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• Book buzz

  - 2008-06-19

  Think Pink: It's no surprise that Oprah Winfrey gave copies of Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth to the 4,666 graduates of Stanford University when she gave the commencement address on...

  Tags: McClellan, SALES, USA Today, White House

• McClellan's book reveals 'flawed reasoning' of Bush's staff

  - 2008-06-04

  In USA TODAY's article about Scott McClellan's new book, What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception, Ari Fleischer's remark reveals a deep flaw in the Bush administration. Fleischer is quoted as saying, "This is a wholesale jumping-ship, using the language of the other side" ("Ex-Bush...

  Tags: aide, Bush, McClellan, president, USA Today, White House

• 10 great places to turn green with Irish pride

  - 2008-03-14

  The wearin' o' the green doesn't tell the half of it. In celebration of St. Patrick's Day, flutist Noel Rice, director of the Academy of Irish Music and president of the Irish American Heritage Center in Chicago, recommends places to appreciate the formative influences and contributions...

  Tags: Chicago, Ireland, museum, president, Strategy, USA Today, White House

• More truth from candidates would benefit the country

  - 2008-02-06

  With John Edwards' suspension of his presidential campaign, Americans will have to find another way to speak out effectively against those who are destroying the American Dream ("Edwards ends 2008 presidential run," News, Thursday). Edwards was the only candidate who spoke honestly about the failure of...

  Tags: benefit, Government, Iraq, Leadership, U.S., USA Today, White House

• Choking up on campaign trail won't cut it in White House

  - 2008-01-11

  Voters could take Sen. Hillary Clinton's show of emotion while on the presidential campaign trail Monday many ways ("Clinton gets choked up on the campaign trail," On Deadline, USATODAY.com, Monday). Was she using the old trick of crying to get sympathy from voters? Possibly. But for...

  Tags: Leadership, president, Sen., USA Today, White House, women

• Democrats profit as dozens of donors near $108K cap

  - 2007-11-13

  WASHINGTON -- Dozens of donors are nearing the $108,200 cap on federal campaign contributions for the 2008 elections in a sign of the record-breaking cost of the White House race, an analysis conducted for USA TODAY shows. With a year to go in what will be...

  Tags: Democrat, Manufacturing, USA Today, White House

• Rove: 'Now is the right time'

  - 2007-08-14

  Karl Rove said he expects to play an informal role in the 2008 presidential race as Democrats in Congress pledged to continue pursuing ethics questions about President Bush's departing top adviser. "I've got friends in all the campaigns," Rove told USA TODAY from Air Force One...

  Tags: Bush, Democrat, FINANCE, Investment, Leadership, Texas, U.S. Congress, USA Today, White House

• Capitol clout funnels cash to states

  - 2007-04-26

  WASHINGTON -- As chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Sen. Ted Stevens secured funding for pet projects worth $1,044 for each Alaskan in 2005 -- more than three times any other state, an analysis of newly released federal data shows. By contrast, North Carolina, which had...

  Tags: analysis, Leadership, U.S. Senate, USA Today, White House

• White House hopefuls find way to raise funds earlier

  - 2007-04-10

  WASHINGTON -- Months before the 18 presidential candidates could legally begin raising money for their White House bids, they tapped other accounts to forge ties that could help them win their party's nomination, according to a USA TODAY analysis. Such accounts -- known as leadership political...

  Tags: analysis, Leadership, Obama, Republican, USA Today, White House

• A political pundit cage match: O'Reilly vs. Rich

  - 2006-09-21

  With November elections looming, it's prime season for political books. USA TODAY's Bob Minzesheimer compares titles by two outspoken commentators: Fox News' Bill O'Reilly and The New York Times' Frank Rich: Bill O'Reilly Frank Rich Culture Warrior Broadway, 219 pp., $26, out Monday The book The Greatest Story Ever...

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