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...Fred Pope wanted to do was get to Trinity United Church of Christ's 11 a.m. Sunday service. Instead, he was bombarded by reporters seeking his reaction to Sen. Barack Obama's decision to leave the South Side church after nearly two decades. "It's a deeply personal decision," Pope said simply, clutching a Bible in his left hand, walking along 95th Street toward the massive brown sanctuary. Then, Pope stopped, looked to the clear sky, and added, "I'd be disappointed if he stopped believing...
Listening to the questions asked of Gen. David Petraeus in the Senate Thursday, you might think the U.S. was headed for a new war in the Gulf. Senators from both sides of the aisle spent as much time asking him about Iran as they did about Iraq and Afghanistan. Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut grilled Petraeus on Iran's anti-U.S. activities in the region. Sen. Daniel Akaka of Hawaii plaintively asked about the utility of negotiations with Iran. And Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia pressed Petraeus on what he meant by the need to "counter malign Iranian influence...
...Sen. Ted Kennedy's seizure on Saturday has now been diagnosed as the result of a cancerous brain tumor. But his prognosis will depend on what doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital find as they continue their tests and weigh treatment options...
...Sen. John McCain is in the arena, his face marred by dust, sweat and blood—and that’s just on the Right. Two-fifths of Republicans are voting for him this November because they can’t stand the other guy, according to a recent Hotline poll. And one tenth of them are voting for the Democrat...
...foot soldier in the Reagan Revolution,” McCain protests, brandishing his American Conservative Union lifetime rating of 83 percent, compared to eight percent for Sen. Barack Obama. Still, conservatives charge insubordination: The maverick pulls his punches with his Democratic opponents, yet pummels his Republican allies. To win the Right’s trust, he must fight for it, not against...