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Barack Obama seriously considered Hillary Rodham Clinton for the vice presidency, even though his top aides weren't enthusiastic about it, his presidential campaign manager says in a new memoir.
A group of retired generals and war veterans has launched a national campaign to rally support for White House plans to shutter the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Want to live it up in a thriving metropolitan city and find a girl with a tattoo on her — well, in a strange place?
The Hamas government has banned motorcycle riders from carrying women on the back seat — the latest in the militants' virtue campaign in Gaza.
An environmental group said Tuesday it wants to intervene in an anti-pollution lawsuit filed by the federal government against Kansas' largest electric company, a case the utility hopes to settle.
Paul Pierce has launched a campaign to fight childhood obesity.
Yahoo Inc. believes a lot of its good work has been overlooked by investors and the media so it's spending more than $100 million to get the word out to consumers directly.
During his two years as a provincial governor in Afghanistan, Arsalah Jamal survived four suicide attacks.
Troubled health insurer WellCare said it voluntarily disclosed illegal campaign contributions in Florida, but now says it came forward only after an inquiry from the state elections commission on a separate matter.
Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman has a big cash advantage over her Silicon Valley rival to become California's next governor, according to new campaign finance reports. State Attorney General Jerry Brown, meanwhile, had a sizable lead among Democrats.
A man who helped steal more than $100,000 from John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign has been sentenced to three years probation and home confinement.
A leader of coca growers in Central Bolivia says the farmers are putting their controversial crop behind President Evo Morales' campaign for re-election.
A dozen young Iranians tap away at computers in a headquarters so new the light fixtures are still being installed. Their mission: to post videos, messages, blogs and anything else to further the Web-savvy campaign that hopes to bring down President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Friday's election.
FedEx Corp. is set to launch a multimillion dollar marketing campaign on Tuesday against chief rival UPS Inc., arguing the world's largest shipping carrier is the driving force behind a bill that would make it easier for FedEx workers to unionize.
The makers of Spam, long a symbol of frugality, are advertising the often-maligned canned pork as a way to relieve boredom at the dinner table as the recession wears on.
The Internal Revenue Service has filed a $819,848 tax lien against Sen. John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign, but Kerry on Wednesday blamed IRS clerical error for the claim and said his campaign owes no tax penalties.
Southwest Airlines, which has posed stewardesses in hot pants and the CEO with a bag over his head to sell tickets, is launching a new campaign that tells consumers to get over the recession and fly again.
On the streets of Pyongyang, posters depict workers soaring into the sky alongside a long-range rocket — part of a 150-day campaign to spur North Koreans to work harder by instilling them with national pride.
A former New Hampshire state legislator who processed checks for John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign was sentenced Thursday to a year and a half in prison for stealing more than $100,000 of the money.
CBS is launching an unprecedented campaign to publicize its prime-time successes weeks in advance of the year's most important ad sales season, trying not to be dragged down by the economy and struggling rivals.
The Rev. Al Sharpton said he feels a weight has lifted, now that his longrunning battles with the Internal Revenue Service and the Federal Election Commission are finally resolved.
Meijer Inc. has agreed to pay $1.5 million to Michigan township officials related to unreported donations for a ballot initiative on a proposed store.
Veteran Sen. Arlen Specter says President Barack Obama has promised to campaign for him in next year's Democratic primary in Pennsylvania.
A nonprofit group that specializes in databases tracking the influence of money in politics is making its information available to others.
Karl Rove memoir coming in MarchRove, the mastermind of George W. Bush's two successful presidential runs and a top White House aide, signed in 2007 with Threshold Editions, a conservative imprint of Simon Schuster that has published best sellers by commentators Glenn Beck and Mark Levin.
FACT CHECK: Palin's Book Goes Rogue On Some FactsSarah Palin's new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven't become any truer over time. Ignoring substantial parts of her record if not the facts, she depicts herself as a frugal traveler on the taxpayer's dime, a reformer without ties to pow …
To Create Jobs Today We Must Focus On Creating A New Energy Grid!By focusing on solutions we have available today, and utilizing resources we readily have available in America such as Natural Gas, we will reduce our unemployment rate of 10.2%.
McCain camp: Palin account 'all fiction'Top aides to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign hit back at Sarah Palin Friday and Saturday, calling the former vice presidential nominee's soon-to-be-released book "revisionist and self serving" "fiction."
