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You Get a Car! You Get a Car! You Get a Car!

The email from the Obama campaign arrived in my inbox at the crack of dawn. "OPRAH WINFREY TO TOUR EARLY STATES WITH BARACK OBAMA," screamed the headline. And yes, goddess Oprah Winfrey will try to do for Barack Obama what...

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November 26, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (43)

On the Bus, Under the Bus

How important is it that a politician be loyal to his underlings, protégés, and associates? I ask because ABC News' Matt Stuart, traveling with Mitt Romney, reports that the former Massachusetts Governor has called for Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Kathe...

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November 25, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (26)

Redford vs. Gore

Speaking to the New Statesman, a British magazine, longtime actor/environmentalist Robert Redford makes some snarky comments about former Vice President Al Gore, his Nobel Peace Prize notwithstanding. "It was not a happy, easy time," Redford says of being an eco-warrior...

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November 24, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (84)

1 in 20 DC Residents is HIV positive

Tonight on Nightline we look into that staggering statistic -- the worst rate of HIV infection is in your nation's capital. Read more HERE or watch an excerpt on the Nightline Webcast HERE. Question for debate (it's an opinion expressed...

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November 23, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (5)

Immigration Hangover?

In his Times column today, our friend and fellow Philly-boy David Brooks takes a look at a speech Rudy Giuliani gave as Mayor in 1996 on the subject of illegal immigration. It was an interesting speech. Giuliani argued as to...

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November 23, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (51)

Thanksgiving stuffing

Happy T-day, folks. Interesting poll out of New Hampshire from CNN/WMUR/UNH. It shows Hillary Clinton's numbers sinking from 43% support from Democrats in September to 36% now -- a bad trend line. Barack Obama and John Edwards aren't necessarily gaining...

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November 22, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (30)

Sitting down with Mike Huckabee

Check out our World News Webcast piece HERE. Happy Thanksgiving! - jpt

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November 21, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (1)

Hillary and Manhunt 2

Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, has joined with Sens. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., in asking the Entertainment Software Rating Board, which assigns ratings to videogames, to review its entire ratings sysem, given the "M" rating...

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November 21, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (21)

Crazy Talk Award Nominee, 11/21

"There is no question she was the face of the (Bill Clinton) administration in foreign affairs." -- former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, seemingly trying to secure his place as Sen. Hillary Clinton's VP pick while ironically showing her team that...

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November 21, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (1)

What You Don't See

Disclosure, disclosure. So powerful a position is the presidency, so little do many of those pursuing the office want to share. Rudy Giuliani's successful consultancy, Giuliani Partners and its affiliates, and its work for a Singapore gambling interest gets some...

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November 21, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (2)