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05/Jul 2008 | Obama gets touchy about appeasement | Opinion Editorials Letters to the Editor Blog: Orange Punch Blog: Horserace '08 Daily Cartoon Mark Steyn. Letters: Love the sinner not the sin of gay marriage. John Stossel: Huffington isa big fan of ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Helms, Wellstone and the Partisan Eulogies of George W. Bush | Eulogies often tell us more about the living than the deceased. With his glowing words Friday about the late Jesse Helms , George W. Lauding the legendary North Carolina segregationist just as he did ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama Birth Certificate TOTAL FORGERY FAKE FRAUD; Kos Kaught in Krime! | An exhaustive in-depth investigation conducted by right wing citizen journalists, digital imaging experts, and Google users has established convincingly that Barack Hussein Obama's alleged "birth cert... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | "a man who never bothered | London-based broadsheet the Financial Times spilled vials of poisonous ink in a July 5 obituary marking the death of former North Carolina senator Jesse Helms, going strong out the gate by charging th... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Social conservatives warming to McCain | Sen. John McCain is making surprising headway with religious conservatives - that part of the Republican electoral coalition he was expected to find the most resistant. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMA... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | How Pelosi might work with a President Obama | 07-05) 04:00 PDT Washington - -- It is a prospect that thrills liberals and terrifies many Republicans: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi working hand-in-glove with a President Barack Obama. If a Democratic ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Calif. GOP cool to youth-voting bills | Outdoors: Smoke Watch. A pair of Assembly bills designed to bring more young people into the voting booths are being fought by Republicans who worry that too many of those new voters will be liberal D... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | D.C.'s Next Power Duo? | 07-05) 04:00 PDT Washington - -- It is a prospect that thrills liberals and terrifies many Republicans: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi working hand-in-glove with a President Barack Obama. If a Democratic ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Flip floppers? | Thinking about the following characteristics and qualities, please say whether you think it applies or doesn't apply to Barack Obama. "Thinking about the following characteristics and qualities, pleas... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | JT natural and organic, cept the houses of course | For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: should President Bush attend the RNC in September ? What if your family was planning a big end-of-summer bash (a Grand Old Party, you might c... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Al-Maliki: Terrorists in country 'defeated' | BAGHDAD | Iraq 's prime minister said Saturday that the government has defeated terrorism in the country - a sign of growing confidence after recent crackdowns against Sunni extremists and Shi'ite mil... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Can we still believe in Obama? | I ll vote for him - I d vote for practically any Democrat over the Maverick (who I once kind of respected until he showed sings of being Bush III). But all progressives with even a minimal portion o... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Was Shrek available for | Add Monica Conyers's name to that list of Dems run afoul of the law whose party affiliation the MSM fails to mention. Conyers, the Detroit City Council President Pro Tem, a Democrat and an Obama suppo... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | The Economist Criticizes McCain for Move to the Right | Those who believe Obama has been changing his views since winning the nomination accuse him of moving towards the center. I tend to agree more with Ed Kilgore that what we are seeing is more a case of... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Barack, You Had Me At Hello, Even Now While You Say Goodbye | Posted by: Todd Epp - 07/05/2008 8:49 PM (2008 Election, Democracy, Political Thought, RSS Feed, Sen. He knows he s still going to have me. He knows that liberals like me are not going to vote for Jo... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama struggles to thread needle on Iraq | After months vowing to get US troops home from Iraq, Barack Obama has succumbed to the war's political entanglements, struggling to explain his plan in the light of recent security gains. More than f... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Republicans Discover Oil | 3, 2008Republicans Discover Oil Here's a piece of intelligence from the field that the McCain campaign should take careful note of: Republicans in difficult House races are spending scarce campaign do... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama puzzled by Iraq comment frenzy | ST. LOUIS - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Saturday his plan to end the Iraq war was unchanged and he was puzzled by the sharp reaction to his statement this week that he might... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama staffers join convention planning | Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barrack Obama (D-IL) speaks at the 25th annual conference of National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) in Washington on ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | In his last campaign, he | On Independence Day, CNN anchor Don Lemon reported the death of former Senator Jesse Helms. LEMON: Conservatives are mourning the death of an icon. Former Senator Jesse Helms has died at the age of 86... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Warner tried to spread the wealth | Four of the five venture capital funds set up by former Gov. Mark Warner a decade ago as a way to infuse central, southern and western Virginia with much-needed cash for technology start-up companies ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | GOP lobbyists are getting solicited too | Change we can believe in : Obama will obviously screw every single person and constituency that has ever supported him, that supports him now or that will ever support him and he will do so in an es... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Saul Friedman: The spirit of America's independence lives on today | We have a new reason to celebrate this Independence Day . For if you take the long view of history, as I do, you could say that the events on another Fourth of July, in 1863, saved the America that wa... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Freedom and luxury redefined | This is actually happening: Evidence is mounting of a wholesale change in the way Americans commute. Motorists have driven roughly 30 billion fewer miles in the past six months compared with the same ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | US military presence in Iraq | Mind Control monks Palecek-Mike rebellions Ronald Reagan Silber-Arthur Spain Spitzer surveillance Tibet Turse-Nick Vietnam. Three Amigos: Bush, McCain, Obama Draw a Blood-Red Line on Iran .. Russian R... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Dispatches from the Culture Wars | Hat tip to Sandefur for catching this. President Bush was at Monticello for a 4th of July celebration and he delivered an address. But it's quite telling that his speechwriters, in quoting Jefferson, ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | The Impact Of Voter Registration | Yesterday the Atlanta Journal-Constitution had an article about the massive increase of voters in Georgia . The number of Georgia voters has increased by 300,000 since the first of the year, with more... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama "Puzzled" By | Barack Obama is puzzled : Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Saturday his plan to end the Iraq war was unchanged and he was puzzled by the sharp reaction to his statement this week th... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Doing a dance: Obama continues flops toward the center | WASHINGTON You ll notice Barack Obama is now wearing a flag pin. During the primary campaign, he refused to, explaining that he d worn one after 9/11 but then stopped because it became a substitute... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama "puzzled" by Iraq comment frenzy (Reuters) | Iraq war was unchanged and he was puzzled by the sharp reaction to his statement this week that he might 'refine' his timetable for withdrawing. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | McCain Threatens Bombing China Over U.S. Flag Sales (satire) | Posted by Brad Jacobson On the heels of news that millions of American flags are actually imported from China, Republican presidential nominee John McCain addressed the issue this Fourth of July morni... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | A Younger Viewpoint | Obama Let Me Give You My Shovel. Clinton "Fights for Northern Ireland", and Obama "Drives Bus Into Ditch". Yes, you read that title right! Obama seriously has some obsession with his speech prompters ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Candidates Vie For Hispanic Voters | July 6, 2008 There is little doubt that Hispanics will play a significant role in this year's presidential race between Barack Obama and John McCain. The Census Bureau reports an 18 percent jump in... