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Palin, Ruedrich call for Begich resignation
SOURCE: Anchorage Daily News
SENATE: With Stevens case dismissed, some want Begich to depart. Gov. Sarah Palin and the head of the Alaska Republican Party said Thursday that Sen. Mark Begich should give his Senate seat up to a special election now that prosecutors have abandoned their case against Ted Stevens. "Alaskans deserve to......
Friday, April 03, 2009
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Early Specter TV ad targets Toomey on derivatives
SOURCE: The Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. - The former congressman who nearly beat U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter in the 2004 Pennsylvania Republican primary says Specter is desperate. Pat Toomey is likely to run against Specter again in next year's primary. Specter has launched a cable television ad seeking to tie Toomey's past career as......
Thursday, April 02, 2009
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History on Hamilton -- First Obama Judicial Pick
SOURCE: TheIndyChannel.com
POSTED: 2:40 pm EST November 30, 2005 Judge: Legislative Prayers Can't Mention Jesus Ruling Follows Lawsuit From ICLU INDIANAPOLIS -- Prayers that typically open sessions of the Indiana House of Representatives can no longer mention Jesus Christ or advance a religious denomination, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Court......
Monday, March 30, 2009
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Obama Names Judge to Appeals Court
SOURCE: The Washington Post
President Obama yesterday made his first judicial appointment, naming U.S. District Judge David F. Hamilton to the federal appeals court, a choice excoriated by some conservatives even as the White House touted him as the type of moderate who could cool the nation's long-simmering judicial battles. The White House held......
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
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Judges begin deliberations in Minn. Senate battle
SOURCE: The Associated Press
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Judges began deliberating Friday in the dispute over Minnesota's vacant Senate seat, where they must decide if Republican Norm Coleman proved there were enough flaws in the election and a recount to invalidate Democrat Al Franken's 225-vote recount win. Attorneys for both candidates delivered closing......
Saturday, March 14, 2009
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Rush Job: Inside Dems' Limbaugh plan
SOURCE: Politico
Top Democrats believe they have struck political gold by depicting Rush Limbaugh as the new face of the Republican Party, a full-scale effort first hatched by some of the most familiar names in politics and now being guided in part from inside the White House. The strategy took shape after......
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
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Liberal Groups Are Flexing New Muscle in Lobby Wars
SOURCE: The New York Times
WASHINGTON — When Newt Gingrich’s Congress was moving full-speed in its efforts to shrink the government more than a dozen years ago, Ralph G. Neas, an indefatigable champion of liberal causes, threw up his hands and declared that his side had been outmaneuvered. Liberals who had grown up pressing their......
Sunday, March 01, 2009
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Voinovich won't run for re-election
SOURCE: The Columbus Dispatch
WASHINGTON -- Sen. George V. Voinovich is expected to announce today that he will not seek a third term next year, The Dispatch has learned. Voinovich spokesman Chris Paulitz declined comment. But Voinovich, R-Ohio, is scheduled to reveal his decision in a conference call with his most loyal supporters and......
Monday, January 12, 2009
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Obama serves Reid taste of Chicago Way
SOURCE: The Chicago Tribune
So the Chicago Way hauled off and slapped the U.S. Senate in the face—one of those backhands with the knuckles to unsuspecting lips—and guess who blinked? It wasn't Chicago. It was the Senate. Get used to it, America. And it won't be the last time either. Roland "Tombstone" Burris, the......
Thursday, January 08, 2009
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Coleman sues over Minnesota Senate recount result
SOURCE: The Associated Press
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Republican Norm Coleman filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging Democrat Al Franken's apparent recount victory in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race, delaying a resolution of the contest for weeks or months. At a Capitol news conference filled with cheering supporters, Coleman said he won't accept a board's......
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
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Funny Business in Minnesota
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal
Strange things keep happening in Minnesota, where the disputed recount in the Senate race between Norm Coleman and Al Franken may be nearing a dubious outcome. Thanks to the machinations of Democratic Secretary of State Mark Ritchie and a meek state Canvassing Board, Mr. Franken may emerge as an illegitimate......
Monday, January 05, 2009
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The Minnesota Recount Folly: We've Been Down That Road
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal
Sorry Minnesota, but the sequel is never as good as the original. For those who watched the Washington State governor's race recounts in 2004, the ongoing recount drama in Minnesota is just another rehash of the same script -- albeit for a U.S. Senate seat that might put Democrats one......
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
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Obama campaign spends most in history
SOURCE: Bloomberg
Spending Doubled as Obama Led Billion-Dollar Campaign Dec. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama surpassed all other presidential rivals in a record-setting 2008 U.S. election campaign that generated $1.7 billion in spending by candidates. Campaign spending was more than double that of four years ago, the candidates' Federal Election Commission filings......
Monday, December 29, 2008
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Sen. Reid Hits the Ground Running in Uphill Re-Election Bid
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Harry Reid will command the biggest party majority of any Senate leader in a quarter century when the new Congress convenes in January. But the Nevada Democrat is already worried about his own re-election fight in 2010. Sen. Reid, perhaps the most-vulnerable Democrat who will face re-election......
Saturday, December 27, 2008
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Obama taps evangelical for inauguration
SOURCE: The Boston Globe
President-elect Barack Obama (right) has tapped Rick Warren (left), the most prominent evangelical preacher of the post-Billy Graham generation, to deliver the invocation at his inauguration. The decision was announced today by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. Warren pastors the Saddleback Church, a megachurch in Orange County, California,......
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
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Obama picks Salazar as Interior secretary
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colo.), a Latino with deep knowledge of water and land issues, is President-elect Barack Obama's choice to lead the Interior Department. Two senior Democrats said Obama will name Salazar to the post, rounding out the energy and environmental policy team announced Monday in a Chicago news conference.......
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Palin's Church Severely Damaged by Arson
SOURCE: The Washington Post
ANCHORAGE, Dec. 13 -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's home church was badly damaged by arson, leading the governor to apologize Saturday if the fire was connected to "undeserved negative attention" from her campaign as the Republican vice presidential nominee. Damage to the Wasilla Bible Church was estimated at $1 million,......
Sunday, December 14, 2008
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Jeb: I am considering Senate run
SOURCE: Politico.com
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush — the younger brother of the president — is weighing a run for the Senate seat currently held by Republican Mel Martinez. Martinez announced Tuesday that he will not seek reelection in 2010. Asked whether he was interested in running for the seat then, Bush......
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
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Jeb Bush Ponders Florida Senate Run
SOURCE: The Atlantic
Two sources close to Jeb Bush, including one who has spoken to the former Florida governor within the past few hours, say he is seriously considering a run for Senate now that incumbent Republican Mel Martinez has retired. "He is receiving a lot of encouragement from both in and out......
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
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Early, absentee voting pushed Obama to win in Florida
SOURCE: The Associated Press
In early voting results one candidate for President beat the other by 11%. On Election Day Florida the opposite candidate won by a 5 point margin. In other words there was a 16% differential between early voting and Election Day voting. Why is that differential important? Because it causes us......
Thursday, November 20, 2008
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Minnesota Ripe for Election Fraud
SOURCE: FOX News
Minnesota is becoming to 2008 politics what Florida was in 2000 or Washington State in 2004 -- a real mess. The outcome will determine whether Democrats get 58 members of the U.S. Senate, giving them an effective filibuster-proof vote on many issues. When voters woke up on Wednesday morning after......
Monday, November 10, 2008
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New Ohio chairman says Republican party suffering 'identity crisis'
SOURCE: The Columbus Dispatch
A fixation on social issues, continuing scandals and a worn out message are costing the Republican Party support from the young voters it needs to remain viable, the incoming chairman of the Ohio Republican Party told reporters today. In a candid appraisal two days after a second consecutive dismal election......
Thursday, November 06, 2008
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Major Ballot Issues Victories
SOURCE: American Policy Roundtable
Ohio
Issue 4 (Government Mandated Sick Pay) was removed from the ballot after public opposition. Issue 5 (Regulated Payday Lending Abuse) passed. Issue 6 ( 4th Attempt to legalize casino gambling ) failed. Florida
Issue 2 ( Florida Marriage Amendment) passed with more than the mandated 60% supermajority. Each of......
Thursday, November 06, 2008
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PRAY FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA
SOURCE: American Policy Roundtable
"I urge you then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone - for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good and pleases God our Savior who wants all men......
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
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What lies ahead in the next Congress
SOURCE: American Policy Roundtable
The national media focus of the past two years has been on the race for the White House. It is a constitutional and practical reality that Congress will control the American policy agenda, as it almost always has. In light of this fact we submit the following policy issues, all......
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
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The Opie Factor
SOURCE: American Policy Roundtable
Ron Howard is a great Director. He has given America several wonderful cinematic gifts including Apollo 13, Cinderella Man, and A Beautiful Mind. He is one of the most prolific and profitable anchors of the Hollywood establishment. His recent video posted on the internet site “Funny or Die” is also......
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
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Senate election contest: Are there duplicate ballots? Coleman side says, 'You betcha'
SOURCE: MinnPost.com
The topic of double counting (or duplicate) votes demands a double-helping of Political Agenda food-for-thought today. In the latest filing of legal documents by Al Franken’s team – reported earlier today here – Franken lawyer David Lillehaug wrote, “Coleman has not only failed to prove that any double-counting occurred in......
Monday, October 20, 2008
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FBI, Secret Service Investigate Hacking of Palin’s E-mail
SOURCE: FOXNews.com
The FBI and Secret Service have launched a joint investigation into the apparent hacking of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s private e-mail account after a widely-read Web site published screen grabs from it on Wednesday. The article posted on Gawker.com revealed snapshots of e-mail exchanges the Alaska governor had......
Thursday, September 18, 2008
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The Sarah Palin Phenomenon Is Doomed
SOURCE: MarketWatch
The Sarah Palin Phenomenon is doomed. But it's not because of her lack of foreign policy experience or her deer-in-the-headlights look during part of her interview last week with ABC's Charles Gibson. The primary reason why the Palin bubble will burst is that the media will decide that they are......
Monday, September 15, 2008
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New Draft Democratic Platform Omits Mention of Gays and Lesbians
SOURCE: ABC News -
The 2004 Democratic Party platform, page 42: "We support full inclusion of gay and lesbian families in the life of our nation and seek equal responsibilities, benefits, and protections for these families. In our country, marriage has been defined at the state level for 200 years, and we believe it......
Saturday, August 09, 2008
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Poll: Ohio and Florida toss-ups for 2008 presidential election
SOURCE: Florida Capitol News
Florida and Ohio are toss-ups in the presidential election, according to a poll released Thursday. Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama are within the margin of error of the poll of voters in both states. By the numbers, Quinnipiac gave Obama a lead of 46-44 percent in Florida and Ohio,......
Friday, August 01, 2008
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Obama Starts Ohio Tour
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
Youngstown -- In a Presidents Day speech that he's relying on to help propel him to the White House, Barack Obama (view facts about Barack Obama) unapologetically stayed on his message that he is the Democrat who represents hope and change. "I talk a lot about hope, because the......
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
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McCain Stumbles on Way to Nomination
SOURCE: Associated Press
Sen. John McCain stumbled in the first elections since becoming the apparent Republican nominee for president, losing the Kansas caucuses as another round of states voted Saturday. Despite losing to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in Kansas, McCain is all but assured his party nod. The Arizona senator......
Monday, February 11, 2008
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Cheers and Jeers for McCain at CPAC
SOURCE: Human Events.com
Speaking to a crowd of about 5,000 conservative activists, Sen. John McCain tried to calm conservatives to win over skeptics who had only a few hours before heard his principal rival, Mitt Romney, drop out of the race. Romney’s exit was graceful, and surprising only for its timing. Conservative......
Friday, February 08, 2008
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Romney Suspends Presidential Campaign
SOURCE: Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Mitt Romney (view Mitt Romney on the Issues) suspended his faltering presidential campaign on Thursday, effectively sealing the Republican presidential nomination for John McCain. "I must now stand aside, for our party and our country," Romney told conservatives. "If I fight on in my campaign,......
Thursday, February 07, 2008
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Florida Property Tax Amendment Election Results
SOURCE: Florida Department of State
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008
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GOP Candidates Talk Tax Cuts in Florida Debate
SOURCE: Fox News
BOCA RATON, Fla. - Republican presidential contenders depicted Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as weak on Iraq and certain to raise taxes Thursday night, setting aside their own campaign debate squabbles long enough to agree that she is unworthy of the White House. “She is so out of step with the......
Friday, January 25, 2008
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McCain's task: Win over GOP base in Florida primary
SOURCE: Orlando Sentinel
Of all the executives, civic leaders and supporters gathered in a south Orlando warehouse Wednesday to hear John McCain talk about the nation's slumping economy, none was more familiar with those troubles than Phil Mings. Mings works for Baker Manufacturing Corp., an Orlando-based builder of bathtubs and spas that is......
Thursday, January 24, 2008
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South Carolina’s Largest Newspaper Backs Obama
SOURCE: Associated Press
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina’s largest newspaper on Tuesday endorsed Barack Obama for Saturday’s Democratic presidential primary, calling the Illinois senator “a groundbreaking nominee” and the best candidate to unite the country and repair America’s reputation around the world. “Sen. Obama is the only Democrat who plausibly can say that......
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
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Romney, Clinton Win Michigan Presidential Primary
SOURCE: Fox News
Native son Mitt Romney won the affection of Michigan poll-goers Tuesday, pulling out a victory against rival John McCain by appealing to the Republican base with a strong economic message. With 80 percent of the voting in, Romney was at 39 percent over McCain with 30 percent. Mike Huckabee had......
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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As Candidates Agree, Aides Keep Sparring
SOURCE: Washington Post
As a controversy over racially charged politics threatened to spin out of control and supporters of Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) and Barack Obama (Ill.) expressed concern that the ongoing debate would revive old images of a party mired in identity politics and haunt the eventual Democratic nominee in the......
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
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Same-Sex Marriage Ban May Not Make Ballot
SOURCE: Miami Herald
A proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in Florida may not make it to voters this year, after organizers -- who proclaimed a month ago they had gotten it on the November ballot -- found out Monday they haven't collected enough signatures after all. A counting glitch -- which......
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
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A Count Meltdown and Bully Tactics
SOURCE: St. Petersburg Times
The battle over Hometown Democracy has made gathering petition signatures in Florida look more like trading pork bellies. Combine the latest bully tactics of business opponents with a computational meltdown in the state capital, and this is making the constitutional privilege of citizen initiatives look like a bad joke. Last......
Sunday, January 13, 2008
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Mixed results make Florida a battleground
SOURCE: Miami Herald
With split decisions in the first two contests of the Democratic race, Florida is closer to getting the clout it craved when lawmakers scheduled the earliest primary in the state's history. That's because Florida -- the largest, most diverse swing state in the nation -- will decide on Jan. 29......
Thursday, January 10, 2008
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Indepedent Voters are the Wildcard in New Hampshire
SOURCE: Fox News
Independent voters make up nearly half of New Hampshire’s electorate, meaning the contenders in Tuesday’s primary election there will have to do more than preach to their own choirs. As the 2008 presidential field stormed The Granite State, feeding their staffs and pumping up their supporters with caffeinated beverages along......
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
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Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner defends her decision to scrap touch-screen voting equipment
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner will take full responsibility if Cuyahoga County struggles through the March 4 presidential primary -- the county's first with new voting equipment. Brunner defended her recent decision to scrap the county Board of Elections' $21 million touch-screen voting equipment during a visit to Cleveland on......
Thursday, January 03, 2008
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GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee visits Orlando to raise cash, pick up endorsements
SOURCE: Orlando Sentinel
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee picked up campaign cash and endorsements in Orlando on Thursday, riding a surge in the polls that may signal hope for him in the Sunshine State and problems for Republican favorite Rudy Giuliani. As he has done in Iowa, Huckabee is shaking up Florida Republican......
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
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Editorial: Ohio Democrats have a long to-do list for 2008 election
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
Ohio Democrats seek a triple political crown in 2008, with their White House quest the most notable prize. The others are just as important for the party's long-term prospects: rule of the Ohio House of Representatives and the election of a couple of Democrats to Ohio's all-Republican Supreme Court. By......
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
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Stem Cell, Contraception Groups Paid Huck
SOURCE: The Politico
Mike Huckabee last year accepted $52,000 in speaking fees from a bio-tech giant that wants to research human embryonic stem cells, a non-profit working to expand access to the morning after pill and a group pushing to study whether tightening gun control laws will reduce violence. Huckabee opposes embryonic stem......
Friday, December 28, 2007
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Mike Huckabee Defends ‘Merry Christmas’ Ad, Says Cross Imagery is Incidental
