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White tie and jokes: Top ten Obama, Romney zingers from Al Smith dinner (VIDEO)

BY KYLE CAMPBELL Hearst Washington Bureau President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney have exchanged personal attacks, argued policies and questioned each other’s political records during this debate season, but the two candidates implement a new strategy when they took the stage of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York — humor. Both […]

Reversal of fortune: The Tweets talk Biden

If there was an undisputed winner in last night’s Joe Biden vs. Paul Ryan debate, it was moderator Martha Raddatz of ABC News. Beyond that, the blunt, aggressive Joe Biden will be at the vortex of the debate-over-the-debate tonight and Friday, and on talk shows during the weekend, and when the next batch of polls […]

Santorum: Gay marriage will destroy church, family

Ex-Sen. Rick Santorum entered the campaign against same-sex marriage in Washington state on Tuesday with an apocalyptic warning about its potential consequences on America’s families and churches. The former Republican presidential candidate spoke to a closed-door Spokane fundraiser for the Family Policy Institute of Washington.  He was preceded to the podium by U.S. Rep. Cathy […]

63 ex-Catholic priests in Washingon: We back gay marriage

Sixty-three former Roman Catholic priests in Washington state will announce on Thursday that they support Referendum 74, which would make Washington the nation’s seventh state to legalize marriage between same-sex couples. The stand comes as the state’s four Catholic bishops intensify a campaign of pastoral statements and videos urging parishoners to vote against marriage equality. […]