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Former Fla. Gov. Jeb Bush considers Senate bid, which could send others running from the race
Associated Press WriterTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ Still popular in Florida, former Gov. Jeb Bush said Wednesday that he's interested in the seat Sen. Mel Martinez is giving up, and the field of possible candidates could quickly narrow to make way for the president's younger...Tags: Regional Authority, Jeb Bush, Charlie Crist, Mel Martinez, Quinnipiac University
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Palin, Clinton treated unfairly, poll says
The Swampby Laura Olson A majority of American women voted for President-elect Barack Obama, but that doesn't mean they liked how the female candidates were treated during the 2008 campaign. Women surveyed in a poll released this morning by Lifetime Networks......Tags: Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton
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GOP's Chambliss wins U.S. Senate runoff election in Georgia
Tribune Washington BureauThe Democrats' dream of an overpowering, filibuster-proof majority in the U.S. Senate is officially on ice. Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss today held on to his Georgia Senate seat, fending off a challenge from Democrat Jim Martin that went into extra...Tags: Voting, Referenda, Regional Authority, Saxby Chambliss, Mike Huckabee
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Closer look shows 'center-right' nation leans to left
America is a center-right nation. This is the argument being peddled by conservatives, ranging from Michael Gerson to Karl Rove, who seem to be in denial after Barack Obama's election, which will give Democrats control over the entire federal government....Tags: Foreign Aid, Parties and Movements, Diplomacy, Economic Sanctions, National Government
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Georgia Senate runoff could decide balance of power
Associated PressGeorgia voters had their hands on the balance of power in the next U.S. Senate in a runoff election today, one of two unresolved races that Democrats need to win to get a 60-seat majority impervious to GOP filibusters. Republican U.S. Sen. Saxby...Tags: Voting, Referenda, Saxby Chambliss, Regional Authority, Mike Huckabee
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Michelle Obama geneaology off-limits
The SwampA surviving shack along road once known as Slave Street on a South Carolina plantation. Michelle Obama's great-great-grandfather, who was born around 1850, lived as a slave, at least until the Civil War, on the sprawling rice plantation. (Tribune......Tags: Tampa, Population, Slavery, Population and Census, Research
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Is gay the new black? Gay marriage ban spurs debate over comparison to civil rights movement
AP National WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ Gay is the new black, say the protest signs and magazine covers, casting the gay marriage battle as the last frontier of equal rights for all. Gay marriage is not a civil right, opponents counter, insisting that minority status comes from...Tags: Referenda, Newspaper and Magazine, Barney Frank, Epidemics and Plagues, Gay Rights
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Lake Worth politics: Change gives mandate to Jennings
In March of 2007, long before political mantras forecast a tornado of change, and far before anyone considered which change they could believe in, residents of Lake Worth decided to make a change of their own. Voters moved the city's municipal...Tags: Lake Worth
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Justice Stevens, 33 years on the job, offers no hint of when he might retire from high court
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ Only one Supreme Court justice was at Chicago's Wrigley Field to see Babe Ruth supposedly point to the spot where he would hit a home run in the 1932 World Series. John Paul Stevens is old enough that he worked for a year at the court...Tags: University of Florida, Wrigley Field, Court Administration, Babe Ruth, John Paul Stevens
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Pigskin politics
Barack Obama won a presidential election and, as a result, gets to delve into the world of credit default swaps, subprime mortgage derivatives and everything else that makes up the mysterious, arcane and dysfunctional U.S. financial system. Brave man....Tags: Colleges and Universities, Richard Nixon, Florida State University, Barack Obama, Chicago White Sox
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What's next for GOP?: Hispanics key for Republicans
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist had some savvy advice for his Republican colleagues during the recent Republican Governors Association conference in Miami. "You have to be inclusive," Crist said. "You have to work for a big tent. That's about as obvious as...Tags: Immigration, Newspaper and Magazine, Charlie Crist, Newt Gingrich, National Government
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Obama a no-show in Georgia Senate race
The SwampTribune Correspondent James Oliphant spent last week in Georgia, covering the U.S. Senate runoff between Republican Saxby Chambliss and Democrat Jim Martin. The race could determine the success of the Democratic legislative agenda. Here is his report:...Tags: Voting, William Miller, Referenda, Saxby Chambliss, Barney Frank
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