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Hillary Clinton the woman most admired by Americans: poll (AFP via Yahoo! News)

US Senator Hillary Clinton has narrowly beaten global television celebrity Oprah Winfrey in an annual poll to choose the woman Americans admire most.

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Poll: Bush, Hillary Clinton most admired (AP via Yahoo! News)

They're the odd couple again: George Bush and Hillary Clinton, the most admired man and woman in America.

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Poll: George Bush and Hillary Clinton are the man and woman most admired by Americans (Contra Costa Times)

WASHINGTON -- They're the odd couple again: George Bush and Hillary Clinton, the most admired man and woman in America. Though they stand on opposite sides of a political divide, the Republican president and the Democratic senator from New York are sharing the honor for a sixth straight year,

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Bush, Hillary Clinton most admired in US (IANS via Yahoo! India News)

Washington, Dec 27 (IANS) By an odd twist two persons standing across the political divide, Republican president George W. Bush and Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, have emerged as the most admired man and woman in America in 2007.

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Bush, Hillary Clinton most admired in US (New Kerala)

By Arun Kumar, Washington, Dec 27 : By an odd twist two persons standing across the political divide, Republican president George W. Bush and Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, have emerged as the most admired man and woman in America in 2007.

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Clinton's influence as first lady questioned

During her time in the White House, Hillary Rodham Clinton appeared to learn more through osmosis than through decision-making.

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Private struggles, public displays

As the Republican and Democratic candidates engage in personal politicking in Iowa and New Hampshire, holding town-hall-style meetings open to everyone, they are often confronted with the most intimate of problems from the people who come out to see them.

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Giuliani reiterates he's cancer-free

Rudy Giuliani handed out presents and read a Christmas story to Harlem youngsters Monday, then talked about what, for him, might be the best gift of all.

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Ron Paul defends asking for special projects

Republican presidential hopeful, appearing on NBC's Meet the Press Sunday, discussed his efforts in Congress to bring home money to his Texas district, despite his long-held aversion to big government and congressional votes to reign in federal spending.

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Romney gets 'anti-endorsement'

The Concord Monitor broke with tradition Sunday, telling readers in New Hampshire why they should not vote for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney instead of whom they should support.

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Ron Paul defends asking for special projects

Republican presidential hopeful, appearing on NBC's Meet the Press Sunday, discussed his efforts in Congress to bring home money to his Texas district, despite his long-held aversion to big government and congressional votes to reign in federal spending.

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Romney gets 'anti-endorsement'

The Concord Monitor broke with tradition Sunday, telling readers in New Hampshire why they should not vote for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney instead of whom they should support.

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Huckabee stands by Christmas campaign ad

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee made no apologies Sunday for the religious tone of a recent holiday campaign commercial and said it is important to look for Jesus at this time of year.

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Clinton urges voters to caucus on wrong day

Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is encouraging Iowans to go caucus on January 14, 11 days too late.

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Romney, Edwards in the age of riches

Presidential hopefuls John Edwards and Mitt Romney have both amassed great fortunes, becoming part of a rising class of new rich. And both are basing their candidacies in large measure on the very different lessons each has taken from his own success.

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Clinton says wife is a 'world-class genius'

Former President Clinton says his wife is a "world-class genius" when it comes to improving the lives of others.

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Obama even with Clinton in new N.H. poll

Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are locked in a dead heat among New Hampshire voters ahead of the state's primary contest next month, according to a USA Today/Gallup Poll released on Friday.

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Personal touch for Richardson in envoy role

Bill Richardson is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, running not only on his years as an elected official — he was a congressman from New Mexico and is now governor — but also on his parallel career, as a self-appointed and official diplomat.

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Huckabee brings Christmas message

Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, was received by supporters as he returned to Iowa this week like the second coming of Santa Claus.

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GOP's Tancredo quits ’08 race

Rep. Tom Tancredo, who built his longshot presidential campaign on opposition to illegal immigration, dropped out Thursday and endorsed Republican rival Mitt Romney.

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Uganda: Hillary Clinton's Strengths Are Her Undoing (AllAfrica.com)

When Hillary Clinton announced her campaign for the presidency, she explained: "I'm not running as a woman. I'm running because I think I'm the best qualified and experienced person for president."

