Scott Galindez | John Edwards's Righteous Anger

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Scott Galindez | John Edwards's Righteous Anger
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010308J.shtml
Truthout's Scott Galindez writes: "The corporate media over the last couple of months has been pushing a notion that John Edwards sounds 'angry.' Are we witnessing another attempt to take down a candidate that threatens the corporate power structure? Do we have a repeat of four years ago when the media made a big deal about Howard Dean shouting over the crowd noise?"

Iraq War Taking Back Seat to Domestic Issues
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010308K.shtml
Adam Nagourney reports for The New York Times, "The Democratic and Republican presidential candidates are navigating a far different set of issues as they approach the Iowa caucuses on Thursday than when they first started campaigning here a year ago, and that is likely to change even more as the campaigns move to New Hampshire and across the country."

Michael Moore | Who Is the Best Democratic Candidate on the Issues?
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010308L.shtml
Michael Moore writes in an open letter on MichaelMoore.com: "A new year has begun. And before we've had a chance to break our New Year's resolutions, we find ourselves with a little more than 24 hours before the good people of Iowa tell us whom they would like to replace the man who now occupies three countries and a white house."

FEC Adds Fine to Hastert's Legal Bills in Mark Foley Case
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010308M.shtml
Mary Ann Akers and Paul Kane report for The Washington Post, "As if the House page scandal involving former representative Mark Foley (R-Fla.) hadn't done enough damage to Republicans, now we discover that legal bills arising from it landed former speaker J. Dennis Hastert's campaign committee in hot water with the Federal Election Commission."

Oil Hits $100 a Barrel for the First Time
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010308N.shtml
Jad Mouawad reports for The New York Times, "Oil prices reached the symbolic level of $100 a barrel for the first time on Wednesday, a long-awaited milestone in an era of rapidly escalating energy demand."

Congressional Crackdown on Lobbying Is Already Showing Cracks
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010308O.shtml
David M. Herszenhorn reports for The New York Times: "Congressional Democrats like to boast that the rules, in the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007, will go a long way toward ending the influence-peddling that has become common in American politics. But writing a strong law does not necessarily mean that strict interpretation and robust enforcement will follow."

US-Allied Sunnis Are Target of Suicide Attack in Iraq
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010308P.shtml
Jamie Gumbrecht reports for McClatchy Newspapers: "An attacker wearing explosives blew up Wednesday at a checkpoint in the city of Baqouba that was manned by Sunni Muslims allied with U.S. forces. The attack, the latest in a recent rash of suicide bombings, killed four people and injured 23, police and Ministry of Interior officials said."


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