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    Published: 02/6/10

    Invited to a Tea Party, Sarah Palin Speaks, but Will She Lead?

    By  Mary C. Curtis
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    NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tea Party movement may have a leader -- if she chooses to step up. Sarah Palin's Saturday night keynote address was definitely the hot ticket, and she is the one person who could unite the activist groups that have gathered for the first National Tea Party Convention. Palin ...

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    Published: 02/5/10

    At Nashville Tea Party: Saving the Country, Waiting for Palin

    By  Mary C. Curtis
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    NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Is it a movement or a political party? When Opryland visitors with no clue they were sharing a hotel with the National Tea Party Convention call the gathering of grassroots groups "a step in the right direction," the label hardly matters. That endorsement from Paul Verderese ...

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    Published: 02/1/10

    Senators Clash Over Don't Ask, Don't Tell as Top Pentagon Brass Calls for Repeal

    By  Patricia Murphy
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    Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Mike Mullen told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday that they both personally support the repeal of the law banning gays from serving openly in the U.S. military. They then detailed the Pentagon's plans to prepare for ...

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    Published: 02/1/10

    Can Palin Save McCain's Political Life? Should She?

    By  David Corn
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    When John McCain picked Sarah Palin to be his running mate, he did the not-yet-launched Tea Party movement a hefty favor by elevating to national prominence a woman who could lead this disparate band of grassroots conservative activists and give a powerful voice to their protests and passions. ...

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    Published: 01/22/10

    McCain Looking Safer if He Gets a GOP Primary Challenge from the Right

    By  Bruce Drake

    Sen. John McCain is comfortably back on top of J. D. Hayworth should the conservative talk show host make a run at him from the right, with McCain leading Hayworth 53 percent to 31 percent, while 4 percent back former Minuteman leader Chris Simcox, 3 percent prefer some other candidate and 8 percent ...

    Published: 01/21/10

    Cindy McCain Poses for Ad Supporting Gay Marriage

    By  David Sessions
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    Cindy McCain has posed for an ad released by the NOH8 campaign, a pro-gay-marriage effort that pictures celebrities with their mouths taped shut, the Associated Press reports. McCain appears in the usual format: dressed in white, with "NOH8" painted on her cheek and silver duct tape across her ...

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    Published: 01/18/10

    John McCain Defends Sarah Palin

    By  Christopher Weber

    Sen. John McCain defended former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin against charges made about her in a new book and what he called attacks from the "liberal left." During a news conference Thursday in Phoenix, the Arizona senator dismissed claims in the book "Game Change" that his 2008 presidential campaign ...

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    Published: 01/13/10

    Voters Split on Whether Obama's First Year Was a Success

    By  Bruce Drake

    Voters are split down the middle in the job approval ratings they give President Obama and whether they consider his first year in office a success or failure, according to a Quinnipiac University poll conducted Jan. 5-11. ...

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    Published: 01/11/10

    Is Obama Moving Off-Base?

    By  David Corn
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    In an attempt to placate right-wing voters in Arizona, Sen. John McCain, who is up for reelection this year and might face a fierce challenger in the Republican primary, released a radio ad last week declaring, "President Obama is leading an extreme left-wing crusade to bankrupt America." ...

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    Published: 01/8/10

    McCain Re-Election Ads Slam Obama's 'Left-Wing Crusade'

    By  David Sessions

    During the 2008 presidential campaign, John McCain defended candidate Barack Obama from critics McCain thought went to far, and cultivated his image as a "maverick" not beholden to the partisan dealings of his party. Now, in the first radio ads for his 2010 re-election campaign, McCain seems to be ...

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