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Frustration with forms
By Jeffrey S. Solochek November 20, 2007

Clinton and Richardson are right that Americans are frustrated with long college aid forms, but their numbers don't add up.

Spend-O-Meter vs. Truth-O-Meter
November 20, 2007

Once you accept some assumptions about how they did the math, the RNC does a pretty good job crunching Clinton's numbers.

The intel numbers game
By Shawn Zeller November 19, 2007

Rudy Giuliani blames President Clinton for the sad state of the intelligence budget.

Edwards not new to populism
By Angie Drobnic Holan November 19, 2007

Barack Obama says John Edwards is new to populism, but a review of Edwards' political resume shows he has long argued the cause of regular people against economic elites.

No sanctuary from exaggeration
By Bill Adair November 19, 2007

Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney tussled over "sanctuary cities" for illegal immigrants at the CNN/YouTube debate. But their attacks exaggerate the effects of municipal policies on immigration.

Obama zapped by lightning claim
By Bill Adair November 16, 2007

The Democrats slugged it out in a Las Vegas debate. We found several claims were true, but Obama was wrong about the probability of lightning strikes vs. undocumented worker prosecutions and Richardson was way off about the popularity of Vice President Cheney and HMOs.

Taking stock of ‘tax-hike Mike’
By Miranda Blue November 14, 2007

Fred Thompson says Mike Huckabee raised lots of taxes in Arkansas. Huckabee responds that he cut taxes "almost 100 times." We find Thompson on solid ground but Huckabee stretching the truth.

Making ‘disruption’ equal ‘destruction’
By John Frank November 13, 2007

Rudy Giuliani frequently attacks Hillary Clinton over her views on the free market, but he's blatantly misquoting her.

Decoding the Clinton records ruckus
By Angie Drobnic Holan November 9, 2007

Sen. Clinton's records as first lady are stuck in an archivist quagmire, but that doesn't mean President Clinton couldn't be helping.

Obama targeted in chain e-mail
By Bill Adair November 8, 2007

A chain e-mail says Barack Obama is unpatriotic because he "refused" to say the Pledge of Allegiance and did not put his hand over his heart. But it relies on a photo taken during the national anthem, not the pledge.

Sparring over spending
November 7, 2007

It's true that Rudy Giuliani sued to end the president's line item veto, it's just not clear how much that means.

Compare their resumes
By Bill Adair November 7, 2007

To see a chart comparing the government and private-sector experience of the candidates, click here.

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