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Measured Response To Financial Crisis Sealed the Election

Sen. Barack Obama, so steady in public, did not hide his vexation when he summoned his top advisers to meet with him in Chicago on Sept. 14.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-04-2008
Obama Makes History

Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois was elected the nation's 44th president yesterday, riding a reformist message of change and an inspirational exhortation of hope to become the first African American to ascend to the White House.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-04-2008
Comedian Becomes Serious Contender

MANKATO, Minn. -- Al Franken settled into the Wagon Wheel Cafe and for 45 uninterrupted minutes talked with a handful of Minnesota farmers about the promise of cellulosic ethanol, the impact of the sinking dollar on crop prices and his pledge to secure a seat on the Agriculture Committee if he is...

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 10-24-2008
A Rising Political Star Adopts a Low-Key Strategy

Early in 2005, Barack Obama met with half a dozen advisers in Washington to plot strategy. Some of those who participated remember that the group focused less on the details of Obama's new job as the junior senator from Illinois than on managing his overall political image. He wanted to run for....

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 10-16-2008
U.S. Fiscal Crisis Seems to Have Altered Political Map

The faltering economy has left Sen. John McCain on the political defensive, altering the landscape in many of the most important battleground states and providing a series of avenues for Sen. Barack Obama to claim the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House in November, according to pol...

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David Brooks, Rankling Folks Right and Left

David Brooks is used to hanging around with liberals -- his wife and three children, among others, support Barack Obama -- but has grown angry at the condescending talk about Sarah Palin.

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Obama, McCain Trade Shots Over Responses to Financial Meltdown

GREEN BAY, Wis., Sept. 18 -- Republican presidential nominee John McCain proposed the creation of a new financial institution to head off future Wall Street meltdowns as he and his Democratic rival both groped for a more robust response to the nation's deepening economic crisis.

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How Washington Failed to Rein In Fannie, Freddie

Gary Gensler, an undersecretary of the Treasury, went to Capitol Hill in March 2000 to testify in favor of a bill everyone knew would fail.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 09-13-2008
Despite GOP Convention Site, Midwest Unlikely to Be Crucial

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- When Republican leaders were deciding where to hold their 2008 nominating convention, their final considerations came down to major urban areas in a trio of swing states: Cleveland, Tampa-St. Petersburg and Minneapolis-St. Paul. In settling on the Twin Cities and basing the event....

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 09-01-2008
In Immigration Cases, Employers Feel the Pressure

A three-year-old enforcement campaign against employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants is increasingly resulting in arrests and criminal convictions, using evidence gathered by phone taps, undercover agents and prisoners who agree to serve as government witnesses.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 07-20-2008

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