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Surprise political move: Mitt Romney buys a home in California | Mitt Romney , the former Republican presidential candidate, the former Republican governor of Massachusetts and a current silent candidate to become Sen. John McCain's vice presidential running mate, ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Bill Clinton's challenge: Back to stat | Despite his widely panned performance on his wife s behalf in the Democratic primary campaign, public relations experts say that if he moves quickly, former President Bill Clinton should be able to av... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Do we matter in prez election? | Are we or aren't we? We've seen polls, evidence and anecdotes that suggest Georgia will be in play in the presidential race. But some of it is conflicting, vague, or possibly wishful thinking on the p... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Lewis: No votes for granted | Atlanta COUNTDOWN 2008 Old pro Lewis as hungry as a rookie Veteran legislator takes no vote for granted in rare race with opponents By BEN SMITH , JULIA MALONE . On a recent, blisteringly hot afterno... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | GOP Cool To Youth-Voting Bills | A pair of Assembly bills designed to bring more young people into the voting booths are being fought by Republicans who worry that too many of those new voters will be liberal Democrats. One of the me... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Patriotism last refuge of scoundrels, and undoing of Democratic candidates | Declaring their love of the US is one of the most powerful weapons in the Republicans' arsenal and it's forcing Obama on to the centre ground Sunday, 6 July 2008 . On Independence Day weekends in p... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama tackles merit pay after getting NEA endorsement | Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Saturday thanked the National Education Association for its endorsement but also made it clear that he continues to support merit pay for teachers.2 m... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | HomObamaPhobia Tour | Well, that seals it. Believe it or not, some of us most appalled by Barack Obama s refusal to dump Donnie McClurkin (not to mention all the other homophobes) from his gospel concert tour really did ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Helms remembered for unwavering commitment to beliefs | RALEIGH, N. - Jesse Helms forever changed North Carolina politics and the conservative movement. The former senator did it without ever changing much about himself. There is perhaps no better example ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama 'puzzled' by Iraq comment frenzy | Time ( Free subscription ) | 30 minutes ago The presumptive Democratic nominee tells reporters on his flight to Missouri that he was surprised at how the media has finely calibrated his statement on... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Talk to Iran | Markets have been watching every move of President Bush and the Israeli government to decipher whether war with Iran is in the making. Few expected, however, that the equivalent of a green light for w... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | a few points | One of the more astounding post-9/11 liberal media affectations has been the extraordinary concern press members have for how terrorists looking to kill innocent Americans are treated at detention cen... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | The Rove Edwards Debates | What I wouldn't give to be in the audience for this . GOP strategist Karl Rove and former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards will debate the issues of the presidential campaign Sept. ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Barbara McPherson, thank you for your comments and the Flag. I concur | Interrogation methods used by the United States on prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have increasingly become the center of world attention and criticism. In several documents disclosed at a Sen... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Muslims want attention from candidates | Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) speaks at the 25th annual conference of National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) in Washington on Ju... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Clinton, Obama to fundraise together next week | BUTTE, Montana (CNN) Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will appear together at three fund-raisers next week in New York, an Obama spokeswoman said. Two of the fundraisers are aimed at raising m... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama Celebrates Active Faith at National Church Meeting | ST. LOUIS Barack Obama celebrated active faith as an obligation of religious Americans and a chief agent of societal change while speaking Saturday to a nearly all-black roomful of churchgoers, bu... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Poll: Bill Clinton's popularity down from last year | Story Highlights. New CNN/Opinion Research poll on Clinton supporters released Friday . Poll: 43 percent of Dems still say they want Clinton as the party's nominee . Number of Clinton supporters who p... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama: I've 'been very consistent' on Iraq | Story Highlights. NEW : McCain's campaign responds Saturday to Obama's Iraq statements . Obama questions media's parsing of statements on Iraq . I'm surprised at how finely calibrated every single wor... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Candidates mine ideas of predecessors | The 2008 presidential election will present voters with a choice between John McCain's Bush-like tax cuts and support for private Social Security accounts and Barack Obama's calls for a return to a Cl... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama "Puzzled" By Flip Flop Charges | 28 minutes ago Barack Obama is puzzled : Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Saturday his plan to end the Iraq war was unchanged and he was puzzled by the sharp reaction to his stateme... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Dr Whoo, You're the problem. Period. Because you're wrong. Dead wrong. You pretend that all terrorists are Muslims, but pretending its so doesn't make | This flip flop would be somewhat acceptable from any other candidate, but Senator Obama promised us, promised us so that we'd vote for him, that we would be out of Iraq in 16 months. Change, turning t... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama says he's 'been very consistent' on Iraq | Story Highlights. NEW : McCain's campaign responds Saturday to Obama's Iraq statements. Obama questions media's parsing of statements on Iraq . I'm surprised at how finely calibrated every single word... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Bill Clinton's challenge: Back to statesman | Despite his widely panned performance on his wife s behalf in the Democratic primary campaign, public relations experts say that if he moves quickly, former President Bill Clinton should be able to av... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama holds war stance | Barack Obama denied Saturday that he intends to do anything but end the war if he wins the White House, attempting to put an end to speculation that he is inching away from a promise to withdraw comba... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama To Hold New York Fundraisers With Hillary Clinton | Presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama is campaigning through the holiday weekend, as he prepares for a series of New York fundraisers next week. An Obama spokesman said that New York Senator Hil... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama says he is 'puzzled' by Iraq comment frenzy | Source: Reuters By John Whitesides , Political Correspondent ST. LOUIS, July 5 ( Reuters ) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Saturday his plan to end the Iraq war was unchanged ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | The Swift Vote Vets for truth were not lying, they were John Kerry's boat mates | Jon Soltz , Moveon.org , Swift Boat Veterans for Truth , Wesley Clark Gen. Wesley Clark took heat from right-wing homophobes for appearing on the cover of the Feb. On Sunday, General Wesley Clark sp... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Is Obama Dragging Down Stock Prices? | Is Obama Dragging Down the Stock Market? Obama Pledges Doubled Funding for Product Safety Agency . As Wall Street pundits search for villains in the current economic meltdown, some have suggested ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | The mass clamor for mass transit | MICHAEL DUKAKIS says he is not itching to be the next transportation secretary, but if Barack Obama wins the White House and needs a bullhorn for high-speed rail travel back on the Amtrak board of dir... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | How National's spin doctors operate | The poster message looks as though it has been scrawled in lipstick. "How would you feel if a bloke on early release attacked your daughter?" In another, the blonde, sensible-looking teacher looks acc... