Wayne Slater examines Kay Bailey Hutchison's recent statement about Rick Perry's record on taxes: THE CLAIM: Kay Bailey Hutchison told WBAP-AM (820) this week that Gov. Rick Perry "has increased taxes in Texas." Specifically, she said: "He's increased it...
Picture a guy with his right arm in a sling. Wearing an open necked, short sleeve white shirt. Prancing and gesturing. That's Rick Perry, your governor. And judging from a luncheon speech he gave today, he's in full campaign mode...
A neighbor of George W. Bush in Dallas says if Rush Limbaugh is serious about moving to Texas, he's got a house he might sell him. Steve Merani emailed to say he was intrigued by our original story and to...
Well, it took a day. But for the record, here's John Cornyn's final TV ad of the 2008 campaign. It was his first and only commercial to take a shot at Democratic foe Rick Noriega. The spot included a...
Sen. John Cornyn toughened his final TV ad, not because of any electoral gains by foe Rick Noriega, but because the news media failed to report on Noriega's "liberal" track record and his plans to increase federal spending by $1.4...
Sarah Palin said Friday that Barack Obama's tax plans "will have serious and harmful consequences" on trusts set up to ensure the long-term care of special needs children. CNN.com rules the claim misleading....
Democratical presidential candidate Joe Biden blasted John McCain over the weekend for voting against raising the minimum wage 19 times. CNN.com finds the claim misleading, partly because McCain also voted at least five times to raise it. McCain, responding to...
John McCain hit Barack Obama hard on taxes last night, employing the help of a certain now-famous-for-at-least-a-few-days Ohio plumber. McCain's constant theme is Obama will raise your taxes; Obama says I will only if your household makes over $250,000. Want...
Earlier, I had referred to an AP fact check of Barack Obama's claim that McCain wants to give oil companies another $4 billion in tax breaks, saying it could be seen as misleading because McCain plans to cut corporate taxes...
A Barack Obama ad twists John McCain's statement on health care deregulation. CNN also weighs in on Obama's claims, as does PolitiFact.com....
A McCain campaign video that claims former Fannie Mae CEO Franklin Raines gave Barack Obama economic advice is "exaggerating wildly," The Washington Post says. Some other fact checks for today: CNN takes on the McCain claim that Barack Obama is...
Here's a look at fact checks of some claims by Barack Obama and John McCain: Claims in a Barack Obama ad that John McCain voted to cut education funding and proposed abolishing the Education Department were deemed barely true by...
John McCain has come under heat recently for signaling that he might be open to a tax increase on Social Security. He previously has promised no new taxes. Here's a handy chart, from the New York Times, on how he...
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