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  • Gramm knows how to pick a winner 20 Jul 2008 10:30 GMT
    ... at Big ShouldersSports.com . News item: "A lobbyist with close ties to the White House ... check every day to see how your presidential candidate is doing in each state using an ...

  • Letters 7/20 20 Jul 2008 10:19 GMT
    ... McCain's numbers get too low before the election. The administration may have Israel do it ... of McCain's advisors and fund-raisers were registered lobbyists for Boeing's competitor, European Aeronautic Defense and ... another terrorist attack on the United States." Presidential campaigns are very heated, but I have ...

  • John mccain comes full circle 20 Jul 2008 10:16 GMT
    ... with a victory in the New Hampshire presidential primary. When McCain returns to the Granite ... against wasteful spending except when he employs lobbyists who engage in corporate socialism that costs ... or she represents. But now that the election stage has been narrowed to two, McCain ...

  • Democrats Do Denver 20 Jul 2008 09:30 GMT
    ... here Aug. 25 to formally choose a presidential candidate at last, you will be wined, ... a monarch who need not bother with elections.) But those are longshot choices. The bottom ... nightly - and there's no more impressive lobby or tea service in town. For Obama, ...

  • McCain raised $22M in June, his most so far 20 Jul 2008 08:29 GMT
    ... hasn't revealed June numbers. WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain raised more than $22 million ... is getting help raising money from federal lobbyists. It's women's week on the presidential campaign ...

  • VP pick should help McCain on the economy 20 Jul 2008 07:59 GMT
    ... thinking about the question of whether the vice-presidential choice offers McCain a way to deal ... jumped into politics, running as the Republican candidate for mayor after being a lifelong Democrat. ... Republicans outside the intimate McCain circle are lobbying hard for him to pick Romney. But ...

  • VP might fill McCain economic gap 20 Jul 2008 07:58 GMT
    ... about the question of whether the vice presidential choice offers McCain a way to deal ... jumped into politics, running as the Republican candidate for mayor after being a lifelong Democrat. ... Republicans outside the intimate McCain circle are lobbying hard for him to pick Romney. But ...

  • David S. Broder: For VP, McCain needs economics whiz in worst way 20 Jul 2008 07:36 GMT
    ... about the question of whether the vice presidential choice offers McCain a way to deal ... jumped into politics, running as the Republican candidate for mayor after being a lifelong Democrat. ... Republicans outside the intimate McCain circle are lobbying hard for him to pick Romney. But ...

  • Campaign spotlight finds auto industry 20 Jul 2008 07:30 GMT
    ... has become a frequent backdrop for the presidential candidates to pitch their economic plans. Whether ... this year. Alan Reuther, the UAW's chief lobbyist, said the industry's Democratic backers are hopeful ... will act before it adjourns for the election. If it does not act, automakers would ...

  • McCain needs help with the economy 20 Jul 2008 06:57 GMT
    ... about the question of whether the vice presidential choice offers McCain a way to deal ... jumped into politics, running as the Republican candidate for mayor after being a lifelong Democrat. ... Republicans outside the intimate McCain circle are lobbying hard for him to pick Romney. But ...

  • Afghanistan first stop in Obama foreign trip 20 Jul 2008 06:25 GMT
    ... doing a lot of talking US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama met the commander of ... the key electorate for the November 4 election. Jews make up only 4% of the ... punch above their weight through powerful pro-Israel lobbying groups. And their vote can also be ...

  • Fannie, Freddie clout has deep roots in Washington 20 Jul 2008 05:58 GMT
    ... made the list of Washington's top 20 lobbying spenders. They spent a combined $170 million ... played or are playing roles in the presidential campaigns of both Republican John McCain and ... $3.8 million civil penalty to the Federal Election Commission to settle charges that it had ...

  • Two powers named Fannie and Freddie 20 Jul 2008 05:58 GMT
    ... made the list of Washington's top 20 lobbying spenders. They spent a combined $170 million ... played or are playing roles in the presidential campaigns of both Republican John McCain and ... $3.8 million civil penalty to the Federal Election Commission to settle charges that it had ...

