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Obama says America is great, but let's "try to change it."
None Blogger on Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 in a blog posting
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"We have more coal reserves in the United States than they have oil reserves in Saudi Arabia."
Republican Rudy Giuliani on Friday, January 25th, 2008 in Boca Raton.
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"I supported the surge when you didn't."
Republican Mike Huckabee on Saturday, January 5th, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.
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"We reduced abortion. We increased adoptions by 135 percent."
Republican Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 in a debate in Johnston, Iowa
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"I saved the taxpayers $2-billion on a bogus Air Force Boeing tanker deal where people went to jail."
Republican John McCain on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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The latest Truth-O-Meter items researched by Tom Tobin
"We reduced abortion. We increased adoptions by 135 percent."
Republican Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 in a debate in Johnston, Iowa
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"Going to public financing really disadvantages Democrats because you’re not able to raise funds between the day you win the primaries and the time you’re officially nominated.”
Democrat Bill Richardson on Friday, October 5th, 2007 in an interview on CNN
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"Fences have not worked. The Great Wall of China, the Berlin Wall. That's not good among peoples, especially friends like the United States and Mexico."
Democrat Bill Richardson on Friday, October 5th, 2007 in an interview on CNN.
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Recent stories by Tom Tobin
The perils of public financing: Bill Richardson and other critics overstate the drawbacks of John Edwards' decision to take public financing
A divide over fences: To illustrate his concerns about a fence between the United States and Mexico, Bill Richardson cites problems with the Great Wall of China and the Berlin Wall. But the history of those famous fences is not so clear.
Giuliani's "culture of life," defined: Giuliani has been an adoption advocate, but now he says that's the same as being an abortion foe.
Obama: I'm a magnet for turnout: The Democrat says he can draw black voters and young people to the polls in a big way, but experts have their doubts.
Recent stories researched by Tom Tobin
Romney misses easy grounder : At the CNN/YouTube debate, the candidates argued about immigration, crime and Iraq. We found they generally got their facts right, although Romney missed an easy one about the Red Sox.
The perils of public financing: Bill Richardson and other critics overstate the drawbacks of John Edwards' decision to take public financing
A divide over fences: To illustrate his concerns about a fence between the United States and Mexico, Bill Richardson cites problems with the Great Wall of China and the Berlin Wall. But the history of those famous fences is not so clear.
Tom Tobin, 48, has worked at the St. Petersburg Times for 19 years, serving much of that time as a government reporter. As the Times’ state reporter, he covered the 2000 presidential recount in Florida. Over the next two years, he covered efforts to rewrite Florida’s election law and retool its election machinery. Since 2003, he has been an education reporter, focusing on school board issues, school finance, the achievement gap and desegregation.
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