Archive for September 27th, 2009
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Bill Clinton: ‘Vast right-wing conspiracy’ as ‘virulent’ as ever
The “vast right-wing conspiracy” that attacked him during his presidency has been weakened, but continues to operate against President Obama, former President Clinton said Sunday.
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NYT: Columnist William Safire dies at 79
William Safire, a speechwriter for President Richard M. Nixon and a Pulitzer Prize-winning political columnist for The New York Times, dies at a hospice.
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Merkel wins as Germans choose centre-right (Reuters)
Reuters – German voters gave Chancellor Angela Merkel a second term on Sunday and a mandate to partner with the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) in a government that will rein in the role of the state in Europe’s largest economy. -
Calif. GOP looks to 2010 races for gov., US Senate (AP)
AP – The Republican race to challenge liberal stalwart Barbara Boxer for her U.S. Senate seat next year is shaping up as a likely contest between a socially conservative state lawmaker and a former Silicon Valley chief executive whose views are barely known to GOP voters in the state. -
Obama resumes health care push, vows to ‘get it done this year’
After a heady week on a high-stakes world stage, President Obama returned to America’s messiest political mosh pit — the health care debate.
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Fed didn’t bark at subprime loan abuses
During the mortgage boom the Fed refused to police bank businesses wholly focused on making loans at high interest rates and largely in black and Hispanic neighborhoods.
