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Night of barbecue, fireworks on tap at White House

The White House is getting ready for the big holiday barbecue and fireworks show at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

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Related Topix: White House, TN, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama

hosted 9 hrs ago | The Washington Post | The Washington Post

Maybe She Got Tired of the Full-Court Press

She survived Katie Couric and Tina Fey, searing scrutiny, rumors about her baby, anonymous taunts of 'whack job' from those who once touted her credentials to be a heartbeat away.

Yesterday Sarah Palin completed a remarkable media flameout that made her one of the most famous women in the world, the exotic Alaska caribou hunter, one of the most revered and reviled politicians in modern history. The governor announced she is calling it quits, just eight months after she and John McCain went down to defeat.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Saturday Night Live, Tina Fey, US Governors, Sarah Palin, Alaska, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

Fri Jul 03, 2009

San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Ruben Navarrette: Immigration reform will take Republican support

PRESIDENT Obama recently reignited the immigration debate when he told reporters that congressional leaders of both parties were ready to "actively get something done and not put it off until a year, two years, three years, five years from now, but to start working on this thing right now." In the months ahead, keep an eye on two things: the ...

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, US Senate, John McCain, Republican

Point of View

Lessons Learned from the 2008 Election

The race for President was essentially over on February 5, 2008. Super Tuesday night, John McCain and Barack Obama became the choice of each party and the networks all juxtaposed the two nominees side by side on the screen giving their victory speeches.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

TheDailyBeast.com

Obama's Blue Dog Problem

So much for Al Franken's 60th vote. A coalition of renegade Democrats stands ready to defy the president, writes Matthew Yglesias, and could damage his legislative agenda.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Minnesota, Senator Mark Begich, Senator Ben Nelson, US Senate, Democrat

About.com

Divergent Puff: Sarah Palin in Vanity Fair and Runner's World

In the world of journalism, there are two kinds of intentionally biased reporting.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Sarah Palin, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, US Senate, John McCain, Republican

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

George Bush to celebrate Independence Day among the cows

When the middle-of-nowhere town of Woodward, Oklahoma invited George W Bush to its Fourth of July celebration, no one really expected the former president to accept.

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Related Topix: Woodward, OK, US Politics, US News, Life, Holidays, George Bush, 4th of July, 2008 Presidential Election

Durant Daily Democrat

Bear witness to the truth in Iran

"First, do no harm." Contrary to popular belief, the phrase doesn't actually appear in the Hippocratic Oath taken by physicians.

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Related Topix: Iran, World News, Middle East, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, George Bush, Opinion

Politico

The other Palin profile

Vanity Fair's not the only magazine with a Sarah Palin piece out today. Runner's World has a Q&A feature with the Alaska governor, albeit a slightly less buzzy one.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Sarah Palin, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Joe Biden

Truthdig

Warming Up a New Politics?

Hours before the House passed its cap-and-trade bill last week, freshman Democrats Tom Perriello and Frank Kratovil were pondering the political fallout of the votes they were about to cast in favor of a plan Republicans were denouncing as "cap-and-tax." "Maybe we should be called the conscience caucus," said the 34-year-old Perriello, who won his ...

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, US House of Representatives, Representative Frank Kratovil, Democrat, Barack Obama, US Senate

HolyCoast.com

Obama Was Destined To Be Our Leader

Reader Norm pointed me to an article on Miceage.com about the revamped Hall of Presidents exhibit at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in Florida.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

DNJ.com

Cobb's resignation means special election is imminent

State Representative Curt Cobb announced Wednesday his acceptance of a judicial position in Bedford County that Republican and Democratic leaders say will lead to a contest for his House seat within the next 150 days.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Shelbyville, TN, Bedford County, TN, Murfreesboro, TN

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Forward

Growing Gulf Between U.S. And Israeli Jews on Obama

He swept to power with the support of 78% of American Jews. But has Barack Obama become the bane of Israeli Jews? A gulf between American and Israeli Jews was evident even before Obama moved into the White House.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

MyFoxPhoenix

McCain to Discuss Health Care Overhaul

Sen. John McCain is visiting Phoenix Children's Hospital on Wednesday to discuss Democrats' ambitious health care overhaul, which could create a government-run health care plan option.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, US Senate, John McCain, Republican, Barack Obama

Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph

McCain and Feingold Sitting in a Tree, C-h-o-k-i-n-g

Even as the Supreme Court signals a readiness to roll back still further the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act's restrictions on political speech, the law's famous backers, Sens.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Sonia Sotomayor

Asbury Park Press Online

Palin: I'd come out ahead in run against Obama

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she'd come out ahead if she went one-on-one with fellow jogger President Barack Obama in a long run, according to an interview published online Tuesday.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Sarah Palin, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

American Chronicle

Is Barack Obama s Realism Better than George W. Bush s Idealism?

Barack Obamas reaction to the mass protests and violence in Iran shows he is following through on his pledge to be more like George H.W. Bush rather than his son, George W. Bush.

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Related Topix: W., George Bush, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Wilson, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Opinion

Tue Jun 30, 2009

MediLexicon

Democrats Are Increasingly Confident About Reform

Despite costs and public skepticism, Democrats are increasingly confident that they'll enact a vast health care overhaul.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, Healthcare Law, Law, Health Insurance, Health

Free Republic

In case you wondered: John McCain bows out of 2012 GOP race

With unusual ubiquity for a losing presidential candidate, Arizona Republican Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, US Senate, John McCain, Republican, Prison

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Palin trashed by senior members of McCain's campaign team

Alaska 's lipstick-wearing pit-bull is a "Little Shop of Horrors." That's how one longtime friend and campaign trail companion of John McCain , the vanquished 2008 GOP presidential nominee, described veep nominee Sarah Palin .

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, US Governors, Sarah Palin

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