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McCain: 'Ready to lead,' but where?
The Swampby Mark Silva ST. PAUL - Not since Democrat John Kerry, a Swift boat commander during the war in Vietnam, stepped onto the stage of his presidential nominating convention four years ago with a salute and said, "I'm John Kerry......Tags: Executive Branch, Coral Reefs, Elections, Robert Duvall, Sam Brownback
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Ranking the veeps
Today's question: Give us your list of best and worst vice presidents in recent history. Previously, Lichtman and Edwards debated the proper role of the vice president, discussed how history might treat Dick Cheney and digested the current candidates'...Tags: John Nance, William F. Buckley, Elections, Dick Cheney, George H.W. Bush
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How will Cheney go down in history?
Today's question: The office of vice president has been regarded as mostly ceremonial. How much (for better or worse) has Dick Cheney changed that? Previously, Edwards and Lichtman digested the candidates' vice president picks.
Cheney: a cautionary...Tags: John Nance, Military Equipment, Executive Branch, William F. Buckley, Elections
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The world of the White House was long Leslie Lee's workplace
Sentinel Staff WriterIn Barack Obama's entourage, on John McCain's campaign staff, on George W. Bush's payroll, there is someone like Leslie H. Lee. They are the men and women who reside in the proximity of power, driving the cars, carrying the luggage, cooking the meals for...Tags: John McCain, Lyndon B. Johnson, Florida, Barack Obama, Government
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Levi has plenty of company when it comes to famous political paramours
msweeney@am-ny.comLevi Johnston, the self-proclaimed "redneck" fiancé of Gov. Sarah Palin's teenage daughter, is one of the most original political paramours, but he's not the first. Henry Hager, Jenna Bush's husband - A graduate of Wake Forest University and currently...Tags: Executive Branch, Government, Lower House, Parliament, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia)
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Lieberman: Wronged Or Just Wrong?
Everywhere I go, people ask me whether I am surprised that Sen. Joseph Lieberman spoke Tuesday night at the Republican Convention: No, I was not surprised. His attacks upon our patriotism and his acquiescence to the Washington status quo were the very...Tags: John McCain, Elections, Political Candidates, John F. Kennedy, Government
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY
1666: The Great Fire of London broke out. 1789: The United States Treasury Department was established. 1807: British forces began bombarding Copenhagen for several days, until the Danes agreed to surrender their naval fleet. 1864: During the Civil War,...Tags: Theodore Roosevelt, National Government, Minnesota, Missouri, Florida Keys Vacations
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McCain's the right choice
South Florida Sun-SentinelAl Gore tried to steal the 2000 election by demanding hand recounts in only four Florida counties - Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade and Volusia. The one thing those counties had in common was that the majority of voters in them were Democrats. Gore didn'...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, John McCain, Justice System, Local Authority, Elections
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Vote for the children
I am in my 80th year on this planet, and I can honestly say this election year is the single most important one I have witnessed. We now have a "warmongering" Republican Party, so tied to the military-industrial complex President Dwight Eisenhower warned...Tags: John McCain, Ben Smith, Republican Party, Barack Obama, The White House
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Thursday's Democratic National Convention schedule
BLOG | SCHEDULE | PHOTOS/VIDEO | SPEECHES | POLITICS A-Z | RSS TELEVISION COVERAGE: The network channels (ABC, CBS, NBC) will offer nightly prime-time coverage of the convention from 7 to 8 p.m. The cable news channels (MSNBC, CNN,...Tags: Timothy M. Kaine, Executive Branch, Elections, Judaism, Colorado
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Andrew Polich, saxophone player and bandleader, dies at age 90
Special to the Chicago TribuneDuring the 1940s and '50s, Andrew Polich played the saxophone with the acclaimed Eddy Howard and His Orchestra, a gig that took him from the Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles to Roseland Dance City in New York. In Chicago, he played the famed Aragon Ballroom....Tags: Judy Garland, Music, Edgewater, New York, Roseland
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Meeks' plan flawed, but picture perfect
There are several things wrong with Democratic state Sen. James Meeks' big plan for next Tuesday. The date, for one. Classes started last week in the North Shore communities of Winnetka and Northfield. So that was when Meeks should have led a caravan of...Tags: Evanston, Examinations, James Meeks, Minority Groups, Alabama
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