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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.

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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.

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McCain Bundler Assailed Over Fuel Deal

A leading House Democrat alleged yesterday that a top fundraiser for Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain has been involved in apparent war profiteering by inflating prices on jet fuel in defense contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 10-16-2008
Gray Vote No Longer Reliably Red

SUN CITY CENTER, Fla. -- The sign over the woodworking shop says "Sawdust Engineers," and there was a time when the men now bent over the tools used to put on ties or make sales calls, building their pensions so they could one day leave the rat race for this warm world of unbroken sunshine...

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Obama Adds $60 Billion to Economic Plan; McCain Expected to Unveil Proposals Today

TOLEDO, Oct. 13 -- Democrat Barack Obama advocated an immediate and expensive economic assistance package Monday, while Republican John McCain readied a set of specific new proposals of his own, as the candidates entered a three-week sprint toward a presidential election that appears certain to turn...

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Balancing Defense and the Budget

At the Walter E. Washington Convention Center last week, Army soldiers, Pentagon weapons buyers and defense company representatives milled about a cavernous trade show floor for a look at the latest military equipment and gadgets.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 10-12-2008
Politics at the Five-and-Dime

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. -- Pam Fleck has just finished vacuuming and scrubbing her mobile home into potpourri perfection when her phone rings and it's her sister, Sherry. Sherry lives over in Brighton. She drives a school bus, likes to hunt and votes Republican.

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Iraqi Red Crescent Paralyzed by Allegations

BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi Red Crescent, the country's leading humanitarian organization, has been crippled by allegations of embezzlement and mismanagement, including what Iraqi officials call the inappropriate expenditure of more than $1 million on Washington lobbying firms in an unsuccessful effort...

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On Economy, Obama Offers Ideas, McCain Blames Rival

MIAMI, Sept. 19 -- As officials in Washington raced to put together a bailout plan for the nation's teetering financial system, Sen. John McCain hammered Sen. Barack Obama as part of the problem while Obama said any rescue should include a new stimulus package for working families.

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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

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