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• SD-Sen: Ensign and NRSC go after recovering Tim Johnson

  Published: August 2, 2007, 11:11 am

  Tags: Tim Johnson, Senate, 2008 Elections

  campaign to unseat Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) — even though the two-term incumbent is still recovering from a brain aneurysm that has sidelined him since December. Although Republicans in South Dakota remain fearful of targeting Johnson, Ensign said an appropriate amount of time has passed to allow for the family to deal with his

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• The Return of Tim Johnson

  Published: August 28, 2007, 3:03 pm

  Tags: Politics, Mary Landrieu, Tim Johnson

  Tim Johnson was rushed to the hospital last December with a cerebral hemorrhage, the future of the freshly-won Democratic Senate majority was immediately called into doubt: Had he left the seat for any reason, South Dakota's Republican Governor would have appointed his successor, presumably swinging the Senate to the G.O.P. Now, though, he's

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• SD-Sen: Welcome Back, Senator Johnson

  Published: August 28, 2007, 4:11 pm

  Tags: Sd Sen, South Dakota, Tim Johnson, 2008

  South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson will seek re-election in 2008. South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson is giving his first TV interview since he nearly died of a brain hemorrhage in December. His interviewer will be Bob Woodruff, who is, as ABC News points out,  recovering from a traumatic brain injury himself.... "Throughout, Senator

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• Senator Tim Johnson is back in public

  Published: August 28, 2007, 11:09 pm

  Tags: Tim Johnson

  Thune (R) via a taped video, Johnson was rolled out on a wheelchair and hoisted himself to the podium with little or no assistance. You guys are a sight for sore eyes, Johnson said to widespread applause. It must already be clear to you that my speech is not 100 percent, but doctors tell me that it will get there. In fact, if you ask [my

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• What Is A Lie?

  Published: September 4, 2007, 11:15 am

  Tags: Tim Johnson, Media Watch

  seemed to make sense at the time, we didn’t view what Woodruff was doing as an “interview” (which I think of as something that is published or aired shortly after it’s completed), but really more as a documentary of Tim’s recovery over months of time. It wouldn’t be broadcast until after Tim’s return

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• You Decide

  Published: August 29, 2007, 8:41 am

  Tags: Tim Johnson, 2008 Election

  Tim Johnson Communication Director Julianne Fisher denied that Johnson has made up his mind about running next year calling any claims of that “unfair” and “exaggerated”. If indeed Johnson had already made up his mind and was going to run in 2008, why would Fisher so vehemently deny ABC reports to the contrary? I

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• Let's Pile On The Johnson Staff

  Published: September 5, 2007, 9:48 am

  Tags: Tim Johnson, Media Watch

  have been overly critical of Tim Johnson’s staff, Julianne Fisher in particular, on how they have handled Tim Johnson’s interaction with the South Dakota Media and to some extent his constituents during his recovery. The secret interview that wasn’t an interview and then their lack of understanding as to why our media was upset

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• Some More Johnson Love

  Published: September 5, 2007, 4:57 pm

  Tags: Tim Johnson

  Make a donation to support Tim Johnson’s re-election today: http://my.barackobama.com/welcomebacktim In the coming months, the Senate will face some major challenges, including finding an end to the war in Iraq. We are lucky to have Senator Johnson back by our side to continue this fight. As the father of an Iraq war veteran, Senator

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• SD-Sen: Johnson is back at work

  Published: September 6, 2007, 2:08 pm

  Tags: Tim Johnson, Sd Sen, 2008, Senate

  Tim Johnson is back in the Senate. The official embrace came at mid-afternoon, when senators adopted a resolution (S Res 306) extending “their warmest welcome” and expressing “their personal happiness at his return” and “their very best wishes for his continued health.” Johnson responded with a brief set of

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• A Lot Of Support For A Non-Campaign

  Published: September 7, 2007, 9:31 pm

  Tags: Tim Johnson, 2008 Election

  has been a busy week for Tim Johnson. Putting aside for the moment his returning to the Senate for the first time in over 8 months, a lot is being done for his fund raising efforts as well. Senator Johnson supposedly hasn’t decided yet whether or not he will run for re-election in 2008 despite comments like this when ask by Bob Woodruff

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• When Is A Troop Reduction Not A Draw Down?

  Published: September 14, 2007, 8:59 am

  Tags: Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, Tim Johnson, Iraqi Occupation

  replace them! From Senator Tim Johnson in this morning’s RCJ: “Our troops and their families are exhausted. The Petraeus report is mixed, at best,” he said. “We are treading water in Iraq, and the clock keeps ticking in a war that has lasted longer than World War II. It is time for the Iraqi people to take charge of

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• CBS and ABC Lead by Hailing Hillary Clinton's Universal Health Care Solution

  Published: September 17, 2007, 9:38 pm

  Tags: Campaign 2008, Health Care, Charles Gibson, Dr Tim Johnson, Harry Smith, Hillary Clinton, Abc World News, Cbs Evening News

  Charles Gibson turned to Dr. Tim Johnson: And our medical editor, Dr. Tim Johnson, joins me now. Tim, David reported on an interesting irony there. They've essentially adapted the plan in Massachusetts initiated by then-Republican Governor Mitt Romney. And yet, Romney says, no, this is socialized medicine. Is that fair? TIM JOHNSON: I don't think

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• Having It Both Ways

  Published: September 27, 2007, 7:38 pm

  Tags: Tim Johnson, 2008 Election

  but I saw in the Argus that Tim Johnson has again re-affirmed his desire to run for re-election and wanted to comment briefly. I am more determined than ever to run for re-election and continue serving the people of South Dakota in the United States Senate, he wrote in an email sent out by his campaign. Please contribute to my campaign

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• Another Empty Resolution In The Works

  Published: September 28, 2007, 10:04 pm

  Tags: Featured, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, Tim Johnson, Conservative Wingnuts, Media Watch

  meaningless and a waste of time but it will be interesting on one front to see if Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, whom had no problem voting to condemn MoveOn’s right to free speech, will be as willing to do the same to Republican mouthpiece and never ending blow hard, Rush Limbaugh. I will be just as curious to see if Tim Johnson does the

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• Tim Johnson in the DPRK

  Published: September 29, 2007, 3:34 am

  Tags: Books Movies Media, East Asia, Dprk, Korea, Mcclatchy, North Korea, Pyongyang, Tim Johnson

  Tim Johnson, and author of the blog, China Rises, lays his thoughts down about the DPRK in a video. For committed DPRK pundits, Johnson presents nothing new or shocking, and never really gets that far into the hermitic state or any particular place where he goes. One would think only about hundred people live in North Korea

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