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Economic posts filled
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008
Abilenians Art and Linda Goolsbee started their Thanksgiving celebration a day early when their son, Austan, was named to a post in President-elect Barack Obama's administration. Full story »
Washington is busy spending lots and lots of money
Monday, Nov. 24, 2008
Wars. Bailouts. Unemployment aid. Automakers. Washington has opened the tap on big spending and money is gushing down the pipeline. Full story »
'Ghost voting' might stick around in Texas House
Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008
The Texas House of Representatives is spending more than $100,000 on a new fingerprint-based voting system, but it won't necessarily stop lawmakers from breaking their own rules by casting votes for each other. Full story »
Chicago, Clinton camps feed Obama's incoming team
Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008
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Two main quarries are supplying the building blocks for President-elect Barack Obama's new administration. Full story »
President-elect Obama promised change but is picking insiders for Cabinet
Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008
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President-elect Barack Obama promised the voters change but has started his Cabinet selection process by naming several Washington insiders to top posts. Full story »
Conaway makes play for key committee
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008
A Big Country congressman is making a bid for a coveted spot on a powerful committee that would put him on the front lines in battles over the new president's policies on taxes, trade and Social Security next year. Full story »
Alaska Sen. Stevens' defeat marks end of an era
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008
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Sen. Ted Stevens' election defeat marks the end of an era in which he held a commanding place in Alaska politics while wielding power on some of the most influential committees in Congress. Full story »
Cold realities await Gov. Sarah Palin in Alaska
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008
Gov. Sarah Palin, heralded by some conservatives as the future of the Republican Party, faces some cold political realities in present-day Alaska. Full story »
McCain backer Lieberman may keep committee chair
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008
Sen. Joe Lieberman appears likely to hold onto his prized chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee today despite lingering hard feelings over his vocal support for GOP nominee John McCain during this year's presidential campaign. Full story »
Obama, McCain vow to cooperate
Monday, Nov. 17, 2008
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President-elect Barack Obama says he and Republican Sen. John McCain plan to work together to "fix up the country." Full story »
Stenholm on short list for ag chief
Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008
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Charlie Stenholm has been mentioned as a possible secretary of agriculture in President-elect Barack Obama's administration, but it all comes as news to the former Abilene congressman. Full story »
Palin may run again, is puzzled by focus on $150,000 wardrobe
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008
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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she was puzzled by the amount of attention her wardrobe got at the end of her unsuccessful vice presidential run.
In an interview that aired on Fox News Channel on Monday, Palin said she neither wanted nor asked for the $150,000-plus wardrobe the Republican Party bankrolled. Full story »
Son: Billy Graham’s work with presidents is ending
Friday, Nov. 7, 2008
Billy Graham’s work as a pastor to presidents is coming to an end, but he is praying for Barack Obama as the nation’s next leader begins his work, Graham’s son said Friday on the aging evangelist’s 90th birthday. Full story »
Obama's election: Theory regarding race/exit polling disproven
Friday, Nov. 7, 2008
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Whether whites supported Barack Obama or not, they don’t seem to have lied to pollsters about it.
Obama’s election triumph on Tuesday presented no evidence of the so-called Bradley effect, in which whites who oppose a black politician mislead pollsters about whom they will vote for. Instead, national and state pre-election polls were generally accurate in reflecting voters’ preferences in the presidential contest. Full story »
Obama’s election triumph on Tuesday presented no evidence of the so-called Bradley effect, in which whites who oppose a black politician mislead pollsters about whom they will vote for. Instead, national and state pre-election polls were generally accurate in reflecting voters’ preferences in the presidential contest. Full story »
Gun sales up after election
Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008
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A sudden surge in gun sales and the resulting escalation of prices in Texas and around the country hasn't come as a surprise to Sanders Bailey. Full story »
