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Maybe Barack Obama started the dance thing earlier this week when he showed off a few moves on the Ellen DeGeneres show. When DeGeneres told him he danced better than the other candidates, Obama replied probably so, but the bar was set low.
Then, today, Mitt Romney accused Hillary Clinton of tap-dancing in the Democratic debate. [...]

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Rep. Duncan Hunter has filed paperwork to get on the New Hampshire primary ballot.
The California congressman, a Republican, filed his petition and delivered the $1,000 check required to get onto the ballot Wednesday. He joins 15 other candidates who have so far filed for the Republican nomination in the Granite State.
Hunter was first elected to [...]

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In the days to come, political commentators are sure to spend a lot of time talking about the sharp and pointed digs that rivals launched at Sen. Hillary Clinton during the Democratic debate at Drexel University.
But Sen. Joe Biden’s campaign is hoping that some positive comments get just as much attention. According to his campaign, [...]

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When 2008 comes to a close, so will Tom Tancredo’s career in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Monday, Tancredo announced that he would not seek re-election to his Congressional seat when his current term expires. He is in the midst of his fifth term in Congress.
Tancredo said the decision to not run for re-election had been [...]

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Still looking for a last-minute scary costume for Halloween? A blonde wig and power suit might do the trick.
According to 1,013 Americans surveyed by The Associated Press, Sen. Hillary Clinton would be the scariest costume out of all the 2008 major presidential candidates. Clinton, who also tops the Democratic polls, received 37 percent of [...]

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John Hutson, the dean of Franklin Pierce Law Center and a Navy veteran, said Sen. Hillary Clinton might have problems dealing with the uniformed military if she were elected president.
“The military, I think generally, wasn’t wild about President (Bill) Clinton, and I think there will be a great deal of skepticism about another President Clinton,” [...]

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Sunday night began with a house party for presidential contender Rudy Giuliani, and ended with an endorsement.
Minority Whip and state Rep. Stephen Stepanek, R-Amherst, hosted a Giuliani party last night, and capped it off by endorsing the candidate, stating that Giuliani is the only contender who is a true conservative.
By Monday morning, Giuliani was in [...]

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Mitt Romney told The Eagle-Tribune editorial board last week that he thinks the Republican nomination will be locked up by Feb. 6, which is why he has pursued a strategy of winning the early states — Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Michigan. Although a brokered convention is still a possibility, he said it isn’t [...]

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Arizona Sen. John McCain figured his stand against subsidies would hurt him in the Iowa caucuses. And today’s poll from the University of Iowa seems to confirm his worst fears. It has him running a distant fifth, with support from just 6 percent of the most-likely caucus-goers. On a campaign swing by the Hillside Convenience [...]

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Cleo Obama?

He was only joking, but Illinois Sen. Barack Obama said if he were dressing up for Halloween, he might go as his distant cousin ,Vice President Dick Cheney. Obama made the remarks to Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show, which aired Monday. DeGeneres wanted to know how Obama discovered he and Cheney are [...]

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