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LI as political $$$ source: still a force in the room
Spin CycleSenators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama voted opposite ways Wednesday on the milestone government surveillance bill ??? then flew together to New York for fundraising. Clinton told a $31,300-per-head room in a Manhattan hotel how tough it is for......Tags: Manhattan, New York, Elections, The White House, Campaign Finance
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Simon says he has shot at winning Skelos' Senate seat
dan.janison@newsday.comThe jackpot prize for the political lottery in which Roy D. Simon Jr. holds a ticket surged three weeks ago when his electoral opponent Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) became Senate majority leader. As huge an event as it would be for Democrat Simon -...Tags: Rockville (Montgomery, Maryland), Agricultural Research and Technology, Migration, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), New York
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NY's Clintonites: Unready to sing a 'unity' chorus
Spin CycleSen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's second-place finish will leave some distressed New York Democrats reluctant to rally behind Barack Obama - although loyal insiders predict an orderly transfer of support. "The political community, and political activists,...Tags: Manhattan, Elections, John McCain, The White House, Political Candidates
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Books In Brief // Local Interests
Special to the SunIn his classic book, On Writing Well, William Zinsser claimed that people and places were the twin pillars on which all good nonfiction is built. These three books - all with a local connection - prove that point. Their subjects qualify them as textbooks....Tags: National Football League, Johnny Unitas, Sam Huff, Tom Landry, John Waters
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Clinton, Obama aides discuss joint fundraising
WASHINGTON - Top fundraisers for Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama have begun private talks aimed at merging the two candidates' teams, not waiting for the Democratic nominating process to end before they start preparations for a hard-fought fall...Tags: Manhattan, South Dakota, Elections, John McCain, Campaign Finance
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SPINCYCLE: GUIDE TO POLITICS AND POLITICIANS
CLINTON CLINGS ON All over by June? Don't count on it Oh, the wails of August. There has been a certain coyness in the way Hillary Rodham Clinton and her top aides answer the question, "How long will this go on?" The standard line, from Clinton...Tags: Thomas Spota, Executive Branch, Eliot Spitzer, Michigan, Steve Jones
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Local supporters sticking by Hillary
dfreedlander@am-ny.comDespite a nominating process that's quickly drawing to a close and a near insurmountable deficit in the race for delegates, Hillary Clinton's most devoted local supporters say they are sticking by her. "I am looking forward to West Virginia next week and...Tags: Executive Branch, Elections, Kentucky, Eliot Spitzer, Virginia
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Clinton, Obama carve out backing of local unions
rick.brand@newsday.comLittle more than an hour after the 3 p.m. school bell rang, nearly two dozen teacher volunteers began to show up at their union's Suffolk headquarters in Hauppauge to stuff envelopes and make phone calls for Hillary Rodham Clinton. "We have to have a...Tags: Jon Cooper, Elections, New York City Police Department, John McCain, Unions
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Clinton rarely seen on Long Island recently
glenn.thrush@newsday.comHillary Rodham Clinton has an impressive Long Island field operation for tomorrow's primary, but she's spent precious little time here since her 2006 Senate re-election, with the exception of annual summer fundraising pilgrimages to the Hamptons. Clinton...Tags: Jon Cooper, Upper House, Charity, Elections, Health and Safety at School
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Christine Quinn, political climber on the go
karla.schuster@newsday.comThe day before her annual State of the City address last month, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn was holed up behind closed doors at City Hall, rehearsing a speech so packed with new programs that it would end up running close to an hour. "This is my...Tags: Social Services, Climbing, Gays and Lesbians, Regional Authority, Roman Catholic
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