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ABC's Ross On The Purpose And The Future Of Investigative Journalism

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

Media Bistro - By Alissa Krinsky - Aug. 20 (Interview) - Under a system endorsed and kept alive by both parties, lobbyists and corporate executives and union officials have been able to buy access to powerful American politicians in ways they don't want the outside world to see.

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Arizona's Go-To Senator

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

Washington Independent - By John Dougherty - Aug. 19 (Special Report) - for complicated issues that require a proven ability to reach political consensus, patience and attention to detail, Arizona's leaders often seek out the state's junior senator, Republican Jon Kyl. While McCain has been in the national spotlight for more than a decade, focusing on broad issues, Arizona leaders know that he tends to brush aside state issues and condemn earmarks, even for needed local projects...

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Earmarks Decline in Senate, But Up in House

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

Congressional Quarterly - By Liriel Higa - Aug. 19 (News Report) - The Senate has trimmed the amount of earmarks in its fiscal 2009 spending bills, but the House has increased its total slightly from last year, according to an analysis released Monday by a group that advocates curbing the practice.

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Obama flip-flop: Bagmen to the Philly streets

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

Hot Air - By Ed Morrissey - Aug. 19 (Blog Post) - I complimented Barack Obama for his principled stand against the corrupt practice of providing "street money" to political organizers in Philadelphia. He insisted that his new kind of politics didn't allow for the cash-on-demand tradition in Philadelphia, and that his organization would remain voluntary.

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Pelosi Spins and Smears on Drilling

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

Real Clear Politics - By William Murchison - Aug. 19 (Opinion) - One major problem with politics -- as we've all probably figured out by now -- is that politicians view every human challenge as political in nature, meaning, particularly these last few years. Objective No. 1 in the political trade is sticking to it The Other Party.

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Fixing the Machine

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

Harvard Review - By Joey Michalakes - Aug. 19 (Interview) - a lot of very qualified candidates just aren't able to raise the money to run for president. It's not that their ideas aren't good anymore--at some point they can't pay their staff, can't get on an airplane, and they're broke. The system pushes people out of the system very quickly if you don't have the ability to raise money.

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McCain: At a crossroads with Indian country

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

Indian Country Today - By Jenny Reynolds - Aug. 18 (News Analysis) - the tarnish of the SCIA [Senate Committee on Indian Affairs] investigation, spearheaded by McCain, torpedoed...[Ralph Reed's] campaign for lieutenant governor of Georgia in 2006. Without intending it, Reed may return the favor for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, at least as far as Indian country is concerned...

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Georgia sees little sign of Russian withdrawal

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

Talking Points Memo - By Mike Eckel - Aug. 18 (News Report) - Russian tanks and troops roamed freely around Gori on Monday and made forays toward the Georgian capital, keeping control of the highway that slices through Georgia's midsection despite Russia's announcement that a withdrawal had begun.

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The distortions cometh

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

PolitiFact - Aug. 18 (News Analysis) - We think it's misleading to cite an editorial from one of the country's most conservative large paper editorial boards and present it as "the press."

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Doubts over the anthrax case intensify -- except among much of the media -

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

Salon - By Glenn Greenwald - Aug. 18 (Blog Post) - That's because The Post's role here has been and continues to be what the establishment media's role generally is -- to serve government sources and amplify their claims, not to investigate their veracity. That's how it was Saddam Hussein who was the original anthrax culprit, followed by Steven Hatfill, and now Bruce Ivins...

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Obama's Newbie Activists: Unloved By Insiders But Here To Stay

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

Huffington Post - By Kristi Boone - Aug. 18 (Blog Post) - We are excited to join each other and bring the Democratic Party to power in November. So why is it that they do not seem to want us around?

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Anatomy of A(nother) Fiasco

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

Daily Kos - By billmon - Aug. 18 (Opinion) - I'm no foreign policy maven, but I'm also not completely oblivious to what our government has been up to in the Caucasus (unlike, say, about 99.99 f the rest of the American population). I knew the Cheney Administration had taken a shine to Michael Saakashvili, the purportedly democratic, allegedly peaceloving president of Georgia, and I knew the Cheneyites were also big supporters of his demands for a Russian withdrawal from those bits of territory that rejected Georgian authority when the old...

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Russian Aggression Carries High Cost For NASA

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

Pajamas Media - By Rand Simberg - Aug. 18 (Special Report) - As Washington reassesses its overall relationship with Russia in the wake of the recent incursion into the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, our current space policy may be dramatically affected. Given how crucial the Russians are to supporting it, particularly after the planned Shuttle retirement in 2010, we may have to decide how much the International Space Station (ISS) is really worth to us.

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Timing Of Political Messages Influences Voter Preferences, Researcher Finds

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

ScienceDaily - Aug. 17 (News Report) - In political campaigns, timing is almost everything. Candidates communicate with voters over a long period of time before voters actually vote. What candidates say to these voters is, of course, important, but it turns out that when they say it also influences voter preferences.

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Faith forum highlights differences between candidates

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

The Hill - By Andy Barr - Aug. 17 (News Report) - Though they only briefly shared a stage, both leading presidential candidates on Saturday night had to navigate a series of tricky questions during a forum on faith and values. Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.), during the Saddleback Civil Forum Saturday in Lakeside, California, had to respond to queries about social issues that could be potential pitfalls for them in the general election...

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