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | 66 Followers | Are religious beliefs vital to society? .. Based on the information available at the time of the invasion of Iraq, was it justified? .. Based on the information available now, was the invasion of Iraq... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | US celebrate Independence Day amid political battles | WASHINGTON: With fireworks displays lighting the skies from coast to coast, Americans celebrated Independence Day as White House hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain geared up yesterday for new clash... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama's Media `Body Watch' Get the Scoop on Candidate's Haircuts, Workouts | Barack Obama 's ascension to presumed Democratic presidential nominee means the press can now get more information on the nation's next potential commander in chief, including such critical items as w... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama Says He'll Be `Greedy' as He Seeks to Break Republican Grip on South | Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says he will be ``greedy'' in his quest to break the Republican Party's decades-long hold on the South. ``I can't guarantee we are going to win any South... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | FDL Book Salon Welcomes Lowell Feld and Nate Wilcox: Netroots Rising: How a Citizen Army of Bloggers and Online Activists Is Changing American Politic | FDL Book Salon Welcomes Lowell Feld and Nate Wilcox: Netroots Rising: How a Citizen Army of Bloggers and Online Activists Is Changing American Politics . Stop me if you've heard this one A lesser-k... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama: Iraq remarks overblown | Breaking News. Barack Obama, D-Ill, speaks at the 48th Quadrennial Session of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in St. Guessing game: Who will be the next Republican vice presidential candidate? ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Environmental Legal Blogs | Lindmark Engineering. One of the most vivid symbols of global warming used by scientists and campaigners to spur society to curb climate-warming emissions is photography of . gushing rivers of meltwa... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | "Michelle Obama ties black, white women?" | Amanda Erickson Gina McCauley's blog on African-American women in pop culture has never attracted this kind of attention. The 3-year-old site has a mostly African-American audience. But she launched a... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Bonnie Erbe: Should Powell endorse Obama? | Children of La Mosca: Fort Myers photo exhibit to benefit injured FGCU professor. Guest Commentary: Collier GOP is active and growing. Barack Obama? It s the question rippling through Washington s c... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Clinton to aid Obama fundraising | U., will help presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama with his fundraising efforts, an Obama official says. An unidentified Obama spokeswoman said Clinton, who dropped out of the ra... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Update: Obama co-sponsored Freedom of Choice Act, which enshrines mental health exceptions | Clear Channel, Limbaugh, FBI & Race profiling: the net is set? ( 6 ) . Jill Miller Zimon : Joe, Thanks for leaving a comment about your observations. Jill Miller Zimon : Mark, Thanks for leaving a com... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | The leftists little messiah | More anti-war figures are voicing their opinions about contradictory and confusing statements regarding Iraq made Thursday by presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama, and the news is cl... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Andy Ostroy: The Wesley Clark "Scandal:" Democrats Get Sucked Into the Same Old Republican Trap | General Wesley Clark created a tempest in a teapot during an appearance last Sunday on CBS's Face the Nation. Here's what the former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe told host Bob Schieffer about ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Americans celebrate Independence | Source: AFP submitted 1 hour 39 minutes ago WASHINGTON - With fireworks displays lighting the skies from coast to coast, Americans celebrated Independence Day as White House hopefuls Barack Obama and ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Sen. Obama To Attend Powder Springs Town Hall Meeting | Sen. Barack Obama's campaign said he will visit Georgia on Tuesday for a town hall meeting to discuss the effects of the economy on families. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee will atten... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Thank you all for the GSF! | Who is better for Brazil, Obama or McCain? Traditionally a Republican government is better for Brazil than Democrat one, that is because Republicans back more strongly free trade polices than Democrat... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama mixes holiday and politics in Montana | BUTTE, Montana (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama mixed presidential politics with parades and barbecue on Independence Day on Friday, celebrating his daughter's birthday with a picnic and fireworks in... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama-Clinton ticket gives a chance to stop racism, sexism | As Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton campaign together in Unity, N., don t be surprised if he chooses her as his running mate. Competing against her, made me a better candidate , said presumptiv... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Veterans Group Critical of Obama Plans Costly Ad Campaign | A veterans group that sharply criticized Barack Obama is planning a multimillion-dollar ad campaign aimed at rallying support for ensuring victory in Iraq and Afghanistan. It s unclear whether the ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Smartpatrol | Shade Tail on Race-baiting former senator Jesse Helms has died. Smartpatrol on Race-baiting former senator Jesse Helms has died. One of America's most notorious race-baiters has died. Former North Car... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | McDonald, Davis help make 18th 4th on Broadway concert memorable | Mac Davis found it easy to be humble even before singing It s Hard to Be Humble, and Richie McDonald reported that he wound up fighting back tears after his performance. Those reactions from each Lu... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Former Marshall player killed in shooting | A former Marshall University football player has died of injuries sustained in a shooting outside a night club. '); Police say 25-year-old Donte Newsome died early Saturday at St. Mary's Medical Cente... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | McCain and Obama Ignore Abuses in Colombia and Mexico | McCain and Obama Ignore Abuses in Colombia and Mexico New America Media, Commentary, Roberto Lovato, Posted: Jul 04, 2008 Editor s Note: When it comes to Colombia and Mexico, Presidential candidates ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | McCain Struggles to | John McCain calls himself an underdog. The GOP presidential candidate trails Democrat Barack Obama in polls, organization and money while trying to succeed a deeply unpopular fellow Republican in a ye... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | During visit to Mexico, McCain pledges to aid U.S. neighbor in drug fight | Appearing before Mexico's drug-fighting Federal Police, John McCain promised Thursday that as president, he would quickly implement a U. aid package to give the officers more helicopters, technology a... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | "Obama for weakening Roe v Wade?" | Frank James Jan Crawford Greenburg, our former Chicago Tribune colleague, now legal correspondent at ABC News, has a very valuable posting on her Legalities blog that should be causing teeth-gnashing ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | McCain s Nemisis: The Teleprompter | Sunday NY Times piece looks at the presumptive GOP nominee s struggles to meet the more formal speaking demands of a general election campaign. His shortcomings have been accentuated in a two-man rac... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | The B-word | WAIT for the Obama bump , a colleague of mine said to me after Hillary Clinton conceded last month. With a little time for Barack Obama to consolidate his support among Democrats and look like a big w... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Barack Obama To Visit Georgia Tuesday | Sen. Barack Obama's campaign said Saturday that he will visit Georgia on Tuesday for a town hall meeting to discuss the effects of the economy on families. The presumptive Democratic presidential nomi... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | If this was done | Media. John's County Sheriff attempted to raise money to help area veterans and was very surprised by what she found in the gift bag she won from the event's raffle. a shirt purchased and distributed ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Ticket Notice: Sunday talk show guests | ABC's "This Week With George Stephanopoulos": Sen. CNN's "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer": A special anniversary edition marking Blitzer's 10 years as its host. C-Span's "Newsmakers": Transportation S... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | The Republican in the Donkey Suit | I've had enough. No, I'm not talking about George Bush but the governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich. Today's Animal Farm observes: Reading it over, I was stunned by this passage: "I think there's gre... