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Obama on national security: too weak, too strong

One of the weird muddles complicating the scandals swirling around the Obama administration is that the accusations –broadly speaking — stem from two fundamentally different convictions about the White House and its stance on national...

Why Obama wants to cut farm subsidies and other budget news

Plenty of White House budget analysis in the news today. On the agriculture side of things, President Obama wants to make deep cuts to the direct payment to farmers program, which has been widely criticized as misguided government spending. Farmers...

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Dirt on the Coal Supply

by The Environment Report

Oct 03, 2008 — Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama are trying to sell us on a clean energy future. And they've got a laundry list of ideas, including conservation, solar and wind power, and safer nuclear energy. But they both want to tweak an old reliable fuel, too. That would be American coal. Shawn Allee looks at why McCain and Obama are gung-ho on coal. Go to full article

NY Democrats gather in Denver

by Karen DeWitt

Aug 25, 2008 — New York's top politicians are gathered in Denver, for four days of receptions, speech making, and hopefully, they say, political unity. Karen DeWitt reports. Go to full article

Siena Poll: Obama's lead in New York slipping

by Karen DeWitt

Aug 19, 2008 — A new poll finds that Barack Obama is not doing as well as expected among potential New York voters. Karen DeWitt reports. Go to full article

Roundtatble: politics keeps a high profile in New York and the North Country

by Martha Foley

Jun 03, 2008 — With Republicans defending just a one seat majority in the state Senate, the race for the 48th Senate District seat has broad significance for New York. That was the first question this morning when David Sommerstein joined Martha Foley and Brian Mann for a roundtable on state and national politics. Go to full article

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