Franken Takes Radio Show on Campaign Trail
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Al Franken is taking his radio show on the campaign trail. "The Al Franken Show" will broadcast live across the country starting Thursday and ending Oct. 9, making stops in eight cities including swing state battlegrounds Minneapolis; Columbus, Ohio; and Miami.
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The President's speech was the latest in a campaign to flood the airwaves with tough talk on terror. And it seems to be working
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Sen. John Kerry, Democratic nominee for president, will be a guest on tonight&#39;s edition of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. &quot;It&#39;s a big get, a huge get,&quot; Comedy Central spokesman Steve Albani said Monday.
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Underdog Ron Paul is airing the first TV ads of his presidential campaign, hoping to capitalize on a fundraising surge and promote his blend of anti-war, anti-spending libertarianism in New Hampshire.
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Outspoken comedian and liberal radio host Al Franken might announce whether he intends to run for the U.S. Senate during his final show on the Air America network.
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Comedian and liberal radio talk-show host Al Franken launched into his trademark biting satire as he staged a pre-emptive campaign stop on John Kerry's behalf a day before Vice President Dick Cheney is to appear in the same southeastern Iowa town.
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It certainly can't be a bad thing for a man with a political talk show called "Hardball" to be nearly challenged to a duel by a U.S. senator. MSNBC has quickly moved to take advantage of Sen. Zell Miller's combative GOP convention interview with Chris Matthews, featuring it in advertisements. It was Matthews' second eye-popping exchange with a guest in a month.
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The Democratic candidate steps up his airwaves campaign in an early state.
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Republican presidential hopefuls will meet in a radio debate Jan. 16 in Columbia, S.C., three days before ballots are cast in the primary, broadcasters announced Thursday.
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Grammy-award winning singer and songwriter Paul Simon joined longtime friend and Democratic presidential hopeful Chris Dodd on campaign appearances across Iowa on Friday, saying the political process is too focused on money and not on issues.
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Al Franken announced Wednesday that he will run for the Senate in 2008, making it clear that the comedian and author of "Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot" wants to be taken seriously as a political figure.
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The political strategy behind Sen. John Kerry's appearance Tuesday on Comedy Central network's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart was threefold, political and communications experts say. Kerry wanted to come off as a regular guy reaching out to young voters without having to answer tough questions, they said.
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Comedian Al Franken announced Wednesday that he will run for the Senate in 2008, seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican incumbent Norm Coleman.
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Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaign, contending that Sinclair Broadcast Group wants to help President Bush by airing an anti-Kerry documentary two weeks before the election, asked on Friday that each station carrying the program provide a similar amount of time to Kerry supporters.
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Sen. Christopher Dodd said Monday that he is gearing up for a possible run for president, announcing plans to travel the country, raise money and hire staff in an effort to garner support.
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Mitt Romney is continuing his pattern of being up on the air first in key early voting states, now expanding his advertising blitz to Florida.
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This three-car pile up brought to you by ... George Bush. Drivers in battleground states are hearing live radio traffic reports sponsored by the Bush-Cheney campaign, apparently the first presidential ticket to adopt an approach typically favored by car dealerships.