09/Jul 2008 | McCain's Iraq Flip-Flop? | 50 minutes ago It will be interesting to see how--and if--the candidates adapt their policies on Iraq to take into account Iraq i Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki 's announcement this week that his gove... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Security firms lose immunity in Iraq deal | The Iraqi armed services are likely to target widely-hated American security contractors when they lose their immunity to Iraqi law under a new agreement between the US and the Iraq. The main American... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain Wraps Up Southwestern Pa. Tour | Candidate Tracker & More Interactives. SOUTH PARK (KDKA) Republican presidential candidate John McCain was in Western Pennsylvania today for the second consecutive day. He visited the Consol Energy... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Local leaders pull no punches about Jesse Helms' legacy | At U. Jesse Helms' funeral Tuesday, approximately 1,000 people friends, family, neighbors and public figures gathered to honor the former congressman who died on the Fourth of July. In their summer dr... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Rev. Jesse Jackson Apologizes For Barack Obama Comments, Remarks | Atlanta, GA 7/09/2008 11:03 PM GMT (TransWorldNews) Rev. Jesse Jackson apologized for his "crude and hurtful" comments against Sen. the remarks were "a side light in a broader conversation about urban... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama, McCain debate Iran solutions | Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says Iran's missile tests have proved a need for direct US talks with Tehran while Republican John McCain has emphasized sanctions and an anti-missile sh... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Bush calls on Congress to reject FISA bill amendments denying telecom immunity | Senate approves telecom immunity for NSA wiretap cooperation Mike Rosen-Molina at 11:15 AM ET [JURIST] The US Senate Wednesday voted 69-28 [roll call] to approve a bill amending the Foreign Intelligen... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Terry Santiago, Bronx, NY | How real a phenomenon is the Obamacon? This phrase, coined (I think) by Robert Novak is gaining currency in the US. It is the new title for conservatives who back Obama. The San Francisco Chronicle is... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | FISA: Legal immunity for telecom companies who facilitated post 9-11 wiretapping | Chicago Tribune: Obama's Online Muscle Flexes Against Him (July 8, 2008).Electronic Frontier Foundation: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act FAQ's ..FLETC: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FIS... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain: "Meaningful" Action On Iran Needed | Couric & Co. Republican presidential contender John McCain drew a hard line against Iran in an interview with Katie Couric to be broadcast Wednesday night, saying "we cannot ever allow a second Holoc... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Jesse Jackson apologizes to Obama | Clarence Page A WARNING TO UNDER-AGED READERS: Now that I've got your attention. Jesse Jackson has issued an apology this afternoon for a story that has not even been reported yet. "For any harm or hu... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Jackson Sorry for Obama Remarks | Home. Jesse Jackson apologized Wednesday for saying Obama is talking down to black people during what he thought was a private conversation with a FOX News reporter Sunday. Jackson also made an off-... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Jackson Caught On Tape Disparaging Obama | Barack Obama , Jesse Jackson , Jesse Jackson Barack Obama , Jesse Jackson Obama , Obama African-Americans , Video , Politics . ** UPDATES BELOW: OBAMA STATEMENT, VIDEO ** CNN reports : The Rev. Jesse ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Strickland criticizes McCain's energy policy | PORTSMOUTH Ohio Governor Ted Strickland says Republican presidential candidate John McCain doesn t understand the problem the energy crisis is causing ordinary Americans. Strickland said at a town ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama boosters to rally against McCain at gas station | ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | What about Bob? GOP mum on Barr | The GOP has no plans to follow the time-honored method of dealing with pesky third-party candidates by knocking Bob Barr off state ballots. If Republicans are worried about the third-party presidentia... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Attack ads don t faze Ga. GOP member | Rep.) hasn t been in Congress very long, but already he has discovered that it can be a bruising experience. He s been accused of being soft on perverts, tough on disaster victims and stingy with fami... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama Disqualified | Presumptive Democrat Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama has disqualified himself from holding his current elected office and disqualified himself from ever holding the office of President of ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | House Democrats suspend spending bills | Sidestepping battles with Republicans over offshore oil drilling and pork barrel projects, Democrats controlling the House have called a halt to efforts to pass the 12 annual bills that fund Cabinet a... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Complaints filed over Obama s sweetheart mortgage deal | The Hill reports complaints were filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and the Senate Ethics Committee against the Democrats' presidential candidate over Obama's Countrywide-like sweetheart... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Thune Not Campaigning For VP Position | Some national political analysts are listing South Dakota Senator John Thune as a possible running mate of John McCain. While John Thune says it's unlikely that he'll be named as a running mate, he is... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Castor: McCain, not Social Security, is real 'disgrace' | U. Kathy Castor of Tampa, co-chairwoman of Democrat Barack Obama's campaign in Florida, accused Republican John McCain of tripping on the so-called "third rail" of American politics: Social Security. ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain: Offshore drilling could effect gas prices "immediately" | John McCain tells Katie Couric on CBS tonight that the US should start offshore drilling "quickly." Asked about what he's proposing other than a "summer gas tax holiday that no one thinks will pass," ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama Moves To Evangelical Voters | While everyone is focusing on Barack Obama's shifting positions on issues such as campaign finance, NAFTA, telecom immunity and Iraq, we're missing his incursion into enemy territory to capture those ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Jesse Jackson Apologizes for Obama Remarks | The Rev. Jesse Jackson apologized Wednesday for saying Obama is talking down to black people during what he thought was a private conversation with a FOX News reporter Sunday. Jackson also made an o... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain for free trade to revive economy | Republican presidential nominee John McCain has unveiled his plans for reviving the sinking US economy that include free trade and unemployment insurance. The effort is seen as an apparent attempt to ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain: 'Time for change in America' | McCain From NBC/NJ's Matthew E. Berger PORTSMOUTH, Ohio -- McCain was asked by a questioner at a town hall meeting Wednesday, "When you gonna come out and say, 'Read my lips, I am not the third term o... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | I Don't Buy The War As The Reason | 15:54. Mile High Stadium, here we come! UPDATE When my Unity Pony comes, I m gonna name it FISA! And Uncle Harry n Uncle Barry n Aunt Nance are gonna to come by tomorrow and show me the secret place... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Educated Evolution | The major presidential candidates -- obviously considering tryouts for the Olympic diving team -- are flip-flopping almost faster than the eye can see. We're starting -- with your help -- the Presiden... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Progressives for Obama Fool Themselves | Glen Ford / July 9th, 2008 The Progressives for Obama project was always doomed, largely because the candidate was determined to pull the rug from under it at his earliest opportunity. That time h... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | A couple threads back...super toniD posts,,,lead me to conclude | Flummoxed By Vietnam Vet, Submitted by toniD on Tue, 07/08/2008 - 8:44pm. Flummoxed By Vietnam Vet, McCain Falsely Claims He Received Every Award From Every Vets Organization Posing the first questi... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain visits Southern Ohio | Sen. John McCain conducted a town hall meeting in Portsmouth today with a focus on jobs and a strong economy. "More than 400,000 Americans have lost their jobs since December and the cost of gasoline... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Women (Scorned) Gone Wild | I never thought I could dislike anyone as much as I've come to detest George W." I am speaking of Hillary Clinton's deep-pocketed contributors, the "Hillraisers." This group of women is still fuming o... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain s Econ Brain : America Has Become A Nation Of Whiners And Is Just In A Mental Recession | McCain s Econ Brain : America Has Become A Nation Of Whiners And Is Just In A Mental Recession . In an interview with the Washington Times today, former senator Phil Gramm, who is Sen. John M... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Barack Obama: A Liberal For All Seasons | Wednesday, July 9, 2008 With the November presidential election just months away, it s time to examine the views of the two major candidates. In this article, we re taking an in depth look at the opin... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Dem pollster finds McCain winning the positive economic debate | A new strategy memo on the presidential campaign released today by Democracy Corps and the polling firm Greenberg Quinlan Rosner finds that Republican John McCain beats Democrat Barack Obama when the ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Traveling Man | In May, more than 10 weeks after he sewed up the nomination of the Republican Party, John McCain cheerfully offered Democrats some tongue-in-cheek advice during an appearance on " Saturday Night Live ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Analysis: Obama's turn to middle on surveillance | Sen. Barack Obama's vote in favor of anti-terrorist surveillance legislation on Wednesday marked an about-face on the issue that left him comfortably in the bipartisan middle, no matter the criticism ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain sits out FISA vote | 6:58 PM by James Oliphant The long-debated bill that modifies the government's surveillance powers and ostensibly grants large telecommunication companies immunity from civil suits for helping the gov... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Pentagon will reopen $35B tanker bid | Boeing Co. will submit new offers for a disputed $35 billion Air Force tanker contract, and the Pentagon will pick a winner by the end of the year. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that h... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Giant among us | BAR executive editor Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report The "Progressives for Obama" project was always doomed, largely because the candidate was determined to pull the rug from under it at his earliest o... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Kennedy makes surprise appearance, casts key vote for measure that faces White House veto | Senate Prepares Medicare Premium Protection Vote. Edward Kennedy, Senate Democrats pushed through a long-delayed bill that prevents a 10.6 percent cut in fees for doctors serving Medicare patients. Ke... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Leimert Park Bookstore Devotes Section to Barack Obama | Black-owned independent retailer Eso Won Books in South Los Angeles is devoting space this election year to books by and about presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. KPCC's Patricia... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain: Social Security funding now `a disgrace (Miami Herald) | The system for funding Social Security is a disgrace because it forces young workers to pay into a program that is unlikely to benefit them in its current form, Republican presidential candidate Joh... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Attack & Comments | MIchele - America Sucks - Obama is coming to KC, well, whoop-de-frigging-doo! That news does not even jiggle the needle of my give-a-crap-a-meter. I am sure she will take this opportunity to echo her ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | German politicians feud over possible Obama visit | Tags: Tales from the Trail: 2008 , Angela Merkel , Barack Obama , Berlin , democratic presidential candidate , Germany . BERLIN - Barack Obama may be itching to tell the world Ich bin ein Berliner ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Senate passes | Clears jonbenet Dark knight Data plan Deal Fisa Force unleashed Google Hurricane bertha Interview Iphone Iphone apps Iran Los angeles Mccain Media Microsoft Missile test Obama Open caption Problem Rep... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Bush wins passage of US spy bill to protect telecoms | Bush won final congressional approval on Wednesday of a bill granting liability protection to telecommunication companies that took part in the warrantless domestic spying program he began after the S... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Fox News Changes: Anchor E.D. Hill Loses | Fox News Changes: Anchor E. Hill Loses Her Show, Laura Ingraham In At 5PM By Albert N.com Fox News having editing difficulties with the new Host for the 5 pm. segment called, " target="_blank"Just in"... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain Campaigns in Western Pennsylvania | SOUTH PARK, ALLEGHENY COUNTY - Presidential hopeful John McCain was in the Western part of Pennsylvania on this Wednesday talking about coal production and energy independence. While Senator McCain us... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | The FCC, congressmen and AGs should be ashamed of themselves for wasting the public's | Washington Attorneys General from over a dozen states asked for curbs on the proposed Sirius XM merger, if not its rejection, in a meeting with Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate of the Federal Commun... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Muzzle mania | Giving a Muzzle Award to the Boston Police Department for its handling of Veterans Day protesters is in keeping with widespread media complicity that allows lower ranks to be court-martialed while war... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | US Senate backs increased spying powers | US senators voted 69 to 28 in favor of a bill increasing electronic surveillance authority for intelligence agencies, and shielding telecommunication companies that took part in unwarranted domestic s... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | ENPR: Ranking Vice Presidential Contenders | Presidential Running Mates : A look at the vice presidential prospects in both parties in a rough order of how their chances rank: Democratic:. Tim Kaine: The logical choice is a moderate Southern go... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama Name-Checks Lil Wayne, Crushes Dreams | While presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain has made no secret of his profound appreciation for the cheerless, nihilistic coke rap of Young Jeezy, his Democratic rival, Barack Obama,... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | The New McCain Message Machine? | Is it a change in strategy? Or just a sign that there are some kinks in the system to be worked out? The candidate's just-completed trip to Pennsylvania--a more-than-crucial state in this fall's elect... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Roy Hobbs In The Bottom Of The | On a sad day for civil liberties in this country, there is one shining bright spot - Ted Kennedy is back in the Senate. Kennedy, battling a brain tumor, walked through a wall of applause into the Sena... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Jackson apologizes to Obama | CHICAGO - The Rev. Jesse Jackson apologized Wednesday for "regretfully crude" comments he made about Barack Obama's speeches in black churches during what he thought was a private conversation with a ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Telco Immunity Approved | A telco immunity bill gets a vote in the Senate. Barrack Obama approves three failed amendments to hold carriers responsible, but approves the final bill. Senate voted July 9 to grant retroactive immu... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Renewables, clean coal win in Senate spending bill | Balaenoptera musculus, is the largest known animal ever to have lived on sea or land. Individuals can reach more than 110 feet and weigh nearly 200 tons, more than the weight of 50 adult elephants. Th... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | US troops withdrawal from Iraq | WASHINGTON: Iraq s hardening demand for a pullout deadline for US troops on Tuesday reignited the sharp campaign quarrel over the war between White House rivals John McCain and Barack Obama. Republica... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama Strikes Right Notes at LULAC | Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama struck the right themes when he spoke Wednesday to the League of United Latin American Citizens convention in Washington. Referencing past struggles and ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama Votes to Silence Debate and Pass FISA | Arizona Senator John McCain did not bother to show up for Wednesday's Senate votes on whether to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to absolve George Bush of responsibility for initiating... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Jackson makes crude | McKinney expected to get Green Party nomination this week. Georgia politics page Presidential campaign news The civil rights leader said Wednesday he felt there were other important issues to be a... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | PAC ads label Congressman Barrow as Bush supporter | President Bush's war and economic policies. ads that call Barrow "George Bush's Rubber Stamp" in large red letters. The first ad appeared Wednesday in The Savannah Tribune, a weekly newspaper targetin... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | What Else Can I Do With All This Spin? | The Boston Globe s Brian Mooney shows how the spin flows with a minute-by-minute chronology of A Day of Campaign Spin (in this case, yesterday, when both campaigns were frantically spinning reporters... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain vs. Accuracy, Round 17 | Amid all the misplaced hand-wringing over whether Barack Obama has changed his position on Iraq (he hasn t, though both candidates have shifted their emphasis in response to changing facts on the grou... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Liberals fighting liberals | In addition to healing rifts within his party after a bruising primary battle, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee , as some liberal supporters look to recent comments the Illinois senator mad... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obamawitz? | GOT ANY CHANGE?: Political novice (and Yiddish speaker) Paul Newell is hoping to capitalize on desire for change in his longshot bid to unseat New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver going so... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Senate Passes Wiretap Bill With Telco Immunity | Updates with reaction from President Bush.) By Corey Boles Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The U. Senate Wednesday voted to approve final passage of legislation overhauling the Foreign... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Ailing Kennedy returns to the Senate | Massachusetts Sen. Kennedy, battling a brain tumor, walked through a wall of applause and into the Senate today and cast a dramatic, decisive vote on long-stalled Medicare legislation. "Aye," the 76-... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | The US Congress grants retroactive immunity to telcos for their role in conducting warrantless wiretaps | U. carriers can breathe a little easier today knowing that the wiretapping they helped conduct after September 11, 2001, is almost certainly going to be protected by law. Senate passed legislation tod... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain: Social Security Funding A 'Disgrace' | The system for funding Social Security is "a disgrace" because it forces young workers to pay into a program that is unlikely to benefit them in its current form, Republican presidential candidate Joh... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain makes second controversial Iran joke of the campaign | Presumptive Republican nominee John McCain is raising eyebrows for a joke about killing Iranians the second time the cycle a stab at humor involving the rogue nation has landed him in hot water. At ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Michelle Obama said no to Barack running to protect her kids | CNN) In the wake of comments from presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama that he regretted allowing his daughters to participate in a television interview and would be avoiding similar situation... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Clinton to join Obama on board his campaign plane | From CNN Political Producer Alexander Marquardt (CNN) Barack Obama's campaign said Wednesday that Hillary Clinton will travel to New York with the presumptive Democratic nominee on his campaign plan... