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AP

Disgraced Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu was a wanted man again after he failed to show up for a court date Wednesday and a judge issued a new warrant for his arrest. Hsu, whose criminal past has roiled the campaigns of top presidential candidates,

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LA Times

The credit crisis that has hit home mortgages and shaken worldwide financial markets is turning into a political albatross for President Bush and Republican presidential contenders, piling atop an unpopular war in Iraq and eroding traditional GOP cla

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NewsMax

Political pundit James Carville on behalf of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee seeks "the bumper sticker slogan that will carry us through the 2008 elections.” Read the 4 top contenders under consideration.

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Washington Post

The self-described "proud mother of an Army cavalry scout," Slocum is taking Iraq personally. She told Snowe in a matter-of-fact voice about her 27-year-old son, who is now home but shouts angrily at her, whose body trembles, who at times f

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AntiWar blog

I see this campaign as aiming much higher than putting Cindy Sheehan in Congress in 2009. Well before that time, we aim to help restore our Constitution, to end a war and avert starting a new one, and to remove from power two officials – George W. Bu

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The Hill

Congress’s failure to secure a timetable for withdrawing American troops from Iraq has split anti-war activists on the tactical question of whether to attack Democrats, who now control Capitol Hill. [Arguing over two sides of the same coin.]

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Christian Science Monitor

The economy may be playing second fiddle to the Iraq war, but pocketbook issues are emerging as important voter concerns. Polls show strong undercurrents of public anxiety about healthcare, gasoline prices, and the effects of global competition.

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Miami Herald

One of Florida's leading Democratic rainmakers has called the whole thing off. A trial lawyer who has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to Democrats and helped raise much more, is so fed up with his party's failure to stop the war in Ira

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NewsMax.com

Sheehan, a Californian, officially announced that she intends to run as an independent against Pelosi in 2008 if the San Francisco congresswoman doesn't move to impeach Bush by July 23, the day she expects to reach Washington.

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Crooks&Liars.com

Six weeks after announcing her departure from the peace movement, Cindy Sheehan said Sunday that she plans to run against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unless she introduces articles of impeachment against President Bush in the next two weeks.

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Free Market News(Dave Lindorff)

The wheels are coming off the Democratic machine, with angry voters starting to lose patience with the Party's chronic inability to act decisively on any of the key issues of public concern. In a Reuters dispatch on June 18, Democratic leaders i

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Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has refocused his antiwar crusade as his and Congress' job-approval ratings plummet to all-time lows. Mr. Reid began the week Monday by vowing to "push very, very hard" for troop withdrawal from Ir

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Washington Times

Citizen-driven antiwar campaigns have intensified recently, timing their efforts so lawmakers returning home this week during a congressional recess will feel pressured by an increasingly restless electorate wanting to change course in Iraq.

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AP

Party officials said Monday the next war spending bill most likely will fund military operations and not demand a timeline to bring troops home, although it will contain other restrictions on Bush's Iraq policies. (Oh yeah, right)

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AP

The case highlights the struggle between campaigns' desire to control their message versus the power of voter-generated material. And it shows how one person can become an influence on presidential politics through the power of the Internet.

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LP of CA(Anthony Gregory)

Having Republicans approve all the big government programs in the Democratic agenda and the Democrats approve all the law-and-order crackdowns and new prisons in the Republican agenda is not reason to celebrate.

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