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The latest Truth-O-Meter items from Caryn Baird
"I committed to public financing; (Obama) committed to public financing."
"Hillary interned with Bob Treuhaft, the head of the California Communist Party."
"Hillary's main extracurricular activity in law school was helping the Black Panthers, on trial in Connecticut for torturing and killing a federal agent."
"(Romney's) record was that he raised taxes by $730-million."
Romney left Massachusetts "with a $245-million debt because of the big government-mandated health care system."
"We have more coal reserves in the United States than they have oil reserves in Saudi Arabia."
"The average American is working through the month of May just to pay off the government."
"I was fighting against those (Republican) ideas when you were practicing law and representing your contributor, Rezko, in his slum landlord business in inner city Chicago."
Recent stories from Caryn Baird
Campaign finance: Deal or no deal?Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama are engaged in a battle on the validity of a March 2007 agreement to accept public financing — and its $84.1-million limit — for the general election.
Clinton's not-so-radical pastA chain e-mail says Clinton sympathized with the Black Panthers and interned for a law firm run by a Communist. The source? An article by Clinton adviser-turned-foe Dick Morris.
Ridiculous, petty — but trueThe Clinton campaign trots out quotes from Obama's kindergarten teacher to prove that he's been aiming for the White House longer than he admits. Seriously.
No sanctuary from exaggerationRudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney tussled over "sanctuary cities" for illegal immigrants at the CNN/YouTube debate. But their attacks exaggerate the effects of municipal policies on immigration.
Mud in your inboxA Special Report: Chain e-mails spread rumors about candidates at warp speed. But they often distort the truth, as we found with one that falsely claims Hillary Clinton refused to meet with the Gold Star Mothers.
Richardson claims on N.M. accomplishments largely trueNew Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson boasts of gains in New Mexico since he became governor. He can fairly take credit for raising teacher pay and cutting taxes. But it's a stretch to attribute 80,000 new jobs to his tax-cutting.
Caryn Baird is a news researcher for the St. Petersburg Times. She has a M.S. from Simmons College, a B.A. from Wellesley College and is beginning her 2nd year of studying Spanish at SPC.
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