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Ramseys, Cont.
From The Corner | October 1, 2008 -
Beware the bully pulpit
| September 27, 2008
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A vice president with unprecedented power
| September 24, 2008 From Los Angeles Times
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Commenter Of The Day: The Western White House Edition [Commenter...
From Jalopnik | September 23, 2008These days, everyone thinks of our President's ranch in Crawford, Texas as the "Western White House." And though it certainly is the current... more
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A Trillion Here, A Trillion There ...
From Daily Kos | September 23, 2008"A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking real money." Republican Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois apparently never... more
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PASSINGS
September 23, 2008 From Los Angeles TimesBarefoot Sanders, 83, a U.S. district judge who presided over more than two decades of litigation to desegregate Dallas schools, died Sunday... more
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For the record
September 11, 2008 From Los Angeles Times: A Sunday Opinion caption on Sept. 7 said that only six sitting or former U.S. senators have been nominated to run for president since Lyndon... more
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Senator to president: A new day
September 7, 2008 From Los Angeles TimesNot since LBJ has a sitting or former senator been elected president. Obama or McCain will break the string... more
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End of a dry spell
| September 7, 2008 From Los Angeles TimesSince LBJ, six sitting or former U.S. senators have been nominated to run for president. None was elected. It has been more than four decades... more
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Obama leading in North Dakota
From Daily Kos | September 4, 2008George W. Bush won North Dakota twice, with 60% of the vote, to 38% for both Al Gore and John Kerry. Bill Clinton failed to win the state... more
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The kitchen table: Anatomy of a metaphor
From Examiner Politics | August 29, 2008The rooms of the modern American household have always crept into campaigns. Politics makes strange bedfellows, for one. The living-room war... more
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Michael Shaw: Reading The Pictures: The Obama Connection
From Huffington Post | August 29, 2008The difference between Obama and Clinton (either one) is that the Clintons are like LBJ, and Obama is like JFK, or RFK, or even... more
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Toobin: Giving LBJ recognition
From CNN Political Ticker | August 28, 2008President Lyndon B. Johnson delivers a speech in 1965. There's a person who probably won't get much attention on this historic night, but... more
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Checking with Caro on Lyndon Johnson's centenary
In the photograph above, from December 1963, President Lyndon Baines Johnson uses his charm on Sen. Richard Russell. Today is the 100th anniversary... more
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Time.com: How Healed is Hillary?
From CNN Political Ticker | August 26, 2008DENVER, Colorado (Time.com) — Every convention has its rogue narrative: Would Lyndon Johnson reach out to Bobby Kennedy in 1964? Would... more
