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Democratic Gathering
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Staff Writer S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whose party faces a tough 2010, mounted a passionate defense of Democratic principles here Friday night, telling state committee people that "we are defenders of the middle class, fighters for fairness and health care as a right, not a privilege.
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It is a fact of political life in Iowa that during a pre-caucus year, where one or more are gathered in the party's name, there, likely, will be one or more presidential candidates. Thursday night's Hall of Fame Dinner, hosted by the Dubuque County Democratic Party at Happy's Place, was no exception.
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TUCSON, Ariz. - A gunman unloaded a semiautomatic weapon outside a busy supermarket Saturday during a public gathering for Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, killing Arizona's chief federal judge and five others in an attempted assassination that left Americans questioning whether divisive politics had pushed the suspect over the edge. The shooting targeted Giffords and left the three-term congresswoman in critical condition after a bullet passed through her brain. A shaken President Obama called the attack "a tragedy for our entire country.
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A campaign video filmed inside the White House starring President Obama and a meeting organized for party donors there will be the subject of congressional hearings in the near future, the House of Representative's top investigator said. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell E. Issa said his panel will hold hearings on whether the Democratic National Committee violated election law by producing the Obama video and organizing the donors' gathering.
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DETROIT - Presidential hopeful Barack Obama outshone his Democratic rivals Thursday, drawing the loudest cheers at a civil rights forum as he assailed the Bush administration's race record. The eight Democrats shared the stage at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's 98th annual convention. John Edwards called on his "brothers and sisters" as he evoked the struggles of the civil rights movement.
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Handwritten notes released Tuesday by the state ethics commission describe Thom Rhoads' "obsession" with gathering information on independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler. Rhoads, husband of former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rosa Scarcelli, confirmed last week that he was one of two men behind the Cutler Files website, which sought to disseminate negative information about Cutler. The other was media consultant Dennis Bailey.
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For almost a decade, the specter of Chris Christie -- first as federal prosecutor and now as chief executive -- has loomed over the Democratic Party's state conventions. Democrats gathering in Atlantic City on Friday claimed their party is being reinvigorated by a backlash to the Republican governor, peppering their speeches with attacks on him.
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Even with the expected Republican victories locally, the mood was still more celebratory at the Democratic gathering on election night. As is customary, both parties gathered at downtown hotels to watch the returns and hopefully celebrate political victories.
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TUCSON, Ariz. - A gunman unloaded a semiautomatic weapon outside a busy supermarket Saturday during a public gathering for Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, killing Arizona's chief federal judge and five others in an attempted assassination that left Americans questioning whether divisive politics had pushed the suspect over the edge. The shooting targeted Giffords and left the three-term congresswoman in critical condition after a bullet passed through her brain. A shaken President Barack Obama called the attack "a tragedy for our entire country.
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The star of the Democratic National Convention wasn't Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, Hillary's husband - certainly not Joe Biden or even Barack Obama. The single-most riveting presence at the Democratic gathering - possibly the entire Democratic political season - was that kooky-bizarro set with the faux-marble columns straddling the 50-yard line of Invesco Field in Denver. In this veritable neo-Graeco-Roman-Graceland temple, the Anointed One became the Nominated One. Or so I assume. Confession: I wrote on the morning of Obama's evening acceptance speech, confident that nothing could speak more volumes to the American people than the sight of this grandiose venue deliberately crafted for the address. Besides, even as Obama's media squeezes are still pounding out the anticipatory PR he...
