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• The GOP's non-existent Senate recruitment

  Published: August 21, 2007, 1:56 pm

  Tags: 2008, Senate, John Ensign, Elizabeth Dole

  Ensign could've made Liddy Dole look good, in comparison? At this still-early point in the '08 cycle, it's hard to overlook the dearth of top-tier Republican candidates in potentially competitive Senate races. The best recruit on the board for Republicans at the moment is Bob Schaffer, a former congressman who is running for the Colorado

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• Jim Neal, Challenger to Elizabeth Dole in NC, Says He is Gay

  Published: October 22, 2007, 11:38 am

  Tags: Democratic Party, Elizabeth Dole, I M Gay, Jim Neal, North Carolina

  Democratic challenger for Elizabeth Dole's Senate seat, acknowledged that he is gay. In response to a one participant's statement, "I've heard you are gay," Neal answered, "I am indeed. No secret and no big deal to me-- I wouldn't be running if I didn't think otherwise." When asked the follow-up question, "Do you really think a gay man

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• Weary, Wary Lawmakers See Compromise as Way Forward

  Published: October 30, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Weary, Wary, Lawmakers, See, Compromise, Way, Forward, Iraq, U S Republican Party, George W Bush, Harry Reid, Iowa, Michigan, Chuck Grassley, Doc Hastings, Elizabeth Dole, George Voinovich, Hillary Clinton, James Webb, Jane Harman, Jim Manley, John Boehner, Max Baucus, Nancy

  For most of the year, congressional Democrats have been uncompromising on issues including the Iraq war and expanded health insurance for poor children, believing that public opinion favored them and that Republicans would break with President Bush. But the GOP held firm and Congress's approval r...

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• Weary, Wary Lawmakers See Compromise as Way Forward

  Published: October 30, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Weary, Wary, Lawmakers, See, Compromise, Way, Forward, Iraq, U S Republican Party, George W Bush, Harry Reid, Iowa, Michigan, Chuck Grassley, Doc Hastings, Elizabeth Dole, George Voinovich, Hillary Clinton, James Webb, Jane Harman, Jim Manley, John Boehner, Max Baucus, Nancy

  For most of the year, congressional Democrats have been uncompromising on issues including the Iraq war and expanded health insurance for poor children, believing that public opinion favored them and that Republicans would break with President Bush. But the GOP held firm and Congress's approval r...

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• NC-Sen: Hagan (D) joins race

  Published: October 31, 2007, 2:13 pm

  Tags: Kay Hagan, Nc Sen, North Carolina, Senate, 2008, Jim Neal, Elizabeth Dole, 2008 Elections

  Carolina Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole in 2008 — a quick pivot for the incumbent state senator, who had stated in early October that she would not run against Dole. Hagan’s decision to run followed days after the candidacy announcement of Jim Neal, a Chapel Hill businessman. John Ross Hendrix — a graphic artist who

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• NC-Sen: Dole already vulnerable

  Published: November 2, 2007, 12:12 pm

  Tags: Nc Sen, North Carolina, Senate, 2008, Elizabeth Dole, Kay Hagan, Jim Neal

  MoE 3.95% (No trend lines) Dole (R) 47 Neal (D) 32 Dole Approval Approve 44 Disapprove 41 Public Policy Polling (PDF). 10/30. Likely Voters. MoE 3.4% (No trend lines) Dole (R) 46 Hagan (D) 33 Dole Approval Approve 45 Disapprove 36 Neither Hagan nor Neal are well known, so what we're essentially seeing here is "Dole vs. Generic

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• President of Red Cross Is Forced to Resign

  Published: November 28, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: President, Red, Cross, Forced, Resign, Mark Everson, International Federation Of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies, Suzy C Defrancis, United States, Bernadine Healy, Paul C Light, Sean O Keefe, California, North Carolina, Elizabeth Dole, Arlington County, Har

  The American Red Cross forced its president and chief executive, Mark W. Everson, to resign yesterday because he had an inappropriate relationship with a female subordinate, a spokeswoman for the disaster relief agency said.