SOURCE: FoxNews.com
In a new television ad debuting Tuesday in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee does the unthinkable - he wishes early voters “Merry Christmas.” Wearing a red sweater and standing before a glowing Christmas tree as “Silent Night” plays in the background, the former Arkansas......
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
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Justice Clinton?
SOURCE: Wall Street Journal Editorial Page
Hillary Clinton's commanding lead in the polls has diminished, and with Oprah Winfrey stumping for Barack Obama, she's called increasingly on the "star power" of husband Bill. But the ubiquitous presence of the former president on the campaign prompts a question: What will Hillary do with Bill if she is......
Sunday, December 16, 2007
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Home-Schoolers Help Propel Huckabee
SOURCE: The Des Moines Register
DES MOINES  Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee's rise may have been a surprise to many, but not to a tightly knit group of social conservatives with something fundamental in common. Thousands of evangelical Christians who school their children at home have found a candidate they can support in Huckabee,......
Monday, December 10, 2007
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Why They Love Huckabee
SOURCE: Time Magazine
Once upon a time, a little-known Southern Governor charmed Iowa voters with his frank expressions of Baptist faith and a pledge to tell the truth no matter what. And that's how Jimmy Carter became President of the United States. It's a story Mike Huckabee knows well. He likes it much......
Monday, December 10, 2007
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Florida ' Values Voters' Face Difficult Choices
SOURCE: Orlando Sentinel
The Rev. Pat Robertson is famous as an anti-abortion evangelical preacher who rails against homosexuality and once urged religious conservatives not to surrender "our deeply held moral stands just to please a handful of timid moderates who don't stand for anything." Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is an anti-abortion Christian......
Thursday, December 06, 2007
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Townhall meeting at FBC Orlando urges political participation
SOURCE: Florida Baptist Witness
ORLANDO (FBW)—With an election year just around the corner, David Zanotti urged a crowd gathered for a 90-minute townhall meeting Nov. 29 at First Baptist Church in Orlando to get involved in the political goings-on in America. Zanotti, president and CEO of The American Policy Roundtable, an organization dedicated to......
Thursday, December 06, 2007
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Romney Vows Mormon Church Would Not Run White House
SOURCE: Reuters News
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney vowed on Thursday the Mormon church would not run the White House if he is elected, as he sought to reassure Americans wary of his religion. Attempting to halt a slide in the polls in Iowa, where former Arkansas Gov.......
Thursday, December 06, 2007
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Mitt Romney's Faith Speech Aims to Inspire Confidence in Candidate
SOURCE: Fox News
Mitt Romney plans to make a pledge to the American people Thursday morning that he would not serve any one religion if elected president. In the potentially landmark speech, titled "Faith in America," Romney is trying to get out in front of questions about his Mormon faith and make a......
Thursday, December 06, 2007
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Scott Maxwell Editorial: Sure-fire ways to help out the independents
SOURCE: Orlando Sentinel
More and more people seem to dislike politics nowadays -- or just tune it all out. And both major parties seem to be doing their best to make sure that trend continues. GOP and the gay-marriage fight We start with the Republicans, who are feverishly fighting to ban something that's......
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
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Money talks in election of judges
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
Columbus- Ohio Supreme Court Justice Maureen O'Connor in 2002 raised $1.8 million in campaign donations, mainly from Republicans and other conservative interests, to hold on to a job that demands she never show favoritism. Now facing re-election, she's at it again, forced to court donors with deep pockets while maintaining......
Monday, November 26, 2007
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Cuyahoga's electronic voting system falters even in low-key poll
SOURCE:
Late-night computer glitches had Cuyahoga County wobbling to the end of Tuesday's election. The vote was the kind of low-turnout, ballot-lite poll perfect to test Cuyahoga's electronic system -- one that's guaranteed to be among the most-watched during next year's presidential election. But a 20-minute shutdown slowed counting around 9:30......
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
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The Values Test
SOURCE: New York Times
REPORTS have surfaced in the press about a meeting that occurred last Saturday in Salt Lake City involving more than 50 pro-family leaders. The purpose of the gathering was to discuss our response if both the Democratic and Republican Parties nominate standard-bearers who are supportive of abortion. Although I was......
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
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Florida ballot initiatives debated
SOURCE: Gainsville Sun
Is Democracy for sale in the state of Florida? That was a question a panel assembled at the University of Florida wrestled with Monday. The panel, which included former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rod Smith of Alachua, gathered to discuss whether the state's ballot initiative process empowers citizens or invites dominance......
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
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State Democrats call party's bluff onslashing delegates
SOURCE: Palm Beach Post
ORLANDO — Florida Democrats lined up behind the early Jan. 29 primary Saturday, daring the national party to cut more than half of the state's delegates to the national convention. "If we stand our ground, the (Democratic National Committee) will yield," said the Rev. James Golden, a party activist from......
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
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State's voter rolls shrinking
SOURCE: Tallahassee Bureau Chief
TALLAHASSEE - Despite Florida's rapid growth, the number of voters in the state has dropped to its lowest level in three years, a trend that could have an impact in a close, high-turnout presidential election in 2008. On the surface, it's a stunning contradiction: a shrinking pool of voters in......
Monday, August 06, 2007
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AP NewsBreak: Study finds Florida optical scan voting machines still flawed
SOURCE: BRENDAN FARRINGTON
Florida's optical scan voting machines are still flawed, despite efforts to fix them, and they could allow poll workers to tamper with the election results, according to a government-ordered study obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press. At the request of Secretary of State Kurt Browning, a Florida State University information......
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
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Obama: Strong Women Made Him Pro-Choice
SOURCE: U.S. News
While Sen. Barack Obama (View facts about Barack Obama) may not be the female candidate, he cited a family of strong women as part of his reason for supporting reproductive rights at a Planned Parenthood event Tuesday. Financially assisted by a grandmother, raised mostly by a single mother, and......
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
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State Dems blame GOP for early primary
SOURCE: Tallahassee.com
Backed by a tailor-made resolution of support from other southern states, Florida Democrats are pleading for mercy from their national party - hoping to escape political penalties for the state's early presidential primary. The party's message: Don't blame us - Republican Gov. Charlie Crist and the GOP-run Legislature moved Florida's......
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
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Crist Dismisses VP Speculation as
SOURCE: The Herald Tribune
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney stirred up speculation that Gov. Charlie Crist will be on his list of potential running mates, but Crist dismissed the idea Sunday as "silly talk." Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, was asked during a West Palm Beach event Saturday if he was thinking about a......
Sunday, July 08, 2007
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McCain's Florida hopes fade
SOURCE: TampaBay.com
The financial meltdown of Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign could cripple his hopes in Florida and, in doing so, dramatically hasten the fall of the man once considered the Republican front-runner. On Monday, senior McCain strategists announced that poor fundraising totals forced the campaign to lay off dozens of staffers......
Sunday, July 08, 2007
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Fair Tax Supporters Jeer Giuliani in Jacksonville
SOURCE: The Herald Tribune
Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani ran into a buzz saw of opposition Saturday when he explained his opposition to the so-called fair federal income tax. Giuliani addressed a group of about 500 people in a standing-room only crowd at a town hall meeting at the University of North Florida, answering......
Saturday, July 07, 2007
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Republican presidential hopefuls skip national Hispanic gathering
SOURCE: Associated Press
Republican presidential candidates made a major miscalculation this week by skipping the nation's largest gathering of Hispanic elected officials, local party representatives and event organizers said. The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials opened its 24th annual convention Thursday at Walt Disney World, with top billing for a......
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
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Republican presidential hopefuls skip national Hispanic gathering
SOURCE: The Herald Tribune
Republican presidential candidates made a major miscalculation this week by skipping the nation's largest gathering of Hispanic elected officials, local party representatives and event organizers said. The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials opened its 24th annual convention Thursday at Walt Disney World, with top billing for a......
Thursday, June 28, 2007
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Fred Thompson Defends Record as Lobbyist
SOURCE: Associated Press
Fred Thompson, a likely Republican presidential candidate, on Tuesday defended his work as a Washington lobbyist, telling The Associated Press that lobbying is an important part of life because "government's got their hands in everything." The actor and former U.S. senator from Tennessee added, "Nobody yet has pointed out any......
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
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Kevin DeWine sees roses sprouting along GOP's thorny path in Ohio
SOURCE: The Columbus Dispatch
State Rep. Kevin DeWine is not known to booze it up or sniff airplane glue. But he was high on something last week. The Fairborn Republican would call it politics. He was hallucinating about happy days ahead for the GOP. It was an unlikely state of mind, because at this......
Sunday, June 24, 2007
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Obama Says Some Have 'hijacked' Faith
SOURCE: Associated Press
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Sen. Barack Obama told a church convention Saturday that some right- wing evangelical leaders have exploited and politicized religious beliefs in an effort to sow division. "Somehow, somewhere along the way, faith stopped being used to bring us together and faith started being used to drive......
Saturday, June 23, 2007
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Southern Baptist Leader: Evangelicals Unlikely to Vote for Romney
SOURCE: Baptist Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)--The "overarching and primary concern" why evangelicals likely will not vote for a Mormon for president is the Mormon claim to be the only true Christian church, a Southern Baptist seminary president said during the International Society of Christian Apologetics' annual meeting in Kansas City, Mo. If......
Friday, June 22, 2007
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Kucinich supporter does about-face: Anti-war activist will run for his seat
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, who is busy running for president largely on his anti-war stance, lost an ally Wednesday and gained an opponent. Rosemary Palmer, an anti-war activist whose son died in the war in Iraq in 2005, announced her candidacy for Kucinich's 10th District seat. Because Palmer is a Democrat,......
Thursday, June 21, 2007
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THE GREAT DIVIDE: REPORTERS GIVE DEMS MONEY OVER REPUBLICANS 9 TO 1!
SOURCE: MSNBC
BOSTON - A CNN reporter gave $500 to John Kerry's campaign the same month he was embedded with the U.S. Army in Iraq. An assistant managing editor at Forbes magazine not only sent $2,000 to Republicans, but also volunteers as a director of an ExxonMobil-funded group that questions global warming.......
Thursday, June 21, 2007
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Crist may veto bill making amendments more difficult
SOURCE: St. Petersburg Times
TALLAHASSEE -- Amid heavy lobbying on both sides, Gov. Charlie Crist now says he has concerns about a business-backed bill that would impose new limits on people who solicit voter signatures for ballot initiatives. "I'm reviewing it right now," Crist said Wednesday. "I read some more about it last night,......
Thursday, June 21, 2007
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Giuliani says Cubans key in 2008 presidential election
SOURCE: Associated Press
Cuban-Americans "are going to have a lot to say" about who wins the 2008 presidential election, Republican Rudy Giuliani said Thursday during a campaign stop in this heavily populated Cuban-American city. In a local restaurant known for its steaming espressos and cheese and guava empanadas, the former New York mayor......
Thursday, June 21, 2007
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Bloomberg bolts GOP, fuels talk of bid for presidency
SOURCE: Associated Press
New York - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday switched his party status from Republican to unaffiliated, a stunning move certain to be seen as a prelude to an independent presidential bid that would upend the 2008 race. The billionaire former CEO, who was a lifelong Democrat before he......
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
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Florida primary will not count, Dean warns
SOURCE: TampaBay.com
Sure, Florida is America's biggest political swing state. But don't expect the national Democratic Party to back off punishing Sunshine State Democrats for scheduling an early presidential primary. "Their primary essentially won't count, " Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean said of Florida. "Anybody who campaigns in Florida is ineligible......
Thursday, June 14, 2007
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Hispanic Voters Gain New Clout With Democrats
SOURCE: New York Times
WASHINGTON, June 9 — Helped by the fight over immigration, Democratic presidential candidates are courting Hispanic voters like never before, prompted by a string of early primaries in states with sizable Hispanic voting blocs. It has forced candidates to hire outreach consultants, to start Spanish-language Web sites and to campaign......
Monday, June 11, 2007
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Poll: Thompson Shakes Up GOP Race
SOURCE: Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fred Thompson's expected entry into the tight Republican presidential race is drawing crucial strength from conservatives and older men, vaulting him into the thick of the nomination fight, an Associated Press-Ipsos poll says. The survey shows the top Democratic contender, Hillary Rodham Clinton, has twice the support......
Monday, June 11, 2007
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Obama would tax wealthy to pay for health care plan
SOURCE: Associated Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Tuesday offered a plan to provide health care to millions of Americans and more affordable medical insurance, financed by tax increases on the wealthy. Bemoaning a health care "cost crisis," Obama said it was unacceptable that 47 million are uninsured......
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
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Obama: Tax Wealthy to Pay for Health Care
SOURCE: FOXReno.com
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has unveiled a plan to provide health care to millions of Americans and more affordable medical insurance, financed by tax increases on the wealthy. Bemoaning a health care "cost crisis," Obama said it was unacceptable that 47 million are uninsured while......
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
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Special election proves to be anything but boring
SOURCE: FLORIDA CAPITAL BUREAU
CRYSTAL RIVER - Special legislative elections are normally quick and predictable contests decided by name identity and party organization, rather than positions on hot issues. But except for its brevity, there is very little normal about the Big Bend's current campaign for a seat in the Florida Senate. Three Republicans......
Friday, May 25, 2007
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GOP leaders urge party unity
SOURCE: FLORIDA CAPITAL BUREAU
ORLANDO - Confident state Republican Party leaders said Saturday that moving Florida's presidential primary to Jan. 29 will let voters "dominate the landscape" of the campaign, despite the threatened loss of delegates to both national party conventions. But GOP Chairman Jim Greer and Gov. Charlie Crist pleaded for party unity,......
Friday, May 25, 2007
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2008 Presidential Election Primary Calendar
SOURCE: Opensecrets.org
The 2008 primaries are stacked earlier than ever. The traditionally early states kick it off, but most of the delegates to the parties' nominating conventions will be assigned on Feb. 5, which has been dubbed Super Duper Tuesday....
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
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Clinton, Giuliani lead in Florida
SOURCE: Times Political Editor
Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani are leading their closest presidential rivals 2-1 in Florida, the battleground state suddenly poised to have a major say in deciding the presidential nominees. But a new St. Petersburg Times/Bay News 9 poll shows that despite their big leads -- Clinton tops the Democratic field......
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
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Leveling the Media Playing Field
SOURCE: Newsweek
May 15, 2007 - As the 10 Republican presidential candidates debate this week on their favorite cable network—Fox News—Capitol Hill Democrats are planning a new drive for access elsewhere, on talk radio and local broadcast TV. The goal? To level the media playing field in time for the 2008 election.......
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
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Three enter race for open Senate seat
SOURCE: FLORIDA CAPITAL BUREAU
Two state legislators and a soot-stained firefighter entered the Republican race for a Big Bend seat in the Florida Senate on Monday, but the man with the most heavyweight endorsements dropped out. A former New Hampshire lawmaker and a longtime Leon County party activist squared off for the Democratic nomination......
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
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Election All About Iraq, Whatever Your party
SOURCE: St. Petersburg Times
For Florida voters this election cycle, it's all about Iraq. Old and young, Republican and Democrat, black, white and Hispanic, Florida voters overwhelmingly see the war in Iraq as a fundamental issue in the presidential race. Eight in 10 voters say a candidate's position on Iraq is "very important" to......
Sunday, May 13, 2007
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House Votes to Expand Hate-Crime Protection
SOURCE:
WASHINGTON, May 3 — The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to extend hate-crime protection to people who are victimized because of their sexuality. But the most immediate effect may be to set up another veto showdown between Democrats and President Bush. By 237 to 180, the House voted to......
Monday, May 07, 2007
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Florida sets early primary, ignoring national party threats
SOURCE: Associated Press
The Florida Legislature shook up the presidential nominating process Thursday by scheduling the state's 2008 presidential primary for Jan. 29, bypassing a dozen other states set for Feb. 5 and thumbing their collective noses at national party bosses. The Legislature ignored threats by national Republican and Democratic party leaders to......
Monday, May 07, 2007
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Hate Crime Alert; Draft of Bill
SOURCE:
As a result of action taken by the Democrat-led U.S. House of Representatives in its passage of legislation to extend the definition of hate crimes to include violence against a person because of his or her sexual orientation or gender identity below are some thoughts. It is becoming more and......
Monday, May 07, 2007
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Big Infusion from Utah Helped Boost Romney to Top of GOP Money List
SOURCE:
The winner of the Republican presidential fundraising race — at least in the first three months of this year — was former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who ended March with $23.4 million in total receipts and began April with $11.9 million left to spend. That big first-quarter take ensures that......
Thursday, April 26, 2007
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Romney, Giuliani Hold Largest Bank Accounts in GOP 2008 Fundraising Race
SOURCE: Fox News
A flurry of money and polling upended the Republican presidential field during the first three months of the year. A little known former governor is now the GOP's leading fundraiser. The party's presumed front-runner is fighting to stay in the leaders' pack. And a sharp-elbowed New Yorker with liberal social......
Monday, April 16, 2007
