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  • McCain basks in ex-Dem Lieberman support

    12/17/2007 2:38:47 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 23 replies · 75+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 12/17/07 | Jennifer Loven - ap
    HILLSBOROUGH, N.H. - Republican John McCain is having quite a moment. He's rising in the polls. He's got major newspaper endorsements in Iowa and New Hampshire. And now he's getting help with this state's legions of independent voters from Joe Lieberman, the contrarian who was Democrat Al Gore's running mate in 2000. "The Mac is Back," said a hand-painted sign on the wall of the packed American Legion post where Lieberman announced his endorsement on Monday, a newly optimistic tone after a bumpy campaign year for the Arizona senator. The decision by the Senate's best-known independent to snub the Democratic...
  • White House Basks in Recent Economic Data

    12/22/2005 2:06:45 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 14 replies · 454+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 12/22/05 | Tom Raum - ap
    WASHINGTON - President Bush, working to retool the Republican message for 2006, is trying to shift public attention to something in short supply during his almost five years in office: a run of good economic figures. "We're heading into a new year with an economy that is the envy of the world, and we have every reason to be optimistic about our economic future," he told a news conference this week. Bush's pivot to highlight the economy started at the beginning of the month after a government report revealed that 215,000 jobs had been created in November. Bush went before...