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06.25.2009 11:29 am

White House: Madigan “800-lb gorilla” but no endorsement

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Lisa Madigan

Lisa Madigan

WASHINGTON — White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel danced (he was a ballet dancer, you know) around a reporter’s question at breakfast this morning of whether Barack Obama wants Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan to run for the president’s Senate seat.

Emanuel nimbly dodged the questions. But…

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01.18.2009 1:52 pm

A first order of business: Out of Iraq

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Barack and Michelle Obama

Barack and Michelle Obama

WASHINGTON — What will he do first?

Close Guantanamo?  Chew out the bankers? Play basketball?

We’ll see shortly but one thing for sure on soon-to-be-President Barack Obama’s schedule is assembling the miltary brass and directing them to get the plan together…

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08.28.2008 12:22 pm

Obama tonight: Let’s get serious

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau

DENVER — No, the Boss won’t be in the house, rumors to the contrary. Springsteen apparently has another gig.Barack Obama

But Team Obama’s own Stevie Wonder will perform when Obama’s historic nomination is signed, sealed and delivered.

But it won’t be all party-down when Barack…

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02.18.2008 3:27 pm

Web Watch: Word War III

 Today, the campaign of Sen. Hillary Clinton lobbed charges of plagiarism against Sen. Barack Obama.

Saturday night in Wisconsin, Obama delivered a speech that seemed to hit back at one of Clinton’s main criticisms — that he isn’t substantive, that his stump…

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