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• Americans yearn for change of direction: poll

  - 2007-11-05

  WASHINGTON AFP — Sixty percent of all Americans strongly want the country to change direction after nearly seven years of President George W. Bush's rule, according to a new opinion poll released late Sunday. The survey by The Washington Post and ABC News indicated that only 24 percent of...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, MARKETING, president, Republican, Washington Post Co.

• DNC: Thompson's Non-Campaign Stalls, Hits a Wall Before It Can Get Started

  - 2007-08-24

  To: STATE EDITORSContact: Stacie Paxton or Amaya Smith, +1-202-863-8148, both of the Democratic National Committee Where's the Red Pick-Up Truck When You Need It?WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following release was issued today by the Democratic National Committee:Fred Thompson, an undeclared candidate for the GOP nomination will be in...

  Tags: Federal Election Commission, FINANCE, Iowa, Republican, Thompson, Washington Post Co.

• DNC: Must Read: 'An Early Clash Over Iraq Report'

  - 2007-08-16

  To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Karen Finney or Caroline Ciccone of the Democratic National Committee, +1-202-863-8148 WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by the Democratic National Committee:Today's Washington Post follows up on a story first reported by the Los Angeles Times yesterday that exposed the Bush Administration's plan...

  Tags: Iraq, Republican, Washington Post Co., White House

• In Washington, It's Always the Year of the Rat

  - 2007-03-19

  Democrats have leapt on reports of mold, rats and bureaucratic hurdles at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as further proof of President George Bush's failed war policies. To the contrary, the problems at Walter Reed are further proof of the Democrats' failed domestic policies-to wit, the civil service rules that...

  Tags: Democrat, Government, HEALTHCARE, hospital, job, Republican, Washington, Washington Post Co., White House

• Dean on Maryland Voter Challenges and Ohio Voter ID Developments

  - 2006-11-02

  To: National DeskContact: Stacie Paxton or Luis Miranda, 202-863-8148, both of the Democratic National CommitteeWASHINGTON, Nov. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by the Democratic National Committee DNC on Maryland and Ohio elections:The Washington Post reported today on a Republican effort to distribute a guide for GOP...

  Tags: Litigation, Maryland, Republican, Washington Post Co.

• Lawmaker knew in 2000 of sex-tinged emails: Washington Post

  - 2006-10-09

  WASHINGTON AFP — A Republican legislator learned of salacious Internet exchanges by a now-disgraced congressional colleague as far back as 2000, the Washington Post reported, in the latest revelation from an unfolding sex scandal. An aide to Republican lawmaker Jim Kolbe told the daily that her boss confronted representative Mark...

  Tags: aide, E-mail, INTERNET, leader, Leadership, Republican, U.S. Congress, Washington Post Co.

• DNC: Reality Catches Up With Representative No. 1 ; Leading Symbol of GOP Culture of Corruption Pleads Guilty

  - 2006-09-15

  WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following release was issued today by the Democratic National Committee: Ohio Republican Congressman Bob Ney's guilty plea may mean his long denial is finally coming to an end, but it doesn't mean the Republicans in Columbus or Washington are wrapping up their culture...

  Tags: ethics, House Majority Leader, Leadership, lobbyist, Republican, Washington, Washington Post Co.

• Five years ago, a Washington Post poll asked whether race should be a factor in congressional redistricting "in order to elect more minorities to public office

  - 2006-07-03

  Five years ago, a Washington Post poll asked whether race should be a factor in congressional redistricting "in order to elect more minorities to public office." An overwhelming majority of Americans said no, including 90 percent of whites, 83 percent of Hispanics, and 70 percent of blacks. But now Congress...

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• Hoover Institution: ''Fight Club Politics'' Author Juliet Eilperin Uncovers How Leadership in the House of Representatives Has Failed America

  - 2006-04-04

  STANFORD, Calif. -- This is the story of how the House of Representatives became the House of Unrepresentatives. In "Fight Club Politics: How Partisanship is Poisoning the House of Representatives" (Rowman and Littlefield and Hoover Studies, 2006), Juliet Eilperin, a Washington, D.C., native and Washington Post reporter since 1998, examines...

  Tags: Leadership, PRODUCTIVITY, Republican, U.S. Congress, Washington Post Co.

• Republicans Try to Distract from Abramoff Pay-To-Play Schemes, Says Democratic National Committee

  - 2006-01-31

  WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Republican National Committee is trying to distract from and distort the facts about the growing Republican culture of corruption and indicted former GOP super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff. In an attempt to deflect criticism, the RNC has erroneously tried to implicate other lawmakers in their...

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