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Leah Daughtry is on a mission to narrow the 'God gap' in politics
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
The Pentecostal minister, political planner and 'black chick from Brooklyn' is leading an effort to bring religious voters to the Democratic Party. Leah Daughtry is preparing to pray.
McCain says he's prepared to be president and Obama isn't
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
McCain tells a veterans group that Obama could jeopardize U.S. troop gains in Iraq. A spokesman for Obama calls the remarks 'bluster, distortions and negative attacks.' John McCain aggressively challenged Barack Obama's readiness to be president and understanding of military affairs Monday, telling a national veterans convention that the gains of America's troops in Iraq would be at risk if the Democratic candidate became president.
Obama may pick a running mate this week
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
The gossip focuses on Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, Delaware Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh. Speculation about the Democratic and Republican vice presidential candidates, and the timing of the announcements, reached a fever pitch Monday in the news media and among politics junkies.
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Boundary Issues
David Remnick Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
On a bright September day in 1993, not long before he ended his two decades in exile, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn delivered a rare public address in Vaduz, the capital of Liechtenstein. Although Solzhenitsyn was energetic at the lectern, he was all but finished with his epic work as the chronicler of . . .
Strokes of Genius?
The New Yorker Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
Steve Brodner draws Obama the pragmatist and an idealistic supporter.
Changing Lanes
Elizabeth Kolbert Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
Late last month, Senator John McCain went up with a new television ad, titled “Pump.” The ad begins no place in particular with a gasoline pump, circa 1965. “Gas prices--four dollars, five dollars,” a female narrator intones, as the numbers on the pump’s front panel spin. “No end in . . .
washingtonpost.com - Politics
Who's No. 2? Obama Keeps Everybody Guessing.
Dan Balz Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
This is Veep Week. That, in reality, is about all that anyone outside Sen. Barack Obama's inner, inner circle knows -- that sometime before next week the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee will announce his running mate. Beyond that, the political world is in a zone of fevered speculation.
Anti-Regulation Aide to Cheney Is Up for Energy Post
Juliet Eilperin Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
A senior aide to Vice President Cheney is the leading contender to become a top official at the Energy Department, according to several current and former administration officials, a promotion that would put one of the administration's most ardent opponents of environmental regulation in charge of...
Obama Tells Allies He Is Ready to Hit Back
Shailagh Murray and Jonathan Weisman Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400
ALBUQUERQUE, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Barack Obama returned to the presidential campaign trail on Monday after a week-long Hawaiian vacation and tried to assure anxious Democrats that he is ready to fight back against Republican character attacks that grew sharper in his absence.
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