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Robert B. Choate dies at 84; consumer advocate pushed for healthier cereals
Robert B. Choate, an engineer-turned-consumer advocate whose campaign against sugary breakfast cereals led manufacturers to bolster the nutritional value of their products, died May 3 at a retirement community in Lemon Grove in San Diego County. He was...Tags: Children, San Diego (San Diego, California), Washington (U.S. state), New Mexico, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Nader v. Obama: Gets (pays?) attention
The Swampby Mark Silva What was Ralph Nader up to when he suggested that the one thing that distinguishes Barack Obama in the presidential contest is his race yet the senator from Illinois likes to "talk white?'' "Attention,'' replied Obama, who......Tags: Illinois, Politics, Jesse Jackson, Elections, Political Candidates
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The Swamp does the Sunday shows
The Swampby John Crewdson The Swamp watches the Sunday talk shows, so you don't have to: The issues this first week of summer: Democratic unity (meaning can Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton stand to be in the same room together? And......Tags: Executive Branch, Al Gore, George W. Bush, Referenda, Arnold Schwarzenegger
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The Barrnader Effect: Worth watching
Spin CycleBob Barr and Ralph Nader are irrelevant? Hardly. Here are the pollster.com national poll averages for the presidential race without Barr and Nader, and with Barr and Nader. Notice: a 2.5 point race (46.1-43.6) turns into a 9.1 percentage point......Tags: Bob Barr
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Obama worries peace movement
The Swampby Frank James Members of the peace movement who saw Sen. Barack Obama as their candidate, presumably after the ardently anti-war Representatives Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul exited the primaries, don't like what they're hearing from the senator from...Tags: Illinois, John McCain, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Defense, Politics
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What will Nader do without a convention?
The Swampby Jesse A. Hamilton Answer: Co-opt the other parties' conventions. Ralph Nader will hold "super rallies" in Denver and Minneapolis, the sites of the Democratic National Convention at the end of the month and the Republican National Convention in the........Tags: Politics, Elections, Political Candidates
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McCain's experience: Edge over Obama
The Swampby Mark Silva A new national poll shows not only a tight race -- a virtual dead heat - between presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain, but also a distinct advantage for McCain on the question of experience. And......Tags: John McCain, White House, Polls, Politics, Bob Barr
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Bob Barr: Voters say let him debate
The Swampby Mark Silva Most voters - 55 percent - say that Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr should be included in the fall series of presidential debates, Zogby Interactive has found. Not quite as many - 45 percent - say independent......Tags: Illinois, John McCain, Colleges and Universities, Politics, Georgia
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McCain 5 points over Obama: poll
The Swampby Frank James Sen. John McCain appears to have gained some momentum and, through negative advertising, driven down Sen. Barack Obama's appeal with voters to the point where the Arizona Republican now has a five-point lead in the latest Reuters/Zogby........Tags: John McCain, Politics, Georgia, Bob Barr, Wars and Interventions
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Barack Obama's no-bounce bounce: CNN
The Swampby Mark Silva ST. PAUL, Minn. - The 'bounce'' is gone. So says a new CNN/Opinion Research poll released just now. With a survey of voters taken Friday through today, the results show that 49 percent said they support the......Tags: John McCain, Polls, Bob Barr, Sarah Palin, Elections
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Four score and seven sandwiches ago
Dining@LargeNo, Owl Meat didn't abandon us today. He's back with an even more Funtastic Thursday than usual.Here's Owlie...'Portrait of the Artist as a Funtastic Tyke. How adorable is Little Owl Meat? Look closely and you will see that I was......Tags: John McCain, Cindy McCain, Rudy Giuliani, Will Rogers, Joe Biden
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Ron Paul: Nader votes rock the system
The Swampby Mark Silva Now that Ron Paul, the rejected Republican candidate for president and longtime congressman from Texas, is calling on the forces of the "Ron Paul Revolution'' to rise up and vote for a third-party candidate in November, he's......Tags: John McCain, Politics, Georgia, Al Gore, Local Government
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