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NEWSWEEK: Cover: 'Our Time for Change has Come' 'This is the campaign I always wanted to run. If it doesn't work, it's not because of the organization we built or the respectful tone that we set,' Sen. Barack Obama Tells Newsweek. Winning in Iowa: 'I think there's no doubt that it's a measure of our progress as a country. I've said from the beginning I had confidence in the American people.' John McCain Says the Lesson of the GOP Iowa Caucus: 'one, you can't buy an election in Iowa, and two, negative campaigns don't work.' NEW YORK, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- On the eve of the Iowa caucuses Sen. Obama tells Newsweek in the January 14 issue "Our Time For Change Has Come" (on newsstands Monday, January 7), "I feel calm," -- 24 hours before he'd know if it had all been worth it, or if he had been wasting his time. "This is the campaign I always wanted to run. If it doesn't work, it's not because o...

16 Dec 2007 17:56 Africa/Lagos NEWSWEEK: Cover: The Sleeper John Edwards Believes he can Score Upset win in Iowa; Has Been Visiting Rural Precincts Where Frontrunners Have Paid Less Attention Didn't get Negative Feedback After Being Combative With Clinton 'I Thought it was More Important for People to Understand ... The Substantive Policy Differences Between us, and now I Think we're at a Stage Where it's Time to Focus on why I Want to be President' NEW YORK, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards believes he can still come from behind for an upset win in Iowa, Newsweek reports in the December 24 cover "The Sleeper," (on newsstands Monday, December 17). For months, Edwards has been doggedly working to round up support in the state's rural precincts where the frontrunners have paid less attention. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071216/NYSU007 ) As Correspondent Arian Campo-Flores and Senior Writer Su...

Number of Democrats who See Each Democratic Candidate as Presidential Hillary Clinton 44% Barack Obama 17% John Edwards 14% Bill Richardson 4% Joe Biden 3% Chris Dodd 2% Dennis Kucinich 1% Mike Gravel 1% In the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination, it’s Hillary Clinton 38%, Barack Obama 27% and John Edwards 14%. Bill Richardson is supported by 4%, Joe Biden and Dennis Kucinich by 3% of Likely Democratic Primary Voters. ( see recent daily numbers ). Iowa: Clinton 29% Obama 26% Edwards 22% Florida: Huckabee 27% Romney 23% Giuliani 19% 47% Say White House Knew About CIA's Torching of Torture Tapes Generic Congressional Ballot: Democrats 46% Republicans 36% Obama Ties Giuliani 43% to 43%, Leads Romney by Four

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NEWSWEEK: Cover: The Billion Dollar Wild Card BLOOMBERG ON RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT: 'I am not running for president. I have 790-odd days to go in this job, the greatest job in the world-maybe the second greatest job.' 'One of the sad things is that at the moment America is not liked around the world. We are closing our eyes ... And I don't hear from the candidates how they would go about pulling the world together, getting people to respect us.' One year from Election Day, Newsweek takes an in-depth look at the people - and places - that could have a major impact on Campaign 2008 NEW YORK, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- For New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg -- the billion dollar wild card in the 2008 presidential election -- public service and public attention are inextricably linked, and have been since boyhood. Now he is thinking hard about taking a turn on the biggest stage of all: a campaign for the White House. The odds against an independent bid for the White House are ...

Let us call a spade a spade, Blackwater is blackwater indeed as defined by Wikipedia : Blackwater (waste) is a relatively recent term used to describe water containing fecal matter and urine. It is also known as brown water, foul water, or sewage. It is distinct from greywater or sullage, the residues of washing processes. Blackwater is heavily polluted and difficult to treat because of the high concentrations of mostly organic pollution. The term is commonly used on recreational vehicles where separate tanks collect blackwater and greywater wastes. American taxpayers are paying $445,000 per year for each Blackwater guard in Iraq. A total waste of public fund in a lost cause. The fact is, Blackwater is guilty of the violations of the Rule of Engagement in the war in Iraq. This is another glaring evidence that President George Walker Bush has bungled the mission in Iraq. Blackwater is a failure of military strategy by the US Armed Forces in Iraq. When Bush knew that he would fail woe...