Israeli Election Battle Too Close to Call

February 9, 2009

JERUSALEM, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Israel’s national election is likely to be a cliff-hanger, pollsters said on Monday, on the eve of a vote in which right-winger Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party had been forecast to emerge victorious.

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Harnden: Obama's Novice Status Clear to All

February 9, 2009

During last year’s epic election campaign, Hillary Clinton said that in the White House “there is no time for on-the-job training”. Joe Biden, too, remarked that the presidency was “not something that lends itself to on-the-job training”. Both were aiming barbs at their then primary opponent. Mrs Clinton has since brought what she would refer […]

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Let's Bring the Campaign Magic Back: Obama Stumps for StimPack

February 9, 2009

WASHINGTON — The presidential campaign trail often loved Barack Obama more than he loved it back. When he was sworn in last month, he told friends he was eager to tackle the rigors of the Oval Office without the drudgery of shuttling to a different part of the country every other day.

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Deconstructing Countrywide

February 9, 2009

As the Obama administration launches a new bank rescue plan and prepares to overhaul the financial regulatory system, lawmakers will look closely at the lending practices of major banks and mortgage firms. But some think they also should probe the government-chartered Federal Home Loan Banks, which served as lenders of last resort as the credit […]

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Ricks: Petraeus and the Surge, Reconsidered

February 9, 2009

As Gen. David H. Petraeus flew into Baghdad in February 2007, preparing to take command of U.S. forces in Iraq, Col. Peter R. Mansoor, his executive officer, knelt alongside his seat. “You know, sir,” he said, “the hardest thing for you, if it comes to it, will be to tell the American people and the […]

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Live from Amazon's Kindle 2 Presser

February 9, 2009

9:20AM We’re at Morgan Library for Amazon’s totally secretive, unpredictable press event. We’re out in the cold waiting for the doors to crack, so hold tight for updates!

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Atheists and Christians Battle in London Bus Wars

February 9, 2009

Beginning Feb. 9, three separate Christian groups will launch advertisements on more than 200 of London’s buses to convince pedestrians of God’s existence. “It may be unpopular and unpleasant, says David Larlham, the assistant general secretary of London’s Trinitarian Bible Society, a group that distributes bibles worldwide, “but there is a whole lot of truth […]

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Vennochi: 3 Weeks In, No One's Got Obama's Back

February 9, 2009

PRESIDENT OBAMA should get that dog soon. Already, he needs a friend in Washington. His transition team let him down. So did fellow Democrats who control Congress. The string of Cabinet nominees with tax problems showcased a lack of proper vetting and an overabundance of arrogance. Either way, it produced a team whose key players […]

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Tapper: Steele and His Sister Long-Known Story

February 9, 2009

Now, however, Steele is chair of the RNC and his former finance chair from his unsuccessful 2006 Senate race is questioning payments Steele made to Turner’s company, as reported by the Washington Post.

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York: GOP Happiest as Party of No

February 9, 2009

They took a beating in November, but now, in the stimulus fight, Republicans are smiling again. You see it all over Capitol Hill, in the hallways, the hearing rooms, the gathering spots. Republicans, coming off a devastating, across-the-board electoral defeat, are … happy. Being in opposition, after eight years of a Republican presidency and 12 […]

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