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | 2008's Grand Masters of GOP Dirty Tricks | The de facto reality is, this cycle, the GOP is reverting to media and robo-calling campaigns produced and implemented by a group of folks with known connections to, among other things: 1.) convicted ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Who Gets to Vote? State's Struggle to Register Veterans, Felons and Minorities | Weekly Voting Rights News Update By Erin Ferns In the aftermath of the presidential primaries, stories of unprecedented voter registration and turnout are drifting to the back burner. But with an exce... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama for weakening Roe v Wade? | Frank James Jan Crawford Greenburg, our former Chicago Tribune colleague, now legal correspondent at ABC News, has a very valuable posting on her Legalities blog that should be causing teeth-gnashing ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Sen. Obama to visit Ga. for town hall meeting | Sen. Barack Obama's campaign says he will visit Georgia on Tuesday for a town hall meeting to discuss the effects of the economy on families. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee will atten... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | It is and has been a | NewsBusters readers are likely aware of my frequent appeal for civility in our comments sections due to my unwavering belief that despite political differences, when the sun sets, we're all Americans.... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | And if you give the negros civil rights, next thing you know they'll be sitting in your living room | Justice.You would think the fact that limited human intelligence keeps recycing the same themes, it might get easier to recognize and ignore them. White House says ruling could free detainees in US Fr... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama Plot EXPOSED! | ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Nearly A Third of Hillary Supporters Will Stay Hom | A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll finds that almost one third of Hillary supporters say they will not vote in November. That startling number has actually risen since early June when only 22 percent o... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | When outsiders look in on black America (Obamanation barf) | Mike Terry is black, and he knows that a black man giving someone a fist bump is not news. He also knows that calling a man's wife his "baby mama" is derogatory, and that no self-respecting black pers... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama News Bites | Obama campaign news Obama, Clinton To Hold Joint Fundraisers In NY Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton will help each other raise money in a series of fundraisers in New York next week. Obama camp... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Candidate News | Obama campaign news Obama, Clinton To Hold Joint Fundraisers In NY Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton will help each other raise money in a series of fundraisers in New York next week. Obama camp... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | If anything, the piece defends Lewis from Dowd | Media Meltdown. Environmentalists, social activists, feminists, atheists, political junkies our modern Swifts and Voltaires. George Carlin blended anger and satire to blissful perfection, Grist Magaz... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Bush Faces Daunting Challenges at Final G-8 Summit | Politics HOME. WASHINGTON The problems do not get any easier as President Bush attends his final summit with leaders of industrialized democracies. Disputes over global warming, worries about soarin... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Reid: Cornyn, GOP "Afraid" to Override Bush's Veto | Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had some harsh words for the group of Senate Republicans who were blocking legislation in the name of helping insurance companies and hurting doctors and patients. At... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | A.M.E. Church delegates gather in St. Louis (7/5/08) | More than 40,000 delegates, church leaders and visitors from around the world are gathering in St. Louis for a convention of the oldest predominantly black denomination in North America. The African M... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Trailing | It's Presidential election season, and that means lots of political horse race polls, with head to head numbers between Barack Obama and John McCain. Some national polls are different than the others ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Pray for President Bush - Day 2852 | In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; God makes salvation its walls and ramparts. Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps fa... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | "Here's Your Coat, What's Your Hurry?" | How will the Republicans treat President Bush at the Party convention in September? There's some hand wringing within the Republican Party about how, on the one hand, to honor the Presidents service a... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama and Clinton to Hold Joint Fundraisers | Team work Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will hold joint fundraisers in New York next week to help each other raise money. Obama campaign spokesman Jen Psaki said Obama and Clinton will hold t... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama, Clinton to raise money together | Former Democratic presidential rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will raise money together in a series of fundraisers in New York. Democratic nominee-to-be Senator Obama and New York Senator Hil... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Salmonella Outbreaks Hard to Source | Irish, S. African Leaders Share Lessons With Iraqis A group of Sunni and Shiite leaders will meet in Iraq with Martin McGuinne, the deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland and former IRA leader, and... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | What is better for Brazil, Obama or McCain? | 01:41 pm. 1 comment What is better for Brazil, Obama or McCain? Traditionally a Republican government is better for Brazil than Democrat ones, that is because Republicans back more strongly free trade... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Love your links, Rogue! | FARGO, N. Barack Obama said Thursday the United States cannot sustain a long-term military presence in Iraq, but added that he would be open to refine my policies about a timeline for withdrawing tr... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Latino rally planned | Area Latino activists have launched plans for a massive nationwide Latino mobilization and political rally in support of immigration reform this summer. The group is part of the "Somos America" (We Ar... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | A new Perle Harbor | I think of war with Iran as the ending of America's present role in the world. Iraq may have been a preview of that, but it's still redeemable if we get out fast. In a war with Iran, we'll get dragged... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama, Clinton to hold joint fundra | Now that they're allies, Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton will help each other raise money in a series of fundraisers in New York next week. Obama campaign spokesman Jen Psaki said t... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Both Parties Struggling with Convention Lineup | For convention planners from both parties, there is a unique problem they must deal with that is similar for both sides but carries different challenges as well. For the GOP, the problem is what to do... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama, Clinton to hold Joint Fundraisers | Unity, New Hampshire last week, Barack Obama will appear jointly with Hillary Clinton in a series of three fundraisers - one of which will be used to help retire her $21 million campaign debt: . Obam... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Historians Weigh the Role of a Vice Presidential Candidate | Rumors of Vice Presidential options for Sen., intensify as both examine the who in their field would be best to share their White House ticket. Political historians take a look at important qualities ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Analysts Consider Obama on Iraq, Legacy of Jesse Helms | Columnist Mark Shields and Ramesh Ponnuru debate the potential impact of presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama's statements on Iraq and other news, including the death of former senator Jesse Helms. ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Bam, Hil unite to raise NY cash | BUTTE, Mont. - Now that they're allies, Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton will help each other raise money in a series of fundraisers in New York next week. Obama campaign spokesman Je... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Paul Jenkins: Top GOP VP Choices: Failed Business Leaders, Former Dems, Confirmed Bachelors and Creationists | Paul Jenkins: Top GOP VP Choices: Failed Business Leaders, Former Dems, Confirmed Bachelors and Creationists . If you thought the Republican primary field was a bit of a joke, wait until you get a cl... