How did a former Bush official win an $800 million Department of Defense contract for his healthcare firm? That's what government watchdogs want to know.
By Mark Benjamin Dec 4, 2007
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He said he'd quit the race if he didn't come in first or second in Iowa. How about sixth?
By Tim Grieve
August 13, 2007
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Mitt Romney's victory in the GOP's Iowa straw poll was a foregone conclusion, but Mike Huckabee's runner-up finish gives his campaign new momentum.
By Michael Scherer
August 13, 2007
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Salon watches the third GOP debate so you don't have to: God frowns on Giuliani, Romney does weird math on Iraq, Thompson proposes a Bush morality tour, and more.
By Michael Scherer
June 6, 2007
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Salon watches the second Republican debate so you don't have to.
By Michael Scherer
May 16, 2007
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What happens after Iowa?
By Tim Grieve
August 10, 2007
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Will Tommy Thompson make more gaffes -- and will Rudy Giuliani keep tacking back to the left on abortion -- at the second GOP debate tonight?
By Walter Shapiro
May 15, 2007
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Tommy Thompson says employers shouldn't be able to fire gays. Hillary Clinton wants to deauthorize the Iraq war. The White House thinks it's OK to talk to Syria. A mind is a wonderful thing to change.
By Joan Walsh
May 4, 2007
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The GOP presidential candidate said employers should be able to fire people because they're gay.
By Tim Grieve
May 4, 2007
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At the Reagan Library, the GOP's 2008 contenders compete for the Gipper's mantle -- and for the title of Most Macho.
By Michael Scherer
May 4, 2007
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Tommy Thompson says fatigue and a cold were behind his claim that moneymaking is "part of the Jewish tradition."
By Tim Grieve
April 18, 2007
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GOP presidential hopeful Tommy Thompson says Jews have a "tradition" of making money.
By Tim Grieve
April 16, 2007
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The former HHS secretary says the country needs a candidate from the Midwest.
By Tim Grieve
November 16, 2006
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By Rebecca Traister
August 31, 2004
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By Geraldine Sealey
March 17, 2004
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Why are some nonprofit organizations that don't agree with the Bush administration's "abstinence only" philosophy repeatedly investigated by the government, while faith-based groups get a free pass?
By Christopher Healy
October 28, 2003
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With its allies now controlling Congress and the White House, the religious right launches a crusade to cleanse America of sin. The first battlefield: Women's bodies.
By Louise Witt
January 3, 2003
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How to tell which GOP candidates are in trouble? Check out the White House travel bill.
October 23, 2002
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A prestigious, congressionally mandated report has found that minority Americans receive glaringly inferior medical care. The Bush response: Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day!
By Fran Smith
May 2, 2002
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Activist Jamie Love accuses the Bush administration of putting corporate profits above public safety.
By Anthony York
October 18, 2001
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The state Supreme Court gives women a victory over deadbeat dads -- but at the cost of endangering reproductive rights.
By Jennifer Foote Sweeney
July 13, 2001
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Liberal Democrats are gearing up to oppose the president-elect's most conservative choices. Here's a list of the most vulnerable nominees, and their enemies.
By Alicia Montgomery
January 5, 2001
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The HHS nominee supports it, but right-to-lifers want it stopped.
By Arthur Allen
December 29, 2000
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Possible Cabinet appointment for pro-life Gov. Tommy Thompson has
abortion-rights groups worried.
By Jake Tapper
December 21, 2000
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Wisconsin's Thompson is picked to head Health and Human Services; New Jersey's Whitman will run the EPA.
December 21, 2000
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