monday, gunmen in Tamaulipas, a Mexican state that borders Texas, shot to death the leading candidate for governor in today's Mexican elections.
  • Local GOP's intraparty split mirrors national scene
    Jul 4, 2010 — The Spokesman-Review
    Some see it as a rift between the Ron Paul supporters and the John McCain supporters in the 2008 presidential race. Mainstream Republicans say the upstart Paul supporters didn't work hard enough for McCain. The party endorsed John Ahern; the club backed Shelly O'Quinn.
  • Plan to toss shipping act?: Bill
    Jun 29, 2010 — The News Tribune
    John Gillie Jun. 29, 2010 (McClatchy-Tribune Regional News delivered by Newstex) -- Arizona Republican Sen. The two lines handle about 75 percent of the waterborne traffic to Alaska. It is part of SaltChuk Resources, which also has a Jones Act shipping line serving Puerto Rico.
  • Sarah Palin discusses education and freedom at CSU Stanislaus banquet
    Jun 26, 2010 — The Modesto Bee
    She was escorted by university President Hamid Shirvani and security detail of Modesto police officers led by Sgt. Palin, the former GOP nominee for vice president, was checked into the DoubleTree hotel downtown. CBS 13 said Palin would eat dinner before heading to Turlock. She's speaking at a fund-raiser sponsored by the university foundation.
  • Sarah Palin speech raises $200,000 for CSU Stanislaus
    Jun 25, 2010 — The Modesto Bee
    She's speaking at a fund-raiser sponsored by the university foundation. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, called on the university to release its records and then claimed officials lied when they said they didn't have any. They're not revealing what they're doing with the money," he said. "And Sarah Palin is just a wrong choice for this event.
  • For S.C. GOP, a 'monumental' step
    Jun 23, 2010 — The State
    Nikki Haley won the Republicans' gubernatorial nomination despite the use of an ethnicslur against her and doubts about the authenticity of her conversion to Christianity. John McCain had fathered a black child out of wedlock. Smith thinks the wins are a sign the state is tired of ugly campaigns.
  • McChrystal to meet with Obama after deriding top civilian officials
    Jun 23, 2010 — Los Angeles Times
    Obama later dressed down McChrystal for his comments and for the implied criticism of Biden. Obama told Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Adm. Instead, Gates made clear that McChrystal had been recalled to Washington to discuss the article and defend himself.
  • Texas Republicans call for state crackdown on illegal immigration
    Jun 14, 2010 — Fort Worth Star-Telegram
    Rick Perry has criticized the Arizona law and said it wasn't the right approach for Texas. Mechler ultimately endorsed Munisteri, who won with 4,294 votes. Previously, the rule allowed one delegate and alternate for every 300 votes Gov.
  • Big stakes, small target
    Jun 13, 2010 — The News and Observer
    So the Democratic primary runoff campaign has been conducted through telephone lines, the U.S. mail and computere-mail messages aimed at a select group of voters. There were 425,343 people who voted in the first Democratic primary on May 4, which Marshall led with 36 percent of the vote, followed by Cunningham with 27 percent. He likens the Marshall effort to a miniature version of the Obama presidential campaign. Old-fashioned grass-roots politics are Spencer's specialty.
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