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Politics Video Blog: The assassination of Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto presented the 2008 presidential candidates with one last opportunity to distinguish themselves before the January 3rd Iowa caucuses. See how they worked it in today's (belated) Sunday Show Roundup episode of TPMtv.
The Iowa caucuses are just around the corner now, and while the media circus is abuzz with what may be, our Iowa blogger Jonathan Backer has been on the ground talking to real voters about what they think.
Look for more of Jonathan's coverage here at Veracifier and stay tuned for updates as the situation unfolds. Only two days to go!
On Thursday, undecided voters, supporters, and press crowded into the family room of Des Moines contractor Fred Hubbell to watch Senator Dodd’s live interview on MSNBC’s Olbermann Report. Dodd provided an analysis of the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.
Dodd’s long relationship with Bhutto positioned him as a candidate able to thoughtfully discuss the assassination’s implications on U.S. foreign policy. On the show, Dodd took a swipe at Governor...
The blogs and papers are filling up with stories of the assassinated Bhutto, and the only thing certain is that people do not agree on her past, nor on Pakistan's future. For some, her death is apparently the end to a Bush-implanted Westernized woman who only served to further destabilize Pakistan. To others, the murder of Bhutto is the loss of the best chance Pakistan had at escaping tyranny. So, Veracifier hopes to cover a brief history of Benazir's very complicated and controversial past.
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The opposition leader of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto, has been killed in an attack at a political rally.
Witnesses report she was fired upon by a gunman at close range, then also a victim to the following explosion. Obviously the attackers did not want a repeat of October, when Ms. Bhutto survived a suicide attack.
The story is just breaking, but Veracifier will stay updated as the situation develops. The death of Ms. Bhutto is sure to be a destabilizing force in volatile Pakistan.
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