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Exclusive: Islamism and the So-called Muslim Voting Bloc : Shades of Theocracy | Exclusive: Islamism and the So-called Muslim Voting Bloc : Shades of Theocracy M. Zuhdi Jasser July 4, 2008 The modus operandi for the political empowerment of Islamists in America is in full public ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama Praised Wright, Criticized Traditional Black Churches (Says These Churches Are "Homophobic" | In an Apr.) said "homophobic" messages are coming from the pulpits of black churches because "most African-American churches are still fairly traditional in their interpretations of Scripture." In the... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Jose Padilla announces Presidential run; cites unassailable torture, POW qualifications | WASHINGTON Citing his unassailable qualifications as a tortured POW, imprisoned U. citizen Jose Padilla has announced plans to run for U. Spokesman Carolyn Jenkins said Padilla has proven his qualif... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Ex-hostages settle in for their stays at BAMC | Sig Christenson Express-News After arriving at Brooke Army Medical Center following a dramatic rescue, three Americans held hostage in the Colombian jungle for 51/2 years dined on cheeseburgers and f... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Meet the New Challenge to Seattle Arena Plans | AaronRodgers JoshSmith Ufc86 EURO2008 Madonna MichaelPhelps SprintCup GilbertArenas KobeBryant RampageJackson MannyPacquiao BaronDavis OlympicSwimmingTrials BrettFavre AlexRodriguez TigerWoods EltonBr... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Secretive Agency Under the | Poland rejects US missile shield offer. Graham's role growing as McCain political confidant "There s nobody I trust more than Lindsey Graham," McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, said by phone... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Gov. Charlie Crist is engaged to woman he met in NYC | TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Charlie Crist won't be living alone in the governor's mansion much longer he is engaged to a woman he met in New York City last September who quickly captured his heart. Crist, 51,... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | GOP's conundrum: Bush's role at convention | 07-05) 04:00 PDT Washington -- What if your family was planning a big end-of-summer bash (a Grand Old Party, you might call it) but preferred that you not be seen - or heard? That is the question hang... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | State Department Snooping Frequent | State Department Snooping Frequent 07-05-2008 Washington Post Government workers repeatedly snooped without authorization inside the electronic passport records of entertainers, athletes and other h... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama Struggles to Woo Clinton Supporters | 2008 Election , Barack , Democrats , Hillary , Polls Hillary Clinton may have endorsed Barack Obama, but winning over her supporters may prove more difficult for Obama than many people thought. A new ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Democrats hit GOP over Medicare cuts | Sen. 2 Democrat, accused Republicans of putting seniors and military families at risk by siding with President Bush against a measure to prevent Medicare cuts., used a Saturday national radio address ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Nice Note | Dear Mr. Bothwell, I had been reading The Examiner off and on for a couple of months when one day I saw a headline which captured my attention: "The Logic of the State." I thought to myself, "This wri... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | The Burma Dilemma | 07-05) 04:00 PDT Washington - -- Ever since Burma's leaders engaged in a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests last fall, Congress has pushed to tighten sanctions against the country's ruling gen... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Dems Find Unity Elusive | Leander (TX) school named after graduate killed in Iraq. The Democratic race for president may have ended a month ago but there are clear signs among the rank and file that all is not well with former... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | On Flip Flops And Contrast | A critical look at the criminal justice system. through an unusual jail meditation program and a tragic story of cruel. Both Barack Obama and John McCain have a closetful of flip flops on issues. What... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Democrats hit GOP on support for Medicare cuts | Sen. 2 Democrat, accused Republicans of putting seniors and military families at risk by siding with President Bush against a measure to prevent Medicare cuts., used a Saturday national radio address ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | "Holding Muslims at Arm's Length" | Media(2715)Democratic(1488)Obama-Barack(1375)Politics(1134)Faith(308)Minnesota(128)American Muslims(59)Christian(30)Indonesia(21)Keith . American Muslims ; Christian ; Democratic ; Faith ; Indonesia ;... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Clarke: Negotiate With Pakistan To Staunch al-Qaida | A group of Sunni and Shiite leaders will meet in Iraq with Martin McGuinne, the deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland and former IRA leader, and Cyril Ramaphosa, the South African negotiator who h... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Poker players back Obama over McCain | UK Politics. Barack Obama is winning support for his White House campaign from an unlikely quarter America's poker players. Stetson-wearing Las Vegas pros who like his belief in the freedom to gamb... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Secret war against Iran | In an article in the "New Yorker", Seymour Hersh says that the president got up to 400 million dollars in a Presidential Finding and that top democrats were involved. An unidentified source told Her... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Being Stinkin' Rich Can Be So Taxing | April 18 ( Bloomberg ) John McCain, who has clinched the Republican presidential nomination, reported $405,409 in income last year and paid $118,660 in federal taxes, according to tax returns made p... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | The Path To Success In Education | As the Republican National Committee steps up the drumbeat against Eric Holder, a former Deputy U. Senator Barach Obama, a key question arises? Has the party of Abraham Lincoln gone off the rails? The... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | $40 billion or so | Note: This post originally appeared on Friday at Pajamas Media under the title Obama s Taxes: A $2 Trillion Trip Back to the 1970s. _____________________________________ Remember how the press made ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Analysis: McCain struggles to regai | Liz Sidoti John McCain calls himself an underdog. The GOP presidential candidate trails Democrat Barack Obama in polls, organization and money while trying to succeed a deeply unpopular fellow Republi... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Fla. gov. proposes to girlfriend, met in NYC | TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Charlie Crist won't be living alone in the governor's mansion much longer he is engaged to a woman he met in New York City last September who quickly captured his heart. Crist, 51,... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Polls: Obama leads by 100 | Jim Tankersley We're inside four months from the Nov. 4 presidential election, and state-by-state polling suggests a big lead for Sen.com show the Democrat from Illinois winning 26 states for a total ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Krauthammer: Will the real Obama please stand up? | Comments | Opinion Columnists. Sowell: Court cases show coming election's stakes . Elias: It's time for an initiative to fix initiatives . You'll notice Barack Obama is now wearing a flag pin. During the primary... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Jesse Helms: Pundit to Pol | Upon hearing the news July 4th that Jesse Helms had passed away, conservatives remembered and hailed the former senator from North Carolina. Certainly, HUMAN EVENTS readers felt that they had shared H... Read » |