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Hillary Clinton Reports She Has $24M to Spend at End of First Quarter
SOURCE: Associated Press
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton had $24 million to spend in her presidential primary campaign at the end of the first quarter, a daunting figure as she seeks to dominate the Democratic field. Overall, Clinton raised $26 million in the first three months of the year, but $6.9 million is set......
Monday, April 16, 2007
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Giuliani Reaffirms that He Would Not Seek Abortion Changes
SOURCE: The New York Times
CHARLESTON, S.C., April 5 — Rudolph W. Giuliani, campaigning in South Carolina, firmly stated that as president he would not seek to make abortion illegal. Aware of the damage his position might do to him among some conservative voters, Mr. Giuliani said that if someone was inclined to vote against......
Friday, April 06, 2007
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Presidential Hopefuls Are Spending Money Earlier, Higher Than Ever
SOURCE: Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney is buying $800,000 in television air time. Candidates are purchasing voter lists in the early states — $100,000 for the Iowa Democratic Party's list and $60,000 for the South Carolina version. And the entire presidential field is buying jet fuel by the planeload. At the start......
Thursday, March 22, 2007
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Ethanol Undergoes Evolution as Political Issue
SOURCE: Washington Post
What's the closest thing in politics to a religious experience? The ethanol conversion. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) experienced one in May of last year. Long opposed to federal support for the corn-based biofuel, she reversed herself and endorsed even bigger ethanol incentives than she previously voted against. Now running......
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
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2008 Candidates Fan Out Across Map to Court Voters
SOURCE: Fox News
With 19 months before voters pick the new president, polls already are tightening and the candidates are trying to raise their name recognition and pick up votes anywhere they can. St. Patrick's Day gave former New York City mayor and Republican candidate Rudy Giuliani a chance to return to the......
Monday, March 19, 2007
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Romney launches early Fla. push
SOURCE: Palm Beach Post
MIAMI — When a Jupiter doctor is told Mitt Romney will be in Miami this weekend, the doctor shrugs. "I don't really know anything about him," he says. Few Florida voters are not familiar with the names John McCain and Rudy Giuliani. But for Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, the......
Sunday, March 11, 2007
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TV Star, Former Senator Fred Thompson Considers '08 Presidential Bid
SOURCE: Fox News
"Law and Order" star and former Tennessee Republican Sen. Fred Thompson is weighing a bid for the White House in 2008, he told Chris Wallace on "FOX News Sunday." "I'm going to wait and see what happens," Thompson said. "I want to see my colleagues on the campaign trial, what......
Sunday, March 11, 2007
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Does Christian Coalition have a prayer in '08?
SOURCE: MSNBC
CHARLESTON, S.C. - An important ally when George W. Bush first won the presidency, the Christian Coalition of America says it’s poised again to help a conservative win the White House. Whether it can back up that pledge is an open question. In the seven years since Bush beat John......
Thursday, March 08, 2007
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Poll: Giuliani doing well in Ohio, other swing states
SOURCE: The Columbus Dispatch
WASHINGTON - It's pretty early, of course, but Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani should make Democrats in Ohio and nationwide pretty nervous, a new poll indicates. The former New York City mayor leads or is virtually deadlocked with Democratic front-runners Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in three swing states --......
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
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Conventional wisdom in presidential race already full of holes
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON-Presidential campaigns are educational. The 2008 primaries are a year away, but we're already seeing the conventional wisdom flipped on its head, teaching us Americans new lessons about ourselves. Who, for example, would have expected former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, known to favor abortion rights, gay rights and......
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
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Conventional wisdom in presidential race already full of holes
SOURCE: Baltimore Sun
WASHINGTON // Presidential campaigns are educational. The 2008 primaries are a year away, but we're already seeing the conventional wisdom flipped on its head, teaching us Americans new lessons about ourselves. Who, for example, would have expected former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, known to favor abortion rights, gay......
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
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McCain's Snub Stuns Conservatives
SOURCE: Washington Insider
Aides to opponents of Sen. John McCain said they were "stunned" by his decision not to show up at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington. After rejecting invitations to speak to the 6,000 attendees, McCain tried to schedule a private reception without clearing the request with CPAC. By......
Monday, March 05, 2007
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Crist doesn't sweat details
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
TALLAHASSEE -- Governing the fourth-largest state in the nation and its 18 million residents is not all that tricky to Gov. Charlie Crist. When considering the multitude of economic and philosophical options related to deepening the state's role in property insurance, Crist was succinct during a legislative special session in......
Sunday, March 04, 2007
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Former President Clinton addresses UM students
SOURCE: Associated Press
Former President Bill Clinton told college students Thursday they were inheriting an unequal, unstable and unsustainable world. "Half the world's people still live on less than $2 a day, a billion people have no access to clean water, a billion go to bed hungry every night," Clinton told about 7,000......
Thursday, March 01, 2007
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Politicians Are Doing Hollywood Star Turns
SOURCE: New York Times
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5 — As Hollywood closes in on Oscar night with its attendant round of awards galas, politicians are popping up everywhere but the podium, and “the envelope, please” might just mean the kind with a check inside. Presidential contenders, racing to show financial strength, have naturally turned......
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
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Obama Hits Ohio
SOURCE: Associated Press
CINCINNATI (AP) — Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama opened a swing across the politically pivotal state of Ohio by drawing an overflow crowd Monday to a fundraising breakfast. The Illinois senator also had a second private fundraiser in Columbus before a scheduled evening rally in the Cleveland area. More than......
Monday, February 26, 2007
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Giuliani at home with New Yorkers during Florida campaign stop
SOURCE: Associated Press
If it wasn't for the 77-degree temperatures, Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign swing through here Thursday could have been confused for a hometown stop. The former New York mayor and Republican candidate was greeted by a crowd of about 150 people outside a Jewish deli, and most were either New York......
Friday, February 23, 2007
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Romney Emphasizes Experience, Outsider Status in 2008 Announcement
SOURCE: Fox News
Using the backdrop of the Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, Mich., Mitt Romney will make a presidential announcement Tuesday that emphasizes the need for Washington to pursue "innovation and transformation" in the face of persistent and heady challenges. "It is time for innovation and transformation in Washington. It is what......
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
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Giuliani Shifts Abortion Speech Gently to Right
SOURCE: New York Times
As he prepares for a possible run for president — a road that goes deep into the heart of conservative America — Rudolph W. Giuliani takes with him a belief in abortion rights that many think could derail his bid to capture the Republican nomination. But in recent weeks, as......
Saturday, February 10, 2007
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Mormon Candidate Braces for Religion as Issue
SOURCE: New York Times
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 — As he begins campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination, Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, is facing a threshold issue: Will his religion — he is a Mormon — be a big obstacle to winning the White House? Polls show a substantial number of Americans will......
Thursday, February 08, 2007
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Poll: Giuliani, Clinton lead
SOURCE: Orlando Sentinel
A Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday shows Rudy Giuliani and Hillary Clinton leading their respective primary fields in Florida. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, leads Arizona Sen. John McCain 29 percent to 23 percent among registered Republicans, according to the survey. Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich gets 14......
Thursday, February 08, 2007
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Giuliani Moves Closer to Presidential Run
SOURCE: WNBC.com
WASHINGTON -- Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor whose popularity soared after his response to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, moved closer to a full-fledged campaign for the Republican presidential nomination on Monday. In a sign that he's serious about running for the White House, the two-term......
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
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Lawmakers open debate over statutory citizen initiatives
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
A one-time Florida Supreme Court justice and a former senator came down on opposite sides of a debate Tuesday over whether voters should be allowed to adopt laws by citizen initiative as they now can do with constitutional amendments. The Senate Judiciary Committee received a staff report and heard public......
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
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Hillary and McCain already have Ohio money base
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
As Hillary Clinton focuses on raising the millions she'll need for her presidential campaign, a few well-heeled Northeast Ohioans can expect to get calls. Cleveland attorneys John Climaco and Anthony Gallucci, Gojo Industries chief (and Sherrod Brown's campaign chairman) Joe Kanfer, Progressive insurance man Peter Lewis, developers Albert and James......
Friday, January 26, 2007
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Obama's Real Faith
SOURCE: INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY
Campaign 2008: Those spreading rumors that Barack Hussein Obama is a "closet Muslim" are off the mark. His religion has little to do with Islam and everything to do with a militantly Afrocentric movement that's no less troubling. Surrogates for Hillary Clinton and GOP front-runners hope to tarnish golden boy......
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
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Developers pour cash into stem-call campaign by county commissioner
SOURCE: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Developers are picking up most of the tab for Palm Beach County Commissioner Burt Aaronson's campaign to support embryonic stem cell research. Home builders and other real estate interests provided more than half of the $351,112 Aaronson's political committee has raised to try to force a statewide vote in support......
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
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Florida primary could move to January
SOURCE: Miami Herald
A plan to give Florida voters more say in the 2008 presidential race will get its first hearing today, signaling that legislative leaders are eager to jump-start the campaign. The bill would move up Florida's presidential primary from March to possibly Jan. 29, making it the fifth contest in the......
Friday, January 12, 2007
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Dems put freshman lawmaker on notice
SOURCE: Orlando Sentinel
WASHINGTON -- On a warm winter's day in the capital, Rep. Vern Buchanan of Florida received three items essential to any new member of Congress: a lapel pin, a voting card and a special license plate. What the Sarasota Republican didn't get on his first day was the unqualified support......
Monday, January 08, 2007
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Revealed: Rudy's '08 battle plans
SOURCE: Daily News
It's clearly laid out in 140 pages of printed text, handwriting and spreadsheets: The top-secret plan for Rudy Giuliani's bid for the White House. The remarkably detailed dossier sets out the budgets, schedules and fund-raising plans that will underpin the former New York mayor's presidential campaign - as well as......
Monday, January 01, 2007
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Report: Ballot Design Caused Jennings to Lose
SOURCE: Tallahassee Bureau
TALLAHASSEE - While the dispute over the outcome of the Congressional District 13 election heads back to court next week, supporters of Democrat Christine Jennings are citing a report by a voting expert on the other side of the case who says Jennings might have won the election if Sarasota......
Monday, December 18, 2006
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Jebocracy
SOURCE: Governing December '06
When public officials praise figures from the political past, usually what they end up doing is describing idealized versions of themselves. You could say that was the case in October, when Jeb Bush gave a speech in Tallahassee honoring one of his predecessors as Florida governor, LeRoy Collins. Bush lauded......
Thursday, December 14, 2006
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Crist names 2 to high-level jobs
SOURCE: Miami Herald
TALLAHASSEE - Gov.-elect Charlie Crist announced two key appointments to his administration this morning, naming Pasco Supervisor of Elections Kurt Browning to be secretary of state and former Atlanta hospital administrator Andrew Agwunobi to be in charge of Florida's healthcare regulation. Agwunobi, 40, will be secretary of the Agency for......
Thursday, December 14, 2006
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Perks to be pricey on Crist's big day
SOURCE:
TALLAHASSEE - Fresh from his record $19-million campaign for governor, Charlie Crist is again raising big money, this time for his inaugural bash. And once again, the sky's the limit. Lobbyists, businesses and Republican donors are being asked to give as much as $500,000 to pay for Crist's celebration on......
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
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Democrats Prepare to Push for Minimum Wage Increase
SOURCE: Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Democrats are readying a maximum effort to raise the minimum wage. Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts said Thursday that increasing the federal minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 would be his top priority as chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. On the House......
Friday, November 17, 2006
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Florida Officials Open Criminal Probe of Disgraced Congressman Mark Foley
SOURCE: Associated Press
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — Florida authorities have opened a criminal investigation into the sexually explicit computer messages that disgraced lawmaker Mark Foley sent to male former interns. "It was a preliminary inquiry before, but we found the basis to open up a criminal investigation," Kristen Perezluha, a spokeswoman for......
Friday, November 17, 2006
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GOP sees Crist as bright hope at gloomy time
SOURCE: Palm Beach Post
Charlie Crist for vice president? No one is ready to go that far yet. But as Gov. Jeb Bush slips into the political shadows, Crist's impressive victory on a day when Republicans lost power on Capitol Hill and in six governor mansions has some Republicans saying Crist will be a......
Monday, November 13, 2006
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Crist's home county wasn't the friendliest
SOURCE: Times Staff Writers
Among the bigger surprises of Tuesday's election was Pinellas County's relatively lackluster support for hometown boy Charlie Crist. The Republican nominee beat Democrat Jim Davis in Florida's most consistent bellwether county comfortably, but by slightly smaller margin - 51 percent to 45 percent - than he won statewide. "I thought......
Monday, November 13, 2006
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Strickland Courted Rural Ohio; It Paid Off
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
Democrat Ted Strickland found a lot of friendly voters Tuesday in Ohio's rural counties, which helped propel him to a massive 23-point win over Republican Ken Blackwell. While Strickland campaigned frequently in Cleveland and Ohio's other major metropolitan areas, he never overlooked the ruby-red counties, where Republicans far outnumber members......
Thursday, November 09, 2006
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Ohio's reps brace for status change in Washington
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
Washington- Ohio's Capitol Hill power structure turned upside down Tuesday when elections turned House of Representatives control over to Democrats. The state's GOP big shots were rendered small, while Democrats accustomed to scant power contemplated their likely ascent to subcommittee chairmanships. "As an African-American and a woman, this will be......
Thursday, November 09, 2006
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Election success cost an extra $17 per voter
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
After the mess of the May primary in Cuyahoga County, where results were delayed for a week because of technological glitches, county commissioners opened their checkbook to make sure the general election would go well. They spent an extra $8 million. That's more than $17 for every voter who cast......
Thursday, November 09, 2006
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Crist's big win likely to bring new direction from governor's office
SOURCE: Herald Tribune
TAMPA -- Providing a possible road map for Republicans nationally, Charlie Crist rode a message of mainstream optimism to a solid victory over Democrat Jim Davis on Tuesday night to become Florida's 44th governor. When Crist is sworn into office on Jan. 2, it will be the first time in......
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
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Democrats Take Control of House, GOP Battles to Avoid Capitol Hill Sweep
SOURCE: Fox News
Democrats have shifted the balance of power on Capitol Hill, capturing control of the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time in 12 years and gaining ground in the battle to win the Senate. Two GOP Senate races — Virginia and Montana — were still up for grabs early......
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
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Senate Opponents Focus on Each Other
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
Columbus- Campaigning throughout Northeast Ohio on a glorious Sunday, Mike DeWine and Sherrod Brown used one of their last pre-election chances to tell voters why one, but not the other, deserves to be elected to the U.S. Senate. Jobs, Iraq, taxes, security and claims that one man is just a......
Monday, November 06, 2006
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ID rulings confuse officials and voters
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
Some voters are so frustrated with Ohio's voter-identification rules that they've stuffed their entire wallets into their absentee ballot envelopes. Others have dropped in their driver's licenses, hoping the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections will give them back once the state figures out the rules. The confusion has gotten worse.......
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
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Supreme Court candidate chastises no-show rival at City Club debate
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
A public official thinks he and his kind should face the public. "Public servants have an obligation to be seen in public and answer the public's questions," William O'Neill said Tuesday at a historic hustings losing its grip on candidates. "It is disgraceful for a sitting justice on the Ohio......
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
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State races go down to wire
SOURCE: Orlando Sentinel
WASHINGTON -- Florida is again playing a pivotal role in shaping national politics as a sex scandal and a few close House races are giving Democrats something they have lacked for years: Hope. At least three House seats in the state are considered competitive and are among dozens in play......
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
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Few strongly contested races for legislative seats
SOURCE: Associated Press
State lawmakers have no war in Iraq. Florida's unemployment rate is lower than the nation's. Republican Gov. Jeb Bush's approval rating is much higher than that of his brother, President Bush. And it's been more than a decade since Mark Foley was in the state Legislature. For legislative incumbents -......
Friday, October 13, 2006
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Crist and Davis Debate Over Insurance
SOURCE: Orlando Sentinel
Four weeks before Election Day, Democrat Jim Davis proposed a radical overhaul of Florida's property insurance market, saying that as governor he would seek to have the state assume the liability for up to $20-billion annually in losses from hurricanes. His hope: By the state assuming so much of the......
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
