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Campaign Curios: Political Doodads Still Have Their Fans
Courant Staff WriterAlthough presidential campaign paraphernalia can be traced back to coat buttons celebrating George Washington's inauguration, the practice of promoting a candidate through an association with life's everyday thingamabobs did not begin in earnest until the...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, Elections, Martin van Buren
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Oddsmakers pick Kaine as a front-runner for VP
247-4765Any minute now. Or, um, maybe this weekend. It depends on whom you believe these days, but political pundits and party insiders are tossing around rumors and speculation that the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is poised to name...Tags: Elections, Oprah Winfrey, Timothy M. Kaine, John Edwards, Upper House
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Getting Eisenhower's statistics right
Sun ReporterIn a recent Sun column, Theo Lippman Jr., a retired Sun editorial writer and author, wrote that if Sen. John McCain is elected, "he will take the oath of office when he is 72 years and five months old. That would be the oldest ever at the first day of a...Tags: The White House, Elections, West Point, Dwight David Eisenhower, National Government
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Net deficit
In today's Internet-driven world, Sen. John McCain shouldn't be so quick to admit his online shortcomings. It shows his age, for starters, and is tough to overlook in a prospective president. Mr. McCain should ditch his online surrogates. If the president...Tags: John McCain, Hu Jintao, Government, Elections, Guerrilla Activity
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Today's Regional Mystery
Q: We know that Virginia is considered "the Mother of Presidents" because so many presidents hail from our state. With Gov. Timothy M. Kaine being mentioned as a possible running mate for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, I wonder: How...Tags: Barack Obama, Elections, Timothy M. Kaine, John Tyler, National Government
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Grey matters: Age as a factor in the election
In this most unusual presidential campaign, like it or not, voters have had to deal with the issues of race and gender. Now comes the issue of age. Sen. John McCain, if elected at age 72, would become the oldest person (and the first known cancer...Tags: Harry S Truman, Martin Luther King Jr., Cancer, Elections, Bob Dole
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Multiple choice
1Who was the only president born on the 4th of July? A. Zachary Taylor B. Calvin Coolidge C. Ulysses S. Grant D. James Madison 2Who was the tallest president? A. Abraham Lincoln B. Thomas Jefferson C. George Washington D. William Henry Harrison...Tags: Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, Millard Fillmore, William McKinley, Franklin Pierce
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Dave: Get over it!!! You're not alone. (Updated)
Spin CycleReading that Gov. Paterson objected to being called the "accidental governor" and suggested that he was being pejoratively singled out in his speech to the NAACP, we decided to check. He's totally wrong. We found 337 stories on Nexis......Tags: Jodi Rell, NAACP, Executive Branch, John Tyler, Richard J Codey
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Our claims to fame
She's from here? That's right here? They make those here? Yes, yes and yes. From Ella Fitzgerald to Williamsburg to Peace Frogs, we've got people, places and things worth talking about. PEOPLE Princess Pocahontas, Capt. John Smith and Chief Powhatan...Tags: Smithfield Foods, Philadelphia 76ers, College of William and Mary, Bruce Hornsby, Pocahontas
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Bedford Springs reawakens
The Washington PostDallas developer Keith Evans was skeptical when his business partner told him about a resort property in central Pennsylvania that opened in 1806, had its heyday in the early to mid-1900s and closed in 1984. Four other developers had spent a few...Tags: Personal Service, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Long Island, Hotels and Accommodations, Zachary Taylor
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Hail to the chiefs, as played by . . .
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAmericans usually celebrate the likes of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy on President's Day. But rarely are the less stellar commanders in chief ever mentioned, such as William Henry Harrison -- who caught a...Tags: Theodore Roosevelt, Robert Vaughn, Elections, Jack Nicholson, John F. Kennedy
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At home with our presidents
Special to the TribunePresidential houses are a wonderful way to understand the domestic life of this country's leaders. The Midwest has been historically fertile ground for presidential ambitions, and after the travails of politics, many ex-presidents were content to resettle...Tags: Harry S Truman, Armed Forces, Abraham Lincoln, Defense, Diplomacy
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