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Obama will bypass public campaign finance system
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said today he will bypass the federal public financing system in the general election, abandoning an earlier commitment to take the money if his Republican rival did as well.
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The Carpetbagger Report
Not That There?s Anything Wrong With That
Most of the country has probably heard bogus talk about Barack Obama’s religion, and his campaign has had to work aggressively to set the record straight — with varying degrees of success. But the drive to explain that Obama is not a Muslim ha
The Carpetbagger Report
Huckabee Rejects ?internet Driven Drivel? About Obama
As unsuccessful presidential candidates go, Mike Huckabee has done a fine job of keeping himself in the spotlight. He’s a Fox News contributor; he’s formed a new political vehicle for himself; he raised a few eyebrows with his bashing of Liber
Wonkette: The D.C. Gossip
Obama Nixes Stupid ?great Seal? Remake
The national press corps is not used to covering a “confident” Democratic presidential candidate, at least in this decade. So much confidence, in fact, that the candidate won’t always bend over backwards to talk to the press, or to leak
legitgov
Obama's Strange Appeal To High Priests Of Us Conservatism
'We have polling showing one-fifth of conservatives supporting Obama.' They're called the Obamacons -- the conservative thinkers who are disgusted with the Republicans and are rallying to Democrat Barack Obama as the nation's economic and diplomatic savio
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
Mccain Seeks Blue Collar Voters
The Republican Party 'is going after blue-collar voters and other key blocs that traditionally support Democrats but did not back Sen. Barack Obama in primary contests,' the Washington Times reports. 'The party also is aggressively pursuing female, Catho
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