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submitted by chiasma 35 months ago, from boston.com
President Obama presented his goal of fixing the healthcare system as a political imperative, as well as a moral and economic one: Americans, he said, will no longer stand for soaring costs that have bankrupted millions of families, hobbled businesses, and crowded out other public needs. More
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submitted by bafficio 35 months ago, from boston.com
President Obama ordered an overhaul yesterday of the way the US government awards defense and other contracts, saying that more competition is needed to drive down costs and declaring that "the days of giving government contractors a blank check are over." More
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submitted by bafficio 36 months ago, from boston.com
President Obama told mayors from across the country yesterday that help is on the way - in the form of the $787 billion economic stimulus plan - but put them on notice that he will call them out if they waste the money. Outlining the federal aid for infrastructure, schools, and police departments... More
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submitted by bafficio 37 months ago, from boston.com
A Washington lobbyist sued The New York Times for $27 million yesterday, asserting that an article defamed her by giving the false impression she had an affair with Senator John McCain in 1999. The newspaper stood by the story, saying in a statement that it believes the article was "true and... More
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submitted by riverdrops 38 months ago, from boston.com
President-elect Barack Obama is asking supporters again to help Hillary Clinton, his former rival and now his choice for secretary of state, pay off her campaign debt. Obama had asked his backers soon after he and Clinton joined forces last summer. The appeal is more urgent this time because... More
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submitted by eooties 39 months ago, from boston.com
While a few skeptics still suspect she secretly wants Barack Obama to lose Tuesday, Hillary Clinton publicly is going all out for the man who bested her for the Democratic nomination. Today, she is scheduled to meet with Obama's volunteers and staffers in Pittsburgh, attend a rally in St. Charles... More
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submitted by bafficio 39 months ago, from boston.com
A new national poll out today shows Barack Obama extending his sizable lead over John McCain. In the CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey of likely voters, Democrat Obama is ahead 53 percent to 46 percent. Among the broader pool of registered voters, Obama's lead is even larger -- 55 percent to 42... More
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submitted by agabriel 40 months ago, from boston.com
In his first post-debate appearance, John McCain promoted his plan to have the federal government directly buy mortgages and refinance them at lower interest rates to help beleaguered homeowners. "We need to act quickly and decisively," he told voters in Bethlehem.. More
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submitted by grandie4 40 months ago, from boston.com
Senator Barack Obama today is urging Congress to reach agreement on a bailout package, warning, "This is no longer just a Wall Street crisis – it’s an American crisis, and it’s the American economy that needs this rescue plan." In remarks he plans to deliver in Reno, Nev., Obama says that without... More
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submitted by riverdrops 41 months ago, from boston.com
Democrats continued to rip John McCain today, accusing him of helping unravel a possible Wall Street bailout deal. Senator Harry Reid, the top Democrat in the US Senate, said it's time for the presidential candidates to leave the negotiating table. "The insertion of presidential politics has not... More
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submitted by bafficio 41 months ago, from boston.com
The campaigns of Barack Obama and John McCain are tussling over reports that McCain's campaign manager's lobbying firm had ties to mortgage giant Freddie Mac as recently as last month -- just before it and Fannie Mae were taken over by the government. More
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submitted by trippie48 41 months ago, from boston.com
Senator Hillary Clinton announced today a new grassroots effort to get her supporters to fall in behind one-time rival Barack Obama. “As we continue to read the headlines about our troubled economy, the stakes of this election only get higher. Today I am asking all of you to hit the phones... More
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submitted by chiasma 41 months ago, from boston.com
Barack Obama, after huddling for more than hour with some of the Democratic Party's top economic minds, sought today to calm fears about the integrity of the economy. He laid out broad principles he wants to see included in emergency measures pending in Washington, but said it was premature to... More
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submitted by bafficio 41 months ago, from boston.com
Is "Troopergate" the other shoe that will drop and dampen the enthusiasm for Sarah Palin? An investigation sanctioned by Alaska's legislature is looking into whether Palin abused the office of governor by pressuring the state's public safety commissioner to fire a state trooper involved in a... More
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submitted by blueheat 41 months ago, from boston.com
Speaking briefly with reporters before their private lunch today in New York, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton voiced optimism about Obama's chances in the fall. The two leading Democrats, whose relationship was less-than-warm during Obama's tough fight with Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary.. More
