url='http://www.emilymillerdc.com/2009/08/12/rick-santorum-going-to-iowa-is-he-mulling-2012-white-house-bid/';size='small';username='@EmilyMillerDC';Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Penn.) is going to Iowa in October to speak at the University of Dubuque about the future of the Republican Party and to attend a luncheon in Des Moines with a pro-life group. Santorum will participate in events with Iowa conservatives who are active in the caucus process, his associate...
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url='http://www.emilymillerdc.com/2009/08/11/obama-girls-on-school-lunch-poster-white-house-protests/';size='small';username='@EmilyMillerDC';The White House is protesting a nonprofit organization’s posters that reference President Obama’s daughters while advocating nutritious lunches in public schools. The posters — which do not use the Obama girls’ image or names — feature a photo of a girl with a thought balloon over her head, saying: “President Obama’s daughters get healthy...
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url='http://www.emilymillerdc.com/2009/08/11/meghan-mccain-lashes-out-at-michelle-malkin-and-ann-coulter/';size='small';username='@EmilyMillerDC';Meghan McCain told Michelle Malkin Tuesday that she would not “shut up” and that the Republican Party should be more inclusive of moderates like herself. The attack by McCain, the Republican daughter of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), against conservative Malkin is the latest battle in this year’s public war of the Republican women pundits....
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url='http://www.emilymillerdc.com/2009/08/11/mark-sanford-impeachment-possible-republican-state-senator-says/';size='small';username='@EmilyMillerDC';Gov. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) is under even more pressure from his own party. A Republican state senator is raising the possibility of impeachment, accusing Sanford of violating state regulations by not choosing the lowest rate available for two international commercial flights for state business. The accusation came from State Sen. David Thomas (R-Greenville), chairman...
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url='http://www.emilymillerdc.com/2009/08/10/mark-sanford-used-taxpayer-paid-planes-for-personal-and-official-business/';size='small';username='@EmilyMillerDC';Gov. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) is being criticized in media reports for using state airplanes for campaign events and personal activities such as a dental appointment, hair cut, and his son’s soccer game. The reports are based on a review by the Associated Press of flight records and the governor’s public schedule since he took...
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url='http://www.emilymillerdc.com/2009/08/07/chelsea-wedding-proposal-those-40-goats-and-20-cows-for-hillary-and-bill-offer-stands/';size='small';username='@EmilyMillerDC';Hillary Clinton promised a Kenyan man to pass along his ”very kind offer” of 40 goats and 20 cows for her daughter Chelsea Clinton’s hand in marriage. Godwin Kipkemoi Chepkurgor, a man of modest means, originally made the offer in a letter to Bill Clinton when all three Clintons traveled to Africa in 2000....
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url='http://www.emilymillerdc.com/2009/08/07/michael-jackson-controversy-california-mayor-ordered-u-s-flag-at-half-staff/';size='small';username='@EmilyMillerDC';On the day of Michael Jackson’s funeral, Mayor Jim Dear of Carson, Calif., ordered that the American flag outside City Hall be lowered to half-staff, a gesture generally used to honor the deaths of presidents, police officers, firefighters and other heroes. The decision created a national backlash, prompting Dear to make a 180-degree turn...
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url='http://www.emilymillerdc.com/2009/08/06/robert-gibbs-retracts-calling-ahmadinejad-irans-elected-leader/';size='small';username='@EmilyMillerDC';White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, who earlier this week called Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the “elected leader” of Iran, was forced to correct his statement, saying that he did not mean to insinuate that the election in Iran was legitimate and fair. On Tuesday, Gibbs was asked in his daily press briefing if the United...
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url='http://www.emilymillerdc.com/2009/08/06/mitt-romney-writing-political-book-launch-of-presidential-bid/';size='small';username='@EmilyMillerDC';Republican Mitt Romney signed a deal to write a book entitled “No Apology: The Case for American Greatness.” The book is scheduled to be published by St. Martin’s Press in March 2010, which is primary season for the midterm elections. Romney’s book, which was reported by The New York Times, will be a platform...
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url='http://www.emilymillerdc.com/2009/08/06/rielle-hunter-cant-get-a-babysitter-or-something-to-prove/';size='small';username='@EmilyMillerDC';Rielle Hunter, the former mistress of ex-Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.), arrived at a federal courthouse to testify before a grand jury with a baby in her arms. People bring all kinds of things to grand juries — lawyers, brief cases, evidence, supportive spouses. But a baby? When I saw Bonnie’s story earlier about Hunter’s...
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