We noticed last week that it was awfully peculiar that Colorado
’s U.S. Attorney, Troy Eid, had so airily dismissed conspiracy charges against the three white-supremacist tweakers who were caught planning to assassinate Barack Obama at last week’s Democratic National Convention in Denver. Now it turns out that those suspicions were fully warranted:
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The New York senator was quick to put Republican John McCain in her sights, saying the de facto GOP nominee was running ads using her words to try to divide the Democrats.
Clinton’s response: “I’m Hillary Clinton, and I do not approve that message.”
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Barack Obama canceled a pre-planned visit to the troops in Germany yesterday after being told that the trip would violate a Pentagon policy. However, the McCain campaign is now blasting Obama to say that he is ‘anti-troops’ because he didn’t visit the army bases. Note that McCain was denied a visit under the same policy [...]

OMAHA, Neb. — Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, fresh from an Iraq trip with Democrat Barack Obama, said the presidential candidates should focus on the war’s future and stop arguing over the success of last year’s troop surge.
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Obama Berlin Speech: Comparisons To Reagan, Kennedy, More Media Reactions. Major news organizations are drawing comparisons between Barack Obama’s speech and Presidents John F. Kennedy’s and Ronald Reagan’s speeches in Berlin. It’s no surprise, considering the media was predicting the comparisons before the speech.
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Both of this year’s presidential candidates say they are ex-smokers, but recent research suggests that they may face increased health risks from cigarettes for years to come. Some of the damage that cigarettes inflict on the body subsides quickly, halving the risk of heart disease and stroke within five years after a smoker quits. But [...]