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THE REALITY: McCain said in 2006 that he would repeal Roe v. Wade. His campaign website calls for overturning Roe, returning the issue of abortion to the states, and then building "the necessary consensus to end abortion at the state level." "I will be a pro-life president and this presidency will have pro-life policies," he told Pastor Rick Warren this month. Planned Parenthood and NARAL have both given him a zero rating on abortion issues.
Added By: michael 08/27/08 1:37PM
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Monday: Ted Kennedy, Michelle Obama
Tuesday: Hillary Clinton, Mark Warner
Wednesday: Bill Clinton, Joe Biden
Thursday: BARACK!
Added By: michael 08/26/08 12:14PM
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The Democratic National Convention opens Monday night with an emotional and surprising appearance by ailing Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, a fixture at the quadrennial gatherings for 40 years who nearly missed the event because of his treatment for brain cancer.
Added By: michael 08/25/08 1:06PM
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Louisiana's delegates to the Democratic National Convention are giving high marks to Barack Obama's choice of Delaware Sen. Joe Biden as his running mate.
Added By: michael 08/25/08 12:25PM
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This morning, the delegates representing the State of Louisiana gathered for a brief breakfast and to collect their credentials for the day's activities.
Added By: michael 08/25/08 12:16PM
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The Louisiana director for Democrat Barack Obama's presidential campaign is David Huynh, a recent political science graduate who has worked on campaigns in Louisiana, Mississippi and Georgia.
Added By: michael 08/22/08 10:22AM
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This is hardly the nastiest campaign in recent memory. But it's not shaping up as the "civil" contest that both candidates promised either. Instead, we're seeing the emergence of a "smear gap". John McCain making stuff up about Barack Obama, and Obama trying to figure out how hard he should hit back.
Added By: dandjmo154 08/21/08 9:25AM
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John McCain said in an interview with Politico on Wednesday "that he was uncertain how many houses he and his wife, Cindy, own."
Added By: michael 08/21/08 9:16AM
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More than 200,000 children were spanked or paddled in U.S. schools during the past school year, human rights groups reported Wednesday.
Added By: michael 08/20/08 3:54PM
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George Bush is coming into New Orleans today to kick off the Katrina week. If the President believes he is entitled to a victory lap or a "mission accomplished" for his performance post-Katrina, he is surely mistaken.
Added By: michael 08/20/08 3:09PM
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Rasmussen's latest poll shows Landrieu with a 16% lead over Kennedy. This compares to only a 5% lead a month ago. Go Mary!
Added By: michael 08/20/08 12:05PM
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In a reversal from previous presidential elections, the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics had determined that troops deployed abroad have given nearly six times as much to Democratic candidate Barack Obama as compared with Republican candidate John McCain.
Added By: michael 08/15/08 12:26PM
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A former police officer accused of repeatedly jolting a handcuffed man with a Taser before he died has been indicted on a manslaughter charge.
Added By: michael 08/15/08 12:23PM
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United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today announced that as a result of federal appropriations dollars she secured, Raceland Raw Sugar of Raceland, La., has successfully launched a U.S. demonstration project that will process waste from sugarcane into energy to power cars and heat and cool homes.
Added By: michael 08/14/08 11:13AM
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The contention that lifting restrictions on offshore oil drilling would somehow bring down the price of gasoline is bogus.
Added By: michael 08/13/08 10:39AM
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