This is a roundup of some of the stories posted today at http://robnotes.blogspot.com
I am posting a lot of things there each day.
Bush's missing year
Salon In 1972, George W. Bush dropped out of his National Guard
service and later lied about it. With the media finally paying
attention, will he now come clean? ...
Dems reload Bush AWOL charge
Chicago Sun Times, IL
Credit muckraking lefty moviemaker and author Michael Moore, a
Wesley Clark backer,
for catapulting questions about President Bush's record in the
Air National ...
Campaign dispatches
Chicago Tribune, IL
By Jill Zuckman. For days, Sen. John Kerry has been asked about
President
Bush's service record during the Vietnam War. First, movie ...
Clark Considered Dropping Out
The Scotsman, UK
... Two officials close to Wesley Clark, said the former Nato
commander considered dropping
out of the race on Tuesday night after scoring a single victory,
a nail ...
Dean may abandon White House bid
Sify, India
Detroit, Michigan: Howard Dean admitted on Thursday that he may
be forced give up
his quest for the White House if he fails to win a primary
election in the ...
Edwards uses same South Carolina strategy in two other critical
...
San Francisco Chronicle, CA
Embracing the strategy that led to victory in South Carolina,
Democratic presidential
hopeful John Edwards claimed that trade agreements had eliminated
jobs ...
Dean campaigns in Flint; headed to Royal Oak
Detroit Free Press, United States
BY CHRIS CHRISTOFF. FLINT - Democratic presidential candidate
Howard
Dean brought a sharpened populist message to Michigan today,
saying ...
Dean says he would drop out if losing in Wisconsin primary
Xinhua, China
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (Xinhuanet) -- Howard Dean, one of the six
Democratic
candidates still in the race for the party's nomination ...
Democrats embrace politics of the practical
Seattle Times, WA
Democrats and pragmatism are usually an oxymoronic pairing - like
George Bush and
a complete sentence, like the Super Bowl halftime show and good
taste, like ...
Edwards: 'I'm running a national campaign'
CNN
(CNN) -- Savoring his victory in Tuesday's South Carolina
primary,
Sen. John Edwards said Wednesday that his support extends beyond
...
Big spender who reached for sky and fell to earth
The Times, UK
By Roland Watson. A YEAR ago the Democratic presidential field
included
a penniless family doctor from a tiny state who provided ...
A Good, Hard Preseason
Los Angeles Times, CA
At their best, the presidential primaries resemble baseball's
spring
training. Fans get to come out and see the stars up close. ...
Democrats Get Quick Lesson on Early Calendar
Los Angeles Times, CA
The first returns are in: Investing big in Iowa and New Hampshire
pays
off in momentum. Just ask surging Kerry or shellshocked Dean. ...
Clark Says 2 Rivals Voted With Bush Yet Are Critics
New York Times, NY
By EDWARD WYATT. AMDEN, Tenn., Feb. 4 - Gen. Wesley K. Clark lit
into
two of his Democratic rivals on Wednesday, saying that Senators
...
Democrats' priority: What's his EQ?
Dallas Morning News, TX
By COLLEEN McCAIN NELSON / The Dallas Morning News. As they pare
down the field of presidential contenders, an increasing number
...
Dean rallies Wisconsin supporters; Edwards, Clark to visit
San Jose Mercury News, CA
MADISON, Wis. - Howard Dean rallied his Wisconsin troops
Wednesday as
his campaign desperately tried to stay alive for the Democratic
...
Edwards plays up the class divide
Guardian, UK
Buoyant from his surprisingly comprehensive win in South
Carolina's primary, Senator
John Edwards plans to build on the victory and make his humble
upbringing ...
Just the ticket
Guardian, UK
Aspiring politicians (and journalists) involved in US elections
quickly
develop a healthy respect for opinion polls. So far in this ...
Leading Democrat fails to unite party
Guardian, UK
The Democratic party was yesterday facing a north-south divide in
its ranks
after Tuesday's primary elections failed to resolve the contest
for the ...
Kerry a giant step closer to fighting Bush
The Scotsman, UK AS HE is something of a titan to his followers,
few places could have been more apt
for Senator John Kerry's victory celebration than a state that is
home to ...
The US primaries
International Herald Tribune, France
Now that Senator John Kerry has scored such a strong showing in
Tuesday's primaries,
party leaders are going to become less than subtle in their hints
that ...
Script of Edwards television ad
San Jose Mercury News, CA
North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, running for the Democratic
presidential
nomination, will begin airing television ads in Wisconsin on
Thursday. ...
Edwards, Clark stay hope to build on wins
San Jose Mercury News, CA
By DANA HULL and TIM FUNK. JACKSON, Tenn. - Energized by solo
victories
Tuesday in culturally conservative states even as Sen. John ...
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