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"I won the majority of the Republican vote in both New Hampshire and South Carolina."
Republican John McCain on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.
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"The fact of the matter is that my colleague from New York, Senator Clinton, there are 50 percent of the American public that say they're not going to vote for her."
Democrat Chris Dodd on Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 in a debate in Philadelphia
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Former business partner Robert Gay says: “The man who helped save my daughter was Mitt Romney.”
Republican Mitt Romney on Wednesday, December 19th, 2007 in
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"For every single illegal immigrant family in this country, it costs $20,000 — it costs us $20,000; $20,000 in infrastructural costs. They pay about $10,000 in taxes."
Republican Tom Tancredo on Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 in Detroit
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"Right now, an employer has more of a chance of getting hit by lightning than be prosecuted for hiring an undocumented worker. That has to change."
Democrat Barack Obama on Thursday, November 15th, 2007 in Las Vegas
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The latest Truth-O-Meter items researched by David DeCamp
"I won the majority of the Republican vote in both New Hampshire and South Carolina."
Republican John McCain on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.
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"The fact of the matter is that my colleague from New York, Senator Clinton, there are 50 percent of the American public that say they're not going to vote for her."
Democrat Chris Dodd on Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 in a debate in Philadelphia
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“The Alternative Minimum Tax was never intended to hit people in middle income, upper middle income. It was meant for people who are rich and evading taxes.”
Democrat Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 in Philadelphia
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"What happens is people like Warren Buffett — and he says this himself...pay 15 percent on the millions of dollars that they earn from wealth income... while their secretary is paying a higher rate on her work income. It's not right."
Democrat John Edwards on Thursday, September 20th, 2007 in Davenport, Iowa
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Recent stories by David DeCamp
Not just for the richest anymore: Candidates pillory the alternative minimum tax, though not always with solutions in hand.
Clinton fails English exam - twice: Clinton overstates the implications of making English the official U.S. language.
Did the Pentagon move too slowly on safer trucks?: With roadside bombs claiming troops at an alarming rate, a general urgently requests an armored replacement of the Humvee. Two years later, the vehicles are arriving in droves, but the enemy is already prepared.
David DeCamp is a staff writer for the St. Petersburg Times. He has covered Florida and national politics since the 2000 presidential recount, as well as Super Bowls and military policy. He previously was the political writer for the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville and the Ft. Wayne (Ind.) Journal Gazette.
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