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"I told Congress, 'Thanks, but no thanks,' on that bridge to nowhere."
Sarah Palin on Friday, August 29th, 2008 in >>Details
When oil and gas prices sent state revenues up, Palin sent "a large share of that revenue directly back to the people of Alaska."
Sarah Palin on Friday, August 29th, 2008 in Dayton, Ohio >>Details
"There's only four senators senior to me ... there's still 44 older than me."
Joe Biden on Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 in Springfield, Ill. >>Details
Biden is "one of the least wealthy members of the U.S. Senate."
Howard Dean on Sunday, August 24th, 2008 in a TV interview >>Details
As a state senator in Illinois, Obama made sure women got equal pay for equal work.
Michelle Obama on Monday, August 25th, 2008 in her address at the Democratic National Convention. >>Details
The U.S. energy policy is to "borrow money from China to buy oil from countries that don't like us."
Mark Warner on Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 in Denver >>Details
"Less than four cents of every health care dollar is spent on prevention and public health."
The Democratic National Committee on Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 in the Democratic Party platform >>Details
While in the Illinois Senate, Barack Obama passed legislation moving people "from welfare to jobs."
Michelle Obama on Monday, August 25th, 2008 in Denver >>Details
"Whether in Illinois or Washington, Barack Obama has bridged partisanship to bring about significant reform."
Nancy Pelosi on Monday, August 25th, 2008 in Denver >>Details
While in the Illinois Senate, Barack Obama passed "tax cuts for hard-working families."
Michelle Obama on Monday, August 25th, 2008 in Denver >>Details
"We spend more on health care than any other country, but we're ranked 47th in life expectancy and 43rd in child mortality."
The Democratic National Committee on Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 in the Democratic Party platform >>Details
"We spent $3-million of your money to study the DNA of bears."
John McCain on Saturday, August 16th, 2008 in Orange County, Calif. >>Details
The Bush administration's latest plans for troop withdrawal from Iraq by 2011 are "more or less the same time frame I announced two years ago."
Barack Obama on Thursday, August 21st, 2008 in Chester, Va. >>Details
"Joe Biden wrote the Violence Against Women Act ... the rate of domestic violence went down dramatically."
Barack Obama on Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 in Springfield, Ill. >>Details
"Joe Biden brought Republicans and Democrats together to pass the 1994 crime bill, putting 100,000 cops on the streets and starting an eight-year drop in crime across the country."
Barack Obama on Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 in >>Details
"The fact is that although we have had a president who is opposed to abortion over the last eight years, abortions have not gone down.''
Barack Obama on Saturday, August 16th, 2008 in a TV interview with megachurch pastor Rick Warren in Lake Forest, Calif. >>Details
"I argued for years that we need to move from a 'Musharraf policy' to a 'Pakistan policy.' "
Barack Obama on Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 in in a speech in Orlando, Fla. >>Details
"It (Georgia) was one of the earliest Christian nations. The king of then-Georgia in the third century converted to Christianity."
John McCain on Saturday, August 16th, 2008 in Saddleback Valley Community Church in Orange County, Calif. >>Details
Oil companies "haven't touched" 68 million acres where they already have rights to drill.
Barack Obama on Monday, August 4th, 2008 in Lansing, MI >>Details
The musical Mamma Mia! has "been selling out for years."
John McCain on Thursday, August 14th, 2008 in a town hall in Aspen, Colo. >>Details
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