Obama promotes his rural plans
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Powerful interests in Washington have swayed a new farm bill toward big business, Democrat Barack Obama said Monday, campaigning in the most rural region of this crucial early voting state and promising to do better as president.
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In one small town, Barack Obama connects with a  segment of the black electorate that he has yet to prove himself with
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President Bush took the last bus tour of his campaign on Tuesday through rural stretches of Wisconsin, urging Democrats to split with their party and rely on him to save their farms and keep the country secure.
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Rural communities should be free to raise their own taxes and elect new leaders, say experts.
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Elizabeth Edwards touted a Democratic commitment to bolster rural health care Sunday, arguing that both nominee John Kerry and running mate John Edwards have long ties to rural America that give them credibility.
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Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama proposed up to $85 billion in tax cuts for about 150 million Americans on Tuesday, paid for by raising capital gains and dividend taxes on wealthy investors.
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RENO, Nevada  - In Nevada, a state of mostly desert, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is quickly nurturing a grass-roots campaign, with a rally on Thursday showing such efforts are generating enthusiasm.
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ST. MICHAELS, Md. -- President Bush promised yesterday, during a nature-themed series of appearances in Maryland, to better protect two fish species -- and then went fishing.
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CONCORD, N.H. -- In the early evening of July 2, Sen. Barack Obama arrived at the end of a long gravel driveway belonging to Gary and Meg Hirshberg. In the back yard were 250 people -- potential supporters, potential donors -- waiting to hear from him. First, though, Obama had more important...
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By James Hannah  MARTINSVILLE  --  Tucked away in the den of his 127-year-old farmhouse, Ed Winkle huddles over his computer.   The screen's soft glow lights up his eyeglasses, reflecting messages about tractors, corn hybrids and crop insurance.
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Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama hit the streets Saturday in what he said was an unprecedented grass-roots focus as the campaign for the nomination begins to take shape in a handful of states which hold early tests of strength.
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The proposal, aimed at reducing the deficit, puts the president at odds with some of his most ardent supporters in the rural South.
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Quietly last year, after a round of harsh criticism, a Bush  administration proposal to sell national forest land appeared to die.  The sales would have generated funds to extend for five years a program that directed money to rural localities with forest land within their boundaries.
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Details of a television ad released Thursday by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign.
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By Nancy Gaarder, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Feb. 19--Nature would be treated with a gentler hand when some of the remaining rural areas of Douglas County are developed, under policies up for approval by the county.
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Seeking to add heft to his presidential bid, Democrat Barack Obama is offering a sweeping plan that would require every American to have health coverage and calls on government, businesses and consumers to share the costs of the program.
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By Pam Sohn, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Feb. 10--Last year's failed plan by the Bush administration to sell more  than 7,000 acres of national forest land in Georgia and Tennessee is back --  penciled into the president's proposed 2008 budget.   Under the plan, the U.S.