Sen. Brown Blasts Cheney
The aftershocks of Dick Cheney's harsh critique of Obama's Afghan approach continue. On State of the Union Sunday, Sen. Sherrod Brown called the former VP "the mastermind of the most failed decade ...
Arlen Specter's Role Model Speaks
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Former Sen. Lincoln Chafee, who Specter cited yesterday as a victim of the Republican right, talks about why he too defected from the GOP-and why it was too late.
Wiretap: "F*ck" Obama
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A federal indictment accuses Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich-whose phones and offices were bugged-of plotting to bribe Barack Obama in hopes of winning a lucrative job in the new administration.
Liddy Dole's Last Stand
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Once part of the most powerful couples in Washington, Elizabeth Dole is fighting for her political future in a dirty race that has left her appearing unfair and unscrupulous.
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