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Crist, Davis struggle for distinction on social issues
SOURCE: Orlando Sentinel
TALLAHASSEE -- Republican Charlie Crist and Democrat Jim Davis are largely staking out the political middle to win the Florida governor's race, with only subtle differences dividing the two contenders across a wide array of social issues. Unlike Crist's Republican primary opponent, Tom Gallagher, who veered far to the political......
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
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Davis Meets with Hispanic Ministers
SOURCE: Orlando Sentinel
The fall campaign for governor so far has been consumed by education, insurance and taxes, but when Democrat Jim Davis sat down at an east Orlando church Thursday morning he found himself confronted with some of the day's touchstone social issues. For more than an hour, a group of nearly......
Friday, October 06, 2006
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Federal Judge Blocks Provision of Voter ID Law
SOURCE: Associated Press
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a new law that would have required naturalized citizens to show their citizenship papers if questioned by poll workers. U.S. District Judge Christopher Boyko blasted the new law, saying it would have treated naturalized citizens as "second-class Americans." "This gives poll workers the uninhibited......
Thursday, October 05, 2006
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DeWine keeps low profile while getting work done
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
Washington - Most politicians love cameras and microphones. U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine isn't one of them. Though Ohioans are seeing DeWine's face constantly in campaign commercials this fall, the two-term Republican is hardly known on Capitol Hill for hogging the limelight or relishing partisan brawls. He is known rather for......
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
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Ohio's candidates for Senate offer voters clear choice
SOURCE: Plain Dealer
Washington- With their U.S. Senate race at a statistical dead heat, Mike DeWine and his equally feisty challenger Sherrod Brown tried to make the choice easier for voters Sunday by disagreeing on nearly everything in a televised debate. DeWine, the Republican incumbent, characterized himself for the television audience on NBC's......
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
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DeWine, Brown lock horns with zeal in testy TV debate
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
When the Democrat says his opponent "should be ashamed of himself" and the Republican says his foe is on the political fringe and has a "very, very slim" record, you just know they won't get along. And so Ohio Republican Sen. Mike DeWine and his re-election challenger, Democratic U.S. Rep.......
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
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Economy is No. 1 in Ohio elections
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
Washington - They may scoff and scowl at each other's ideas. But when Ted Strickland and Ken Blackwell meet Wednesday in Cincinnati to debate economic issues, they will start out agreeing on one thing: Ohio's economy desperately needs help. "It's anemic," says Blackwell, the Republican candidate for governor. "We're in......
Monday, October 02, 2006
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McCollum: 'I did my duty'
SOURCE: Orlando Sentinel
MIAMI -- Bill McCollum, the Republican candidate for Florida attorney general, said Wednesday that he has no regrets about his role while a congressman in the impeachment of President Clinton and that he still thinks the former president should have been removed from office. McCollum, appearing with Democratic candidate Walter......
Thursday, September 28, 2006
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Crist leaves Davis behind in Florida poll
SOURCE: Orlando Sentinel
Republican Charlie Crist holds a commanding lead over Democrat Jim Davis in Florida's race for governor, helped by a barrage of television advertising and strong crossover support from Democrats, according to an Orlando Sentinel poll released Tuesday. Crist leads Davis by 51 percent to 36 percent, with 11 percent undecided......
Thursday, September 28, 2006
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Could a Blackwell loss sink DeWine as well?
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
Republican Ken Blackwell is running for governor, but he also may loom large in one of the nation's hottest Senate races. Observers, both partisan and not, say that if Blackwell's double-digit deficit in the polls turns into a thrashing on Election Day, it may hurt Republican incumbent Mike DeWine in......
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
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Blackwell, Strickland debate education policies for Ohio
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
Gubernatorial candidates Ken Blackwell and Ted Strickland used an hourlong televised debate Wednesday to fine-tune their education platforms without straying from entrenched positions. Meeting in the second of four debates they will have before the Nov. 7 election, the candidates sparred over how to best pay for the education of......
Thursday, September 21, 2006
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'Republicans for Strickland' speak out
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
Columbus- An influential group of moderate Republicans who fear their gubernatorial candidate's conservative views are too divisive made a statement Tuesday by publicly throwing their support behind Democrat Ted Strickland. Prominent Columbus attorney Charles "Rocky" Saxbe, whose father's storied political career ranged from Ohio House speaker to U.S. attorney general,......
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
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Gore Doesn't Rule Out 2008 White House Run
SOURCE: Associated Press
SYDNEY, Australia — Former Vice President Al Gore said Sunday he hadn't rule out making a second bid for the White House, though he said it was unlikely. Gore spoke to reporters in Sydney, where he was promoting the local premiere of his documentary on global warming. "I haven't completely......
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
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Harris wins, vows to defeat Nelson in bid for Senate
SOURCE: Orlando Sentinel
TAMPA -- Katherine Harris cruised to a decisive Republican primary victory Tuesday in the U.S. Senate race despite being shunned by most party leaders and hobbled by a campaign that at times appeared to be falling apart. In easily dispatching three little-known candidates, the congresswoman from Longboat Key immediately set......
Thursday, September 07, 2006
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Strickland, Blackwell use debate to toss labels
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
Ohio's candidates for governor draped each other with labels Tuesday during their first debate, which also featured lively exchanges over taxes and Statehouse scandals but only a modest helping of specifics for voters to pick over. About a dozen times during the hourlong face-off, Republican Ken Blackwell described Ted Strickland,......
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
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Poll: Crist, Gallagher splitting 'born-again' vote
SOURCE: Tallahassee Bureau
TALLAHASSEE -- Republican Tom Gallagher has steered his latest campaign for governor far to the right, but in the race's closing days the strategy appears to be picking up few of the evangelical voters he has been targeting. A Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday gives Gallagher's rival in Tuesday's GOP......
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
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Florida Primary Showing Bodes Ill for Harris
SOURCE: LA Times
MIAMI — Rep. Katherine Harris, the controversial one-time Republican hero, collected less than half the party's vote Tuesday in winning her Senate primary race against three political unknowns, foreshadowing a tough November face-off with Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson. Harris' 49% showing reflected her growing unpopularity within the party after a......
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
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Candidates make final dash across Florida
SOURCE: Orlando Sentinel
It's primary day. Too bad that most voters won't show up. Today's election features important races for governor, U.S. Senate, Congress, two state Cabinet seats and many more legislative and local offices. Despite the heavy slate of candidates, the Florida Secretary of State's Office predicts that just 24 percent of......
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
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Parade showcases Democrats
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
Though it's meant to celebrate workers, the annual Labor Day parade and picnic Monday on Cleveland's East Side was all about honoring Democrats. The event, organized by Democratic Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, showcased the party's candidates for statewide office, from gubernatorial candidate Ted Strickland, who leads his Republican rival, Ken......
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
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Democrats say auditor poll tries to make race an issue
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
Columbus - Democrats accuse Republican Mary Taylor of conducting a poll of voters with a loaded question intended only to point out that her opponent in the state auditor's race, Barbara Sykes, is black. In a telephone poll containing a series of negative questions about Sykes' legislative record and other......
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
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Judge rejects voter-registration law
SOURCE: Associated Press
MIAMI -- A federal judge on Monday declared a new Florida voter-registration law unconstitutional, ruling that its stiff penalties for violations threaten free-speech rights and that political parties were improperly exempted. The 48-page ruling by U.S. District Judge Patricia Seitz means that state authorities cannot enforce the provisions of the......
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
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Pennsylvania Abandons Loyalty Oath for Candidates
SOURCE: Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA — Candidates for public office in Pennsylvania no longer have to sign a McCarthy-era loyalty oath pledging that they are not "subversive." The requirement was unconstitutional, Attorney General Tom Corbett has told election officials. The change was ordered after John Staggs refused to sign the oath when he turned......
Monday, August 28, 2006
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New Embryonic Stem Cell Study Smoke and Mirrors Says Bioethicist
SOURCE: C. Ben Mitchell
Chicago, Illinois - August 24, 2006 - Bioethics professor C. Ben Mitchell says that a Massachusetts laboratory's claim to have developed a new way to derive embryonic stem cells without harming embryos is just "ethical smoke and mirrors." Advance Cell Technology (ACT) of Worcester, Massachusetts published an article in the......
Thursday, August 24, 2006
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Strickland on attack; Blackwell summons a friend
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
Columbus- Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ted Strickland talked tough on government corruption while Republican Ken Blackwell trotted out an old friend to bolster the case for a new idea. Transportation plans were the backdrop in the race to become Ohio's governor Monday as the two leading candidates zoomed ever closer to......
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
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Poll: Pa. Gov. Rendell Holds Double-Digit Lead Over GOP Challenger Swann
SOURCE: Fox News
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell maintains a double-digit lead over Republican challenger Lynn Swann, whose increased campaigning has done little to help him gain ground on the incumbent, according to a poll released Wednesday. Rendell led Swann 54 percent to 34 percent in a poll of registered voters......
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
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Next governor could back state spending for stem cell research
SOURCE:
Whether Florida joins California and a growing list of other states that pay for embryonic stem cell research could depend on who wins the governor's race. Republican Charlie Crist and Democrats Jim Davis and Rod Smith support having Florida pay for research, which some say could lead to cures for......
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
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Ohio Lawmaker Faces Challenges to Replace Ney as GOP Candidate
SOURCE: Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The leading Republican candidate to replace scandal-scarred Rep. Bob Ney on the November ballot may be ineligible to run, party officials said Tuesday, complicating GOP efforts to assure a smooth transition for the fall campaign. State Sen. Joy Padgett was a losing contender for lieutenant governor in......
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
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Blackwell mum on his taxes
SOURCE: Columbus Dispatch
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Ted Strickland released his income-tax returns yesterday for the past five years, but his Republican opponent declined to make his public. Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell became the first gubernatorial nominee from either party since at least 1982 to refuse to disclose his income-tax returns. "We’re......
Thursday, August 03, 2006
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What if we aren't ready for an election?
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
In 96 days, the people responsible for elections in Cuyahoga County will be hosts to tens of thousands of people voting for a new governor, U.S. senator, members of Congress and state legislators. Will elections workers be ready? Their chief is embattled. Their governing board is divided. The workers are......
Thursday, August 03, 2006
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate vows to give ‘adult supervision’ to Legislature
SOURCE: Naples News.com
U.S. Rep. Jim Davis arrived in Collier County on Tuesday to face a group of Democrats who want to believe in him. Davis, D-Tampa, is the leading Democratic candidate for governor. But if he wins the Democratic nomination, he will face a Republican who is much better known statewide. The......
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
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Gallagher points to differences with Crist in GOP governor's race
SOURCE: Associated Press
POINCIANA, Fla. - With only 35 days left until the primary and a lot of ground to make up in polls, Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher made it a point Tuesday to show there are differences between him and Attorney General Charlie Crist in the Republican race for governor. He......
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
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Gallagher takes offensive against Crist
SOURCE: St. Petersburg Times
POINCIANA — Seeking to gain ground in the Republican primary for governor, Tom Gallagher took the offensive against Charlie Crist Tuesday night in their first face-to-face meeting in more than a month. In a Polk County forum televised live in Tampa Bay, Gallagher directly criticized Crist on a number of......
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
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Tennessee Primary a Telling Start for November Race
SOURCE: Fox News
WASHINGTON — A three-way brawl on the Republican side of the Tennessee Senate race is setting the tone for a general election fight that could be a key battleground in the Democrats' campaign to turn over the U.S. Senate majority. GOP leaders says it's imperative the best candidate be nominated......
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
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New voter registration law would reduce turnout, expert says
SOURCE: Associated Press
A new Florida law imposing heavy fines for voter registration violations could suppress turnout in elections and hamper the ability of labor unions, grassroots groups and other organizations to sign up people who wouldn't ordinarily vote, a political science expert testified Tuesday. Yale University political science professor Donald Green also......
Thursday, July 27, 2006
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First Brother: Is There a Second Act for Jeb Bush?
SOURCE: Time Magazine
Fans of Florida Governor Jeb Bush often like to whisper that he, not George W., was the brother who should have been President. Jeb, they insist, is the smart one, and the more genuine conservative. So they felt especially smug last month when President Bush, on the same day his......
Monday, June 19, 2006
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Naples' Goodlette dumps plans for state Senate run
SOURCE: Naplesnews.com
There is an old cliché that every time a door closes, another one opens. That is not proving to be the case for Dudley Goodlette. Due to term limits, the Naples Republican cannot run for re-election to his seat in the Florida House of Representatives later this year. Until this......
Friday, June 16, 2006
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Blackwell and Strickland agree to hold debates
SOURCE:
Columbus - Debates can be dangerous political territory, but Ohio's candidates for governor agreed Monday to a series of matchups that could be coming soon to a city near you. They promise to discuss jobs, education and health care, rather than continue the more common tradition of confining debates to......
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
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Florida Governor's Race
SOURCE: Miami Herald
Sashaying and dancing across the floor of the Jose Mas Canosa Youth Center as a salsa band played, a beaming Attorney General Charlie Crist wrapped up a whirlwind three-day campaign tour on Saturday in Sweetwater with an endorsement from Miami Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart. With less than 90 days before Republican......
Monday, June 12, 2006
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Blackwell gets brunt of registrants' anger
SOURCE: Ted Wendling
Columbus- Democrats and representatives of voter-registration groups accused Secretary of State Ken Blackwell on Monday of trying to rig this November's election by publishing draconian new rules governing the activities of people who register voters. Testifying at a hearing chaired by Judy Grady, Blackwell's director of elections, lawyers for ACORN,......
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
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South Florida may be decisive in Democratic primary for governor
SOURCE: Palm Beach Post
Jim Davis and Rod Smith each has a little fib he tells on the campaign trail. Nodding his head, his mouth in a tight, knowing smile, Davis tells crowds that he defeated his last opponent for Congress by getting 87 percent of the vote. Smith punches out his words when......
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
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STATE SENATE RACE - Villalobos gets foe: Bolaños
SOURCE: The Miami Herald
TALLAHASSEE - Alex Villalobos, until recently a rising star in the Florida Senate who paid a steep price for crossing the governor on education issues, got another dose of reality Thursday: a challenger for the first time in 14 years. Frank Bolaños, one of the most conservative members of the......
Friday, May 19, 2006
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Bush Backs Brother Jeb for White House
SOURCE: Associated Press
President Bush suggested Wednesday that he'd like to see his family's White House legacy continue, perhaps with his younger brother Jeb as the chief executive. The president said Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is well-suited for another office and would make "a great president." "I would like to see Jeb run......
Friday, May 12, 2006
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People, machines account for glitches in Cuyahoga voting
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
A day after the polls closed, Cuyahoga County elections officials still couldn't say who won Tuesday's elections. And they might not know today. Problems with both types of the county's new electronic voting machines were to blame. Human error added to the crisis, with one in five elections workers failing......
Thursday, May 04, 2006
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Results delayed on problem-filled election day
SOURCE: WKYC
There were so many problems that there was talk of extending voting hours and concerns over counting ballots. Some politicians asked that they remain open until 9 p.m. The Garden Valley location did just that because of numerous problems. They remained open until 9:30 p.m. Because the location remained open......
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
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Michael Schiavo backs Davis in governor's race
SOURCE: St. Petersburg Times
Michael Schiavo, who has turned the end-of-life struggle of his late wife Terri into a political cause, Tuesday threw his endorsement to Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jim Davis. "Even though my private family issues became a national spectacle, they had no business being debated by politicians who did not know me......
Thursday, April 27, 2006
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New ads dismay state GOP chief
SOURCE: The Columbus Dispatch
Jim Petro unveiled a TV ad yesterday that calls rival J. Kenneth Blackwell a hypocrite — and drew an immediate rebuke from the state GOP chairman. Blackwell also began airing a TV spot that shows a picture of Petro superimposed on a photo of two men arm-in-arm and says Petro......
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
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Petro, Blackwell air attack ads as GOP primary gets nastier
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
Republican gubernatorial candidates Jim Petro and Ken Blackwell aired attack ads Monday, intensifying what is already the nastiest primary in 16 years. In his ad, Petro mocks Blackwell's professed conservative values, calling Blackwell a hypocrite because of his investments. "What word fits a person like Ken Blackwell when he says......
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
