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The Democratic National Committee has selected the top five videos submitted by party members that answer the question, “Why are you a Democrat in 2008?’’

The national party is asking members of the public to vote for their favorite of the five through [...]

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The presidential debate over national energy policy continued today with Democrat Barack Obama accusing Republican John McCain of contradicting himself on the issue of tire inflation.

If you were on vacation or taking time out to watch another American deported on “I Survived a Japanese [...]

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Hillary Rodham Clinton sent out another email this afternoon to her presidential campaign supporters reminding them of her continuing effort to retire campaign debt.

Her last Internet-based effort at raising money was a contest in which the yet-to-be-announced winner will have dinner with Clinton.

This [...]

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Sen. Chuck Schumer will be on Comedy Central tonight at 11 to hawk the paperback version of his book, “Positively American: Winning Back the Middle-Class Majority One Family at a Time.’’

Schumer’s will appear on “The Daily Show with Jon [...]

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Members of Congress who represent the Hudson Valley are big advocates of pork in terms of getting federal money to pay for local projects.But the number of congressional lawmakers who oppose political pork has grown nationally.

Sen. Barack Obama, who obtained money [...]

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A new poll of women voters found 69 percent credit Hillary Rodham Clinton with paving the way for a future female president, but 57 percent don’t think it will be her.

“They seem to think this was the moment [...]

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Yes, it’s true.

Hillary Rodham Clinton will hit the presidential campaign trail Friday in Las Vegas.

But it will be in a new role as a surrogate for Barack Obama.

The Obama campaign announced this afternoon that New York’s junior senator will host two [...]

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John McCain is expected to have New York’s Conservative Party line in the November presidential election, which could provide him with symbolic value nationally but not enough votes to win in a Democratic-leaning state where recent polls show Barack [...]

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All three Westchester-Rockland area congressional Democrats will have Republican opponents in the November election.

The New York state Board of Elections reported Thursday that Robert Goodman of the Bronx has filed voter petitions to run on the Conservative line against Democratic Rep. [...]

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At a fundraiser this morning in Manhattan targeted at women contributors, Barack Obama thanked Hillary Rodham Clinton for joining him in prepared remarks released by his presidential campaign.

“You can rest assure that when we finally win the battle for universal health care [...]