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The Roman Catholic bishop of an eastern Pennsylvania diocese has criticized a local Catholic college's decision to have U.S. Sen. Bob Casey speak at its graduation ceremony later this month.

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Casey speaks of father, abortion

Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey invoked his late father's name Tuesday night and referred to his own opposition to abortion rights from the podium of the Democratic convention — 16 years after his father was denied the same privilege.

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Anti-abortion senator to speak to Democrats

Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, a Democrat who opposes abortion rights, will be a featured speaker at the party's national convention, officials said Wednesday.

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Wyoming Governor Back Obama

Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal, a former Clinton administration appointee, announced Wednesday that he will support Illinois Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination.

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GOP Aids Green Candidate Carl Romanelli

Thanks to the generosity of GOP donors, a Green Party candidate is expected to make it onto the ballot in Pennsylvania's Senate race and siphon votes from Democratic front-runner Bob Casey in his bid to unseat Republican Sen. Rick Santorum.

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Clinton Defends Contribution to Candidate

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is defending her contribution to a Democratic Senate candidate who opposes abortion, saying he is needed for the party's struggle against Republicans.

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Lawmakers got their revenge for any bad press they might have received when they defeated some of D.C.'s brightest journalists in a political trivia contest Thursday night.

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Bryan G. Rudnick leads Alliance Strategies Group as its President and CEO. Bryan specializes in strategic planning, political consulting, and communications, with an emphasis on public relations and crisis management.

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Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey harshly criticized John McCain during his address to the Democratic Convention. Casey noted that while McCain casts himself as a "maverick," he has voted with Bush 90 percent of the time. Casey then said, " That's not a maverick, that's a sidekick."

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The Senators sent a strongly worded letter to President Bush urging him to "rededicate [the] administration to global warming research, to fund the Center for Capacity Building, and to increase international aid for adaptation and mitigation."

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Democratic officials say Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, who opposes abortion rights, will be a featured speaker at the party's national convention.

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As strong and consistent abortion foes, Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr. and former congressman Timothy J. Roemer are anomalies in a Democratic Party that has overwhelmingly advocated abortion rights. Yet both are backing Sen.

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In a surprise move, Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania has endorsed Senator Barack Obama in advance of the April 22 Democratic primary. Mr. Casey had said he would remain neutral in the race in part because he wanted to help broker a reconciliation between Mr.

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Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey plans to endorse Sen.

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Some Republicans are angry at Ron Paul, the libertarian presidential candidate, for his forthright stance at the Republican debate earlier this week. When George W.

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Excellent analysis of the six Senate contests that the Democrats won from the Republicans this November: McCaskill over Talent in MO, Tester over Burns in MN, Brown over DeWine in OH, Casey over Santorum in PA, Whitehouse over Chafee in RI, and Webb over Allen in VA

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After canceling campaign appearances with state Treasurer Bob Casey and other Democratic candidates across the country yesterday, Massachusetts Sen.

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Well, I think we have our answer as to who is behind the Progressive Policy Council, the phony group behind a mailer that's gone out to an untold number of Pennsylvania voters in an apparent attempt to sour liberal voters on Democrat Bob Casey.Records with the Virginia State Corp …

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The most expensive US congressional election in history has almost certainly become the nastiest as a dark tide of attack advertisements sweeps across American TV screens.

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Michael Schiavo criticized Bob Casey Jr. and Pennsylvania Democrats yesterday for using the death of his wife, Terri, as a weapon against U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum (R., Pa.) in the Senate race this fall.

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Democratic officials said that some GOP donors had contributed funds to help Mr. Romanelli's campaign and hurt Mr. Casey. Some money went to hire a Florida firm, JSM Inc., to circulate Romanelli petitions.

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