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THE HISTORY OF INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM IN THE UNITED STATES
SOURCE: Initiative & Referendum Institute
Initiative and Referendum has existed in some form in this country since the 1600’s when the citizens of New England placed ordinances and other issues on the agenda for discussion and then a vote utilizing town meetings. Thomas Jefferson first proposed Legislative Referendum for the 1775 Virginia State constitution. The......
Monday, April 17, 2006
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Blackwell defensive about stocks
SOURCE: The Cincinnati Enquirer
COLUMBUS - Secretary of State Ken Blackwell's campaign for governor was in defensive mode last week when his annual financial-disclosure statement revealed he owns stock in companies that produce slot machines, voting machines, tobacco and the morning-after pill. Blackwell's opponents quickly cried foul, since the Cincinnatian is against abortion and......
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
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Blackwell's attention deficit
SOURCE: The Toledo Blade
KEN Blackwell has done himself no favor in pursuit of Ohio's governorship by failing to pay attention to the stocks in his investment portfolio. The secretary of state left himself wide open to charges of conflict of interest when he came into ownership of 178 shares of stock in Diebold,......
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
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Blackwell in blind-trust bind
SOURCE: The Columbus Dispatch
Republican gubernatorial candidate J. Kenneth Blackwell has said he’s moving his investment portfolios to a blind trust to avoid any potential conflicts of interest. But there’s a problem with that plan: Ohio law doesn’t allow fully blind trusts, according to a 2005 Ohio Ethics Commission advisory opinion. The issue surfaced......
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
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Poll: Blackwell, Petro In Tight GOP Governor Race
SOURCE: ONN News
COLUMBUS -- Republicans Kenneth Blackwell and Jim Petro are in a close contest to represent the party in the governor's race, with more than a quarter of likely GOP voters undecided, a poll released Wednesday found. Blackwell, the secretary of state, drew 39 percent support among likely Republican voters, and......
Monday, April 10, 2006
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Harris' Senate campaign 'imploding'
SOURCE: Jim Stratton
The last of U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris' key staffers appear ready to abandon her campaign for the U.S. Senate in a wave of resignations expected to start this weekend. Sources close to the campaign said Friday that the defections would touch virtually every level of her operation. Harris, who is......
Monday, April 03, 2006
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Primary voting-machine troubles raise concerns for '06
SOURCE: USA Today
Problems using voting machines in the Texas and Illinois primaries this month have reinforced fears that the 2006 elections may be beset with glitches. "There's a lot of evidence that some of those fears are coming to pass," says Doug Chapin, president of Electionline.org, a non-partisan group that studies elections.......
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
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Blackwell won't meet for debate before primary
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
Columbus -- Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Blackwell will not debate Jim Petro, his challenger in the May primary, saying the head-to-head discussions aren't part of his campaign strategy. The decision caused one high-profile debate to be canceled on Thursday and reduced another basically to a speaking engagement for Attorney General......
Friday, March 24, 2006
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Blackwell mailing is political front, attorney says
SOURCE: Ted Wendling
Columbus -- In January, Massillon attorney Perry Stergios registered a new business with Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, whose office then mailed him a receipt and certificate. A week later, Blackwell's office sent Stergios a second 30-cent mailing -- one that raised his hackles. It contained another copy of the......
Friday, March 17, 2006
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Petro offers proposal to cut tuition
SOURCE: Reginald Fields
Columbus- Gubernatorial candidate Jim Petro on Thursday said his government-shrinking plan would save enough money to offer every Ohio college student, on average, a 30 percent tuition reduction. Noting that the average annual tuition at a four-year Ohio school is 45 percent higher than the national average, Petro said the......
Friday, March 17, 2006
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Governor's race takes nasty turn with charge
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
The Democratic race for governor turned ugly Wednesday when long-shot candidate Bryan Flannery accused front-runner Ted Strickland of employing a sex offender on his congressional and campaign staffs, though he offered no proof to support his charge. Flannery didn't at first identify the Strickland employee, but said in a statement......
Thursday, March 16, 2006
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Lawmakers Face Bevy Of Problems In Election-Year Session
SOURCE: Florida News Channel 4 Jacksonville
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Normally, legislative sessions in election years tend to be light on controversy and heavy on feel-good, take-home proposals. But the Legislature isn't always completely in control of its own agenda and this year exemplifies that. When Florida's 160 lawmakers return to the Capitol on Tuesday for their......
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
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Federal law adds crimp to campaign
SOURCE: St. Petersburg Times
Membership in Congress has had its privileges for the gubernatorial campaign of Jim Davis: The Tampa Democrat has swept up endorsements from popular Washington colleagues who have introduced him around the state, and Congress has given him a high-profile platform to take on issues like offshore drilling. But a campaign......
Friday, February 24, 2006
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The men who want to lead Ohio
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
Columbus - Three of them want to cut at least some taxes. Two promote plans to put spending limits in the state constitution. All four recognize that Ohio is bleeding brains and jobs and promise to address both. Just one will be Ohio's next governor. Two Democrats and two Republicans......
Friday, February 17, 2006
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Blackwell picks Rep. Raga as running mate
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
Ignoring geographic balance and his aversion to tax-raisers, Republican candidate for governor Ken Blackwell tapped a fellow southwest Ohioan, Rep. Tom Raga, as his running mate. Blackwell, completing his sec ond term as sec retary of state, praised Raga as a "thought leader, person of faith and family man" and......
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
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Is Betty Montgomery pulling out of governor's race?
SOURCE: Associated Press
COLUMBUS (AP) — State Auditor Betty Montgomery, one of three GOP hopefuls running for governor, will announce Tuesday whether she’s staying in the race or will choose another seat to campaign for. Montgomery, a former prosecutor from Bowling Green, will explain her decision at a morning event at the Wood......
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
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Heimlich leaves Lt. Gov. race
SOURCE: Cincinnati Enquirer
Facing a potentially difficult statewide election - and his Republican Party possibly losing control of the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners - Phil Heimlich announced Monday he was dropping out of the lieutenant governor's race. Instead of running as Jim Petro's No. 2, Heimlich will seek re-election for a second......
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
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Santorum Aims to Garner Moderates' Support
SOURCE: Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA — Sen. Rick Santorum is walking a tightrope this election year as he attempts to appeal to moderates without alienating his conservative base. On the night before confirmation hearings began in Washington for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, Santorum was alongside Focus on the Family founder James Dobson and......
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
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Senator-elect Brown strategizes
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
Sherrod Brown will still fight. He'll be feisty when he feels the need to be. And now he gets a powerful platform from which to do it - unlike Mike DeWine, his election opponent, who may be staring at the end of a 30-year career in politics. "I've always run......
Monday, January 09, 2006
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Democrats Hope to Capitalize in Congress in 2006
SOURCE: Fox News
WASHINGTON — Democrats hope the stars are aligned for a big victory in the 2006 mid-term elections, saying more than astrology is on their side — recent Capitol Hill scandals and wavering popularity of President Bush is helping to boost their chances for a congressional takeover. "We're in a very......
Friday, January 06, 2006
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Voting? I need to see some ID
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
-- Bring your ID to the polls next Election Day. A sharply divided Ohio Senate voted 21-11 Tuesday on a voluminous election reform bill that includes a requirement that voters show identification rather than simply sign a poll book. The House plans to take a final vote on the proposal......
Thursday, December 15, 2005
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18-Year-Old Mayor Sworn In
SOURCE: WTOL News Channel 11 - Toledo
HILLSDALE, MICHIGAN -- Hillsdale now has a new leader. 18-year-old Mayor Michael Sessions held his inaugural rally Monday night with his high school marching band following him through downtown and eventually to city hall. Hundreds gathered to cheer on their young mayor as he thanked everyone who helped him win......
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
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Petro: I will come back against Ken Blackwell
SOURCE: The Vindicator
YOUNGSTOWN — Even though polls — including his own — show him trailing Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell in the 2006 Republican gubernatorial race, Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro said he'll be the comeback kid. Petro told The Vindicator on Monday that he's optimistic he'll catch Blackwell, but acknowledged......
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
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Hypothetical Clinton-Giuliani Match Shines Light on New York
SOURCE: Fox News
ALBANY, N.Y. — In a political universe unaccustomed to single-name celebrities there are "Hillary" and "Rudy." Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is the only former first lady ever elected to public office. Republican Rudolph Giuliani is the man dubbed "America's Mayor" for his leadership after terrorists struck his city, New......
Monday, November 21, 2005
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Miami Mayor Wins Delayed Re-election
SOURCE: Associated Press
MIAMI — Mayor Manny Diaz, who has presided over a resurgent Miami, easily won a second term Tuesday in an election delayed two weeks by Hurricane Wilma. "I'm extremely gratified," he said. "I'm very happy." Diaz faced four challengers in the non-partisan election originally scheduled for Nov. 1. With all......
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
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How Jackson Won
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
Frank Jackson won Tuesday's mayoral race by holding on to his predominantly black East Side base while doubling his support in mostly white West Side precincts since October's primary. Jackson, the City Council president, got 32 percent of the vote in mostly white precincts in the general election, accord ing......
Thursday, November 10, 2005
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Taft joins in claiming victory for Issue 1; 2nd effort pays off
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
Ohio voters Tuesday cleared the way for the state to spend $2 billion to fix roads, bridges and sewers, back high-tech research and help get job sites ready for companies to move in. Issue 1, which amends the state constitution, passed 54 percent to 46 percent with 80 percent of......
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
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Jackson Wins
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
Council President Frank Jackson was elected Cleveland's 56th mayor Tuesday, breaking a 138-year tradition in which sitting council members failed to win the city's highest political office. Jackson, 59, who has represented the Central area since 1990, had nearly 55 percent of the vote with 99 percent of precincts counted.......
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
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Jobs issue OK'd; reform measures fail
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
Columbus- Ohio voters approved a ballot issue designed to create jobs and improve local roads and bridges, but they summarily rejected a package of reforms that would have radically changed Ohio's elections. A Democratic-leaning coalition, Reform Ohio Now, placed the issues on the ballot and hoped that state investment losses......
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
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Most Suburban Mayors Re-Elected
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
A favorable tide helped most mayors in Northeast Ohio sail to re-election Tuesday. An exception was Vermilion Mayor Jimmy Davis, who lost his bid for a second term to activist Jean Anderson. "I'm the victim of circumstances," Davis said. "When there is a decline of jobs and a downturn in......
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
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Zanotti: 'Issue One takes pay to play to new level'
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
Columbus -- Issue 1 opponents accused the Taft administration on Wednesday of packaging the "Jobs for Ohio" measure to mask a high-tech initiative that will do little more than return public dollars to the private companies that back it. Ohio Roundtable President David Zanotti, who chairs the political action committee......
Thursday, November 03, 2005
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Costly boondoggle or investment in jobs, Issue 1 ignites argument
SOURCE: Blade Columbus Bureau
COLUMBUS - Is it the biggest investment in job-creation in the history of Ohio or an ill-advised $2 billion charge on the state's credit card for which taxpayers would pay roughly $1 billion in interest over the next three decades? It depends on who you talk to and which aspect......
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
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Tough Topics on Ballot Initiatives Next Week
SOURCE: Associated Press
Gay rights, teen abortion, Arnold Schwarzenegger's prestige. These and other volatile topics are adding spice to off-year elections in seven states where voters will be considering statewide ballot measures on Nov. 8. As is often the case, California has the most intriguing mix of propositions — including four backed by......
Monday, October 31, 2005
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Newt Gingrich Hints at Possible 2008 Presidential Run
SOURCE: Associated Press
MOBILE, Ala. — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (search) said Thursday he might run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 — unless some candidates promote his ideas. "There are circumstances where I will run," Gingrich told a news conference before a speech at the University of Mobile. Earlier this......
Friday, October 14, 2005
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Embattled Democrat quits race for governor
SOURCE: Tallahassee Bureau
TALLAHASSEE -- After a summer of scathing headlines, former Florida Democratic Party Chairman Scott Maddox dropped out of the race for governor Friday and threw his support behind rival U.S. Rep. Jim Davis of Tampa. Maddox insisted he was getting out of the race in the name of party unity,......
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
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Thanks, Jimmy Carter
SOURCE: Eagle Forum
Former President Jimmy Carter has finally done something really constructive. He is taking the lead, along with Republican James A. Baker III, to clean up the massive frauds in our voting processes. They are responding to the widespread public realization that we do not have a system of "one man,......
Monday, October 10, 2005
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Issue 1 would rob Ohio taxpayers
SOURCE: American Policy Roundtable
For a handful of wealthy and well-positioned Ohi oans, Issue 1 is a no-brainer. Taking money from struggling taxpayers and giving it to a privileged few puts no dent in the lifestyles of editorial writers, state politicians and big business. But is this elite group of social planners telling the......
Friday, October 07, 2005
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Candidates for Cleveland mayor debate issue of jobs for residents
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
Mayor Jane Campbell wants Clevelanders to look at her record and see progress. City Council President Frank Jackson wants Clevelanders to look at him and see themselves. Campbell and Jackson, the two front-runners for Cleveland mayor, delivered these messages as they faced off with six other candidates Tuesday in a......
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
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Roundtable Calls for Governor Taft to Resign
SOURCE: Ohio Roundtable
August 18, 2005, Cleveland, Ohio – Today the Ohio Roundtable called upon Governor Bob Taft to resign from office. “As the first seated Governor since 1803 to be convicted of a crime in office, resignation is the only honorable option left for Bob Taft,” stated David Zanotti President, of the......
Thursday, August 18, 2005
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Joe Scarborough Courted By FL Republicans
SOURCE: All Headline News
Pensacola, FL (AHN) - Two businessmen active in GOP politics say Florida's Republican Party is enticing cable TV host Joe Scarborough to challenge U.S. Representative Katherine Harris in the 2006 Senate primary race. Collier Merrill, a Pensacola businessman, tells The Pensacola News Journal Scarborough has met with senior Republican officials.......
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
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State Resolves Lawsuit with Maker of Voting Machines
SOURCE: Associated Pres
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A voting machine maker which sued the state claiming its certification deadlines were unfair has reached an agreement with Ohio's chief elections official. Election Systems & Software Inc. filed its lawsuit in Franklin County Common Pleas Court in May alleging Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell set......
Friday, August 05, 2005
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Ohio Special Election Could Be '06 Bellwether
SOURCE: Fox News
BATAVIA, Ohio — Batavia, Ohio, typifies much of the state's 2nd Congressional District, which hasn't sent a Democrat to Washington in nearly 40 years. But with a special election set for Tuesday, the competitive race for the seat has surprised many election watchers. "The 2nd district of Ohio is normally......
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
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2006: The Superbowl of Governors Races
SOURCE: Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa — Money, ambition and hype are rising fast for a slew of governors races that voters will decide next year, with allegations in Florida of mismanaging money and charges flying over job losses and outsourcing in Michigan. Presidential politics aside in this state where the first caucuses......
Monday, July 18, 2005
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Dems Look to Recall Taft, State Looses $215 million
SOURCE:
Columbus - A politically connected investment firm lost $215 million in Bureau of Workers' Compensation money, triggering an agency shake-up, a wide-ranging criminal investigation and calls by Democrats for Gov. Bob Taft's recall. Losses by the Pittsburgh-based MDL Capital Management dwarf the estimated $10 million to $13 million missing from......
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
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Miami Dade Urged to Scrap Voting Machines
SOURCE: Associated Press
MIAMI — Miami-Dade County's elections chief has recommended ditching its ATM-style voting machines, just three years after buying them for $24.5 million to avoid a repeat of the hanging and dimpled chads from the 2000 election. Elections supervisor Lester Sola said in a memo Friday that the county should switch......
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
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Fla. Attorney General to Run for Governor
SOURCE: Associated Press
Attorney General Charlie Crist became a formal candidate for governor Monday when his paperwork was delivered to Florida elections officials by "America's Most Wanted" host John Walsh. The decision to enlist Walsh, whose 6-year-old son Adam was kidnapped and murdered in Florida 24 years ago, signals Crist's desire to highlight......
Friday, May 13, 2005
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House panel OKs election reform bill
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
Columbus - A bill aimed at changing Ohio election processes to avoid delays, disputes and disagreements like those of last November cleared a critical House committee Wednesday. The legislation allows Ohioans to vote by absentee ballot for any reason. It would require certain voting information to be posted at polling......
Thursday, May 12, 2005
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Florida Court Upholds Ban on Voting by Felons
SOURCE: Orlando Sentinel
MIAMI -- A full federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a 160-year-old state law that enforces a lifetime ban on voting rights for convicted felons, even after they have served their prison time and been released into society.

