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Oct 14 2014
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Abbott: Wendy Davis is Focused on Attacking Me, I'm Focused on What's Good For Texas
Last night on Fox News' Hannity, Texas gubernatorial candidate and Attorney General Greg Abbott responded directly to a campaign ad released by Wendy Davis late last week featuring an empty wheelchair. She is defending the ad. Abbott has been paralyzed since 1984 after a large tree fell on him during a run.
Townhall
Apr 12 2016
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Ted Cruz: Drudge in Trump’s Pocket
The ongoing saga of the 2016 Republican primary race took an especially unusual turn Monday: deeply conservative candidate Ted Cruz alleged that iconic right-wing news site Drudge Report is a propaganda machine for Donald Trump. After offering praise for Matt Drudge's famed news aggregator, Cruz told The Mike Slater Show that in "the past month, the Drudge Report has basically become the
Daily Beast
May 15 2013
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Read The Report On IRS's 'Inappropriate' Scrutiny Of Groups
The language is not dramatic but the message is clear: A much-anticipated report from the Treasury Department's inspector general for tax administration is straight forward about how Internal Revenue Service personnel unfairly singled out some conservative groups for unnecessary scrutiny during the 2012 campaign cycle.
As the report's summary says:
"The IRS used inappropriate
NPR (Online News)
Apr 12 2015
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Is Hillary Running for Bill’s Third Term?
When Hillary Clinton announces her candidacy on Sunday, the Republicans will no doubt redouble their efforts to make the case that a vote for Hillary is a vote for Barack Obama’s third term—and the GOP believes no one wants that, for Pete’s sake. Clinton’s campaign, by contrast, will almost certainly make a very different case: If they vote for her, Americans will be getting something far
Politico
Apr 12 2015
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Iowa Democrats want Hillary Clinton to woo them
She's an icon known across the world by just her first name, but when Hillary Rodham Clinton touches down here in Iowa this week to kick off her second presidential campaign, she will be greeted by enormous expectations of intimacy.
Jan Bauer, chairwoman of the Story County Democrats, expects to be courted persistently by Clinton and her aides before deciding whom to support. "
Washington Post
Oct 10 2014
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Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi Are Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Reaching across gulfs of age, gender, faith, nationality and even international celebrity, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2014 peace prize on Friday to Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India. The award joined a teenage Pakistani known around the world with an Indian veteran of campaigns to end child labor and free children from trafficking.
New York Times (News)
Jul 25 2015
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Clinton to testify committee in October to Benghazi
Hillary Rodham Clinton will testify on Oct. 22 before the House select committee investigating her role in Connection with the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, Clinton campaign Spokesman Nick Merrill Said Saturday.
The testimony will be public, Merrill Said. It Follows months of wrangling Between the Republican-led committee and Clinton, Whose allies accuse the panel of
Washington Post
Nov 08 2012
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How Obama's data crunchers helped him win
In late spring, the backroom number crunchers who powered Barack Obama's campaign to victory noticed that George Clooney had an almost gravitational tug on West Coast females ages 40 to 49.
Time Magazine
Jul 11 2012
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Taxes, Jobs And Jabs: Obama And Romney Slug It Out In Swing States Categories
President Obama campaigned in Iowa on Tuesday, promoting his plan to extend the Bush-era tax cuts for those who make under $250,000 a year  but not for more wealthy Americans.
NPR (Online News)
Feb 26 2013
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Republicans urge Obama to end 'road show,' work with Senate to avert automatic cuts
House Republican leaders on Monday urged President Obama to "stop campaigning" and hunker down with Congress to find an alternative to the bludgeon of spending cuts set to hit Friday, saying now is not the time "for a road-show president."
Fox News (Online News)