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A Response to the Anti-Obama Message of Fear

Gordon Adams | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

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Gordon Adams

What we need is someone to run this country with a cool head, an interest in betterment and who wants a safe and growing country in a healthy globe.

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McCain's Desperate Claim: Obama is Dangerous. Vote for Me If You Want to Live!

Arianna Huffington | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

McCain and his hatchet mom VP nominee are desperately trying to expose the "real" Obama to the people of America; but what they are really exposing is how morally corrupt McCain has become. And how complete has been his transformation from a noble reformer into an ignoble hack, willing to abandon his most deeply held values in his lust for the presidency. Read More The Winner of Debate II? "That One" McCain twice laid out the criteria for how the American people should judge the candidates: In tough times, we need someone with a steady hand on the tiller. By that measure, Obama was the clear winner. He was centered where McCain was scattered. Forceful where McCain was forced. Presidential where McCain was petulant. Read More

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Obama Releases New Papers Detailing Rezko Connection

Chicago Tribune | David Jackson and John McCormick | Posted 03.23.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Barack Obama's campaign released a new set of documents Saturday in its ongoing effort to paint the Illinois Democrat as more open and transparen...

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Obama's Shallow Credentials on National Security Are Dangerous for the Country

Joseph C. Wilson | Posted 03.20.2008 | Politics

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Joseph C. Wilson

Much of the reaction to Sen. Clinton's 3 a.m. ad is from people who have never been involved in foreign policy and certainly never had to field such a call in a crisis situation.

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Obama: Ties To Rezko Show I'm A Washington Outsider

Huffington Post | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics

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Obama will appear tonight in an interview for PBS. When asked about his connection with indicted fundraiser Tony Rezko, he offers a novel explanation...

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On Clinton's Tax Returns, a "Frankly Disturbing" Lack of Transparency, and Surrogate-ancholy

Arianna Huffington | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

It's well past time for Hillary Clinton to be as "vetted" as she claims to already be -- and to have this vetting done now by Democratic voters rather than later by GOP hit squads. Read More Arianna Huffington: Bill O'Reilly Needs to Enroll in "Understanding the Internet 101" I find it laughable to be lectured on hate speech by O'Reilly, who spews hate as readily as he breathes. It's his lifeblood. Read More Why I Am Grateful that Rush Limbaugh Attacked Me This Week It's one thing to have the likes of Rush Limbaugh blatantly politicizing terrorism -- he is, after all, little more than a toxic curiosity. But we need to have a very different standard when it comes to members of Congress. Read More

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Obama Prepares For Full Assault On Clinton's Ethics

Huffington Post | Posted 03.16.2008 | Politics

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The Chicago Tribune reports that Barack Obama's is pushing this week for greater transparency in his campaign as part of a plan to launch a head-on at...

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Chicago Tribune: Obama Satisfied All Doubts About Rezko

Chicago Tribune | Posted 03.16.2008 | Politics

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U.S. Sen. Barack Obama waited 16 months to attempt the exorcism. But when he finally sat down with the Tribune editorial board Friday, Obama offered a...

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Rezko Trial: Obama Consulted On Health Board Appointees As State Senator

Daily Chronicle | Mike Robinson | Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Barack Obama was among eight state officials and others consulted about who should be appointed to a state board that later became involved in wh...

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Hillary Discovers Happy Medium in Television

Margaret Carlson | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics

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Margaret Carlson

McCain's challenge is to continue acting "humbled'' and "honored'' to have won and to resist any straight talk regarding his feelings for his own party and almost every elected official in it.

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Chicago Columnist: Obama Still Owes Answers On House Deal

Sun Times | Mark Brown | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics

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Even I'm a little leery of writing another Barack Obama-Tony Rezko column at this point. After Hillary Clinton's resurgence in Tuesday's primaries, t...

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Rezko Trial Begins Today

Chicago Tribune | Jeff Coen | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics

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Antoin "Tony" Rezko is set to go on trial Monday, but the defense is expected at every opportunity to try to put his chief accuser on trial as well. ...

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Rezko Obama Questions Linger As Trial Approaches

NY Times | MIKE McINTIRE and CHRISTOPHER DREW | Posted 03.02.2008 | Politics

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Tony Rezko was obviously in trouble. He was a defendant in at least a dozen lawsuits, federal investigators in Chicago were poking around, and his nam...

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Home Sellers Dispute Claim That Obama Got Discounted Price Through Rezko

Bloomberg | Timothy Burger | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics

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The couple who sold Barack Obama his Chicago home said the Illinois senator's $1.65 million bid "was the best offer'' and they didn't cut their asking...

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Obame Ties To Shady Chicago Figures Could Haunt Him

Bloomberg | Timothy Burger | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics

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Hillary Clinton questions whether Barack Obama would be able to withstand what she calls the "Republican attack machine.'' If Obama does become the De...

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Obama's Audacity Gap

Sunil Garg | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics

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Sunil Garg

Rather than translating his bold rhetoric of reform into action here within his home state and challenging our corrosive culture, Obama has repeatedly acted in ways that reinforce it.

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Reporter: Obama Has Bungled Rezko Response

Chicago Tribune | Eriz Zorn | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics

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A big question I have about the Rezko rumpus is this: Why in the world are there still questions? It was 15 months ago that the Tribune broke the sto...

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Obama Gives Away Money Tied to Donor

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Barack Obama is giving to charity more than $70,000 in contributions linked to an indicted Chicago businessman whose past connectio...

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Today Show Finds Photo Of Clintons With Disgraced Obama Supporter

The Page | Mark Halperin | Posted 01.25.2008 | Politics

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Clinton in all three network morning show interviews stayed briskly on message, focusing on standing up to the Republicans and solving problems. On N...

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Whitewater v. Rezko: The Battle of the Billing Records

Karen Russell | Posted 01.24.2008 | Politics

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Karen Russell

If Hillary and her attack pack want to play the Rezko card, let's all strap on some waders, because now we're forced to wade through the Whitewater mud again.

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Obama Clears It Up: "I Did Not Have Fiscal Relations With That Individual, Mr Rezko..."

Martin Lewis | Posted 01.23.2008 | Politics

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Martin Lewis

We have seen what happens when fundamentally decent people are Swiftboated. They become ineffectual candidates. And they become raw meat for the Republican rottweilers.

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Wolf Blitzer's reverse

James Love | Posted 01.22.2008 | Media

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James Love

Wolf Blitzer just presented the exchange between Obama and Hillary over Wal-Mart and Rezko. But in doing so, he reversed the order.

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Obama Gives Away 'Questionable' Funds

AP | Posted 01.20.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama is giving charity more than $40,000 in past political contributions linked to Chica...

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Obama's Name Surfaces In Fed Corruption Case, Not Accused Of Wrongdoing

Chicago Sun Times | DAVE MCKINNEY, NATASHA KORECKI, CHRIS FUSCO AND TIM NOVAK | Posted 01.19.2008 | Politics

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For the first time, Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama has surfaced in the federal corrupton case against his longtime campaign fund-raiser, ...

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The Rezko Connection: Obama's Achilles Heel?

ABC's The Blotter | Brian Ross and Rhonda Schwartz | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics

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In sharp contrast to his tough talk about ethics reform in government, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., approached a well-known Illinois political fixer und...

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