The ruling stems from Johnson v. Bush, a lawsuit brought to......
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
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Ralph Reed to Run for Georgia Lt. Governor
SOURCE: Fox News
ATLANTA — Ralph Reed, former Christian Coalition director, announced Thursday he will run for lieutenant governor in 2006.

Reed, 43, filed the necessary paperwork earlier this month to begin raising money for the race. In his announcement, he pledged to "work tirelessly" for Republican Gov. Sonny Perdue and other......
Friday, February 18, 2005
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Ohio Election Ads Cost 100 million
SOURCE: Fox News

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Monday, February 14, 2005
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President Bush's 2005 Inaugural Address
SOURCE: CNN
Vice President Cheney, Mr. Chief Justice, President Carter, President Bush, President Clinton, members of the United States Congress, reverend clergy, distinguished guests, fellow citizens:

On this day, prescribed by law and marked by ceremony, we celebrate the durable wisdom of our Constitution and recall the deep commitments that unite......
Tuesday, February 01, 2005
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Iraqi Prime Minister:
SOURCE: Yahoo News
Iraq's interim leader has called on the country to unite following the weekend's historic elections and says terrorists have been defeated. Speaking in a televised address for the first time since the election, Interim Prime Minister Ayd Allawi said: "I call upon those who cast their ballot and those who......
Monday, January 31, 2005
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Bush Hails Iraqi Election as 'Resounding Success'
SOURCE: Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush called the Iraqi election a "resounding success" and promised that the United States will help Iraqis fight continuing insurgency as they build a democratic government.