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Hillary Clinton support slips in California: poll (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Support for Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton has fallen sharply since the summer in California, the biggest prize of all the primaries, although rivals have not yet benefited, a new poll released on Wednesday found.

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Hillary Clinton on image-softening tour (Newsday)

ELKADER, Iowa - Seeking to stem perceptions that she is an ice queen, Hillary Rodham Clinton brought an upstate New York dad to this eastern Iowa farm town yesterday so he could thank her for saving his son's life.

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Sigourney News Review - Mondale Stops in Sigourney Endorsing Hillary Clinton (Sigourney News-Review)

Former Vice President, Walter Mondale has put his political clout behind Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton and while traveling around Iowa made a quick stop in Sigourney at the Copper Lantern on Friday morning, Dec. 14 just before the dinner hour.

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The Buzz: Magic Johnson backs Hillary Clinton (The Kansas City Star)

Magic Johnson, helping Hillary Clinton, did a dunk on Barack Obama, saying it’s no time for an Oval Office “rookie.”

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Newsweek: Is Obama's healthcare plan naive?

Leadership requires a mixture of confrontation and compromise. "They have to feel the heat to see the light," LBJ liked to say. That heat is best applied up close. In public. Across the big table.

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First Read: Tagg Romney - like father, like son

At 16, teenage pangs led to a rebellion of sorts against his father, who nonetheless sought to inculcate his eldest with some of the things he learned along the way from his business career.

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Todd: Whither Rudy?

NBC's Chuck Todd delves in Giuliani's problem with early state campaigning.

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First Read: Polling fans beware

With a mere 15 days until the first contest, there are now so many pollsters surveying voters in Iowa and New Hampshire, it's hard to know what's right or wrong.

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Huckabee now has something to lose

Mike Huckabee is attempting one of the tougher transitions in politics: from also-ran to novelty act to overnight leader, with all the new scrutiny, expectation and attention that brings.

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Poll: Hillary Clinton winning anti-vote (UPI)

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton leads, hands down, in anti-votes: 40 percent of those polled said they'd vote to keep her out of office.

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Hillary Clinton seeks to warm up her image (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, looking to turn the page on a rough stretch in her campaign, launched an effort to warm up her image on Monday and break free from her rivals in Iowa.

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Bill Clinton, Former NBA Star Magic Johnson Stump For Hillary Clinton (KWWL Iowa)

Iowa continues to be in the presidential spotlight as the countdown continues toward the precinct caucuses on January 3rd. Democratic hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton, along with her husband, Bill, and basketball great Magic Johnson, have several events today.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton captivates Iowa (Pravda Ru)

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and her husband visited a local Supermarket in Iowa on Tuesday while a pack of Secret Service agents fanned out around the couple.

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Hillary Clinton takes a healthy approach in Iowa (Newsday)

JOHNSTON, Iowa - Shannon Mallozzi was standing in a drafty barn basement here yesterday, coughing uncontrollably but still buzzing from her first stump speech on behalf of Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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Ex-Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey supports Hillary Clinton (Dallas Morning News)

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton celebrated one high-profile endorsement, from the Des Moines Register's editorial board, by announcing a second endorsement, from former Sen. Bob Kerrey, a Nebraskan-turned-New Yorker.

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Bill Clinton in town for Riley, Hillary (The State)

They’re cut from the same political cloth — former President Bill Clinton and former S.C. Gov. Dick Riley. It’s fitting then that Clinton will come to Columbia tonight to help shine a spotlight on Riley, who served eight years in Clinton’s cabinet as education secretary. Clinton also will cut out some time to campaign for the presidential bid of his wife, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. Bill ...

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Hillary Clinton begins first day of 99-county blitz in Le Mars (Le Mars Daily Sentinel)

It seemed only fitting to find Hillary Clinton standing on what was formerly an old high school basketball court early Sunday evening.

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Hillary Clinton gets crucial boost (Times Online)

Hillary Clinton received a badly needed boost to her presidential campaign yesterday with the endorsement of Iowa’s biggest newspaper, a vote of confidence that followed days of lobbying by her husband.

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Governor Baldacci Endorses Sen. Hillary Clinton (The Republican Journal/The Waldo Independent)

PORTLAND – Governor John E. Baldacci today endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton for President of the United States.

