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Keith Perine is a reporter for Congressional Quarterly.

Featured Statements

Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2008 in a debate in Nashville, Tenn.:

"Oil companies ...currently have 68-million acres that they're not using."

By Robert Farley • October 7, 2008
Mike Huckabee
stated on September 3, 2008 in a speech at the Republican National Convention:

Sarah Palin "got more votes running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, than Joe Biden got running for president of the United States."

By Keith Perine • September 4, 2008
John Kerry
stated on August 31, 2008 in an interview on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos.":

"Gov. Palin ... is somebody who actually doesn't believe that climate change is man-made."

By Keith Perine • September 3, 2008
Barack Obama
stated on August 4, 2008 in Lansing, MI:

Oil companies "haven't touched" 68 million acres where they already have rights to drill.

By Keith Perine • August 18, 2008