All 2008 Election Posts
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Health care debate spills onto North Carolina streets
RALEIGH, N.C. _ The health care debate spilled onto the streets of North Carolina's capital on Friday, with more than 600 people picketing the office of Democratic Congressman Brad Miller… Read more »
Palin accuses Obama of backing health-care 'death panel'
ANCHORAGE — Further staking out right-wing political ground in a Facebook post today, former Gov. Palin blasted Democratic-led health care reform and accused President Obama of backing a "death panel… Read more »
Health care debate degenerates into brawls, death threats
WASHINGTON — Rep. Emanuel Cleaver will hold his monthly "Coffee with Cleaver" Saturday morning, and the Missouri Democrat, a Methodist minister, is praying for the best.... Read more »
California lawmakers take aim at Alaska's aerial wolf hunts
WASHINGTON — Alaska's predator-control program to kill wolves, which drew renewed national scrutiny last year during former Gov. Sarah Palin's bid for vice president, is under attack again in Congress.... Read more »
Obama heads to Mexico for North American summit
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will meet Sunday in Guadalajara, Mexico, with his Mexican and Canadian counterparts for a summit of North American leaders that will be long on vision… Read more »
Republicans targeted with health care robo-calls
MIAMI — Democrats are amping up their efforts to push President Obama's health care reform efforts — targeting Mario Diaz-Balart and 24 other Republicans with robo and live calls, part… Read more »
Democrats avoid health care town halls amid disruptions
RALEIGH — The town hall forum, long a hallmark of the August congressional recess, is disappearing this year as the partisan lines harden and tempers flare over the health care… Read more »
Governors plead for help from Obama over pork (the edible kind)
Nine governors sent a letter today to President Barack Obama requesting he take action to pull the U.S. pork producers out of two years of economic troubles.... Read more »
Health care 'town brawls' put Blue Dogs in a tough spot
WASHINGTON — Georgia's Blue Dog Democrats are in the political crosshairs as an increasingly vocal segment of conservatives assail lawmakers for supporting Democrat-backed health care legislation efforts.... Read more »
New questions hit Sanford over travel — and not to Argentina
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Democrats asked Monday for an investigation into Gov. Mark Sanford's use of state planes for private and political business.... Read more »
