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06.11.2008 12:02 pm

McCaskill mum on veepstakes–sort of

WASHINGTON–Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., is a garrulous politician who loves to joke about how her mouth “gets me in trouble.” But she was keeping it shut tight (trying, anyway) this morning at a meeting with Missouri reporters when she was…

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06.03.2008 6:33 pm

Presidential campaign chat

WASHINGTON – It’s Sen. Barack Obama vs. Sen. John McCain.

And what’s next for Hillary Clinton?

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau Chief Bill Lambrecht will be answering questions about the presidential race Wednesday at 11 a.m. You can post your questions for Bill now.

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05.28.2008 9:24 am

Calling all political junkies …

WASHINGTON _ Is Hillary delusional? Obama a loser? McCain in need of a rocking chair?

If you’ve got better questions than that, bring ‘em on today, May 28, at 11 a.m. for a live discussion with me about national politics. You…

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05.22.2008 10:41 am

McEntee, Barone, on blue-collar voters

WASHINGTON — Gerald McEntee, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees,  is labor’s most experienced political leader. He was among the first to recognize the potential of a young presidential longshot from Arkansas named Bill Clinton. Four years ago,…

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05.19.2008 5:32 pm

Will McCain have any advisers left?

WASHINGTON _ When national finance co-chair Tom Loeffler said adios to John McCain over the weekend, it was the fifth resignation since McCain decreed last week that campaign personnel must either quit lobbying or quit the campaign.

Had he hung around, Loeffler…

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05.12.2008 12:42 pm

Obama heads to Missouri

WASHINGTON–Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., appears to have general election fever. The presidential candidate, who hasn’t yet locked up the Democratic nomination, is planning a trip to Missouri tomorrow, even though the Show-Me State’s primary is long over.

So while his rival,…

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05.12.2008 10:14 am

Gephardt as veep?

 WASHINGTON — An interesting name surfaced on a Sunday talk show in a discussion of potential vice presidential candidates.

Richard Gephardt.

On Fox News Sunday, moderator Chris Wallace asked the panel whether Barack Obama, if he wins the Democratic nomination, would be…

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05.02.2008 10:08 am

Get in on the “VP Madness”

WASHINGTON–As Sens. Barack Obama , D-Ill., and Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., continue to bloody each other up in the Democratic presidential slugfest, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is turning his attention toward the final match. 

One of his first big decisions, of…

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05.01.2008 12:59 pm

McCaskill bill gives McCain a boost

WASHINGTON–The Senate declared last night that John McCain is indeed a “natural born citizen.”

The move came after questions were raised about whether the GOP’s presumptive White House nominee fits the Founding Fathers’ determination of who can serve president.

McCain was born in the Panama…

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04.25.2008 11:48 am

Furor over GOP anti-Obama ad in NC grows

WASHINGTON _ If you’re expecting a tepid fall campaign in the race for president, you might want to take a foreign vacation.

The dust-up over an ad by the North Carolina Republican Party featuring Barack Obama and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright is…

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