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• In Twilight of His Career, Warner Now an Environmental Maverick

  Published: December 7, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Twilight, His, Career, Warner, Now, Environmental, Maverick, Joseph Lieberman, James A Thurber, Virginia, Capitol Hill, Erich Pica, Lexi Shultz, Trent Lott, Connecticut, Minnesota, American University, Elizabeth Dole, George W Bush, John Mccain, Max Baucus, Norm Cole

  There are easier ways to retire than this. John W. Warner was flat on his back -- his coat was buttoned, his pocket square was perfect, but he was totally horizontal on a leather recliner wedged among his office's antique chairs.

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• NC-Sen: Baseline poll, Dole under 50

  Published: December 19, 2007, 1:41 pm

  Tags: Elizabeth Dole, Nc Sen, North Carolina, Senate, 2008, Jim Neal, Kay Hagan, 2008 Elections

  Kay Hagan, the Democrat, and Elizabeth Dole, the Republican? Dole (R) 46 Hagan (D) 39 If 2008 election for U.S. Senate were held today, for whom would you vote for if the choices were between Jim Neal, the Democrat, and Elizabeth Dole, the Republican? Dole (R) 47 Neal (D) 37 Just a seven-point deficit by Hagan, and a 10-point one for

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• We Fear Your Democratic Money

  Published: May 21, 2008, 1:25 pm

  Tags: Nc Sen, Me Sen, Elizabeth Dole, Susan Collins, Senate, 2008

  Mark Stephens, Dole's chief campaign strategist, said in a letter today to Meek. So, let me get this straight; former NRSC chairwoman Elizabeth Dole, whose very job description put her in charge of steering national money to Senate races around the country in 2006, and running NRSC ads in those states...the same Elizabeth Dole who

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• Dole in a political fight in North Carolina

  Published: May 30, 2008, 12:07 pm

  Tags: Senate Race, North Carolina, Kay Hagan, Elizabeth Dole

  North Carolina, US Senator Elizabeth Dole is in a political fight. The former cabinet member, wife of 1996 Republican Presidential nominee Bob Dole and Republican Senator leads little known state Senator and Democratic US Senate nominee Kay Hagan 45% to 43%. Dole is in trouble and I think she knows it. Polls all year have put her seat as

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• Elizabeth Dole's ethics problem

  Published: June 9, 2008, 5:13 pm

  Tags: Ethics, Elizabeth Dole

  I'm told that it's a violation of Senate ethics rules to use taxpayer-funded photos on your campaign site.Elizabeth Dole's Senate site:Elizabeth Dole's campaign site:

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• Earmark Spending Makes a Comeback

  Published: June 13, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Earmark, Spending, Makes, Comeback, Carl Levin, Joseph Lieberman, Jeff Flake, Saxby Chambliss, Silvestre Reyes, Todd Akin, Capitol Hill, Barack Obama, Blanche Lincoln, Christopher Dodd, Duncan Hunter, Elizabeth Dole, Geoff Davis, Jeff Sessions, Mark Pryor, Mel Martinez

  More than a year after Congress pledged to curb pork barrel funding known as earmarks, lawmakers are gearing up for another spending binge, directing billions toward organizations and companies in their home districts.

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• Earmark Spending Makes a Comeback

  Published: June 13, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Earmark, Spending, Makes, Comeback, Carl Levin, Joseph Lieberman, Jeff Flake, Saxby Chambliss, Silvestre Reyes, Todd Akin, Capitol Hill, Barack Obama, Blanche Lincoln, Christopher Dodd, Duncan Hunter, Elizabeth Dole, Geoff Davis, Jeff Sessions, Mark Pryor, Mel Martinez

  More than a year after Congress pledged to curb pork barrel funding known as earmarks, lawmakers are gearing up for another spending binge, directing billions toward organizations and companies in their home districts.

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• GOP Incumbents Are Serving a Familiar Dish

  Published: June 15, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Gop, Incumbents, Are, Serving, Familiar, Dish, Elizabeth Dole, Mitch Mcconnell, Norm Coleman, Ron Paul, U S Republican Party, Mitch Stewart, Kentucky, North Carolina, Minnesota, Barack Obama, George W Bush, John Mccain, Mindy Myers, Beijing, Gordon Smith, Jeb Bush, John Ensi

  Faced with one of the worst national political environments in modern political history, Republican incumbents are turning to a tried-and-true approach to win reelection: pork.

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