Latest Stories By Angie Drobnic Holan

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Creative editing twists McCain’s comments on Iraq

An ad from the DNC claims McCain is all over the map on Iraq. We find the ad leaves important context on the cutting room floor.
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Obama’s Iraq flip-flop? Nope

Some charge Obama with changing positions on withdrawal from Iraq; we cull through the record and find he has been consistent.
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Bogus Dowd column spreads quickly

Blogs and chain e-mails are spreading a Maureen Dowd column that claims the Obama campaign got suspicious contributions from Iran, Saudi Arabia and China. But the column is a fake.

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Focus on flip-flops: the McCain edition

It's easy to say a candidate flip-flops. But does he? We look at the various claims against John McCain.
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Flipping and flopping

Biden defends Obama by saying McCain changes positions, too. Yes, but not much on Iraq.
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Obama’s first ad hits patriotic note

Now his party's nominee, Obama touts love of country in his new ad. It gets his points on taxes and welfare largely right. A third claim on veterans health benefits is less clear.
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Mix ‘n match creditors with causes

We take apart popular notions on foreign debt and oil imports. Economists say the relationship is complicated.

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E-mails twist context of Obama’s memoir

Anonymous e-mailers make hay, getting quotes wrong or out of context. We give you the skinny in case Dreams from My Father isn't in your beach bag.

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Obama skips public financing

Obama once said his contributor network was akin to public financing. We said....
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Digging up dirt on Michelle Obama

E-mailers go after Sen. Barack Obama by digging into his wife's college years. They take Michelle Obama's senior thesis and add their own fabrication.
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Caution: Lobbyists on the loose!

Obama bashes McCain on the influence issue. He's right, but McCain has a long record of reform.

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