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by Josh Kalven
10:45am
Sat May 3, 2008

The Meaning Of "Experience"

Hillary Clinton

As the gas tax debate has raged this past week between the presidential candidates in Indiana, one recurring suggestion is that Barack Obama's current opposition to a national gas tax holiday is hypocritical or an example of "flip-flopping." Those making this ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
6:31pm
Fri May 2, 2008

150 Economists Back Obama On The Gas Tax

White House '08

As we noted earlier this week, there's been quite the feud on the presidential campaign trail and airwaves lately, with Hillary Clinton and John McCain advocating in favor of a gas tax holiday this summer and Barack Obama rejecting such proposals as "political stunts&quot...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
5:11pm
Fri May 2, 2008

The Bush-McCain Challenge

Think you've got what it takes to tell the difference between President Bush and John McCain?

Test yourself here.

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PI Original
by Adam Doster
2:07pm
Fri May 2, 2008

EPA Administrator: Gade Firing "Unprecedented And Highly Irregular"

Environment

Robert Sussman, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and deputy administrator at the EPA, has more on the irregularity of Stephen Johnson's decision to fire Mary Gade from her post as administrator of EPA Region 5 (which serves Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
1:59pm
Fri May 2, 2008

Rahm: "I Suppose I'll Have To Do Something"

Rahm Emanuel

Lynn Sweet talked to Rep. Rahm Emanuel today about his undeclared status during the Democratic primary season and he made clear he's not going to step into the battle for the nomination until all the primaries have concluded. Not surprisingly, he seems to realize that, if and ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
1:18pm
Fri May 2, 2008

In Defense Of The Woods Fund

Unlike most journalists, The Nation's Ari Melber took the time to cut through the guilt-by-association charges recently levied at Barack Obama and understand the laudable aim and focus of the Woods Fund. This is the Chicago-based foundation whose board once featured both ...

PI Original
by Mose Buchele
12:05pm
Fri May 2, 2008

Hometown Obama Supporters Flock To Indiana

White House '08

If you sit on a porch along Stateline Road in Calumet City, Illinois, and look across the street, you're not looking at Calumet City. You're not even looking at Illinois. Your neighbors across the way live on Stateline Avenue in Hammond, Indiana. That these two towns exist ...

PI Original
by Mose Buchele
11:15am
Fri May 2, 2008

Wind Farm Opponents Come Out In Force

Wind power

A public hearing in Pekin, IL, over a proposed wind farm turned into a heated debate on the merits of alternative energy yesterday as people on both sides of the issue lawyered up. The Peoria Journal Star reports that "the hearing Thursday quickly became a pseudo-...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
10:59am
Fri May 2, 2008

Obama: Facebook King

Barack Obama

Regardless of the fate of Barack Obama's presidential campaign, he'll have cemented his prominence in the party for years to come. And he'll have done it through Facebook.

Don't buy it? Bloomberg has the goods:

Almost 2 million people have entered personal ...