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McCain: Obama Has No Experience in National Security, Warfare
ABC News' Bret Hovel Reports: Speaking to reporters as part of his biograhipic tour, Republican Sen. John McCain attacked Democrat Barack Obama for what he called a "fundamental misunderstanding" of the history of national security and warfare in the twentieth...
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March 31, 2008 in Political Radar | Permalink | User Comments (74)
Obama Claims Characterization of McCain's Statement on Iraq is Fair
ABC News' Sunlen Miller: Part of Sen. Barack Obama's stump speech is claiming that John McCain wants to be in Iraq for 100 years. "John McCain has suggested that we might leave our troops in Iraq for a couple of...
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March 31, 2008 in Political Radar | Permalink | User Comments (21)
On Econ Tour, Clinton Says She's a 'Big Believer in Attitude'
ABC News' Eloise Harper Reports: A gum-chewing Hillary Clinton greeted truck drivers outside in rainy Harrisburg, PA. The drivers were protesting the high oil prices – and Clinton stopped to share their frustration and explained to a few of them...
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March 31, 2008 in Political Radar | Permalink | User Comments (43)
New Dem Wave Cresting for Obama
ABC's Z. Byron Wolf reports: When Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar endorsed Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., for President today, she buttressed his lead in a small but interesting subset of the already exclusive club of Democratic superdelegates: the Democratic New Wave....
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March 31, 2008 in Political Radar | Permalink | User Comments (294)
Obama: No Evidence of the "North American Union"
ABC's Sunlen Miller and Z. Byron Wolf Report: During a town hall meeting in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Obama was asked about the “North American Union.” The NAU is a theoretical governmental union merging the United States, Mexico and Canada that some...
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March 31, 2008 in Political Radar | Permalink | User Comments (25)
Day 1: McCain's Service to America Tour
ABC News' Bret Hovell Reports from Meridian, Mississippi: For those members of the general electorate who have not read Faith of my Fathers, Sen. John McCain's bestselling memoir, worry not – the presumptive Republican nominee has delivered a speech for...
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March 31, 2008 in Political Radar | Permalink | User Comments (3)
Obama: Long Primary Has Been "Great for America"
ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: Following Sen. Hillary Clinton's interview with the Washington Post in which she vowed to keep on fighting in the primary race, Senator Obama renewed his assertion that the long primary race has been a good...
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March 30, 2008 in Political Radar | Permalink | User Comments (92)
Clinton Supporter Gov Rendell Supports Cuomo Plan to Guarantee Dream Ticket
ABCNews' Mary Bruce Reports: Clinton supporter Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell backed this morning Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo's proposal to guarantee a "dream ticket". Cuomo has suggested Obama and Clinton agree now that whoever does not win the nomination...
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March 30, 2008 in Political Radar | Permalink | User Comments (93)
Should the U.S. Boycott the Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony?
Senior National Correspondent Jake Tapper blogs: Interesting debate on NPR between a human rights activist and an official of the International Olympic Committee about whether U.S. government officials, and perhaps even athletes, should boycott the opening ceremony of the Beijing...
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March 29, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (1)
Obama: 'Clinton Can Run as Long as She Wants'
ABC News' David Wright, Sunlen Miller and Alyssa Litoff report: On day two of his six-day bus tour throughout Pennsylvania, Sen. Barack Obama said he does not completely agree to Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy’s assertion that Sen. Hillary Clinton should...
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March 29, 2008 in Political Radar | Permalink | User Comments (417)
