Alter: Armstrong Challenges Dems on Cancer
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Lance Armstrong challenged the candidates to make cancer a priority. Four committed to doubling. What will the GOP do? The birth of a new campaign benchmark.
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Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist&#39;s recent treatment for thyroid cancer is a stark reminder of a campaign issue that has generally taken a back burner to other matters this year.
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A doctor is leading a campaign aimed at requiring insurance companies to fund programs that would help people lose weight with exercise programs and diet counseling.
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Many 2008 Democratic presidential candidates, most recently Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, are embracing the notion of the so-called Ã¢ÂÂpay or playÃ¢ÂÂ insurance coverage mandate, which would require employers to provide health coverage to their employees or pay a tax into a national fund that would provide the coverage for them.
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Democrat Donna Edwards, an attorney and longtime political activist, appeared little threat to seven-term Democratic Rep. Albert R. Wynn last spring when she initiated a late-starting challenge for the Sept.12 primary in MarylandÃ¢ÂÂs 4th Congressional District.
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John Edwards and Hillary Rodham Clinton tussled over accepting campaign contributions from powerful health care groups Monday at a forum on cancer that attracted four Democratic hopefuls.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton is challenging claims by Democratic presidential rival Barack Obama that he stands against special interests.
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Democrats are encountering a mixture of resistance and retreat from abortion rights advocates in their own party.
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By ELIZABETH M. GILLESPIE     SEATTLE  -- Former Vice President Al Gore touted the promise of stem-cell research for curing debilitating and deadly diseases on Friday - using his pitch to stump for fellow Democrats Christine Gregoire and Dave Ross...
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Former President Clinton has a message for Democrats inconsolable after President Bush's re-election: Buck up. It's not that bad. You need to improve your image.
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The wife of John Kerry&#39;s presidential running mate John Edwards has been diagnosed with cancer. Elizabeth Edwards learned she has breast cancer on the same day her husband and Mr Kerry conceded the race for the White House.
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Peggy Sherwood isnât sure she can trust either the Democratic or Republican presidential candidate when he says he can solve the nationâs health-care problems.
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Elizabeth Edwards began her battle against breast cancer this week, launching an aggressive 16-week course of chemotherapy, to be followed by surgery, then radiation.
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Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Democratic vice presidential candidate, John Edwards, has been diagnosed with breast cancer, a spokeswoman said.
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ABC was facing growing pressure from Democrats and aides to former President Bill Clinton.
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The Democratic candidate steps up his airwaves campaign in an early state.
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In Senator Hillary Rodham Clintonâs campaign, her operative conceit is âthe conversation.â