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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Chris Matthews, whose negative feelings for Hillary Clinton were made very clear during the primary season Matthews (and who was ultimately forced to apologize for what many perceived as sexist comments he made about her), was overheard trashing the ide…
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
It’s been 29 days since Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was named the GOP vice presidential candidate. She has yet to do a news conference.
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Monday, September 29th, 2008

It’s been 29 days since Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was named the GOP vice presidential candidate. She has yet to do a news conference.
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Monday, September 29th, 2008

It’s been 29 days since Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was named the GOP vice presidential candidate. She has yet to do a news conference.
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008

Less than one second. That’s how long it took Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to answer, "Of course not," to Steve Kroft’s question on 60 Minutes about whether she thought Sen. Barack Obama was a Muslim. You can time it yourself by watching the clip at YouTube. Still, that didn’t stop MSNBC’s Chris Matthews from complaining on-air last week that it took Clinton "the longest time" to answer Kroft’s question.
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Sunday, March 9th, 2008
In the past week, The New York Times has described John McCain as “a Vietnam hero and national security pro.” The Associated Press has referred to McCain’s “Vietnam War-hero biography.” UPI has referred to him as “the 71-year-old Vietnam hero.” The Boston Globe called McCain “a 71-year-old war hero.” The Buffalo News combined the two descriptions, describing McCain as “a 71-year-old Vietnam War hero.” And Newsweek declared McCain “a war hero who is fun to be around.”
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Great overview of the Clinton Obama health care plans.
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Monday, February 25th, 2008

In a presidential campaign focused on the future, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama spend a lot of time talking about their pasts.
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Friday, March 30th, 2007

Mike D., of Newsvine, might have just pulled off the funniest prank in presidential election history. MySpace is the new online platform for the 2008 elections. Many presidential hopefuls have created online profiles in an attempt to gain online attention and maybe a few votes.
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Wednesday, March 14th, 2007
People who suspect the 2004 presidential election was stolen got a boost recently when two Ohio election workers were sentenced to prison for rigging a recount of that state’s election. According to the AP, Jacqueline Maiden, the election board’s third-highest ranking employee and ballot manager Kathleen Dreamer, each were convicted of a felony count of negligent misconduct of an elections employee.
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