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05/Jul 2008 | Jindal to challenge US SC ru | Washington, July 05: Indian-American governor of Louisiana Bobby Jindal is hogging US media headlines as he mulls challenging a recent controversial supreme court ruling forbidding the death penalty i... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Black, Hispanic Gangs Kill Each Other Over Turf (Coast to Coast) | WASHINGTON Latino gang members were hunting for black people in the Harbor Gateway community of Los Angeles. Cheryl Green, 14, was on her scooter, talking to friends when a hail of bullets killed th... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Longtime N.C. senator Jesse Helms, 86 | VIDEO: Jesse Helms dies (MyFoxNY) RALEIGH, N. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 c... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Flip-flop guide | Accessibility Links. In order to pass their political driving test, sucessful politicians need to be masters of one tricky manoeuvre in particular - the U-turn. The contenders in this year's US pres... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Fla. Governor Engaged To Girlfriend He Met In NYC | Carol Rome, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist at the Bloomberg afterparty following the White House Correspondents' Dinner More. Charlie Crist asked Carole Rome to marry him Thursday at his apartment in St. ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Sheriff speaks of time as NSA president | THIBODAUX During the past dozen months, Lafourche Sheriff Craig Webre has testified before Congress multiple times, developed high ranking friends in law enforcement agencies from coast to coast and... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Has Obama Milked the Cash Cow Dry | Remember in May, Barack Obama only raised 22 million, his weakest showing to date. June s numbers are not in yet, but if the frantic fundraising pace is any indicator, June may not be all that good ei... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Barbara Boxer serves as a fundraising foil for a GOP colleague | Sen. Gordon Smith of Oregon, a potentially endangered Republican in November's election, raised many an eyebrow recently with an ad that included an unexpected cameo. "Who says Gordon Smith helped lea... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Auto cuts become campaign issue in Buckeye State | MORAINE - When Delphi Corp. closed its auto-parts plant in this Dayton suburb last year, Mark Profitt found himself without a job after a 21-year career at the factory. announced last month it plans t... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Two Subplots in Guant namo s Long Legal Story | .July 4, 2008 Two Subplots in Guant namo s Long Legal Story By WILLIAM GLABERSON The long legal story of the Bush administration s effort to prosecute detainees at Guant namo Bay, Cuba, now has two fa... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | VP picks: Gore, or somebody like him | Paul West Before he reinvented government, Al Gore revolutionized the way vice presidents are made. When he joined Bill Clinton's ticket, it violated the old rules. Regional diversity? Not with two so... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Inside Report: Gen. Clark's Attack | By Robert Novak WASHINGTON, D. Barack Obama's possible vice presidential running mate had been rising, may have ruined his chances with his belittling attack on Sen. Clark, along with other Obama surr... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Mother s Day Dream | U. iraq Democratic Liberal Media fact Illinois Mainstream candidate Nation campaign United States News House George W. Bush Obama Power experience Election change Time Hillary Clinton Party John McCai... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Chevron's Burma Dilemma | 07-05) 04:00 PDT Washington - -- Ever since Burma's leaders engaged in a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests last fall, Congress has pushed to tighten sanctions against the country's ruling gen... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | US Politics & Government | The Colbert Report Progressive Congressman Robert Wexler discusses his new book and what liberalism means for America. Radio Nation Tom Engelhardt on oil, Iraq and empire; Ava Lowery on anti-war act... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama and Clinton to Work Hard For the Money | Fresh from their love-in at Unity, Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton will collect cash together for his campaign and the Democratic National Committee in New York City next week. Obama,... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Not McCain's fault Iraq never came up | I am writing in response to the June 20 letter "Iraq never came up at McCain town hall." I was also surprised that no one asked about Iraq at that meeting. These town hall meetings of John McCain are ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | McCain mulling over a one-term campaign? | Perspectives Columns. How bad is it for John McCain? Some supporters keep suggesting he would have a better shot at the White House if he promised to serve only one term. Cue the old joke about the co... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Meet the new Obama, master of the U-turn | Dominic Lawson The Independent Tuesday, 1 July 2008. Some of those most captivated by the Democrat candidate are now feeling distinctly queasy `I find comfort in the fact that the longer I`m in politi... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | "John McCain isn't a scoundrel, but in a presidential race in which he now trails Barack Obama, patriotism is shaping up as his last refuge." | Waving the Flag How the "patriotism" debate might actually help Obama. After the Assassination How Gene McCarthy's response to Bobby Kennedy's murder crippled the Democrats. The Greatest Manhunt of Wo... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Graham's role growing as McCain political confidant | Brown bears close, elusive. If Andrew Jackson created the notion of a president's "Kitchen Cabinet," Sen. John McCain is reinventing it months before his possible election to the White House. Lindsey ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Good-Answer Man | Here's are some of Jay's answers to our summer questions: Is there one book that you'd recommend to uplift and inspire depressed conservatives this summer? I should probably say the Bible. What's your... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Franken Tries Switch to Congress | Primary Results by State. WASHINGTON (July 5) - Moving from celebrity to senator isn't exactly an untraveled path. But that doesn't mean comedian Al Franken, who is vying for a Senate seat in Minnesot... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Opinion: 'I Thought It Was One of Ours' | Ingrid Betancourt, a Colombian politician, is free after more than six years as a captive of the communist group FARC. Fourteen other hostages, including three Americans, were also freed in what the A... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | America's presidential election: White men can vote | IN A family restaurant with bottomless coffee, Paul Radaker chews on a battered fish. A retired carpenter, he has been a Democrat all his life. The Republican candidate is a war hero, he observes. Bar... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Graham's role growing as McCain traveling buddy and surrogate | Bush's final G-8 appearance starts Sunday in Tokyo . Graham's role growing as McCain traveling buddy and surrogate . Colombia rescue video caught hostages' first moment of joy. military in Iraq celebr... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Gen. Clark's Attack on John McCain Hurts VP Prospects | WASHINGTON, D. Barack Obama's possible vice presidential running mate had been rising, may have ruined his chances with his belittling attack on Sen. Clark, along with other Obama surrogates, followed... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Letters: Love the sinner not the sin of gay marriage | Although I have never before written to a newspaper, I find the need to after reading the article written by Elaine Meigs "Love and Marriage," June 29th. Each of us make choices everyday; the choice w... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | John Edwards to debate Karl Rove in Buffalo | The Buffalo News reports that former Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards will debate Karl Rove on Sept. 26 on the campus of the University of Buffalo as part of the school s Distinguished Speaker... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | 2008 Presidential Election & Economy News | 2008 Presidential Election & Economy News. Economy tops environment at g8 summit 5 Jul 2008 07:35 GMT. OT TAWA - The sputtering global economy tops the agenda as Prime Minister Stephen. presidential ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Barack Obama & Patriotism News | Barack Obama & Patriotism News. Americans celebrate Independence Day 5 Jul 2008 08:28 GMT. celebrated Independence Day as White House hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain geared up for new. distribu... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | a candidate's looks | When you cast your ballot for president in November, something as simple as the candidate's face could play a role in your decision. Sound hard to believe? A growing body of research supports the noti... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Pajamas Media Don t Hammer Obama for Refining Iraq Stance | It is getting to the point where it appears that some in the media are going out of their way to try to fabricate examples of Obama changing his position. I suspect that this is because lazy journalis... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Bush: I support Norm Coleman! Coleman: But no photos of me with Bush, please | Well, if you go by what a handful of plutocrats think, Bush is still a fine president and Norm Coleman should be re-elected: President Remains A Skilled Fundraiser But Low Ratings Have Had an Effect .... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | HILLARY CLINTON SUPPORTERS INCREASINGLY LESS LIKELY TO VOTE FOR OBAMA-CNN/OPINION RESEARCH POLL | One week after Sen. Hillary Clinton made a public show of unity with Sen. Barack Obama, a new survey suggests supporters of the New York senator are increasingly less likely to follow her lead. A grow... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Let s vote for losers. Let s find folks who just like spending egregious sums of money | Every now and then I worry we might elect someone smart. We might put a man or woman in office who will actually say something thoughtful and intelligent. I mean where would we be if our leaders didn ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Kent Ward: Maine GOP's 'hired gun' tells it as it was | When Rhode Island native Alex Ray arrived in Maine in 1971 as the Republican State Committee s first executive director, what he found was not a Republican Party "but three disparate groups masqueradi... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | McCain campaign accuses Obama of flip-flop on Iraq | REPUBLICANS HAVE accused Barack Obama of making his most dramatic flip-flop yet after the Democratic presidential candidate said he would "continue to refine" his position on a 16-month timetable for ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Xcel Energy Incorporated | Colorado's largest utility says the price of natural gas used to fire up many of its power plants has gone up, causing residential electric bills to rise about 10 percent this summer. In a filing this... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Mortgage relief bill expected to pass | WASHINGTON --When the Senate returns Monday from its Fourth of July recess, members will try again to pass a stalled package of mortgage relief and reform that could have a major impact on homeowners ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Iraq s Oil Surge | John Donovan : MUSAINT, other visitors can read the exchanges and draw their own conclusions. I note that you do not deny that you would like to see this site deleted?. July 5, 2008; Page A10 Here s ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | The Politics of Oil | Oil and gasoline are on everybody's minds as Americans take to the roads for the July Fourth holiday weekend. John McCain has taken the subject head-on with his proposal to allow individual states to ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama edges closer to McCain stance | You'll notice Barack Obama is now wearing a flag pin. During the primary campaign, he refused to, explaining that he'd worn one after 9/11 but then stopped because it "became a substitute for, I think... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | N.J. Senate race heating up for summer | Dick Zimmer is starting "as early as we can" against Frank Lautenberg. There have been fireworks for weeks in the race between Democratic U. Frank Lautenberg and his Republican challenger, former U. W... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Riley pushes offshore drilling | Gov. Bob Riley has joined Republican presidential candidate John McCain and President Bush in calling for more domestic oil exploration, including on Alaska's federal lands, as a way to cut the price ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Jindal to defy new SC ruling on child-rape death penalty | Houston, July 05: Indian-American Governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, is hogging United Sates media headlines as he mulls challenging a recent controversial Supreme Court ruling forbidding the death ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Efforts to curb drivers' cell phone use stall in Wisconsin: Dangerous distractions | Jul. 5--MADISON -- When Wisconsin drivers hit the road, they're able to do it with cell phone freely in hand. While other states have restricted the use of mobile cell phones behind the wheel -- requi... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Pune born and IIT educated Vinod Khosla is one of the most successful Indian tech professionals in the world. Multi-billionaire Vinod co-founded Sun M | Pune born and IIT educated Vinod Khosla is one of the most successful Indian tech professionals in the world. Multi-billionaire Vinod co-founded Sun Microsystems before becoming an extremely successfu... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Budget passes; education, energy get more | A state budget that boosts education spending and borrows for energy, infrastructure and economic development projects easily passed the state Legislature on Friday and was signed into law by a visibl... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | E.L. native's predictions pitch politics a curveball | Silver, a lifelong Detroit Tigers fan, is a managing partner of Baseball Prospectus, a Chicago-based baseball statistical analysis firm. That job pays the bills, but it's what he's done in his spare t... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Bush faces final battle over green issues | The Bush administration is considering a repeal of a 25-year ban on loaded guns in national parks, as well as easing air pollution regulations on power plants near the parks. WASHINGTON Environmenta... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Levee-fund share creates crisis | A favorite expression used by former Gov. Earl Long to describe tight financial situations was "Louisiana is between a rock and a hard place." That seems to be the situation now in regard to the state... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama celebrates Independence Day with picnic | 05/07/2008 - 08:38:48 Barack Obama spent the US Independence Day holiday in the western state of Montana, watching a parade, eating a hot dog and trying to woo moderate voters in the traditionally Rep... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Standing On Boxes | Finished up the last part of "Possible Dreams" - the whole series of ficlets has gotten very little feedback. But it seemed like the best way to move the series forward without writing a long, involve... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Mounting job losses point to US recession | WASHINGTON: The United States recorded job losses for the sixth month in a row in June, bringing the number of people put out of work in the first six months of the year close to half a million. Weigh... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Americans celebrate Independence Day amid political battles | WASHINGTON - WITH fireworks displays lighting the skies from coast to coast, Americans celebrated Independence Day as White House hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain geared up Saturday for new clash... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | The Agenda: And The Agenda Setters | THE AGENDA: AND THE AGENDA SETTERS By Fahim A. Knight-EL The writer perhaps like most Americans grew-up a bit naive about how this system functioned and believed that there was no other form of gover... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | 10 Things You Should Know About McCain Advisor Charlie Black | Black was an early innovator of the GOP attack machine, and a very successful lobbyist and political strategist in the Reagan and Bush eras. Memo to Obama: Moving to the Middle is for Losers Arianna H... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Florida governor to wed | Florida Gov. Charlie Crist , 51, single for nearly 30 years, has become engaged to his girlfriend of nine months, Carole Rome , 38. Crist said he proposed to Rome on Thursday, and, "God bless her, she... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Tiptoeing on Bush and convention | What if your family was planning a big end-of-summer bash but preferred that you not be seen or heard? That is the question hanging. John McCain, left, campaigned with then-presidential nominee Geor... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Bayh a popular pick for veep short list | If Sen. But pundits and politicians agree that whether a political marriage will happen between Bayh and Obama on the Democratic presidential ticket is anybody's guess. "Anybody who knows isn't talki... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Snooping into famous passports proves popular | WASHINGTON -- Government workers repeatedly snooped without authorization inside the electronic passport records of entertainers, athletes and other high-profile Americans, a State Department audit ha... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Chris Dodd's VIP treatment | July 4, 2008 "I'm no clairvoyant. There was no red flag to me that we were getting some special treatment." -Senator Christopher Dodd Poor Chris Dodd can't catch a break this year. Connecticut's seni... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Utah-Nevada water standoff quiet, fierce | Rancher Dean Baker looks Thursday at what was once a lush meadow in the Snake Valley, on the Utah-Nevada border. Residents are concerned about a plan to pipe water from a valley aquifer to Las Vegas. ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Party lines: Who toes, who sways? | McCain called Tuesday for the federal government to free people from paying gasoline taxes this summer and ensure that college students can secure loans this fall, proposals aimed at stemming the publ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Liberal Retard: If Obama Wins, Right Wing "Crazies" Will Take up Arms, Civil War Possible | UK: Report Says "Honor" Violence Cost Government $50 Million. This isn't an obscure left-wing blog, it's from Firedoglake, where Hillary Clinton once posted. Little Timmys: The Violent Crazies Gear Up... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Latino activists preparing for rally | Resolution aims to halt dumping of criminals. By Stephen Wall Staff Writer Area Latino activists have launched plans for a massive nationwide Latino mobilization and political rally in support of imm... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Journalists to record Obama's every step | Associated Press Sen. Barack Obama greets audience members Monday after speaking at the Truman Memorial Building in Independence, Mo. The media-savvy Democrat had ducked the 24/7 press coverage that o... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | McCain, pro-war vets target N.M | 7/4/08New Mexico, considered a swing state in the presidential election this year, has been chosen for a new Spanish-language radio ad for Republican candidate John McCain and a television ad for a na... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama's first priority: End the war | Lost in a sea of supporters and Secret Service agents, Barack Obama worked the large crowd that lined Harrison Avenue at the end of the Butte Fourth of July parade. BUTTE - For his first task as pres... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Franken: Comic to Congress | Moving from celebrity to senator isn't exactly an untraveled path. But that doesn't mean comedian Al Franken, who is vying for a Senate seat in Minnesota, will coast to Capitol Hill on a wide, smooth ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Cohen, Tinker on the run: District 9 primary has familiar looks, faces, themes | By Zack McMillin ( Contact ), Memphis Commercial Appeal Friday, July 4, 2008 In Tennessee's Ninth Congressional District, everything old is new again. As campaigning begins to accelerate toward the Au... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | The Al-Haramain ruling and the current | Update II - Update III -- analysis of Obama's new FISA statement) A Bush-41-appointed Federal District Judge yesterday became the third judge -- out of three who have ruled on the issue -- to reject t... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Efforts to restrict cell phone use while driving stall in State Legislature | Madison - When Wisconsin drivers hit the road, they're able to do it with cell phone freely in hand. States where drivers must use a hands-free device when talking behind the wheel: California Connect... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama's Candidacy is a Test | They're going to try to make you afraid of me," Barack Obama told the audience at a Jacksonville fundraiser last month. "He's young and inexperienced and he's got a funny name. And did I mention he's ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Conservative icon Helms dies | WHITNEY WOODWARD and DAVID ESPO Associated Press Writers RALEIGH, N. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Budget gets Rendell s signature | By MARK SCOLFORO and MARC LEVY Associated Press Writer HARRISBURG A state budget that boosts education spending and borrows for energy, infrastructure and economic development projects easily passed... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | McCain tells Mexico: Border security first | Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) speaks at the 25th annual conference of National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) in Washington on Ju... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Republicans Concerned Over McCain's Attacks Against Obama | Politics Blog Entry Republicans Concerned Over McCain's Attacks Against Obama Posted by Ashish on 07. The New York Times has an interesting article up on how the Republican party is a bit concerned ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Why black | 2008 I don't necessarily like his policies; but history thrusts me to really seriously think about it [voting for Obama]. Black conservatives tell me privately it would be very hard to vote again... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | How McCain can win over Hispanics | Polling from Gallup out this week shows John McCain trailing Barack Obama 59 percent to 29 percent in support from Hispanic voters. Even among Hispanics that self-identify as conservatives, McCain and... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Muslims feel ignored by McCain, Obama | BLOOMFIELD HILLS -- Dr. Abdul Raheman Nakadar, a retired cardiologist and political activist, says he finds a particular aspect of the 2008 campaign for the U. Why, Nakadar asks, are the campaigns of ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Pollster questions Obama support | An Atlanta pollster thinks a potentially significant number of people who say they'll vote for Barack Obama won't. David Johnson raised the issue as he discussed his latest Strategic Vision Poll, whic... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Subplots on Guant namo | The long legal story of the Bush administration s effort to prosecute detainees at Guant namo Bay, Cuba, now has two fast-moving subplots. Either one could soon write something of a final chapter. On... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Cody Quirk Analyzes California AIP Rules | Cody Quirk, one of the editors of Third Party Watch, has done some hard work analyzing the rules for American Independent Party structure. Of course, this subject is timely because of the recent dispu... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Local residents discuss the meaning of patriotism | MERRIMACK Patriotism is alive and well in this bustling town even as that love-of-country ideal faces some trying times. Residents from age 8 months to 80 wore the American flag on their shirts, sho... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Erbe: The campaign for Colin Powell's support | Will Gen. Barack Obama? It's the question rippling through Washington's chattering class conversations. These conversations were sparked by the National Journal's report that the two met privately on ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Is the Criminal-Justice System Racist? | No: the high percentage of blacks behind bars reflects crime rates, not bigotry. The race industry and its elite enablers take it as self-evident that high black incarceration rates result from discri... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Ed Gamble: Government help? | Columnist Michelle Malkin weighed in on Tuesday with a piece that is typical of the tripe that too often graces op-ed pages and debases public discourse these days. Many area writers share their thoug... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Saturday Poll Information: Farmers say salmonella scare has hurt tomato sales | ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Edwards, Rove to face off in U | GOP strategist Karl Rove and former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards will debate the issues of the presidential campaign Sept. 26 as part of the university s Distinguished Speakers ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | The Presidential Race: Graham soars as McCain s wingman | WASHINGTON If Andrew Jackson created the notion of a president s Kitchen Cabinet, Sen. John McCain is reinventing it months before his possible election to the White House. Lindsey Graham seems to... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Helms, McCain & the White Hands | Jesse Helms was a segregationist, and a nasty one at that. Long after his contemporaries abandoned old "Jim Crow," Helms kept playing the race card when it served him politically. And when he was not ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obamas hit the town: Butte holiday visit shows Democrat gunning hard | ELECTION 2008 UPDATE: Obama says Montana gun owners have nothing to fear from his gun-control views. ELECTION 2008 UPDATE: Obama tells Butte crowd he can win Montana, and the presidency. Huge grizzly ... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Ex-Sen. Jesse Helms, icon of right, dies at 86 | Former Sen. Jesse Helms, the polarizing North Carolina Republican who was an icon to conservatives and a demon to liberals, died early Friday in Raleigh, N. Helms served five terms in the Senate, from... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Obama's move to center irks left wing | In the midst of his heated primary battle with Sen. Barack Obama fully embraced red-meat liberal issues that he said offered Americans "change you can believe in. Clinton on every hot-button issue and... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Drilling for oil divides N.C. political leaders | As gas prices surge past $4 a gallon, politicians are exploring whether to allow offshore drilling in federal waters that are now off-limits. But like many issues, the fault line is largely falling al... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Chattanooga: Age dogs McCain on campaign trail, puts heavier focus on running mate | WASHINGTON Septuagenarian John McCain is hoping to become the oldest person elected to a first term in the White House. But the Republican presidential candidate s age he s 71 could be a liabili... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | 3 Online Tools to Check Out | Flowgram - Flowgram is a screen-casting tool that lets you walk people through the use of a website, comment on items online, or a number of other applications with audio and text commentary. SlideRoc... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Vines: Candidates for clerk plentiful | Northwest Democrat Club: Meeting, 6 p. Monday, Great American Steak House, 900 Merchants Drive; speaker will be state Rep. Harry Tindell; public welcome; information, call 865-687-2161., The Church of... Read » |
05/Jul 2008 | Morton Kondracke: Who s to blame for $4 gas? Both Democrats and GOP | More Sunday Perspective . Children of La Mosca: Fort Myers photo exhibit to benefit injured FGCU professor. Guest Commentary: Collier GOP is active and growing . What s the cause of $4 for a gallon ... Read » |