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Will Shaheen sink Clinton’s ship?

Was Bill Shaheen’s commentary on Sen. Barack Obama’s youthful drug use truly a blunder? Has the incident helped Obama or created an opening for John Edwards? Or might it turn out to hurt Obama and help Clinton?

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Coming down the homestretch

It was a lucrative week for TV and radio stations in the early primary states, as nearly all of the Democratic presidential candidates bought time for new ads before the final 2007 debate.

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Mercurio: Woulda, shoulda... could he?

If Fred Thompson can reassert himself in Iowa, watch for the GOP race to drag on into February with an unpredictable outcome.

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After hardships, Biden campaigns with ease

Past personal and political catastrophe has become part of the narrative of Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s campaign.

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Clinton apologizes to Obama

Hillary Clinton apologized to Barack Obama on Thursday for comments made by Bill Shaheen about the Illinois' Senator's past drug use.

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Tony Bennett and Bill Clinton highlight fund-raiser for Hillary (The Star-Ledger)

Tony Bennett put his song stylings to the service of Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign last night, performing for a crowd of about 1,000 of her supporters -- including her husband -- at the State Theater in New Brunswick.

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Soap star on soapbox | Rowell returns to campaign for Hillary Clinton (The State)

Victoria Rowell, best known for her starring role on the daytime soap opera “The Young and the Restless,” is returning to South Carolina today to campaign for Hillary Clinton. Rowell made a campaign visit to Columbia in August. Clinton, a U.S. senator from New York, is locked in a virtual tie with U.S. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois in the South Carolina Democratic primary race, according to a ...

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Hillary Clinton files for Texas' Democratic primary 2:19 PM CT (Dallas Morning News)

AUSTIN – Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has made it official that she'll be in Texas' Democratic primary March 4. Clinton's campaign filed her candidate paperwork Wednesday, said Texas Democratic Party spokeswoman Amber Moon. Democrat John Edwards already had filed for the state's primary.

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Hillary Clinton shares stage with billionaire Buffett (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has Oprah Winfrey, but rival Hillary Clinton boasted an even wealthier billionaire at one of her events on Tuesday -- super investor Warren Buffett, "the Sage of Omaha."

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Clinton adviser: Obama drug use concern (AP via Yahoo! News)

A top adviser to Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign said that Democrats should give more thought to Sen. Barack Obama's admissions of illegal drug use before they pick a presidential candidate.

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Hillary Clinton shares stage with billionaire Buffett (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has Oprah Winfrey, but rival Hillary Clinton boasted an even wealthier billionaire at one of her events on Tuesday -- super investor Warren Buffett, "the Sage of Omaha."

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Hillary Clinton Visits Northern California (KCRA 3 Sacramento)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was in Northern California on Tuesday, making a stop in San Francisco and planning a visit to Sacramento for later in the day.

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Hillary Clinton, Warren Buffett Denounce Income Gap (Fox News)

At a joint appearance with billionaire investor Warren Buffet, Hillary Clinton said the inheritance tax, due to be temporarily repealed in 2010, was a symbol of "what kind of society we are."

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Hillary Clinton Loses Ground to Barack Obama in New Hampshire (Gay Wired)

With less than a month to go before the first presidential primary, Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are in a statistical dead heat according to the results of the latest CNN/WMUR poll released this morning.

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Hillary Clinton leads presidential race in poll of likely Mid-South voters (WMCTV Memphis)

Hillary Clinton is the presidential candidate to beat according to a poll of Mid-South voters released Tuesday.

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Huckabee AIDS comment alarms victim's mom

The mother of Ryan White wants to meet with GOP candidate to discuss his remark 15 years ago that AIDS patients should have been isolated.

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First Read: Here come the negative ads

The Romney campaign today begins airing what appears to be the first true intra-party contrast TV ad -- in other words, negative TV ad -- of this presidential cycle.

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Gore rules out serving in next administration

Former Vice President Al Gore said Monday he was not interested in serving in a new administration after elections next year, and the only way he would return to politics would be a new run for the White House.

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First Read: Uninspired Republicans

NYTimes poll: “Republican voters across the country appear uninspired by their field of presidential candidates, with a vast majority saying they have not made a final decision about whom to support… Not one of the Republican candidates is viewed favorably by even half the Republican electorate.