"There's more distance to travel on the road to democracy," Bush said Sunday, four hours after the polls closed.......
Monday, January 31, 2005
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Transcript: President Bush's Radio Address
SOURCE: Fox News
Good morning.

Tomorrow the world will witness a turning point in the history of Iraq, a milestone in the advance of freedom, and a crucial advance in the war on terror. The Iraqi people will make their way to polling centers across their nation. On the national ballot alone,......
Sunday, January 30, 2005
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Way To Much God
SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
It was an interesting Inauguration Day. Washington had warmed up, the swift storm of the previous day had passed, the sky was overcast but the air wasn't painful in a wind-chill way, and the capital was full of men in cowboy hats and women in long furs. In fact, the......
Friday, January 21, 2005
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Inaugural Address Marks Policy Shift
SOURCE: Fox News
WASHINGTON — President Bush's inauguration day speech was a 180-degree turnaround from the pre-2000 election campaign in which he said he didn't believe it was the United States' role to get involved in nation building. But an attack on American soil and an ongoing War on Terror has forced the......
Friday, January 21, 2005
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Bush Starts New Term
SOURCE: Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — George W. Bush embarked on an ambitious second term as president Thursday, telling a world anxious about war and terrorism that the United States would not shrink from new confrontations in pursuit of "the great objective of ending tyranny."

