E.J. Kessler
By E.J. Kessler
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News Joe Is Losing Poll Strength In the States Voting Feb. 3
Bye-bye, bounce. Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman, riding a wave of press attention after Al Gore’s endorsement of Howard Dean brought sympathy and the capture of Saddam Hussein bolstered his pro-war stance, has been positioning himself as the “anti-Dean,” the “clear choice” for those dissatisfied with the front-runner. But polls show that Lieberman, far from gaining…
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News CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Candidate Contribution: The most recently declared presidential candidate — President Bush — surprised a New York area Jewish charity last week with a hefty contribution. Bush’s check was discovered in the mail Friday by the executive director of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, William Rapfogel, who was opening envelopes with contributions for the group’s…
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News Senator: Saddam Nab, Dean’s Rise Make GOP An Easy Sell
The capture of Saddam Hussein and the rise of Howard Dean are making President Bush and the Republican Party a much easier sell in the Jewish community, Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman says. “My effort is made easier by Howard Dean, by Dean’s not having a strong record on the war on terror, by his comments…
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News In New Hampshire, People Power Drives Primary
LACONIA, N.H. — Standing before a roaring fire on a cold night in the living room of a comfortable home here, Josh Levin demonstrated why Howard Dean is running away with the hearts of New Hampshire voters — and, probably, his party’s nomination. Levin, 25, a native of Chicago transplanted to this small town by…
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News Bush’s Internationalist Push Has Dems Grasping for Policy
The capture of Saddam Hussein is pointing up one of the great ironies facing Democrats when they mull their party’s foreign policy: President Bush has stolen it. Bush’s prosecution of the Iraq war — like his “No Child Left Behind” educational program and his Medicare prescription drug plan — seeks to beat Democrats by joining…
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News CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Junk Food Joe: Before the news of Al Gore’s endorsement roiled the field, Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman was pushing his pro-family sally against junk food and those who would sell it to American children. “Parents today are being forced to contend with a new threat: big food companies targeting junk food at children,” Lieberman said…
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News Gore’s Dean Endorsement Exposes Lieberman’s Woes
Fulfilling their need to name a winner and a loser for every campaign development, pundits were describing former vice president Al Gore’s endorsement this week of former Vermont governor Howard Dean as a body blow to the presidential aspirations of Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman. Lieberman clearly was surprised and chagrined by the move of his…
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News Unbeloved Bush Aide Baker Reemerges in Mideast Thicket
A former secretary of state noted for his strained relations with Israel and American Jewry is back in the thick of Middle East affairs — just in time to throw a wrench into the 2004 election. Last week, President Bush tapped James Baker III, a Texas oil man, longtime family friend and political fixer who…
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