Author: Calvin Woodward
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FACT CHECK: Obama having it both ways on economy?
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s plea for patience in the economic turmoil Tuesday fits with the view of most economists that a turnaround will take some time. It doesn’t fit quite so neatly with his bullish budget. The president’s spending plans and deficit projections rest on the assumption that the economy will post solid growth…
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Biden brings agile mind, loose lips to ticket
WASHINGTON – Joe Biden has lived a life of second chances, a cycle that’s been cruel and redemptive by turns. Now he’s starting over once again.Deeply private yet in-your-face, collegial yet ideological, the Delaware senator brings a wealth of foreign policy experience to Barack Obama’s Democratic ticket, plus wisdom in the ways of Washington and…
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Candidates’ convictions mask degree of pragmatism on Iraq
WASHINGTON – Get out at any cost? Or stay in it to win it, no matter what it takes?The presidential candidates have staked out positions on the Iraq war and its aftermath that reside between those two extremes.Among the two Democrats and one Republican vying for the White House, GOP Sen. John McCain is proposing…