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...Romney tried to minimize its import. "Despite the fact that we differed on issues, in every debate I pointed out my respect for him," Romney said, leaving out the fact that those compliments were often followed by sharp attacks on McCain. Romney said he now considers McCain "a friend," having watched him bar-b-que and spend time with his children in Sedona, Arizona...
...amount of bargaining I’ve done, or the number of times I’ve been scammed. It’s because, when that snake kept moving without its head, I suddenly felt very far away from home, and that feeling was very real.The other day, a friend of mine told me about riding on the back of a motorcycle taxi after work. I asked him if it was worth it, and his response said a lot about Shanghai. “It’s really fun,” he said...
...Michelle is a tremendous asset," says Habitat Inc. CEO Valerie Jarrett, a close friend of both Obamas and a key campaign adviser. As Daley's deputy chief of staff at the time, Jarrett hired Michelle to help troubleshoot for companies having problems navigating the city's bureaucracy. "Her being from Chicago, from the Southside of Chicago, was an asset to Barack in terms of enhancing his ties to the community...
...recent days, and "we just doubled our fire power in the field," Illinois Senator Dick Durbin told MSNBC. Biden stepped onto the stage with Obama in Springfield, Ill., on Saturday, and immediately declared his intention to handcuff John McCain to an unpopular Republican President. McCain "is genuinely a friend of mine. I've known John for 35 years. He served our country with extraordinary courage and I know he wants to do right by America," Biden said. "But the harsh truth is, ladies and gentlemen, you can't change America when you boast - and these are John's words - [that...
...Delaware senator wasted little time laying into John McCain. In the second paragraph of his speech he ridiculed the man he acknowledged is "a close friend," for never having to sit around the kitchen table worrying about how to make ends meet. "He'll have to figure out which of the seven kitchen tables to sit at," Biden quipped, needling McCain who, in an interview with Politico earlier this week, couldn't say how many homes he owns...