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Kennedy: 'It feels great to be back' | WASHINGTON (CNN) Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy on Wednesday made his first appearance in Congress since being diagnosed with brain cancer nearly two months ago, casting a single vote to help break ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Rumours of Obama-Clinton ticket continue to swirl | Democrat Barack Obama and his former rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton, headed to New York on Wednesday along with his vice presidential searcher Caroline Kennedy. Clinton, mentioned as a possible running... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain advised re: evangelical endorsements | 10:15:00 AMA public relations firm that works with evangelical groups is offering some free advice to presidential candidate John McCain -- don't denounce the few evangelical pastors who have publicly... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Pentagon To Review Air Force Tanker Bid | Senators have approved legislation that would void a 10-point-6 percent pay cut for doctors treating Medicare patients. Senator Ted Kennedy, who has been recovering from a brain tumor, made a surprisi... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Kaine s transportation funding plan dead -- again | A woman told police that a man tried to sexually assault her July 7 in Sterling Park, Loudoun County Sheriff's. Tim Kaine s transportation funding plan appears to be dead without a full vote. The Hou... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | "Domestic spying bill passes Senate" | Katie Fretland Sweeping changes to the domestic spying bill, which encountered months of debate over national security versus privacy, won the approval of the Senate on Wednesday. The bill grants retr... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | "Jesse to Obama: Sorry!" | Clarence Page A WARNING TO UNDER-AGED READERS: Now that I've got your attention. Jesse Jackson has issued an apology this afternoon for a story that has not even been reported yet. "For any harm or hu... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Cigarettes as US weapon against Iran? McCain s joke earns pokes | PITTSBURGH, July 9: Cindy McCain s jab to her husband s back came a second too late on Tuesday to keep him from making a wisecrack about the health impact of Iran s main import from the United States ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | CONGRESS IMMUNIZES TELECOMS | The Democratic-led Congress this afternoon voted to put an end to the NSA spying scandal by approving a bill to immunize lawbreaking telecoms, terminate all pending lawsuits against them, and vest who... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama, Clinton travel to N.Y. with V.P. vetter | WASHINGTON - Democrat Barack Obama and his former rival, Hillary Clinton, headed to New York today along with his vice presidential searcher Caroline Kennedy. Clinton, mentioned as a possible running ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Durbin: I m Open to Domestic Drilling | No, The DHS Isn t Developing Shock Bracelets . Fox Has Tape of Crude Comments by Jackson, Involves Obama. Democrats Being Disingenuous Over Iraq Withdrawal Comments . 1:18 pm Breaking ranks with fel... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama is consistently weak on Iran says McCain campaign | Senator John McCain s (D-Ariz.) presidential campaign held a conference call in response to Senator Barack Obama s (D-Ill. Senator John Thune (R-SD), said that Obama is hypocritical on the issue of Ir... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama, Clinton head to NY with veep | Liz Sidoti Democrat Barack Obama and his former rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton, headed to New York on Wednesday along with his vice presidential searcher Caroline Kennedy. Clinton, mentioned as a poss... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Terrorism 'Defeated' | Last week, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki declared that his government has defeated terrorism in Iraq. "They were intending to besiege Baghdad and control it. But, thanks to the will of the tribes, se... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | On Everything Else | In its May 29 edition, the New York Times contributed another meme to the myth of John McCain. At a meeting in his Pentagon office in early 1981, Secretary of the Navy John F. McCain III that he was a... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | L.A. County Supervisors Do The Expected: Dean Logan Named Permanent Registrar of Voters | Despite a String of Failures, The Acting Registrar Gets the Permanent Nod to Administer Elections in America's Largest Voting Jurisdiction. Why should anyone be surprised at yesterday's decision by th... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Poll shows McCain leading among Missouri voters | Republican John McCain holds a margin-of-error lead over Democrat Barack Obama among Missouri voters, said a poll released Wednesday. McCain has a 47 to 44 percent advantage over his Illinois opponent... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | White House scores key victory on government eavesdropping | The Senate approved a bill on Wednesday that protects telecom firms from lawsuits over secret surveillance. Pat Murphy has a conversation with reporter Peter Grier about the political motivations behi... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain to court state female vote Friday (The Capital Times) | MADISON Republican presidential candidate John McCain is going after the female vote by hosting a women-only town hall meeting Friday in Wisconsin. The first-of-its-kind event for the McCain campaig... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Larry Craig Marriage | Article Date: 7/03/2008 12:30 AM Last week it was announced that David Vitter and Larry Craig were co-sponsoring a marriage amendment. Two of the most notorious sex offenders in the Senate were out do... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Bill Clinton: America s reigning embarrassment-in-chief | Bill Clinton may be the master of the underhanded political slap - but can't he at least refrain from smearing an entire class of his country's war heroes in the process? Including, inferentially, de ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Bad Blood: Obama donors aren t rushing to aid Clinton | By Patrick Healy A prominent donor to Senator Barack Obama recently sent an e-mail plea to other supporters, asking them for the sake of Democratic unity to write checks to Senator Hillary Rodham ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain goes after female vote with town hall event | MADISON, Wis. - Republican presidential candidate John McCain is going after the female vote by hosting a women-only town hall meeting Friday in Wisconsin . The first-of-its-kind event for the McCain ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Jackson 'sorry' over Obama comments | Civil rights activist and religious leader Jesse Jackson this afternoon publicly apologised to Barack Obama for remarks that remain undisclosed, but which Jackson described as "crude" and "hurtful". J... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Ted Kennedy's return sways Medicare vote | Democratic senator Edward Kennedy made a dramatic return to Congress today, providing the boost needed to pass a bill securing healthcare coverage for senior citizens. Kennedy, 76, was diagnosed with ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain, Obama Respond to Iran Missile Test | By Albert N.com Iran said today it had tested long-range missiles with the ability to reach U. Iran futher related that these missle have guidence that could hit specific targets in Israel. Addionally... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama reiterates Iraq stance on GMA | Obama, McCain differ on Iran missile test. presidential nominee Barack Obama says he hasn't changed his goal of getting U. Political observers and Obama supporters had sensed the U. senator from Illin... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama, Clinton head to N.Y. together | Democrat Barack Obama and his former rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton, are heading to New York with his vice presidential searcher Caroline Kennedy. Clinton, mentioned as a possible running mate, and Ob... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | N.H. Supreme Court conference room dedicated to Souter | 4:55 PMCONCORD U. Supreme Court Justice David Souter has a reputation as a modest man with a wit shared especially among his friends. The 68-year-old justice, boyish grin on his face, listened to ac... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Kennedy back in Senate for key vote | Story Highlights. Senate is voting on a key Medicare bill dealing with funding doctors . He was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor two months ago. Ted Kennedy on Wednesday made his first appearanc... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Kennedy makes first Senate appearance since surgery | Story Highlights. Senate is voting on a key Medicare bill dealing with funding doctors . He was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor two months ago. Ted Kennedy on Wednesday made his first appearanc... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | ACLU to Mark One Millionth Addition to TSA Terrorist Watch List | Senate Defeats Effort To Strip Wiretapping Law Of Immunity For Telecoms .. Online Movement Aims to Punish Democrats Who Support Bush Wiretap Bill. OmniNerd - Articles: 2006 Operating System Vulnerabil... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain Holds Town Hall Meeting in Portsmouth | PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (WSAZ) -- The presumptive Republican presidential nominee, John McCain, brought the "Straight Talk Express" to Portsmouth Wednesday to hold a town hall meeting. McCain took many quest... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Sowell: What are the Obamacons' thinking? | Opinion Columnists. number of friends have commented on an odd phenomenon that they have observed -- conservative Republicans they know who say they are going to vote for Sen. It seemed at first to be... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Kennedy Returns to the Senate | Senator Edward M. Kennedy entering the Capitol building on Wednesday. Kennedy of Massachusetts walked triumphantly into the Senate on Wednesday for the first time since learning that he had brain canc... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Polls show high interest in poverty is | Americans want the news media to focus more on poverty during the current presidential campaign, according to a new poll commissioned by Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, an initiative that raises... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Explaining Obama's 'Shift to the Center' | The chattering classes are never hungrier for a new narrative than now, in the newsless, distracted days of summer. Which is why they're so grateful to Barack Obama for serving them their latest story... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama, Clinton Fly To NYC Together For Fundraiser | ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama, McCain split on Iran s | WASHINGTON - Democrat Barack Obama Wednesday called for aggressive diplomacy with Iran while Republican John McCain warned against making any concessions, as Tehran s missile tests jolted the White Ho... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Senate Approves Wiretap Plan That Restricts Suits Against Phone Companies | U. electronic spying and ends lawsuits against telephone companies that aided government wiretapping of suspected terrorists. Democratic Senator Barack Obama of Illinois interrupted his presidential c... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | John McCain Thinks Social Security Is A | On Monday, during a town hall in Denver, John McCain proposed a radical "fix" for the way Social Security. 9 hours ago in The Carpetbagger Report - Commentary and Analysis on Politics in America by St... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Requiem For The Constitution | Because I'm a bit too angry to focus on the passage of the FISA Amendments Act today in the Senate, I'll just link to some other important opinions. Glenn Greenwald : As Turley says, and as I've writt... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Senate agrees to Sept. 26 adjournment date | Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has agreed to the House target of adjourning Congress by Sept. 26, giving it only a few weeks to finish an agenda that, Democrats say, has been backed up bec... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Senate passes surveillance bill, keeps telecom immunity | The U. National Security Agency surveillance program that targeted terrorism suspects as well as U. residents, and will likely provide legal immunity to telecommunication carriers that participated in... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | In show of force, Iran fires nine missiles | NECN/ABC) - In a dramatic show of force- Iran test fired nine missiles today- some with capabilities of reaching u-s bases and Israel. The tests come a day after Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama and the Latino Vote | Sen.) speaks at the League of United Latin American Citizens conference on July 8. By the time she finished clapping, Roselia Rameriez had made up her mind. Ramirez, who had traveled to Washington fr... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Do economists | 02:09 pm Kevin Drum, among others, is excited by the news that some economists appear to be recanting on their support for McCain's economic plan: Now, this is good sport, to be sure, but there's also... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | John Edwards and Club of Two-Time Running Mates | Politics. John Edwards could have taken the Jim Webb route when NPR grilled him yesterday about his interest in reprising his role as the Democratic vice presidential nominee, but instead he said thi... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Applause Greets Kennedy's Return To Washington | Special Section: Cancer Battle. Kennedy, battling a brain tumor, walked through a wall of applause into the Senate on Wednesday and cast a stunningly unexpected vote on long-stalled Medicare legislati... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | $1 million bail for Rapids man | Bail was set at $1 million today for a Wisconsin Rapids man arrested in the disappearances of two young men who told authorities they were kept against their will in his home. Edward Lanphear, 46, was... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain: Social Security funding now | Charles Babington The system for funding Social Security is "a disgrace" because it forces young Americans to pay into a program that is unlikely to benefit them in its current form, Republican presid... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Nunn: Open service for gays to come | Martin picks up endorsement from South DeKalb senator. Senate leadership lines up behind Chapman -- despite his Jekyll Island stand. Gingrich on Jindal: A case for choosing the new governor of Louisia... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain, Obama and Flip-Flops Redux | 21 Acre Commercial Opportunity . Private, Elegant Waterfront Compound (Homes for Sale) . Luxurious Flathead Lake Waterfront (Homes for Sale) . During the 2004 presidential race, depictions emerged o... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Sen. Kennedy returns | WASHINGTON - Massachusetts Sen. Kennedy , battling a brain tumor, walked through a wall of applause and into the Senate on Wednesday and cast a dramatic, decisive vote on long-stalled Medicare legisla... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Senate commits to shielding telecoms from civil suits | Senate on Wednesday affirmed its intention to protect from civil lawsuits telecom companies that helped the government wiretap Americans without court authorization after the Sept. It turned back thre... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Run, run for your life | Boog City , Issue 3 2/25 - 3/10/02 by Kimberly & Ian Wilder If you are registered in a third party, running for office is fun and easy we know. We both ran for office on the Green Party line last year... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Will Iran's Missile Test Result in New U.S. Sanctions Law? | Iran might be the last straw in efforts on Capitol Hill to enact new sanctions. In late June, the Senate Finance Committee passed S. But that act is opposed by the Administration for several reasons.... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | JimKC50 has a point | By STEVE KRASKE The Kansas City Star How much would Barack Obama love to win Missouri? Let us count the staffers 148, 149, yes, 150 The Democrat s campaign said Tuesday it is tripling its paid staf... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Polls show high interest in poverty issue | Americans want the news media to focus more on poverty during the current presidential campaign, according to a new poll commissioned by Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, an initiative that raises... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | FISA finally clears Congress | Twenty Democrats, including Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, the party s presumptive presidential nominee, supported the measure despite continued resistance from Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev. A landm... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain Warns of 'Tehran's Dangerous Ambitions' | Republican presumptive presidential nominee John McCain on Wednesday said what he called Iran's "dangerous ambitions" should not . unilater (more) Republican presumptive presidential nominee John McCa... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama's History of Poor Follow Through | Tue, 2008-07-08 23:34. Times : Obama Donors Aren t Rushing to Aid Clinton A prominent donor to Senator Barack Obama recently sent an e-mail plea to other supporters, asking them for the sake of Demo... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | ICYMI: John McCain on the Iranian Missile Tests | It's my understanding that this missile test was conducted by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. This is the same organization that I voted to condemn as a terrorist organization when an amendment was o... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain: Social Security funding now 'a disgrace' | Republican presidential candidate Sen., meets with reporters on his campaign bus "Straight Talk Express" as they travel from West Virginia to Ohio on Wednesday, July 9, 2008. PORTSMOUTH, Ohio The sys... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama, McCain split on Iran s missile tests | Democrat Barack Obama Wednesday called for aggressive diplomacy with Iran while Republican John McCain warned against making any concessions, as Tehran s missile tests jolted the White House race. The... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | No Left Turn | NO LEFT TURN by Paul PetilloManaging Editor, BlueCollarDollar.com July 9, 2008 Doubling the deficit is hardly the kind of attention you want to draw upon yourself while running for the highest office ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain Much Less Visible | Elizabeth Farmington Fertile Foley Gary Hills Isle Jackson Johnson Kennedy Lewiston Lowry Madison Manchester Minneapolis Minnetonka Myrtle Nelson Princeton Roosevelt St. Paul Stephen Trail Virginia We... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Kennedy in Senate for first time since surgery | Story Highlights. NEW: Kennedy's vote helps to break GOP filibuster of Medicare bill . He was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor two months ago. Edward Kennedy on Wednesday made his first appearan... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Surveillance Bill Passes With Telecom Immunity | WASHINGTON The Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that will overhaul rules on terrorist surveillance while giving the Bush administration a win it had sought for months: legal immunity for telecomm... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Defence Secretary Robert Gates says Pentagon will reopen US$35B tanker bid | WASHINGTON - Boeing Co. will submit new offers for a disputed US$35-billion air force tanker contract in the United States, and the Pentagon will pick a winner by the end of the year. Defence Secretar... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Iran and the 'terrorist' label - back again | NBC/NJ s Matthew E. Berger and NBC's Domenico Montanaro SOUTH PARK, Pa. -- McCain used the news of Iran's missile tests Wednesday to criticize Obama again for what he says was not declaring the Irania... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | So, then, I guess we won't have to worry much more | Lexington Project included offshore drilling, a $300 million reward for a next-gen car battery, and big handouts to nuclear power and coal companies. What it did not include was any mention of mass t... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Senate OKs surveillance | The Senate on Wednesday passed revisions to the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Key differences between the old and new legislation include: Lawsuit immunity: 1978: Telecommunicatio... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Report: Because of Bush obstinance, civil liberties board exists 'in name only' | RAW STORY Wednesday, July 9, 2008 President Bush is refusing to nominate the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi s pick to serve on a government privacy and civil liberties board, raising the prospect that the... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Senate OKs spy plan that ends suits against phone companies | The Senate gave final congressional approval to legislation that overhauls U. electronic spying and ends lawsuits against telephone companies that aided government wiretapping of suspected terrorists.... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCrazy Realllly Wants to Kill Iranians | 1:45 pm This guy is so crazy he can t keep it together. Can you imagine what he REALLY thinks? Like Logan Murphy says at C&L , you can tell this guy can t wait to have his fingers on the buttons. Cind... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain adviser apologises to India for remarks | Indian' while referring to the casino business being carried out by Indian Americans in the United States. Martin Eisenstadt apologised for remarks made during an interview he had with Al-Iraqiya tele... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Salazar: No VP talk with Obama | Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama hasn't talked to U. Ken Salazar about the vice presidency, Salazar said today. Chatter about Salazar, a Denver Democrat, as a potential running... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Chatting with Oklahoma State Senator Andrew Rice | Chatting with Oklahoma State Senator Andrew Rice Judd Morse Staff Writer Below is an interview with Oklahoma State Senator Andrew Rice, transcripted in its entirety. Rice was in the Ada area earlier t... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | US vows work on Guantanamo cases | The US Justice Department says it is committed to ensuring that progress is made in the cases of some 250 prisoners still held in the US military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. "The Department of Justi... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Michelle Obama shares vision for America | Obama, the wife of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama, D-Ill., shared some of those plans exclusively with the Free Press today after a public appearance in Pontiac. Obam... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | State GOP Rips Obama NYC Fundraisers | With Barack Obama holding several fundraisers in New York City, including one with Hillary Clinton tomorrow, the state GOP used it as an opportunity to hammer Obama and pledge their support to John Mc... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Plenty of Info About Both Political Conventions | Democratic and Republican national conventions are about 47 and 57 days away, and websites for each event are sizzling with hot information so much that a tour through each is enough to fry your bra... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Helms laid to rest in ceremony that focused on the man, not the political icon | RALEIGH, N. _ Jesse Helms was laid to rest Tuesday in a simple, dignified ceremony that emphasized the man rather than the conservative force who became a beloved and despised household name in Americ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama looks to end Britain's 'poodle' status | UK Politics. Senator Barack Obama is expected to tell Gordon Brown that he wants the Special Relationship to be a more equal partnership when he visits Britain later this month. Sources in Washington... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Wolf - rockin' | After studying how once-democratic nations slide into fascism, writer Naomi Wolf came to a horrifying conclusion: in the last five years, the United States has taken all of the steps that have histori... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | How does one donate to the producer fund? | Wow.. I recieved far more than I expected and I'm just blown away. the producer fund is overflowing and staff is very happy. SammyCammers who join us tomorrow or for the rest of the week will be asked... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama shifts, says he doesn t | Obama shifts, says he doesn t. Obama shifts, says he doesn t In the end, it probably doesn t matter what Barack Obama said before, what he says now and what he may say later. His good standing so far... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama, McCain differ on Iran missile test | Iran reportedly test fires missiles. presidential nominees differed Wednesday in their reactions to Iran's ballistic missile test., said the test showed the need for a missile defense shield while his... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama calls Access Hollywood interview a mistake: won't give access again | Are we headed to another Bill Clinton style, poll-driven presidency under Barack Obama? Or worse, will a President Obama have White House handlers trolling blogs and internet message board to plan the... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Assembly race heats up (Saratoga Springs) | With Assemblyman Roy McDonald, R-Saratoga, seeking a shot at the state s 43rd Senate District seat that will be left vacant by Joseph Bruno s, R-Brunswick, departure, a Washington County Republican sp... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | KS Sen: Roberts Up 20 | Kansas Senator Pat Roberts has a message for the political world: He's doing just fine. While the GOP faces challenges around the country, a new internal poll shows Roberts leading his opponent, ex-Re... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | US 'working on Guantanamo conundrum' | THE US Justice Department said it is committed to ensuring that progress is made in the cases of some 250 prisoners still held in the US military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. "The De... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Democracies are better at fighting genocide than UN | Opinion. Kelley: Little argument over the true merits of debate. WASHINGTON The Fourth of July reminded us not only to celebrate our democracy, but also to assess the most serious challenges to it. ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Well, That Fourth Amendment Was | All three amendments which would have modified the telecom immunity provision of the FISA bill were shot down today, with none of them receiving more than 42 votes . That last one was the Bingaman ame... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain as popular as Obama with religious Jews | John McCain isn t the favorite among Jewish voters , but he is the most popular Republican presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan. Religious Jews, according to a new Gallup poll , are evenly divid... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Getting In To See Obama: No Hope | Getting In To See Obama: No Hope. Like Cable, NFL's Goodell Can't Get NFL Sunday Ticket - Maybe.Hundt, Kennard on Hundt, Kennard Suffer From McCain Amnesia ..NFLfan on Like Cable, NFL's Goodell Can't ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Cindy jabbed McCain too late to stop joke | PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Cindy McCain's jab to her husband's back came a second too late Tuesday to keep him from making a wisecrack about the health impact of Iran's main import from the United States: ciga... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Senate commits to shielding telecoms | The Senate on Wednesday affirmed its intention to protect from civil lawsuits telecom companies that helped the government wiretap Americans without court authorization after the Sept. WASHINGTON Th... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | The Bang-for-the-Buck Index | Over the last few months, I've come out with a variety of indexes that focused on the potential efficiencies of electing various new senators and representatives (for instance, in terms of the largest... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Iran Plays a Dangerous Game | Does Iran want to be on a collision course with the United States? It is becoming increasingly hard to avoid that conclusion. How else to interpret the Iranian decision to test-fire no less than nine ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain backer: Obama won't win Virginia | CNN) Barack Obama will travel to Virginia tomorrow in hopes of turning the purple state blue, but one of John McCain's top supporters in the state said Wednesday that Obama's chances of winning ther... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Kennedy weighing Senate comeback | CNN) Sen. Ted Kennedy, who was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor nearly two months ago, is weighing whether to return to the Capitol Wednesday afternoon, for the first time since he got sick, t... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Mac's Off Cap-and-Trade | After writing favorably about Sen. McCain's recent economics speeches, where he clearly shifted toward the supply-side both on tax cuts and producing more energy, I went back last evening and carefull... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Bush: 'Liberals' v 'clear conservative' | Mark Silva George is calling for money. President Bush's public approval ratings may be buried in the Gallup Poll's basement, but the soon-retiring Republican president still has pull with his party's... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | FISA clears Senate | Matthew Hay Brown The Senate has voted 69-28 to pass the overhaul of rules governing government surveillance, after an effort to strip out immunity for telecommunications companies that cooperated wit... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Progressives push universal healthcare | A&E. Progressive healthcare wonks are haunted by memories of 1994, when the last major effort in Congress to enact something approaching universal healthcare, the Clinton health plan, went down in fla... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Congress votes to immunize lawbreaking telecoms, legalize warrantless eavesdropping | The Democratic-led Congress this afternoon voted to put an end to the NSA spying scandal, as the Senate approved a bill -- approved last week by the House -- to immunize lawbreaking telecoms, terminat... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Crist signs death warrant for Lake County man | Your source for the inside scoop about politics and our region, from the reporters and editors at Orlando Sentinel bureaus in Washington, Tallahassee and Central Florida. Florida Department of State--... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Dem majority leader hasn't spoken to Dem governor in a year? | 10 Things Halvorson and Blagojevich could talk about. Roskam & Shimkus: America Can Be Energy Independent in 15 Years . The IL GOP reports Senator Christine Radogno doesn't believe Debbie Halvorson... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Senate passes bill updating spying rules | Story Highlights. NEW: Senate votes 69-28 to update of to intelligence law Wednesday. Technological changes require update of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act . Opponents object to the bill's de ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | NPR's Kelemen reported McCain's response to Maliki's call for withdrawal timetable, but not McCain's 2004 assertion that "it's obvious" the U.S. "woul | NPR's Kelemen reported McCain's response to Maliki's call for withdrawal timetable, but not McCain's 2004 assertion that "it's obvious" the U. John McCain "suggested in an interview with MSNBC that th... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Hasan family backs Polis in CD2 race | U. congressional candidate Joan Fitz-Gerald calls the substantial financial contributions by a prominent Republican family from Beaver Creek to the campaign of her chief Democratic rival, Jared Polis,... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Arizona governor to head Dem convention platform group | Popular Democratic governor and veep/cabinet secretary short-lister Janet Napolitano was named chair of the National Democratic Platform drafting committee Tuesday. Napolitano and a committee of two d... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain and Obama call for new pressure | The two main presidential candidates agreed Wednesday that Iran's missile tests call for renewed pressure on that country, but Democrat Barack Obama stressed direct diplomacy while Republican John McC... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Senate approves wiretap bill pushed by Hatch | 1:14 PM-WASHINGTON - The Senate approved a controversial terrorist surveillance bill today that will shield phone companies from lawsuits involving their participation in the president's warrant-less ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Partying like it's 1980 all over again | Partying like it's 1980 all over again Economic, foreign policy issues in 2008 smack of Reagan-Carter contest By Russ Britt, . LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- High gas prices, home mortgage troubles, a w... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Barack Obama proved he's a man of the people by name-checking Lil Wayne at a town hall meeting in Georgia last night | Rush: Thirty Years of Prog, Plus Album Guide Smashing Pumpkins Anniversary Tour Details On the Charts: Lil Wayne Retakes Top Spot Obama Name Checks Lil Wayne 50 Cent Takes On Middle East in V... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain Named Steelers Defensive Line In POW Camp (KDKA Pittsburgh) | As a prisoner of war in Vietnam, Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain told KDKA today that he gave the names of the Steelers defensive line when his captors pressured him for the names of tho... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | The right-wing liberal] Kaine s tax increase springs back to life | Well, sort of ( Shad Plank ): The House of Delegates began business today by recessing for 30 minutes. The committee advanced the transportation funding plan put forth by Gov. Yes, the same plan that ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Oilman Pickens' energy plan | Advertising Autos The Biz Investing Real Estate Small Business Technology Video Games Wealth Work & Careers Your Money . Business A-Z Investor Tips Law Resources Money Li... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Activists Urge Dems To Oust Lieberman | WASHINGTON, D. -- Liberal activists said Wednesday that they've gathered more than 43,000 signatures on an online petition urging Democrats to strip Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman of his committee cha... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Senate Passes Espionage Plan That Restricts Suits Against Phone Companies | Senate Passes Spy Plan That Ends Suits Against Phone Companies By Nicholas Johnston and James Rowley July 9 (Bloomberg) -- The Senate gave final congressiona... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Viewsday: On war powers, hindsight's 20/20 | The Huffington Post. Hofstra University's Long Island Studies Institute. Gosh, where are those war powers when you need them? A commission led by two former secretaries of state, James A. Baker, III a... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama silent on reason for visiting building | WASHINGTON - Barack Obama made an unannounced stop Wednesday at a downtown building that houses the law firm of one member of his vice presidential search team but wouldn't say why afterward. Who the ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Texas Liberal: If Bill Clinton Can Be Forgiven For Adultery, Can't Obama Be Forgiven For Other People's Sexism? | I read another story a few days ago about Hillary Clinton supporters reluctant to support Barack Obama . It was a Wall Street Journal article about some leading Clinton fundraisers. There is a group o... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain and Obama call for new press | Charles Babington The two main presidential candidates agreed Wednesday that Iran's missile tests call for renewed pressure on that country, but Democrat Barack Obama stressed direct diplomacy while R... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Is Obama s background still an issue in the US presidential race ? | Society - International - Panafrica - United States - Politics Is Obama s background still an issue in the US presidential race ? Despite wide poll margin he could still be the underdog When Democrats... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama and McCain debate ways to deal with Iran | Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Wednesday Iran's missile tests proved a need for direct U. talks with Tehran while Republican John McCain e... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Full Election 2008 coverage | Poor economy helps Obama, hurts McCain, say forecasting models Political scientists who make it their business to peer into the future say Obama has much going for his electoral chances, thanks to a v... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain urges tough sanctions for Iran | Republican nominee, speaks during a visit today to the Consol Energy Inc. Reacting to reports that Iran had tested missiles that could reach wide areas of the Middle East, presumptive Republican presi... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama, McCain split on Iran missiles | DEMOCRAT Barack Obama today called for aggressive diplomacy with Iran while Republican John McCain warned against making any concessions, as Tehran's missile tests jolted the White House race. ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama Schedules Dayton Visit | DAYTON, Ohio -- Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama has scheduled a town hall meeting in Dayton Friday at Stivers High school. According to the Montgomery County Democratic Party, tick... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Michelle Obama courts women voters in Pontiac | PONTIAC -- Mixing campaign rhetoric with heart-to-heart stories about the struggles of working women, Michelle Obama campaigned for her husband in Oakland County on Wednesday. Speaking to a racially d... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Ranking Vice Presidential Contenders | Presidential Running Mates : A look at the vice presidential prospects in both parties in a rough order of how their chances rank: Democratic:. Tim Kaine: The logical choice is a moderate Southern go... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Farley, veteran GOP state lawmaker, ready to run again | State Sen. Hugh Farley, R-Schenectady, said he will file petitions Thursday in order to run for another term. At the same time, a pair of Democrats appear headed for a primary to also vie for his seat... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama Holds Fundraiser With Clinton In Manhattan | July 09, 2008 Former Democratic rivals, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton, will join forces tonight at the Grand Hyatt in Midtown Manhattan to raise... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain's Social Security "Disgrace" | Yesterday, I wrote about Boone Pickens's plan to plaster the center of the country with windmills. He's on a PR blitz , trying to convince the country and its politicians especially those two guys run... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Foreign Unease at Obama Prospect | German Chancellor Angela Merkel has signaled unease over the prospect of a possible speech by Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama at Berlin's historic Brandenburg Gate, a spokesman said Wedne... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain Hosting Women-Only Town Hall Meeting | MADISON - Republican presidential candidate John McCain is going after the female vote by hosting a women-only town hall meeting Friday in Wisconsin. The first-of-its-kind event for the McCain campaig... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Poop bombs & Being small | BAGHDAD | Iraqi officials stepped up pressure on the United States on Tuesday to agree to a specific timeline to withdraw American forces, a sign of the government's growing confidence as violence fal... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Missile test | Iran tests Iraq Jamie lynn Makes Mariah carey Mccain Media Missile test Obama Oil Open source Peacekeepers killed Rock band Search engine Shows Square enix Talks Tests missiles Web Wii Xbox 360 "missi... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | US delaying payment to Guantanamo lawyers: ACLU | JURIST] The US government is preventing the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] from paying lawyers defending Guantanamo Bay terrorism suspects on trial before US military commiss... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Kaine's Transportation Funding Bill Revived In Special Session | NBC4. Live Traffic Cameras: More than 450 traffic cameras in D. Live Traffic Reports: See traffic incidents mapped out. Personalized Traffic Reports: Get traffic alerts e-mailed to your inbox. DC Taxi... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Political expediency? | You be the judge. Democratic senator said in a newspaper interview published Wednesday that he would consider supporting opening up new areas for offshore oil and gas drilling. "I'm open to drilling a... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Clinton's 'Hillraisers' not funding Obama | Story Highlights. Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton appear together for three fundraisers this week . Clinton supporters not automatically shifting to Obama . Clinton still dealing with millions in campai... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain part of energy policy failure | Senator John McCain s stance on energy was discussed in a conference call hosted by the Obama campaign. Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack and Ohio Governor Ted Strickland were available to discuss how ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Strickland Kicks off Presidential Politicking in Portsmouth | PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (WSAZ) -- Ohio Governor Ted Strickland kicked off a busy day of politicking in Portsmouth Wednesday with a rally for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. Strickla... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain: Social Security an "Absolute Disgrace" | Iraq BarackObama rnp california MacAttack LatinoVote obama crocs Congress IraqWar iran DemocraticConvention Elections2008 President2008 afghanistan RonPaul benchmarks PresidentBush 2008Presidential de... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama, McCain, and The Politics of Oil | The Real Price Of Oil Gasoline is more than four dollars a gallon and there is an energy crisis in a historic election year. Presumptive presidential candidates, Senators Barack Obama and John McCain ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain Named Steelers Defensive Line In POW Camp | Candidate Tracker & More Interactives. PITTSBURGH (KDKA) In his first sit-down interview with KDKA Political Editor Jon Delano, U. John McCain recounted how he would recite the Pittsburgh Steelers ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain Warns of 'Tehran's Dangerous Am | Republican presumptive presidential nominee John McCain on Wednesday said what he called Iran's "dangerous ambitions" should not be met with unilater (more) Republican presumptive presidential nominee... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Senate leaders open to compromise energy measure | Senate leaders on Wednesday signaled the possibility of crafting a compromise energy bill as voters sound alarm about the skyrocketing cost of gasoline.) told reporters that expanded offshore drilling... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Judicial Watch Uncovers Shocking New FDA Documents Related to Gardasil | From the Desk of Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton: Judicial Watch Uncovers Shocking New FDA Documents Related to Gardasil Those of you who regularly read this column know that Judicial Watch has t... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Saber Rattling from Iran and Russia | The missile-bound game of nuclear tic-tac-toe continued across the Middle East and Europe Wednesday as Russia made a provocative response to an espansion of the U. missile shield in Europe, and Iran f... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Leading diplomat calls Iran a top concern for U.S | Story Highlights. Top diplomat calls Iran as serious a problem as any U. calls on Iran to refrain from further missile tests to help build trust . (CNN) -- Iran's test of a long-range missile shows th... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Strickland pre-empts McCain campaign visit | PORTSMOUTH, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland returned to his roots this morning to pre-empt a campaign visit by Republican presidential candidate John McCain, telling about 75 union workers that McCain woul... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Campaign surrogates getting in first word | Supporters of John McCain and Barack Obama put a spin on McCain's message even before he speaks in Portsmouth today. The spin-control battle already had spun out of control well before Republican pre... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain and Obama call for new pressure on Iran | SOUTH PARK, Pa. The two main presidential candidates agreed Wednesday that Iran's missile tests call for renewed pressure on that country, but Democrat Barack Obama stressed direct diplomacy while Rep... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Worse To Bad | As John McCain and Barack Obama tour the country promising more jobs, lower gasoline prices and other economic improvements, voters remain disgruntled on the economy. But new polling suggests that neg... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | The Hotline: Lessons Learned | Here are the VP candidates we're watching this week. Check back weekly to see if we think their chances have gone up. 1 GENERAL ELECTION: Reality Always Gets In The Way. 6 CONVOS: I'll Draft A Memo Pr... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Republican Woes In 'McCain Country' | Cover Story. This is part of a series looking at the swing states likely to determine the outcome of the presidential election. New Hampshire's Almanac Profile Read The Entire Series Few places ha... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | AFL-CIO airs anti-McCain ad in 6 states | The AFL-CIO will go up on the air tomorrow in Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin with an ad featuring a Vietnam veteran criticizing John McCain on issues related to the Ir... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama Stops by D.C. Office of Running Mate Scout | WASHINGTON Barack Obama made an unannounced stop Wednesday at a downtown building that houses the law firm of one member of his vice presidential search team but wouldn t say why afterward. Who the ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama Campaign Changes Web Solicitation to Avoid Illegal Raffle Accusation | ST. Barack Obama s presidential campaign has modified a request for money after a Minnesota official questioned whether it constituted an illegal raffle. In a letter on the campaign s Web site, camp... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Author of 'God is Not Good' squares off with Dinesh D'Souza at FreedomFest | Eight debates including a Christopher Hitchens vs. Dinesh D'Souza bout over religion and terrorism headline this year's FreedomFest in Las Vegas, which describes itself as the tradeshow for libert... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain visits CONSOL during Pittsburgh trip | During a brief visit to Western Pennsylvania on Wednesday, John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, stopped at CONSOL Energy Inc. The topics included coal's availability, its cost... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Candidates Pitch Economic Plans | WASHINGTON - If you're like most Americans, these days it may feel like you're paying more for everything: from the food you buy at the grocery store to the gas you pump to fuel your car. And in these... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | AFL-CIO to launch anti-McCain ad | Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin that hits McCain on Iraq and veterans' issues. The 30-second ad, which will run for three weeks, features Vietnam vet Jim Wasser. Per ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Vilsack, Strickland hit McCain on energy | 1:26 PM by Domenico Montanaro Filed Under: Democrats , 2008 , Obama From NBC/NJ s Athena Jones If you re satisfied with the state of the economy and current energy policy, Vote for McCain , was the me... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama on Iran, flip-flop charges | NBC's Mark Murray While NBC's Brian Williams spoke with McCain in an interview that will air tonight on Nightly News, Obama appeared on TODAY with NBC's Matt Lauer this morning. VIDEO: Presumptive De... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | World Yawns at McCain's Coalition of Democracies | World Yawns at McCain's Coalition of Democracies By Melinda Brouwer , AlterNet. Creating a "League of Democracies" is a central tenet of John McCain's foreign policy "vision," but in other democracies... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Throw out Northrop win | Not that it's a big surprise, but the Air Force will reopen bidding on the multi-billion dollar tanker contract that was originally awarded to the team of Northrop and the European-based parent of Air... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Damned by faint praise | Economics.Professor James Adams of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute declined to elaborate on his decision to sign the letter." Constantine Alexandrakis, a professor at the University of Massachuse... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain Talks Economy At Trib; Makes Cigarette Joke | McCain Tours Consol Energy Plant McCain: Cigarette Comment Meant As Joke Exclusive WTAE Channel 4 Video: Trib Board Questions Candidate McCain Introduces Himself To Trib McCain On Gas, Energy McCain O... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Double Standards on VP Picks -- Lots of Conservative Labels, No Liberal Ones | While "conservatives" have trouble with Mitt Romney and Tom Ridge and like Sen. John Thune, there are apparently no liberals who have trouble with conservative Democrats Sam Nunn and Sen. 7/9/2008 11:... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Sandy Bowles | From the tributes that filled the Internet to the moving words at his memorial service, a full picture has been painted of a man devoted, as we all have learned, to his family, friends, faith, politic... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Petitioners want Lieberman to lose chairmanships | Liberal activists say they've gathered more than 43,000 signatures on an online petition urging Democrats to strip Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman of his committee chairmanship next year. Petition b... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain Thinks Social Security As A Concept Is A Disgrace | Manassas CakeryIf John McCain wanted to throw the election, he certainly handed his opponent a rhetorical gift. I d like to start out by giving you a little straight talk. Under the present set-up, be... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Barack Obama Regrets Whoring His Kids Out For Interviews | Everyone loves a president s daughter - be it the drunk-looking Bush twin or Chelsea Clinton with all that problem hair of hers. In retrospect we probably should have said that presidents daughters a... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain lunches in the Strip | Sen., joined by John Taylor, an economist at Stanford University, speaks with reporters yesterday at Primanti Brothers in the Strip District. Lisa Dector was showing her children some landmarks of he... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Christine Beatty | Good thing America's dissatisfied voters took control of Congress away from that other crowd two years ago. Because since the new party took over, congressional approval ratings have plummeted to tie ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Whitehouse in climate change "cover up" | Whitehouse in climate change "cover up" Reuters 2008-07-09 A leading U. Senate Democrat accused the Bush administration on Tuesday of a "cover-up" aimed at stopping the Environmental Protection Agen... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | TMB Schedules Additional Meetings - 7/7/08 | July 7th, 2008 Perhaps hearing the complaints about the remote locations for its initial town hall meetings, the Texas Medical Board has finally agreed to hold one in Texas s largest city, Houston, an... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Media Heat Wave | If we are in the summer doldrums -- the period when campaign-weary Americans tend to choose the beach and fireworks and tune out politics and campaigns -- that might be good news for Barack Obama and ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | La Raza twins | June 16, 2008 11:58 PM Have you heard? John McCain wants to hold a town hall debate with Barack Obama at the La Raza/The Race convention in July, where both are scheduled to deliver suck-up speeches ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Iraq to US: No Deal Without a Timetable for Withdrawal | We will not accept any memorandum of understanding if it does not give a specific date for a complete withdrawal of foreign troops. Iraq and Oil: Will the Corporate Media Ever Make the Connection? Nic... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | The Nine Percenters | Well, at least they're bringing America together. The percentage of voters who give Congress good or excellent ratings has fallen to single digits for the first time in Rasmussen Reports tracking hist... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama Gaining Among Voters With Less Formal Education | In June, voters with a high school education or less were as likely to prefer John McCain as to prefer Barack Obama for president. That represents a change from earlier in the campaign -- McCain led O... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama Turning Republican, What s Up With That | Barack Obama has been making some rather astonishing anti-left statements lately. It seems he s changing his views on a number of critical issues. Political wisdom says it s the expedient thing to do,... