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Chicago Olympics: Congress on record
The Swampby Richard Simon The House of Representatives today threw its support behind Chicago's bid to host the 2016 summer Olympic games. That puts Congress on record for an international contest that will be settled in October. ``The city of big......Tags: National Government, Recording Industry Association of America, Politics, Sports Organizations, Parliament
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Obama, racial politics and taking sides
The Swampby Peter Wallsten By inserting himself Wednesday night into the case of an arrested Harvard University professor, President Obama made the most overt step of his tenure into the nation's racial politics. The measured and cautious Obama that Americans...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Illinois, Assault, Politics, Prosecution
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Chicago violence (and guns?): Obama
The Swampby Mark Silva At least 47 school-age children in Chicago have died in homicides -- mostly victims of gun violence - since January, when President Barack Obama, of Chicago, took office, our Chicago-based friend, John McCormick, notes at Bloomberg News........Tags: Interior Policy, Juvenile Delinquency, Illinois, Politics, Eric Holder
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Sarah Palin down, but not out: Gallup
The Swampby Mark Silva Sarah Palin isn't looking so good lately - not in the eyes of most Americans surveyed. The public's favorability rating for the former governor of Alaska stands at 40 percent, according to the Gallup Poll, today registering......Tags: Sarah Palin, Facebook, Mike Huckabee, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Saddam Hussein
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Bill Clinton: helpful or harmful?
The SwampFormer President Bill Clinton in Helena Montana, June 1, 2008. (AP photo/Alana Listoe - Independent Record) by Jim Tankersley There will be plenty of what-ifs for Hillary Clinton supporters to ponder this week if Barack Obama tops the "magic......Tags: New York, Florida, Montana, Al Gore, Political Candidates
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Obama win a new chapter for America
The Swamp"You wonder about the folks who risked their lives in Selma and Birmingham...if they ever envisioned that this would happen in some of their lifetimes."...Tags: Riots, Civil Rights, Parties and Movements, Politics, Northwestern University
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Jesse Jackson: Clinton 'power' for ticket
The Swampby Mark Silva The Rev. Jesse Jackson said today that Sen. Hillary Clinton has made "a powerful case'' for her candidacy for vice president. Sen. Barack Obama should take his time choosing a running mate, Jackson said in an interview......Tags: National Government, Minority Groups, South Carolina, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton
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Obama's 10 percent solution
The Swampby Mike Dorning Barack Obama could make major gains in at least nine states the Democratic ticket lost in 2004 if he can achieve a relatively modest increase in turnout among young and African American voters, a Tribune analysis of......Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain, Democratic Party
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Nader: Suggests that Obama "talks white" (Updated)
Spin CycleRalph Nader, not one to mince words, says this to the Rocky Mountain News: "There's only one thing different about Barack Obama when it comes to being a Democratic presidential candidate. He's half African-American. Whether that will make any......Tags: Ralph Nader, Barack Obama
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Bill Clinton ready to help Obama
The Swampby Michael Muskal of the Los Angeles Times Former President Bill Clinton, whose comments during his wife's unsuccessful presidential campaign angered the Barack Obama camp, announced his support for the Illinois senator's candidacy for president this...Tags: George W. Bush, White House, Barack Obama, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Clinton
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Jackson: Obama's place in movement
The Swampby Rick Pearson The Rev. Jesse Jackson says the anticipated nomination of Sen. Barack Obama as the Democratic presidential candidate represents a crowning achievement for the civil rights movement as well as an "I-told-you-so" moment in the history of...Tags: Emmett Till, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Martin Luther King Jr., Democratic Party
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Nader v. Obama: Gets (pays?) attention
The Swampby Mark Silva What was Ralph Nader up to when he suggested that the one thing that distinguishes Barack Obama in the presidential contest is his race yet the senator from Illinois likes to "talk white?'' "Attention,'' replied Obama, who......Tags: Ralph Nader, Illinois, Barack Obama, Political Candidates, Politics
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