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'Cutting though the Bull'updated: Wed Oct 29 2008 09:42:00

CNN's Campbell Brown sounds off on Sen. Barack Obama's unprecedented amount of campaign money.

Commentary: Obama breaks promise on campaign financeupdated: Wed Oct 29 2008 09:42:00

You may have heard that Wednesday night Barack Obama will be on five different TV networks speaking directly to the American people.

Money Magazine: Political donations: 3 things to knowupdated: Thu May 22 2008 10:45:00

As November draws nearer, expect a barrage of pre-recorded phone calls and other pleas from presidential hopefuls who want your vote - and your financial support.

DeWine pulls 9/11 adupdated: Thu Jul 20 2006 18:15:00

Sen. Mike DeWine is changing the images of the burning World Trade Center towers in a campaign ad, but not for the reasons Democrats objected to it.

Tyrrell: Swiftboating has become a hate termupdated: Thu Jun 01 2006 12:40:00

As we watch the left of the Democratic Party pressing its case to return to the top of the heap in American politics, or at least evade the fate of the dodo, we have ever more evidence validating an insight on which I stake my reputation as a political seer. To wit: Partisan politics more often falls under the professional expertise of the psychiatrist than that of the political scientist. A learned shrink can often tell us more about a political issue than any other professional, not excluding a swami or a voodoo priest.

Sinclair fires reporter for criticizing anti-Kerry programupdated: Tue Oct 19 2004 03:27:00

The Washington bureau chief for a chain of television stations that plans to run a documentary critical of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said Monday he was fired for publicly criticizing the company's decision to air the program.

Fortune: By the Numbersupdated: Mon Oct 04 2004 00:01:00

This election cycle, 527s have replaced PACs as the political money-handlers du jour. Groups like MoveOn.org, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, and a new group running ads that attack Bush's military ...

Kerry camp calls new ad 'junkyard politics'updated: Thu Sep 23 2004 11:52:00

The Vietnam veterans group behind a series of commercials attacking Sen. John Kerry's military record has released a new ad comparing him to Jane Fonda for meeting with North Vietnamese and Viet Cong officials during the Vietnam War.

First lady criticized for swift boat remarkupdated: Sun Aug 29 2004 17:15:00

The Kerry campaign Sunday criticized first lady Laura Bush for what the campaign called her "statement in support of the swift boat smear ads."

Poll: Presidential race remains dead heatupdated: Thu Aug 26 2004 17:25:00

The race for the White House between President Bush and Sen. John Kerry remains a statistical tie, with Kerry holding a single-point edge among registered voters, according to a new CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll.

Swift boat showdown in Crawfordupdated: Wed Aug 25 2004 17:06:00

"We're asking George Bush today to put up or shut up," former Democratic Senator and Vietnam War veteran Max Cleland said in Crawford, Texas, as he tried to deliver a letter to the president signed by several current U.S. senators -- all veterans -- asking the president to denounce the swift boat attack ads against John Kerry.

Text of letter to President Bushupdated: Wed Aug 25 2004 14:01:00

Former Sen. Max Cleland on Wednesday attempted to deliver a letter to President Bush at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, asking him to publicly condemn recent attack ads on Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. The ads question Kerry's combat record in Vietnam.

Bush-Cheney lawyer resigns over veterans flap updated: Wed Aug 25 2004 11:41:00

A legal adviser to the Bush-Cheney campaign resigned Wednesday after revealing that he had also advised the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, the 527 group that has launched a campaign to discredit Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's military record.

Political drama unfolds as letter carriers fail to deliverupdated: Wed Aug 25 2004 10:13:00

Representatives of both political parties Wednesday converged on Crawford Middle School in attempts to deliver messages -- in letter form -- about a campaign that is critical of the military record of Sen. John Kerry.

Fear and smearupdated: Tue Aug 24 2004 16:17:00

Only days before the start of the Republican National Convention in New York, John Kerry came to the city and leveled this charge Tuesday, "The Bush campaign and its allies have turned to the tactics of fear and smear because they can't talk about jobs, health care, energy independence and rebuilding our alliances -- the real issues that matter to the American people."

Kerry alleges 'fear and smear' tacticsupdated: Tue Aug 24 2004 13:43:00

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Tuesday accused the Bush campaign of adopting "the tactics of fear and smear" because its record is a failed one, saying November's election comes down to a choice between right and wrong.

President Bush enters swift boat frayupdated: Mon Aug 23 2004 17:09:00

Flanked by his vice president and his national security team at his Crawford, Texas, ranch, the president went slightly further than his aides in calling for an end to those controversial Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ads blasting Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry.

Bush urges Kerry to condemn attack adsupdated: Mon Aug 23 2004 13:50:00

President Bush on Monday called for the so-called 527 groups to stop airing political ads, but he did not directly condemn commercials by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth that have attacked Sen. John Kerry's war record.

Kerry In Combatupdated: Mon Aug 23 2004 13:04:00

John Kerry offers his service in Vietnam as proof that he can keep America safe. But in two TV ads and a best-selling book, an anti-Kerry group has accused the Senator of dishonesty and cowardice during the war.

Bush campaign denies 'smear tactics'updated: Sun Aug 22 2004 16:47:00

The Bush campaign rejected accusations Sunday from Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaign that it was using "tired, old smear tactics" by letting backers attack Kerry's Vietnam War record through an independent group.

Bush adviser quits after appearing in swift boat adupdated: Sat Aug 21 2004 15:02:00

A volunteer adviser has quit President Bush's re-election campaign after appearing in a veterans group's television commercial blasting Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's involvement in the Vietnam-era antiwar movement.

Swift assaultupdated: Fri Aug 20 2004 16:55:00

The political battle between John Kerry and a group of Vietnam veterans supported by some Republicans grows more heated. As Kerry calls on President Bush to disavow the first swift boat ad, a second one is ready to be released.

Kerry files FEC complaint against swift boat groupupdated: Fri Aug 20 2004 14:39:00

The Kerry presidential campaign filed a complaint Friday with the Federal Election Commission, alleging that ads from an anti-Kerry veterans' group are inaccurate and "illegally coordinated" with Republicans and the Bush-Cheney campaign.

Kerry blasts swift boat attack adsupdated: Thu Aug 19 2004 16:57:00

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry took the fight directly to President Bush Thursday over what he says is Bush's willingness to allow surrogates to tell lies about his Vietnam record.

Anti-Kerry veterans group releases critical adupdated: Thu Aug 05 2004 13:43:00

A veterans group that has been sharply critical of Sen. John Kerry launched an ad Thursday that accuses the Democratic presidential nominee of lying about his Vietnam war record.

Anti-Kerry veterans group protests adupdated: Tue Jun 01 2004 19:40:00

A group of Vietnam veterans opposed to John Kerry's presidential campaign demanded Tuesday that he remove a photograph that appears in one of his television advertisements.

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