Testing Next Year's Lies TodayWithin hours after the House of Representatives approved health care reform by a narrow margin, Republicans predicted retribution at the polls next fall. They promised to make every Democrat regret that historic vote as the first step toward the reversal of power in Washington.
Green Books campaign: 1 Day, 100 bloggers, 100 green books, 100 reviewsOn Tuesday, November 10, 2009, at 1:00 PM Eastern Time over 100 bloggers will take a stand to support books printed in an eco-friendly manner by simultaneously publishing reviews of more than 100 such books.
Arianna Huffington: Obama One Year Later: The Audacity of Winning vs. The Timidity of GoverningArianna Huffinton reviews the Plouffe book and compares to the current POTUS. Indeed, reading the book, I often found myself wondering what Candidate Obama would think of President Obama.
Independent stirs up New Jersey governor contestAn independent candidate stressing New Jersey's economic woes is attracting surprising voter support in the governor's race, which features an unpopular Democratic incumbent and a Republican challenger with ties to former President George W. Bush.
Campaign chief: We did 'zero research' on 'the One'Obama campaign manager David Plouffe claims President Obama's campaign staff had done "zero research" on its candidate and was not aware of the inflammatory statements and views of Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
Campaign Of Former NC Governor Easley Penalized $100K For Unreported Airplane FlightsRALEIGH -- North Carolina elections officials have penalized former Gov. Mike Easley's campaign $100,000 for unreported airplane flights and asked prosecutors to investigate whether laws were broken.
TARP on SteroidsWhat 9/11 didn't bring down in America's finances - the "Gold Man of Sacks", Tim Geithner, and his cabal will keep sacking our economy. It's TARP you all the way.
Nonprofits launch loan modification scam education campaignA partnership of local, state and national government agencies, nonprofit organizations and financial institutions launched a new national public education. for more...
States weigh campaign rules for the Internet age"Policing this is going to be a tremendously difficult thing, let alone writing the rules," said Edwin Bender, executive director of the National Institute on Money in State Politics, a nonprofit group in Helena, Mont.
U.K. Twitter Campaign Helps Curb Gag on PressA Twitter campaign that rippled through the U.K.
The president's rocky fortnight: Down in the valley BARACK OBAMA ran an impressively disciplined presidential campaign. He has presided over a notably cohesive White House. But in the past fortnight things have started to go wrong.
Obama quietly tries to shore up Senate support for public optionDespite months of outward ambivalence about creating a government health insurance plan, the Obama White House has launched a behind-the-scenes campaign to get divided Senate Democrats to take up some version of the idea for a final vote in the coming weeks.
Lefty pundits wonder: Is Obama just a blowhard who likes to blame other people?Liberal pundits Howard Fineman, WaPo's Richard Cohen and Jim Geraghty weigh in:
Mark Memoly & Missouri Will Show The Way Campaign Offers A Program To Establish New Jobs In The Heartland!America has lost a significant segment of its manufacturing base primarily because of three reasons:
Let Blue Dogs Face the Music in Primary ElectionsThe recent headlines about President Barack Obama working to crush primary campaigns against Democratic incumbents would be great fodder for a canned column looking at hypocrisy.
We see it in health care. We see it in the wars we fight. We see it in the pork barrel spending. Its stink covers DC. And you know what? We are all complicit in it, and we all ask for it. I am one of what is fast becoming the majority in this country, an independent voter.
How Joe Wilson's Heckle Became a Campaign Cash Cow What started out making Joe Wilson look like a fool has now gained momentum, getting him attention and $.
Fourteen health insurers spend $15.5 million in the first half of 2009Fourteen major health insurers and their industry association flexed their political muscle to the tune of $2.5 million per month - an increase of 25 percent over previous years - in the first half of 2009 to influence the health care reform debate, according to a report released …
From ACORN, a mighty controversy growsUnfortunately for ACORN, this isn't the first time the liberal advocacy group has been in the news. It became a liability for then-Sen.
An Invitation Befitting a President of the United States? » The FoundryTwo weeks ago, we alerted you to an event invitation on President Barack Obama's ongoing campaign website, barackobama.com, which used startling language to describe the opposition. The message urged Americans to call their U.S.
Campaign laws and free speech We hope the U.S. Supreme Court will weaken the impact of campaign finance laws, which are being used to stifle speech.
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