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Like Lincoln and FDR, Obama faces nation in crisis
(AP) AP - All presidents are tested. Few walk into the Oval Office when the nation is in the throes of multiple crises. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Not Yet Like Lincoln Even though President-elect Obama was seen with a copy of Fred Kaplan's book, Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer, the author tells Politico that Obama is no Lincoln -- at least not yet.Said Kaplan: "It's possible that he may create something that future generations see as equal to Getty Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Just Like Lincoln USA Today notes another Lincoln parallel as President-elect Obama prepares to meet with Sen. John McCain today: "Early in his tenure, after the outbreak of the Civil War, Lincoln met with one of the men he defeated in the 1860 general election, Stephen Douglas." Newsweek has much more Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Clinton to Obama: Let's debate like Lincoln Sen. Hillary Clinton called for a Lincoln-Douglas-style debate -- with no moderator -- against her rival, Sen. Barack Obama. He has said no more debates are needed before the May primaries. Home > Rss Directory > General > CNN |
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Govern Like a One Termer There's been a lot of discussion lately about how President-elect Obama should prioritize his major campaign promises in light of the nation's current economic crisis. Many feel he must put aside large parts of his agenda and pursue just one piece at a time. However, in You Won, Now Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama Will Use Lincoln Bible President-elect Obama will take the oath of office using the same Bible upon which President Lincoln was sworn in at his first inauguration, according to the Inaugural Committee. Though there is no constitutional requirement for the use of a Bible during the swearing-in, Presidents have Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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IL: Obama, McCain Out Front in Land of Lincoln - Washington Post Ledger IndependentIL: Obama, McCain Out Front in Land of LincolnWashington Post - 1 hour agoBy Elizabeth Williamson There's a chance of light rain on primary day in Illinois, but little chance of advertising. Neither of the Democratic front-runners has plans to buy adv Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Clinton Accepts Offer of Lincoln-Douglas Debate Sen. Hillary Clinton accepted a Montana newspaper publisher's "invitation to participate in a Lincoln-Douglas debate in Missoula, while her Democratic presidential rival Barack Obama's campaign said it was evaluating the offer," the Billings Gazette reports."Lincoln-Douglas debates d Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Financial crisis complicates Obama transition
(AP) AP - As president-elect, Barack Obama faces a tricky task as he begins dealing ever more directly with the economic meltdown, grappling with the worst financial crisis in seven decades but not yet wielding the power to do much about it. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Lincoln and Douglas Newt Gingrich reviews Allen Guelzo's Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates That Defined America noting that "it is useful to revisit the past with the aim of finding insights for the present." This caught my eye: "Given our contemporary obsession with the political role of YouTube, 24- Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Lincoln President-Elect Just published: Lincoln President-Elect: Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter 1860-1861 by Harold Holzer. "Abraham Lincoln first demonstrated his determination and leadership in the Great Secession Winter -- the four months between his election in November 1860 and his Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama faces heady challenges, and they're growing
(AP) AP - President-elect Barack Obama, relatively young and inexperienced, is facing a rapidly growing list of monumental challenges as he prepares to take the reins of a nation in turmoil. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Bernanke's Fed, Echoing FDR, Pursues Ideas and Action - Wall Street Journal Boston GlobeBernanke's Fed, Echoing FDR, Pursues Ideas and ActionWall Street Journal - 1 hour agoBy JON HILSENRATH While Ben Bernanke was teaching economics at Princeton University in late 1999, he admonished officials in Japan for doing too little to get their country Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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AP Poll: Obama takes a 7-point lead over McCain
(AP) AP - Barack Obama has surged to a seven-point lead over John McCain one month before the presidential election, lifted by voters who think the Democrat is better suited to lead the nation through its sudden financial crisis, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that underscores the mounting Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Obama urges Congress to pass costly stimulus bill; stocks surge
(AP) AP - Citing an "economic crisis of historic proportions," President-elect Barack Obama urged Congress to pass a costly, job-creating stimulus bill as quickly as possible, a rare pre-inaugural call to action delivered as the outgoing Bush administration approved fresh billions to bail out one of t Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Lincoln letter from 1864 fetches $3.4 million A rare Lincoln manuscript sold for $3.4 million on Thursday at Sotheby's auction house. The 1864 letter in which Abraham Lincoln replies to the abolitionist pleas of 195 young boys and girls was bought by a private American collector over the phone. Home > Rss Directory > General > CNN |
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Clinton challenges Obama to Lincoln-Douglas style debate
(AP) AP - Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton turned up the rhetoric Saturday in their increasingly heated primary battle as she issued a new debate challenge and he complained of a race that's largely been reduced to trivia while working families feel economic pain. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Malia Obama Calls Dibs on Lincoln's Desk Obama talks homework, history and happy family with Barbara Walters. Home > Rss Directory > General > ABC News |
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Palin: Obama's policies would spark international crisis - CNN The Associated PressPalin: Obama's policies would spark international crisisCNN - 1 hour ago(CNN) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin suggested Tuesday that it would be Sen. Barack Obama's policies that would spark the international crisis that Sen. Joe Biden has said would be Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Obama Casts Wide Blame for Financial Crisis and Proposes Homeowner Aid - New York Times Aljazeera.netObama Casts Wide Blame for Financial Crisis and Proposes Homeowner AidNew York Times - 51 minutes agoSen. Barack Obama spoke about the economy at Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art on Thursday in New York. By MICHAEL POWELL and JEFF ZELENY Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |