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Drafting a presidential candidate is tougher than it sounds
Max Eden, a senior at Yale University, spent summer 2008 stumping for Barack Obama. He spent summer 2010 souring on the president over deficit spending and what he calls Obama’s “fancy rhetoric and empty promises.”
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Herman Cain, the only declared 2012 presidential candidate, wins ‘tea-party’ poll
Republican Herman Cain wins a straw poll at a weekend tea-party summit, but presumed GOP candidate Ron Paul outstrips Cain in an online poll by the Tea Party Patriots. It always helps to show up. Republican Herman Cain, a former chief executive of Godfather Pizza and the only declared candidate of either party for the 2012 presidential election, won a straw poll Sunday among “tea-party …
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Sarah Palin, tea party candidate in 2012?
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) appears to be making a purposeful play in recent days to be the face of the “tea party” movement, a strategy that suggests what sort of candidacy she would run if she enters the 2012 presidential contest. Palin has largely demurred when asked about her 2012 ambitions (or lack thereof) — choosing to steer the conversation to the importance of electing …
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Court motion claims Tenn. US House candidate ‘violent’
JASPER, Tenn. (AP) — Allegations first aired in a bitter divorce case that claimed a candidate for Congress intimidated his wife with a gun a decade ago have resurfaced in Tennessee’s 4th District campaign.
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Candidate for governor Jerry Brown unveils first TV commercial
Kicking off a long-awaited TV ad campaign on Labor Day, the Brown campaign previewed a 30-second spot depicting the former governor as a frugal yet visionary leader who helped create 1.9 million jobs when he was governor in the late ’70s and early ’80s.
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Press Releases: Killing of Parliamentary Candidate and Election Workers in Afghanistan
Killing of Parliamentary Candidate and Election Workers in Afghanistan Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC August 31, 2010 The United States strongly condemns the recent killing of a fourth candidate for parliament in Afghanistan and of five men working on the electoral campaign of a female candidate, all in Herat province. Though it is not yet clear who is responsible for …
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Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle speaks to Colo. conservative group
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — U.S. Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle of Nevada says her race against Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has gotten close because she has been building a financial “war chest” to fight over the air waves.
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Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle speaking to Colo. conservative group
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — U.S. Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle is in Steamboat Springs to speak to a conservative group during its annual conference.
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Daily Fix Poll: Who is the weakest GOP Senate candidate?
By Aaron Blake If you believe Democrats, Republicans with glaring vulnerabilities are running in just about every major Senate race in the country. From the business backgrounds of candidates like California’s Carly Fiorina and Connecticut’s Linda McMahon to the “extreme” ideology of tea party candidates Rand Paul, Sharron Angle and Ken Buck, Democrats say the Republicans’ liabilities give them …
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From failed candidate to political powerhouse, Palin becomes permanent political celebrity
Sarah Palin converted a failed run for the vice presidency into a job, more or less, as a driving force for American ultraconservatism and its manifestation in the nationwide tea party movement.
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