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New Romney ad attacks Huckabee

Mitt Romney's new advertisement attacking Mike Huckabee on immigration escalates the warfare between the two Republican candidates as they scramble for support in the nation’s first nominating state.

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GOP expected to keep seats in Ohio, Va.

Republicans are favored to keep two conservative congressional districts in Ohio and Virginia in special elections Tuesday to fill the seats of two recently deceased incumbents.

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Clinton campaign asks volunteer to resign

The Iowa volunteer coordinator  forwarded a hoax e-mail saying Barack Obama is a Muslim possibly intent on destroying the United States.

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First Read: Spinning Iowa's poll

In response to recent polling, including the Mason-Dixon/MSNBC/McClatchy poll showing Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina a dead heat, here’s Clinton’s Chief Strategist Mark Penn’s take in a recent blog entry on Clinton’s campaign Web site

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Newsweek: Alter - 'Twas the month before Iowa

Clinton and Edwards have got only a week or two before holiday cheer makes their attacks look Grinchy.

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First Read: Dems tied in Iowa, N.H. and S.C.

With just slightly more than three weeks until the first nominating contest, three new MSNBC/McClatchy/Mason-Dixon polls show that the Democratic contest isn’t just a dead heat in Iowa -- it’s also tied in New Hampshire and South Carolina.

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Cellphones challenge poll sampling

With more American households giving up their old-fashioned land lines and using cellphones for all calls, public opinion researchers are facing a challenge of how to make sure they are getting representative samples when conducting polls.

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First Read: If we could ask Romney anything?

Will Mitt Romney's religion speech lead to more questions about his Mormon faith or his line that “freedom requires religion”? We can’t wait for the next Ask Mitt Anything.

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Gennifer Flowers mulls voting for Clinton

The one-time other woman in Hillary Rodham Clinton's life says she's considering casting her vote for the former first lady.

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Richardson asks N.M. state workers for help

Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Richardson has a Christmas wish for some of the state government employees in his administration: pack your bags and head to Iowa.

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House passes energy bill

The House approved the first increase in federal automobile fuel efficiency requirements in three decades Thursday as part of an energy bill that also repeals billions of dollars oil company tax breaks and encourages use of renewable fuels.

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Newsweek: What Romney should say

How the presidential candidate should address his Mormon faith

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First Read: Edwards - Dems are not simply the answer

Candidate asks in ad: Do you really believe if we replace a crowd of corporate Republicans with a crowd of corporate Democrats that anything meaningful's gonna change?"

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Edwards says he's `more passionate'

John Edwards says he's more seasoned in his second bid for the presidency - understanding what a candidate should and shouldn't do - yet more passionate at the same time about the causes that drive him.

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Huckabee bristles at creationism query

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, a Southern Baptist preacher who has surged in Iowa with evangelical Christian support, bristled Tuesday when asked if creationism should be taught in public schools.

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Clinton's endorsement list debatable

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton's support from South Carolina's black religious leaders may not be quite as extensive as her campaign suggests.

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Poll: Clinton tops Obama in S.C. and N.H.

Health care and Iraq dominate Democrats' concerns in the three pivotal early voting states of the 2008 presidential race. Advantage: Hillary Rodham Clinton, a poll shows.

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Lonely no more, Huckabee faces hurdles

Mike Huckabee spent the weekend in New Hampshire, where he saw something he had rarely seen in his two years as a Republican candidate for president: People. Lots of them. Living rooms and halls packed with voters, campaign aides, reporters and jostling television crews.

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Senator Clinton to urge freeze on foreclosures

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton is expected on Monday to call for a 90-day moratorium on home foreclosures and a five-year freeze on the rates of adjustable rate mortgages, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition.

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Romney to address concerns about faith

Mitt Romney will address suspicions about his Mormon faith in a speech he plans to deliver Thursday in Texas, not far from where John F. Kennedy delivered an address nearly 50 years ago that many credit with defusing concerns about his faith in his election.

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Obama's feminist pitch

In the intensifying battle for the votes of Democratic women, Senator Barack Obama’s campaign is trying to argue that the best candidate for women may, in fact, be a man.

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