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Dems to Bush: Drop dead on oil drilling
The Swampby Frank James House Democrats responded to President Bush's proposal to end the moratorium on drilling for oil offshore as well as in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by telling the president to drop dead, although they used a......Tags: National Government, Energy Resources, Republican Party, Massachusetts, Economic Policy
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On that McCain interview: Chavez = dictator?
Spin CycleWhile the head-scratching over the McCain-Spain comments continues (more on that later), one reader writes to us about another aspect of the interview (which is here) -- McCain's easy praise of Colombian leader Alvaro Uribe and loose language on......Tags: Alvaro Uribe, Civil Unrest
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Bush 'remarkably unaffected' by time
The Swampby James Gerstenzang For eight years, Stephen J. Hadley has observed President Bush up close. As the president's national security advisor throughout the second term, and on many occasions before that as the deputy national security advisor, Hadley has...Tags: National Government, National Security, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Beijing Games, Defense
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McCain on Spain III: Campaign says he meant it
Spin CycleApparently, McCain foreign policy advisor Randy Scheunemann is putting out a response -- he meant it: "The questioner asked several times about Senator McCain's willingness to meet Zapatero (and id'd him in the question so there is no doubt Senator......Tags: National Government, NATO, John McCain, George W. Bush, White House
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Video: Barack loves Hugo?
Spin CycleThe flurry of ads -- or, more likely, video press releases that will run three times somewhere -- is getting ridiculous. But we run them more than non-video press releases becauses, basically, they're entertaining. So, here's the latest from......Tags: Barack Obama, NATO, John McCain, Public Relations
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Bush: 'Warrior for... democratic values'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Bush and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, a couple of leaders with Harvard credentials on their resumes, met for dinner at the White House last night, a multi-course affair featuring rib-eye and punctuated with vintage wines....Tags: National Government, Elections, Lower House, Parliament, Alcoholic Beverages
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Dissident Council members: Let the people decide!
Spin CycleThe Council has begun to debate a presumably doomed amendment meant to send the term-limit issue to a new popular vote. Councilmember David Yassky (D-Brooklyn) noted that 89 percent in a poll agree there should be a referendum, and......Tags: Referenda, Politics
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'McCain calling:' Castro, Chavez (joking)
The Swampby Mark Silva In all of the campaign talk about talking with recalcitrant world leaders, John McCain suggested today that he might not mind getting on the telephone with Hugo Chavez, the Yankee (and we don't mean baseball)-bating president of......Tags: National Government, Fidel Castro, Barack Obama, John McCain, Economic Policy
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A recession silver lining?
The Swampby Frank James Finally someone has something positive to say about the Great Recession we're currently in. Walter Russell Mead, the Council on Foreign Relations scholar, argues in an insightful New Republic piece that while the recession is causing...Tags: Vladimir Putin, Adolf Hitler, United States, Financial Markets, Economy, Business and Finance
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Another reason Bloomberg must stay: Hugo!
Spin CycleIn a move that might make him look for the moment more democratic than el jefe of New York City, Venezuelan strongman/president Hugo Chavez recently held a second referendum that won him an exemption from term limits. So sooner......Tags: Referenda, Michael Bloomberg, Times Square, Public Relations, Politics
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Obama to Mexico, hemispheric summit
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, home for little more than a week following his week-long trek across Europe and surprise stop in Baghdad, will leave Thursday for Mexico and head from there to Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago,......Tags: National Government, Personal Weapon Control, Barack Obama, Heads of State, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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'Obamaism:' Values, example, listening
The Swampby Mark Silva Once, the United States had its "manifest destiny.'' Once, the U.S. had "the Bush doctrine.'' Now, the U.S. has "Obamaism.'' President Barack Obama, who says he will leave it to the scribes to determine what that Obamaism......Tags: National Government, Standards, Chuck (tv program), Barack Obama, G20 Summit
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