April 5, 2008
Ohio Hospital Contests a Story Clinton Tells
The New York Times
By DEBORAH SONTAG
Over the last five weeks, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York has featured in her campaign stump speeches the story of a health care horror: an uninsured pregnant woman who lost her baby and died herself after being denied care by […]
MARTY DEBERGI (Inteviewer):
The last time Tap toured America, they where, uh, booked into10,000 seat arenas, and 15,000 seat venues, and it seems that now,on their current tour they’re being booked into 1,200 seat arenas, 1,500 seat arenas, and uh I was just wondering,does this mean uh…the popularity of the group is waning?
IAN FAITH (SPINAL TAP […]
Published on Capitol Hill Blue
Did an out-of-control Bill Clinton slap protester?
Democratic political professionals worry that former President Bill Clinton is “out of control” and “destroying his wife’s campaign” after he reportedly slapped a heckler at a rally in Ohio and got into a shouting match with another.
Party insiders tell Capitol Hill Blue that the former […]
Louisiana takes that statement to its logical conclusion, but it’s not the only state.
This story is followed by my post of October 2, 2006
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THE NEW YORK TIMES
January 29, 2008
Sidebar
Looking Anew at Campaign Cash and Elected Judges
By ADAM LIPTAK
Vernon Valentine Palmer, a law professor at Tulane University in New Orleans, could not understand how justices of […]
editorial board was ready to endorse John Kerry in 2004 until it was outnumbered by the publisher. A compromise allowed the paper to support no one. Considering Cleveland’s economic shape and the voting problems in that election, one could surmise that the paper was acting against its self-interest and that of its readers.
I don’t […]
Obama wants official fired for comments
By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer
Fri Oct 19, 5:50 PM ET
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama said Friday the head of the Justice Department’s voting rights division should be fired for saying voter ID laws hurt the elderly but aren’t a problem for minorities because they often die before old age.
John […]
OK: Oklahoma license plate touts terror fight
For Sooners looking to show their terror-fighting pride while tearing up the asphalt, the Oklahoma Tax Commission has extended the deadline to order the global war on terrorism license plate (aka GWOT) pictured here.
It’s a great idea which will fire the imagination of other states’
departments of motor vehicles…
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PBS
7.27.07
Voter Caging
Was there a White House plot to illegally suppress votes in 2004?
Is there a similar plan for the upcoming elections?
This week NOW examines documents and evidence that points to a Republican Party plan designed to keep Democrats from voting, allegedly by targeting people based on their race and ethnicity with key battleground states like […]
Court rejects Ohio domestic spying suit
By LISA CORNWELL, Associated Press Writer 20 minutes ago
CINCINNATI - A federal appeals court Friday ordered the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging President Bush’s domestic spying program, saying the plaintiffs had no standing to sue.
The 2-1 ruling by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel vacated a 2006 order […]
ABC News
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In this undated photo released by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, researchers collect the skull of Albertaceratops nesmoi at a dig site in Alberta, Canada. The dinosaur was discovered by Michael Ryan, curator of vertebrate paleontology for the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. (AP Photo/Cleveland Museum of Natural History)
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Museum IDs New Species of […]