  • Arkansas sparkles 20 Jul 2008 05:31 GMT
    ... where the mallards march down to the lobby fountain at 11 a.m. and back up ... Gov. Orval Faubus realized he couldn't win reelection without the segregationists' vote and called in ... in the back room to plan Clinton's presidential campaign, still dishes up hot tamales, cheeseburgers ...

  • Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac 20 Jul 2008 05:30 GMT
    ... made the list of Washington's top 20 lobbying spenders. They spent a combined $170 million ... played or are playing roles in the presidential campaigns of both Republican John McCain and ... $3.8 million civil penalty to the Federal Election Commission to settle charges that it had ...

  • Fannie, Freddie spent millions on lobbying 20 Jul 2008 04:28 GMT
    ... of homeownership, and fielding an army of lobbyists, power brokers and political contributors. New attention ... a potential big taxpayer bailout in an election year. Over the past decade, both Fannie ... played or are playing roles in the presidential campaigns of both Republican John McCain and ...

  • Bloomberg Visits D.C., Plans Welcome-Back Party For Clinton 20 Jul 2008 04:27 GMT
    ... an event to welcome back the former presidential candidate to New York politics. An aide to ... the hearing, Bloomberg stressed the importance of lobbying to preserve the educational system’s structure. “We ...

  • On Language: Inartful 20 Jul 2008 03:18 GMT
    ... a spokesman for Adlai Stevenson, an eloquent candidate of whom it was said “he would ... new barrage, this time from the gun lobby, many of whose members do vote, causing ... problems with those checking out his potential vice-presidential choices: “I would have to hire a ...

  • Profile 20 Jul 2008 01:17 GMT
    ... Photograph: Pool/Reuters Tomorrow, there will be no presidential hopefuls, no hordes of advisers and staff, ... none of the razzmatazz of an American election campaign. The routine lack of routine that ... But with nobody very interested in Afghanistan, lobbying in Western capitals went nowhere. Until 9/11 ...

  • Do we build them up or knock them down? 20 Jul 2008 01:16 GMT
    ... November, says Bill Maloni, Fannie Mae's former lobbying chief. "It is important to note that ... else failed. But some Republicans, notably the presidential candidate Ron Paul, lay much of the blame ...

  • Hard man in a hard country 19 Jul 2008 23:35 GMT
    ... Photograph: Pool/Reuters Tomorrow, there will be no presidential hopefuls, no hordes of advisers and staff, ... none of the razzmatazz of an American election campaign. The routine lack of routine that ... But with nobody very interested in Afghanistan, lobbying in Western capitals went nowhere. Until 9/11 ...

  • Senate Passes Obama's AIDS Bill: Where Are The Conservatives? 19 Jul 2008 21:17 GMT
    ... completely shattered by the Bush Administration's active lobbying for the bill. In this legislative showdown, ... floor, has the support of Senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama, as well as organizations associated ...

  • Text of President Bush's news conference 19 Jul 2008 20:51 GMT
    ... forget the guy standing in the bank lobby saying, your deposits are good. We got ... I'm loathe to respond to a particular presidential candidate, and so I will try not ... And we were heartened by the provincial elections in that part of the world. We ...

  • Obama comes to the Middle East to speak to the voters at home 19 Jul 2008 20:51 GMT
    ... the US expected so much from a presidential candidate. When Senator Barack Obama arrives in the ... (AIPAC), the flagship organisation of Washington’s Israel lobby. He reiterated most of Israel’s own positions ...

  • Back to Havana 19 Jul 2008 20:10 GMT
    ... Guevara is seen playing chess in the lobby. Fidel marched into Havana in early January ... I find them closely watching the US presidential race in the hope that better ties, ... Obama victory over John McCain. The Democrats' candidate has said that as president, he would ...


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