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The following is a transcript of a speech, as prepared for delivery, by Eleanor Holmes Norton at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, August 26, 2008:
Rep. Rob Bishop almost cast two votes for a man who dropped out of the presidential race 40 years ago and, more recently, passed away. In casting two ballots for "John McCain's friend" Mitt Romney, Bishop started to vote for "George" before correcting himself and saying the name
Independent candidate Ralph Nader will appear with his running mate on the Alaska ballot for president.
Lawmakers in some states are looking to sharply reduce the caps on annual interest rates for payday lenders, as the industry is attempting to put the issue on the ballot.
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- John McCain set a new tone for the Republican National Convention Thursday, with speakers abandoning many of the tough words aimed at Barack Obama that had characterized the previous night. But the picture they painted blurred some facts.
While Democrats were busy nominating their presidental and vice presidential candidates at their convention in Denver last week, Congressman Kevin McCarthy was hunkered down in Minnesota chairing the 2008 GOP Platform Committee, which is tasked with outlining the Republican Party's positions at the GOP convention in St. Paul, Minn.
Richmond's chief financial officer, Harry E. Black, is looking to leave his job, a City Hall source said. Black -- often a lightning rod in Mayor L. Douglas Wilder's clashes with the City Council over money and power -- has been talking to at least one private-sector firm.
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**SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH **
The Republican Party, which has defined modern-day negative politics, was back at it again, bashing Barack Obama and the news media in an ugly display that rivaled the old days of Nixon-Agnew – or George W. Bush’s last convention where GOP operatives passed out “Purple Heart Band-Aids” to mock John Kerry’s war wounds.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and other Republicans have held back little over the past two days as they issued dismissive attacks on Barack Obama and praised her own credentials to be vice president.
