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'Fired up' Obama pitches health care reform to public
4:32 PM on 03/08/2010
VIDEO - Stirring memories of his campaign for the White House, President Obama made a spirited, shirt-sleeved appeal for passage of long-stalled health care changes ...
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New poll finds blacks motivated to vote in November
1:48 PM on 03/08/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats facing strong headwinds this election season have at least one reason for optimism...
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Why's GOP calling Rangel 'crooked Harlem Democrat'?
10:30 AM on 03/08/2010
That's a rather specific way of referring to the congressman -- he could, after all, just as easily be called "the crooked New York Democrat" or simply "the crooked Democrat."...
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Paterson refuses to resign, pledges to clear his name
4:36 PM on 03/05/2010
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. David Paterson says he expects to clear his name soon in two scandals threatening his administration...
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Ford won't run against Gillibrand in NY for Senate
6:31 AM on 03/02/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Former Tennessee congressman Harold Ford Jr. said he won't challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in this fall's Democratic primary because he doesn't want to divide and weaken the party...
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Charles Rangel should resign in light of ethics panel ruling
9:03 AM on 02/26/2010
OPINION - Rep. Rangel would do the public - and his party - a favor by opting to go gently into the good night...
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NY Gov. Paterson taking advice from Spitzer
12:13 PM on 02/19/2010
Gov. Paterson revealed yesterday who his latest source of trusted advice is and it comes from no other than his predecessor, Eliot Spitzer...
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Harold Ford responds to NY tax return controversy
9:31 AM on 02/15/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Former Tennessee congressman and undeclared U.S. Senate candidate Harold Ford Jr. says he'll file his first state tax return as a New Yorker this April...
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Former Va. governor urges DNC chairman's firing
12:29 PM on 02/10/2010
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Democratic former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder is urging President Obama to fire DNC Chairman Tim Kaine, another former Virginia governor...
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NY gov battles rumors of womanizing and drug use
4:54 PM on 02/09/2010
ALBANY, NY (AP) - David Paterson, New York's first black governor, has cited as fabricated a report that he was caught by state police in the governor's mansion cavorting with a woman other than his wife...
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Fox News contributor Angela McGlowan to run for Congress in Mississippi
3:07 PM on 02/09/2010
Her candidacy puts the House GOP campaign committee in a bit of a jam...
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After saying 'I don't play the race card,' Michael Steele blames his political problems on race
2:56 PM on 02/09/2010
Steele more recently targeted the entire "left" when Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) invoked slavery in the debate over health care reform...
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NY Gov. meets with fellow Dems amid scandal rumors
8:45 AM on 02/08/2010
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Gov. David Paterson met privately with key Democratic leaders about his re-election plans as questions swirl around the state...
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Obama's decline reflects the perils of democracy
8:17 AM on 02/08/2010
OPINION - Obama has been given the simple, yet impossible task of improving the economy while being given no resources in order to get the job done...
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Tea Party movement lacks diversity, but unified in anti-government fervor
3:18 PM on 02/05/2010
VIDEO - At the first day of the National Tea Party Convention, the scene was far more subdued, but the message was clear: Federal government, get out of our way...
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Senate likely to be less diverse after elections
9:41 AM on 02/05/2010
CHICAGO (AP) - That historically all-white club known as the U.S. Senate is likely to lose what little diversity it has after November's elections...
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Harold Ford and Michael Steele to debate 'America's future'
8:31 AM on 02/04/2010
RNC Chair Michael Steele and Ex-Dem Rep. and potential NY-Sen candidate Harold Ford Jr. will share the stage Thursday evening at the University of Arkansas...
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Obama to Democrats: We must lead
11:42 AM on 02/03/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Obama implored Senate Democrats on Wednesday to stay aggressive in pushing their agenda despite the loss of one vital seat...
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Republicans' fear of a black president reaches new heights
9:03 AM on 02/03/2010
OPINION - The deceitful lies and illogical rants that drive the GOP right now are simply mind-boggling...
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Obama takes on GOP in New Hampshire
4:10 PM on 02/02/2010
NASHUA, N.H. (AP) - In a visit to New Hampshire today, Obama used some of his toughest language yet to paint Republicans as electoral opportunists who will switch positions to score points with voters...
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Dems down to the wire lobbying for reform votes
VIDEO - They've made some progress. A fourth Democrat, John Boccieri of Ohio, has switched his vote from "no" to "yes."...
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