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Kennedy secretly crafts health care plan

Turns 'cause of his life' into '09 bipartisan bill

Friday, Oct. 24, 2008

EXCLUSIVE -- Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has orchestrated meetings with lobbyists and lawmakers from both parties to craft a bill that would greet the new president with a plan to provide medical coverage to all Americans.

GOP leaders blame Pelosi's speech

Monday, Sept. 29, 2008

House Republican leaders blamed what they called a partisan speech by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for the surprise failure of the financial rescue bill in the House today.

Houston mayor: Boil drinking water

Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008

The mayor of Houston, Bill White, has asked citizens in the nation's fourth largest city to boil their water before drinking it because of the dangers posed by Hurricane Ike.

ANALYSIS: It's Palin's night

Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008

St. Paul: Its Sarah Palin Night at the Republican National Convention.

Rove urges GOP money to outside attack groups

Monday, Sept. 1, 2008

EXCLUSIVE -- Political strategist Karl Rove is encouraging Republican donors to give their money to organizations that operate independently of their party and are poised to spend $100 million trying to elect conservatives this fall.

ANALYSIS: Hurricane Gustav: McCain's next bold move?

Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008

Presidencies are never about what the people who occupy the White House want them to be about. Commanders in chief are defined not by their carefully crafted words during the election season, but by their reaction to events after Election Day that are completely out of their control.