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• DNC: AD WATCH: New Ad Shows Romney Will Say Anything to Hide Failed Leadership

  - 2007-10-24

  To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Damien LaVera of the Democratic National Committee, +1- 202-863-8148 WASHINGTON,Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On the same day McClatchy News reports that President Bush and his fellow Bush Republicans have raised government spending to its highest level in more than 40 years, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is...

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• DNC: Romney Vs. Romney: Smooth-Talking Mitt Heads to New Jersey

  - 2007-01-19

  To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Damien LaVera of Democratic National Committee, +1-202- 863-8148 WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by the Democratic National Committee DNC on former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney: As part of his ongoing struggle to explain away his record, smooth- talking Mitt Romney is...

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• Kerry could be party's top voice.

  - 2004-11-05

  By Glen Johnson, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 5--WASHINGTON -- The last time a Massachusetts senator won the White House, his Republican opponent, Richard M. Nixon, went home to California in 1960, regrouped, and came back and won the...

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• Consumer confidence in Massachusetts and nation plummets.

  - 2004-10-27

  By Robert Gavin, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 27--Consumer confidence fell sharply in both Massachusetts and the nation in October, weighed down by concerns about jobs, rising energy costs, and the strength of the economic recovery. ...

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• Massachusetts Governor Raises National Profile on Bush-Boosting Michigan Trip.

  - 2004-04-09

  By Sarah Schweitzer, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 9--SOUTHFIELD, Mich. -- In a measure of his growing national stature, Governor Mitt Romney yesterday traveled to the state where his father once served as governor to open the Bush-Cheney headquarters ...

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• Kerry Compares Civil Rights Struggles of Gays, Blacks.

  - 2004-03-08

  By Patrick Healy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 8--JACKSON, Miss. -- During a campaign swing through Mississippi yesterday, Senator John F. Kerry excoriated President Bush from the lectern of a black church, insisted that New England has much ...

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• Kerry Looks to Neutralize Massachusetts Liberal Label in Presidential Campaign.

  - 2004-03-07

  By Patrick Healy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 7--HOUSTON -- Ask John F. Kerry for his views on the environment, and he'll smile as he recalls painting Storrow Drive "biodegradable green" to celebrate Earth Day in 1970, or ...

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• Massachusetts Lawmakers Discuss Gay Marriage Issue.

  - 2004-03-05

  The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 5--Senate President Robert E. Travaglini, emerging from intense negotiations with fellow lawmakers yesterday, expressed confidence that he will build a consensus to pass a compromise constitutional amendment proposal next week to ban gay...

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• With Suspense Over, Kerry Turns Sights to July Convention.

  - 2004-03-04

  By Yvonne Abraham, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 4--The 2004 Democratic National Convention is John F. Kerry's show now. Yesterday, the day after he virtually locked up the nomination for president, the Massachusetts senator installed Massachusetts...

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• Boston-Area Colleges Fear Underfunding for Research.

  - 2004-02-03

  The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 3--WASHINGTON -- President Bush's proposed 2005 budget would provide no significant increase over the current fiscal year in funding for basic scientific research and only modest new spending for medical research, both important...

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