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Economic Tide Swamping McCain
Time was, the Baltimore Orioles manager was Earl Weaver, a short, irascible, Napoleonic figure who, when cranky, as he frequently was, would shout at an umpire, "Are you going to get any better or is this it?" With, mercifully, only one debate to go, that...Tags: Jesse Jackson, Major League Baseball, John F. Kennedy, Barack Obama, Government
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'Boogie Man': The Life, Times And Dirty Tricks Of Lee Atwater
Los Angeles TimesMost of my family is from the South, starting with my grandmother, who spent 93 years living in Georgia, Alabama and Florida. She had a pretty simple rule about politicians, saying, "I'd be happy to vote for a Republican, if I could ever find a good one."...Tags: Life, Bob Dole, Tom Brokaw, Barack Obama, Government
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McCain can't win battle over bailout
Time was, the Baltimore Orioles manager was Earl Weaver, a short, irascible, Napoleonic figure who, when cranky, as he frequently was, would shout at an umpire, "Are you going to get any better or is this it?" With, mercifully, only one debate to go, that...Tags: Major League Baseball, John F. Kennedy, Barack Obama, Government, Harry S Truman
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Campaigning in a changing nation
Today's topic: How are the changed demographics of the electorate making this presidential race different from past ones? Has either Barack Obama or John McCain capitalized effectively on the new demographics? And have they shifted the race away from...Tags: Executive Branch, Al Sharpton, Racism, Pete Wilson, Sarah Palin
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George Will: Will McCain campaign get any worse?
Time was, the Baltimore Orioles manager was Earl Weaver, a short, irascible, Napoleonic figure who, when cranky, as he frequently was, would shout at an umpire, ''Are you going to get any better or is this it?'' With, mercifully, only one debate to go,...Tags: Jesse Jackson, Major League Baseball, John F. Kennedy, Barack Obama, Government
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We think: The outcome of the Nov. 4 election won't spell progress for everyone
In fewer than five weeks, millions across the nation will brim with pride, having witnessed the election of the nation's first black president or its first female vice president. But there's ample room for Americans to also feel shame. An AP-Yahoo poll...Tags: National Government, Polls, Trent Lott, Barack Obama, John McCain
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The age-old question: McCain's
Chicago Tribune correspondentST. PAUL — A campaign issue is now coming of age: McCain's. It hasn't been a central issue, but it may be now. The decision of the 72-year-old Arizona senator, who stands to become the oldest American elected to a first term as president, to tap a...Tags: Political Candidates, Executive Branch, Republican National Conventions, Polls, Barack Obama
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John McCain's age: No issue, until now
The Swampby Mark Silva ST. PAUL, Minn. - The age of the seasoned Sen. John McCain had never been much of an issue in his campaign for president. Now it may be. The decision of the 72-year-old Arizona senator, who stands......Tags: Political Candidates, Executive Branch, Local Elections, Medicine, Democratic National Conventions
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On this day in history
On Aug. 29, 1533 the last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa, was murdered on orders of Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro. In 1877 the second president of the Mormon Church, Brigham Young, died in Salt Lake City. In 1943, responding to a clampdown by...Tags: Brigham Young, Government, Mormon, Christianity, National Government
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On foreign policy, Biden is respected but not always popular
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersSen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. joins the Democratic ticket as an acknowledged foreign policy sage whose 36-year record has won him bipartisan praise as a liberal internationalist who generally hews close to his party's center. But he has sometimes found himself...Tags: Carl Levin, Political Candidates, United Nations, Upper House, Diplomacy
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The talk of the Party
SPEECHES The power of words 2004 Four decades after Hamer and 28 years after Jordan spoke, Barack Obama introduces himself to a national audience with his "Audacity of Hope" speech in 2004 in Boston. Instantly he vaults from an Illinois state senator to...Tags: Political Candidates, Democratic Party, Executive Branch, Heavy Engineering, Local Elections
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Witty jests and jesters in 'Ren Faire'; slack 'Shamus'
SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNERenaissance fairs are a cultural litmus test—one either loves the idea of spending precious weekend hours in the unforgiving sun in the company of shameless exhibitionists who are obsessed with re-enacting arcane rituals, or one would rather regrout...
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