Four minutes before noon, Bush placed his......
Friday, January 21, 2005
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Report Outlines Exit Poll Problems
SOURCE: Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Two firms that conducted Election Day exit polls for major news organizations reported Wednesday that they found a number of problems with the way the polls were carried out last year, resulting in estimates that overstated John Kerry's share of the vote.

Edison Media Research......
Thursday, January 20, 2005
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Problems Found With '04 Exit Polls
SOURCE: Fox News
NEW YORK — Two firms that conducted Election Day exit polls for major news organizations reported Wednesday that they found a number of problems with the way the polls were carried out last year, resulting in estimates that overstated John Kerry's share of the vote.

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Wednesday, January 19, 2005
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Historically Second Term is not Best for Presidents
SOURCE: Fox News
NEW YORK — President George W. Bush joins a select club when he is sworn in Thursday, a group to which even his father doesn't belong — men who have taken the oath of office for the presidency more than once.

And as part of that select group, Bush......
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
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Inaguration Week Focuses on Troops
SOURCE: CNN
As the first presidential inauguration since September 11, 2001 approaches, organizers are preparing a four-day wartime salute to the U.S. armed forces -- including concerts for troops, black-tie dinners and a special inaugural ball for military personnel.

"Celebrating Freedom, Honoring Service" -- the official theme of the inauguration --......
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
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Delays at Polls Were Not a Scheme
SOURCE: The Plain Dealer
When they stood on the floor of Congress recently to protest the results of Ohio's presidential vote, Democrats told a national audience about their suspicious hunch: People in Democratic strongholds were short-changed on voting machines on Election Day.

Voter groups and activists have lobbed the same accusation for weeks.......
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
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Florida Desires Absentee Ballot Tracking
SOURCE: Tallahassee Bureau
TALLAHASSEE -- Florida's top election official told legislators Thursday that the state should develop a tighter tracking system for absentee ballots.

Secretary of State Glenda Hood voiced concern over what happened in Broward County, where nearly 60,000 absentee ballots were lost and county officials had to scramble to mail......
Friday, January 14, 2005
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Ohio Pulls Plug on Electronic Voting
SOURCE: Plain Dealer
Columbus- The battle is over and electronic voting machines, at least in Ohio, are dead.

After years of wrangling and protests, Secretary of State Ken Blackwell announced Wednesday that he will limit Ohio's uncompleted voting-machine conversion to a single device: the precinct-count optical-scan machine.

The decision effectively sidelines......
Thursday, January 13, 2005
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Red State/Blue State
SOURCE: Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. -- A panel of linguists has deemed "red state, blue state, purple state" the phrase that most colored the nation's lexicon in 2004.

Attendees at the annual convention of the Linguistic Society of America on Friday chose the word or phrase that dominated national discourse over the......
Monday, January 10, 2005
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Martinez to be Sworn in Today as Senator Succeeeding Graham
SOURCE: Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- The bitter, partisan U.S. Senate campaign seemed a distant memory as Republican Mel Martinez prepared Tuesday to succeed retiring Democrat Bob Graham.

Graham and Sen. Bill Nelson, the Democrat who will serve with Martinez, are now saying he will be good for Florida after campaigning against him......
Tuesday, January 04, 2005
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Ohio Judge Throws Out Election Results Challenge
SOURCE: Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Supreme Court's chief justice on Thursday threw out a challenge to the state's presidential election results.

A lawyer for the voters bringing the case said he would refile the challenge as early as Friday.

Chief Justice Thomas Moyer ruled that the request improperly......
Tuesday, December 21, 2004
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Ohio Vote Certified...Again
SOURCE: Associated Press

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Wednesday, December 15, 2004
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Democrats vow to examine Ohio results
SOURCE: MSNBC

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Monday, December 06, 2004
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Soros Moves on With MoveON.org
SOURCE: ABC News

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Thursday, December 02, 2004
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Democrats Still Challenge Ohio Vote Count
SOURCE: Associated Press

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Tuesday, November 30, 2004
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Foreign-Born President Amendment Sought
SOURCE: Fox News

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Tuesday, November 30, 2004
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