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Slowly But Offshorely, the Drills are Gonna Turn | Some key Democrats in Congress have said they're willing to work out a compromise deal to open some offshore areas in U. On Tuesday, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said he's "open to drilli... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Washington Times Op-Ed -- HConRes 362: Blockading Iran to war | 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 » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama's greatest challenge: some Clinton supporters not willing to switch | NEW YORK Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton announced tonight that she would NOT end her bid to become the first female president. In a speech here in Baruch College in Manhattan, Clinton told her suppo... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | The Politics of Flip Flopping; Republicans and Democrats are both guilty | As much as I like McCain, his Military record of service and his dedication to this country; he is still a flip flopper. Obama well, as much as I admire his charisma and charm; he is also a flip flo... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Secret US-Iranian Dialogue Brings Oil Prices down, Shakes up Mid East Alliances | Oil prices suddenly slumped Tuesday, July 8, as predicted by DEBKA-Net-Weekly on June 27, under the impact of the secret American-Iranian talks embarked on last month to solve burning issues by diplom... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Politics and Maliki s Timeline | Not the same thing as a Harry Reid Timetable (HT: McQ ): A deadline should be set for the withdrawal of U. and allied forces from Iraq, and the pullout could be done by 2011, an Iraqi government spok... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | In Grad Admissions, Where Is Class? | In the debate over affirmative action in undergraduate admissions, some have suggested that colleges need broader definitions of diversity and that they should consider socioeconomic class as well a... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Oregon Fraudster Backing McCain | Former Oregon Republican Party chairman and one-time gubernatorial candidate Craig Berkman owes millions to some of Portland s wealthiest investors but that hasn t stopped him from making generous pol... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Clinton Hits A Wall With Obama Donors | Sen. Hillary Clinton who was hoping that Barack Obama's supporters would help her retire her $20 million plus campaign debt is finding that she may have burned too many bridges to do so. A prominent d... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Jesse Helms Winning Final Filibuster | It's no surprise that three black columnists in North Carolina didn't go along with the high praise for the late . "Jesse Helms was a kind, decent, and humble man and a passionate defender of what he... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Democrats: Medicare physician pay cuts could hurt Tricare | Leading up to Wednesday's Medicare cloture vote, Senate Democrats Tuesday shot down the idea of changing the bill to entice Republicans and intensified pressure on the GOP opposition. Instead, they re... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain s Latest Joke: Maybe Cigarettes Would Kill Iranians | Oops, he did it again. John McCain just can t seem to get the distinction between objecting to the policies of Iran s rulers and expressing a desire to kill all Iranians , even the pierre ordinaire fo... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Poll shows voters favor public control of water | 09, 2008 09:25 am Poll shows voters favor public control of water Majority say state should take time in license renewal for project, county representatives report Tuesday, July 8, 2008 In a poll co... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Olbermann To Moderate AFL-CIO Forum | UPDATE: Economic Stimulus Check Glitch .. Darwin Ray Plum on UPDATE: Economic Stimulus Check Glitch .. ClapSo on $200 OIL The Final Straw - Dust Off Your Bicycle .. juegos casino ruleta on Olbermann T... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | VP Stakes: Jim Webb Update | Sen., removed his name from consideration Monday as a potential vice presidential running mate for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. next?... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | White House accused of climate change cover-up | White House accused of climate change cover-up Sen. Boxer claims Administration held back reports showing greenhouse gases endanger public welfare. Senate Democrat accused the Bush administration on T... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McContradiction | McContradiction by Robert Gordon and James Kvaal What's worse than flip-flopping? Consistently promising two opposing goals at the same time. McContradiction by Robert Gordon and James Kvaal What's w... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Opinion Roundup: G8 Climate Deal; Wiretapping Compromise | Australian .. No Analysis: Editor-at-large Paul Kelly writes about Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd s plan for a new Asia-Pacific regional community, warning that Rudd's immediate foreign policy r... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | CongressDaily: Dems Link Military Health Care To Medicare Pay Patch | Leading up to today s Medicare cloture vote, Senate Democrats Tuesday shot down the idea of changing the bill to entice Republicans and intensified pressure on the GOP opposition. Instead, they remind... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Dick Cheney s Blog | Dick Cheney is George Bush's right-hand man, an intimidating gentleman who would surely strike fear into the hearts of his opponents, if only they knew where to find him. He has extended the powers of... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Conservatives making moves within Massachusetts Republican Party | My sources within the Massachusetts Republican Party tells me that there is a band of conservatives who are not happy with the current leadership. They are disappointed with the 10 straight loses in s... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Nirvana Bassist Krist Novoselic hosts Instant | Dear friends, I hope to see some of you at this event/fundraiser with Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic in San Francisco (Wednesday evening [tomorrow] at 7:30 pm at the Foreign Cinema in the Mission dis... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | CBS Show to Feature Anti-Woman Conservative & 'Rebel Obama Girl' | ABC Sees 'Impressive Gains in Iraq' While CBS Finds Bad Hospitals As was pattern earlier this year and last, ABC's World News is much more willing -- than its CBS and NBC competitors -- to acknowledg... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama Changing for the Better? | Barack Obama is expected to join John McCain and a mess of Senate Republicans in voting to expand the government's surveillance powers sometime today. The Democratic nominee previously opposed Preside... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | In theory, economists support McCain | In interviews with more than a dozen of the signatories, Politico found that, far from embracing McCain s economic plan, many economists were unfamiliar with--or downright opposed to--key details. On ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Hill job seekers must be on the list | Howard Bauleke, chief of staff to Rep. Dennis Moore (D-KS), runs one of many Capitol Hill jobs e-mail lists. To find a job in the House, you could trek to the basement of the Longworth House Office Bu... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Democrats signal openness to drilling; Mukasey heads to the Hill | It s Thursday, and you re inside The Huddle. MEDICARE: The Senate clears the Medicare bill, and TED KENNEDY s emotional return to the chamber gets rave reviews all around. From the NYT s Carl Hulse an... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Virginia s Mark Warner, Like Webb, Saying No to Obama VP Spot | Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner reiterated Tuesday that he is not interested in being Barack Obama s running mate, citing a desire to spend time with his family in an interview with Washingtonpost. S... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | McCain, Obama Court Hispanic Voters as Voting Bloc's Influence Grows | Both Barack Obama and John McCain reached out to Hispanic voters in speeches before the League of United Latino American Citizens Tuesday, part of their efforts to win over members of the nation's fas... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Barack Obama Should Defend Constitution, Lead Fight Against FISA, Says Bob Barr | Sen. Barack Obama should lead the fight against legislation giving the president authority to bypass the Constitution in spying on Americans," says Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party presidential nominee... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | U.S. Reiterates Opposition to 'Arbitrary' Iraq Troop Pullout | U. soldiers prepare to search classroom as they occupy school during Operation Fires Festung in Qubah, north of Baghdad, . The Bush administration says it remains opposed to setting a date for withdra... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | New Survey: Conservatives Speak Out During This Election Cycle | Many, many Americans who consider themselves to be politically conservative are voicing their utter dismay at the choices they face in the election of a new President this year. Friends and colleagues... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Corporate Taxes Suffocate Growth | The cover story of the June 17, 2008 issue of the Wall Street Journal is, "Obama Plans Spending Boost, Possible Cut in Business Tax." The story indicates that presidential hopeful Barack Obama would c... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Barack Obama and change | Barack Obama and change. In his remarkably successful run for the Democratic nomination for President, regardless of where he campaigns, the senator constantly, ceaselessly promises change. And he s ... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Obama's 'New Energy' 30-second spot | The ad: "New Energy," 30 seconds. Producer: The Obama campaign Where to see it: It was released yesterday in four Midwestern battleground states, including Ohio. Script: (Announcer): "On gas prices, J... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Losing the Latino Vote | PLENTY OF COMMENTATORS, including yours truly, argued during the Democratic primaries that Barack Obama had shown a weakness with Latino voters which could last through the general election and help J... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | State hangs up on help line | Call 211 in the Hudson Valley for free to find out how to get help for a parent with Alzheimer's disease, connect with a food bank, a career training program or myriad other health, human services and... Read » |
09/Jul 2008 | Officials: Meat plant could spark more development | Officials: Meat plant could spark more development By DAVE FOPAY, Staff Writer dfopay@jg-tc.com CHARLESTON A meat plant planned for north of Mattoon might soon be part of Coles Co |