Articles filed under Political Figures
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Clues to how Obama would play his hand as president can be found in poker styleNov 01, 2021 10:21 am - SPRINGFIELD -- Barack Obama's triumph in the 2004 U.S. Senate race earned him a memorable send-off from his friends in the Illinois legislature-- they emptied his wallet...
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New York jail union to endorse ObamaNov 01, 2021 10:15 am - NEW YORK -- One of the largest municipal jail unions in the country said Monday that it will endorse Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois for president. "Barack Obama is the on...
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Does justice in America remain racially biased?Nov 01, 2021 9:54 am - Witnesses described the schoolyard fight in rural Jena, La., as short but violent, as six black teens beat a white classmate unconscious. Instead of being expelled, five...
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Voters should know how candidates are guided by faithOct 31, 2021 9:43 pm - The field of presidential candidates is nearly complete. Only Newt Gingrich remains to decide -- or announce if he has decided -- whether he, too, will run for president...
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Clinton reveals her plan for universal health careOct 31, 2021 9:31 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton called for universal health care on Monday, plunging back into the bruising political battle she famously waged and l...
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Three Democrats court backing of traditionally friendly union membershipOct 31, 2021 9:38 pm - When you're preaching to the choir, it can be hard to convince that choir you're closer to God than the next preacher. Three Democratic presidential candidate...
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Hillary could stand to show more spine and less expediencyOct 31, 2021 9:34 pm - If there is a phrase more closely associated with both Hillary and Bill Clinton than "the politics of personal destruction," it does not come to mind. All the others -- ...
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Hillary's high school pals rallyOct 31, 2021 9:21 pm - In the mid-'60s, they voted her Most Likely to Succeed. These days -- their hair a little grayer, the stakes a little higher but their faith in their high school classma...
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Like others, Neale rides the cash cowOct 31, 2021 9:19 pm - It seems that School District U-46's educational messiah joined the list of other public servants to threaten themselves into huge benefits. Now Connie Neale also joins ...
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Hsu story merits far more coverageOct 31, 2021 8:59 pm - Congratulations! You finally printed something about "Hillraiser" Norman Hsu, leading fundraiser for Hillary Clinton and the democrat party. You noted in a small blurb o...