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    Kerry Rips Former Pal McCain for Ad Citing Praise from Dems (CQPolitics.com)
    CQPolitics.com - Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry blasted presumed Republican presidential nominee John McCain for using video clips of Democrats' past praise of McCain in a web-only campaign commercial released Thursday morning. -- read full article
    Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:44:37 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Judge: No changes to DNC security plan (AP)
    AP - A federal judge declined Wednesday to change security restrictions for protesters at the Democratic National Convention, concluding that parade routes and a demonstration zone established by the city don't infringe on their free speech rights. -- read full article
    Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:26:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Clinton aims to soothe delegates at Dem convention (AP)

    Hillary Clinton, pictured in June 2008. Diehard Hillary Clinton backers stepped up a campaign Wednesday to get their heroine onto the nominating ballot alongside White House hopeful Barack Obama at this month's Democratic convention.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)AP - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is seeking a way for her delegates to be heard at the Democratic National Convention, telling supporters such a step will help unify a party that split between her and Sen. Barack Obama during their hard-fought nominating contest.


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    Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:54:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Kilpatrick declares victory (Politico)
    Politico - Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-Mich.) appears as if she may survive her biggest political challenge since first elected, as she narrowly leads a Democratic primary rival who made her family ties to scandal-plagued Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick the central issue of her campaign. -- read full article
    Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:06:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    DNC launches 'ExxonMcCain '08' (Politico)

    Barack Obama launched a counter-attack Monday after a week of pummeling by his White House rival John McCain, seen here in July , dismissing the Republican as Politico - Stung by Republican taunts about tire gauges, Democrats are pumping up a stunt of their own.


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    Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:59:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Saying goodbye is hard for lawmakers (AP)
    AP - In the Senate, Democrats are refusing to adjourn for the August recess. Over in the House, Republicans are refusing to leave. -- read full article
    Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:56:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Martin Wins Georgia Dem Runoff, Will Challenge Sen. Chambliss (CQPolitics.com)
    CQPolitics.com - Former state Rep. Jim Martin on Tuesday earned the right to challenge Georgia Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss by easily winning the Democratic primary runoff, in a contest in which Martin's supporters portrayed him as more "electable" than his controversy-hindered opponent, DeKalb County CEO Vernon Jones. -- read full article
    Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:26:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Kilpatrick Ekes Out Narrow Win in Michigan Primary (CQPolitics.com)
    CQPolitics.com - Six-term Michigan Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick narrowly survived the Democratic primary Tuesday for her Detroit-based seat, in a contest rife with controversy over the troubles of her son, embattled Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. -- read full article
    Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:20:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Race-card flap reopens Clinton camp wounds (Politico)

    Former US President Bill Clinton waves during the XVII International AIDS/HIV Conference in Mexico City. Bill Clinton delivered a rousing speech to thousands of delegates at a world AIDS conference in Mexico City Monday, but warned that the battle against the disease was far from over.(AFP/Luis Acosta)Politico - The Clintons and their allies may forgive Barack Obama for beating Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic primary, but there’s one sore point they’re not quite ready to absolve: leaving the impression that Bill and Hillary Clinton have a race problem.


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    Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:19:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Saying goodbye is hard for lawmakers (AP)
    AP - In the Senate, Democrats are refusing to adjourn for the August recess. Over in the House, Republicans are refusing to leave. -- read full article
    Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:17:43 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    While Dems away, GOPers play — on oil drilling (AP)
    AP - About 20 House Republicans have cut short their August vacations, gathering on the floor to protest Democratic energy policy and demand that Speaker Nancy Pelosi call lawmakers back into session to vote on an energy package. The bill would include GOP demands for more domestic drilling. -- read full article
    Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:40:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Democratic platform embraces Obama's change theme (AP)

    In this June 5, 2008, file photo Brooke Keith, from Alexandira, Va., holds a sign as she listens to Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speak at the Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, Va.  The Obama campaign is putting money into seven states at levels unmatched by Republican rival John McCain: Alaska, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Montana, North Dakota, and Indiana. For decades these states have voted almost exclusively Republican in presidential elections, but for reasons including demographic changes and political shifts, they have emerged as non traditional battleground states. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's supporters lobbied Democratic leaders Sunday to include the failed presidential candidate's ideas on health care, even as officials fine-tuned the party platform for nominee-in-waiting Barack Obama.


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    Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:27:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Bush pushes offshore drilling (AP)

    President George W. Bush speaks at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Coal Association in White Sulphur Springs, July 31, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)AP - President Bush chastised Democrats on Saturday for refusing to allow a vote on whether to lift the federal ban on offshore oil drilling before lawmakers departed for their summer recess.


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    Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:48:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Platform writers draw ideas from Obama, Clinton (AP)
    AP - Platform writers for Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton worked side-by-side Saturday as the Democratic Party developed a policy statement to promote nominee-in-waiting Obama and keep Clinton backers involved. -- read full article
    Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:47:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Democrats: Congress overcoming GOP neglect (AP)

    In this Jan. 25, 2008, file photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, right, accompanied by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid discuss 'the State of Our Union,' at the National Press Club in Washington. They did not end the Iraq war or tackle $4-a-gallon gas. But the Democratic-run Congress created programs this year to educate veterans and feed and house the poor. Democrats also cuts deals with a weakened GOP president to send voters some economic help.  (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)AP - The Democratic-controlled Congress is working to overcome years of neglect by the Bush administration of agencies intended to safeguard the health of the public, especially children, a leading Democrat said Saturday.


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    Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:21:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
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