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LOS ANGELES - Barack Obama picked up the endorsement of a leading anti-war group Friday and said Democratic presidential rival Hillary Rodham Clinton still has not adequately explained her vote to go into Iraq. Obama told reporters in a news conference that, even though Clinton explains how she would like to end the war, her explanation for her vote leading into the war is disingenuous. He said his opposition against the war from the start will make him the stronger rival to Republican front-runner and war backer John McCain in the general election. Obama's long-standing opposition to the war helped...

RENO, Nev. — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, an underdog Texas congressman with a libertarian streak, has picked up an endorsement from a Nevada brothel owner. Dennis Hof, owner of the Moonlite BunnyRanch near Carson City, said he was so impressed after hearing Paul at a campaign stop in Reno last week that he decided to raise money for him.

In a rousing speech that drew an overflow crowd to the University of Vermont on Friday, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama endorsed Bernie Sanders for U.S. Senate and Peter Welch for the U.S. House, saying the country could use a "nice cool blast of the truth." The rising star of the Democrats said Americans were starting to pay attention to their federal government and are ready for a "call to action." He called Sanders and Welch "two outstanding progressive candidates" who could bring about change in Washington He also praised former Gov. Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, who...

A group of people dressed as sperm cross a main avenue during a campaign promoting use of condoms in Bogota, Colombia, in this May 18, 2005 file photo. Roman Catholic priests in a Colombian town are furious over a councilman's proposal that people 14 and older must carry a condom at all times to reduce unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2006. (AP Photo/ Javier Galeano, file)

AS AMERICA closes in on what may very well be another hotly contested presi- dential election, voters might want to ponder the following--and all too familiar--excerpt taken from a major American news publication:"The troops returning home are worried. 'We've lost the peace,' men tell you. 'We can't make it stick.' A tour of the beaten-up cities in Iraq six months after victory is a mighty sobering experience for anyone. Iraqis, friend and foe alike, look you accusingly in the face and tell you how bitterly they are disappointed in you as an American. You try to explain to these Iraqis...

Re-Elect President Bush October 24, 2004 As in many past elections, Americans are closely divided over who should be the next president. It's not a clear-cut case of one candidate being far superior to the other. Yet history is not made by those who stand on the sidelines and wring their hands. The people must choose on Nov. 2, and The Courant recommends George W. Bush over John F. Kerry.

<p>Republican Party leaders endorsed Arnold Schwarzenegger for governor Monday, a move to unite behind a single candidate that angered supporters of Republican rival Tom McClintock.</p> <p>"Tom McClintock has been a strong member of the party," said Mario Rodriguez of San Clemente, vice chairman of the state party governing board. "But the numbers were not there for him."</p>

<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) - Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina was endorsed for president by fellow Democrat Herb Wesson, speaker of the California State Assembly, Edwards' campaign announced Wednesday.</p> <p>Wesson, of Culver City, will co-chair Edwards' California campaign.</p> <p>"Americans need a Democrat in the White House, and John Edwards is the candidate who can beat George Bush," Wesson said in a statement.</p>

Martin Sheen ("The Prez") endorses Howard Dean (One fourth of VT.'s Feckless Foursome)

The same arguments we have heard during every period of economic struggle since the Reagan years are being sounded again as Republicans and Democrats jockey for support of their own recovery plan. The Democrats argue that President Bush’s $674 billion stimulus plan is skewed to the wealthy, leaving little for the poorest Americans who need it most and dangerously running up the national debt. Republicans counter that Bush’s plan puts more money in everyone’s pockets, and that targeting tax cuts beneficial to big investors will facilitate job creation and economic growth. Penalizing the wealthy by omitting them from tax breaks,...

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