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Obama rally hits McCain-Palin on economy, war
While John McCain and Sarah Palin were campaigning in Blaine, Minn., the campaign of Barack Obama and Joe Biden organized ...
Minnesota Independent 9/20/2008 -
MnIndy video: McPalin crowd liked what it couldn’t see or hear
UPDATED WITH NEW, IMPROVED VIDEO They mostly couldn't hear or see the star attractions, but the thousands attending the big ...
Minnesota Independent 9/19/2008 -
NEWS ANALYSIS: 'Clean coal' and those pesky negative externalities
In ‘econ-o-speak’, an externality is an external cost or benefit that is not reflected in the market price. Electricity generation ...
New Mexico Independent 9/19/2008 -
Read my lipstick: Blaine loves McPalin!
No more dreary town hall meetings for John McCain. The man who has consistently ridiculed Barack Obama for his stadium ...
Minnesota Independent 9/19/2008 -
BBC: N.M. GOP leader says Hispanics 'won't vote for a black president'
A BBC reporter tooling through the state fair Thursday—the same day that Democrat Barack Obama was in New Mexico—...
New Mexico Independent 9/19/2008 -
Wilson would change her name to Palin
Last night U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson represented Sen. John McCain at a Georgetown University Young Voters Forum in Washington, ...
New Mexico Independent 9/19/2008 -
U.S. finance system potentially only days away from 'complete meltdown'
In a meeting with congressional leaders Thursday night, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke presented the potentially devastating ramifications of the ...
New Mexico Independent 9/19/2008 -
Running for prez: Grist compares five candidates' energy & climate plans
The online environmental magazine Grist has put together an easy reference chart comparing the climate and energy policies of the ...
New Mexico Independent 9/19/2008 -
Guv in the hot seat: N.M. role in cap-and-trade plan revealed next week
An ambitious plan to curb greenhouse gas emissions in New Mexico and other western states will be unveiled Tuesday, but ...
New Mexico Independent 9/19/2008 -
Hillary Clinton fights Bush administration on women's health
In an opinion piece published in The New York Times, Sen. Hillary Clinton again criticizes the Bush administration for what ...
New Mexico Independent 9/19/2008 -
Robert J. Samuelson's warped economics
I told you so. And Robert J. Samuelson did not. Writing in the Albuquerque Tribune over the last few years ...
New Mexico Independent 9/19/2008 -
Native American vote threatened by Secretary of State's inaction, officials say
New Mexico enters its most serious election season in decades without guidance from the Secretary of State’s office on ...
New Mexico Independent 9/19/2008