links for 2008-03-07
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Mar
2008
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A watchdog group frequently critical of Bush-era GOP policies offered a stout defense of Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting John McCain for his opposition to a deal to that would have given a multi-billion dollar contract for the Air Force.
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Technology-challenged politicians beware: George Allen’s infamous “macaca moment” was a little disaster compared to what’s to come, according to the Politics Online Conference.
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Many of the Capitol Hill lawmakers from both parties who are scrambling to look as if they are “doing something” about earmarks have come up with a slew of new forms to be filled out by those seeking slices of federal pork.
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The rhetoric of the Democratic candidates on foreign policy is by now predictable.
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Patrick Ruffini is the epitome of the new breed of political consultant. He’s a numbers wonk who swears by Microsoft Excel.
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The oh-so-unhip world of business trade associations took a small shot at edginess Monday when nearly a dozen groups launched the blog BizCentral.org, aimed at Washington’s influencers.