May 30 , 2007 (The Tennessean) Fred Thompson will launch an exploratory committee incorporated in Tennessee as early as Friday that will allow him to start raising funds for a presidential bid, longtime friend and political advisor Tom Ingram said today.
Thompson is quoted today saying he plans to run for the presidency, according to USA […]
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May 30, 2007 (LA Times) Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday offered an ambitious plan to curb healthcare costs and expand insurance coverage, in the latest example of Democratic presidential candidates honing strategies to achieve coverage for all.
Among the top three Democratic contenders, the Illinois senator joins former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards in outlining a […]
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May 30 , 2007 (Washington Post) When you’re worth $250 million, the annual presidential salary of $400,000 represents a bit less than two-tenths of 1 percent of your net worth.So it may not have been a big stretch for former governor Mitt Romney to acknowledge, as he did yesterday, that he will give away an […]
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May 23, 2007 (The Caucus) Rudolph W. Giuliani found a useful foil in Ron Paul during the recent Republican debate, and now he’s taking on a Democrat — John Edwards — to make his points on the national security front during an appearance today in New Hampshire.
“One of the democratic Presidential candidates today gave a […]
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May 22, 2007 (LA Times) An angry, profane exchange between Sen. John McCain and another Republican senator last week prompted a new round of questions Monday about whether McCain’s legendary temper is becoming a liability to his campaign for the presidency.
In a private meeting just off the Senate floor, McCain (R-Ariz.) got into a shouting […]
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May 21, 2007 (Chicago Tribune) For Mitt Romney, the multimillionaire venture capitalist turned Olympic savior turned politician, all is going according to plan.
With an eye-popping $21 million raised in the first quarter of this year for his presidential campaign and a steady stream of television advertising, the one-term former governor of Massachusetts has caught the […]
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May 21, 2007 (CNN) New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson officially entered the 2008 presidential contest Monday in an event designed to highlight his resume and Latino heritage, attributes his advisers say will help him stand out in a Democratic field with little elbow room.”Some are rock stars, I am not, but I have a proven […]
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May 17, 2007 (Washington Post) A feud that has been brewing quietly for months burst into the open Tuesday night as former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and Sen. John McCain of Arizona clashed sharply in a Republican presidential debate in South Carolina.
With former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani emerging as the leader in national […]
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May 16, 2007 (Washington Post) Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton N.Y. and Barack Obama Ill. announced yesterday that they will support a symbolic vote to cut off funding for combat troops within a year, an important shift for both Democratic presidential candidates as the war debate on Capitol Hill intensifies.The funding vote is expected in the […]
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May 12, 2007 (Washington Post) Former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani yesterday sought to quell a growing controversy over abortion that has disrupted his presidential campaign. Restating his support for abortion rights, he asked Republican voters to look beyond that issue to the totality of his platform and record.Giuliani called abortion “morally wrong” but […]
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