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Conservative Southerner leads GOP Court nomination fight

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:17:37 +0000

Sen. Jeff Sessions' ascension as the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee comes more than 20 years after the panel rejected him for his own federal judgeship during the Reagan administration over concerns that he was hostile toward civil rights and was racially insensitive.

Obama plays some hoops, works on speech

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:51:41 +0000

(Denver, Colorado) Barack Obama aims to weave the personal with the political Thursday night as he tells 75,000 supporters in a football stadium – and millions more at home – how as president he(...)

Besen: What Obama must do to win

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:49:29 +0000

For Barack Obama to become president, the Democrats have to stop acting like bureaucrats and sell their candidate, while tearing down John McCain. The national convention must transform sonorous(...)

Clinton says election isn’t about her

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:34:53 +0000

(Denver, Colorado) Hillary Rodham Clinton had a simple message Tuesday for her still loyal supporters: This election isn’t about her.

The former first lady ceded the nomination that was almost(...)

Analysis: A perfect night for Clinton, Obama?

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:11:25 +0000

(Denver, Colorado) For one evening, their political world was perfect. Or so it seemed.

Standing before thousands of delegates, almost half of them her backers, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton(...)

Religious conservatives want dem. concessions for their vote

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:04:39 +0000

(Denver, Colorado) Religious leaders and people of faith who’ve been invited to the table at this week’s Democratic National Convention are not sitting quietly with their hands in their(...)

Young Evangelical backs out of Dem convention prayer

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:55:26 +0000

It was a coup: An emerging young evangelical voice accepted an invitation to deliver a prayer at the Democratic National Convention. But he has now pulled out, citing fears that his gesture would be seen as an endorsement.