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Political news roundup
On His 47th Birthday, Obama Is All Business CBS News (CHICAGO) – It’s Barack Obama’s 47th birthday, but from his campaign schedule you wouldn’t know it. Obama will hit the trail today to kick off what the campaign is calling “Energy Week. Obama proposes tapping oil reserves to drive down gas prices AP LANSING, Mich.…
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A good Obama comebacker
“Pocket” TV Ad Obama unveils energy plan, new attacks on McCain (CNN) — Barack Obama’s campaign released a television ad Monday that calls for a windfall profits tax and accuses John McCain of being in the pocket of big oil. The ad charges that major oil companies have donated $2 million to McCain’s campaign and…
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A question that needs to be asked
The former New York City Public Advocate Mark Green (and a man who has run every office under sun in New York State) asks a pertinent question: What about McCain’s character? By MARK GREEN, Monday, August 4th 2008 Pundits on the the talk shows say that the ’08 election is all about Barack Obama: Can…
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Gergen exposes McCain's codes
Gergen Calls Out Racial “Signals” of McCain Ads From HuffPo: On Sunday, longtime Washington hand David Gergen took umbrage with John McCain’s recent attack ads, charging that the Senator was using coded messaging to paint Barack Obama as “outside the mainstream” and “uppity.” “There has been a very intentional effort to paint him as somebody…
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Lowest Common, er, Shut-up!
John McCain’s Respectful Campaign Josh Marshall and his talkingpointsmemo.com is absolutely the gold standard of political blogging, the very best. His team has been mixing in superb video reports, like the one above, which shows John McCain to be the craven, disreputable politician that he is. Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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McCain’s Unscrupulous Start in Politics
From the beginning, John McCain traded heavily on his “heroism” in Vietnam to make his way as a politician. Now, we’re are being asked to not only look past the defects of this deeply flawed and corrupt man, but actually elect him president because of his past. If only he were running against a Republican.…
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Bill Clinton’s Shameful Demise
Unfortunately, all the good Bill Clinton did as president, the goodwill he won with African Americans and the great relationships he forged over the course of his political, he’s not intent on frittering away in bitterness. He’s affronted by Sen. Barack Obama’s political ascent and he’s not going to let it go, promising now to…
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‘Distortion, Innuendo, and Outright Slander’
That’s how New York Magazine describes the latest phase of John McCain’s campaign against Sen. Barack Obama for the presidency. McCain’s campaign has devolved into a childish, name-calling, wallow in the mud series of taunts. Some in the media will now say that this is not the John McCain they know, that he is doing…
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A Modest Proposal on Offshore Drilling for Oil
Obama Shifts, Says He May Back Offshore Drilling by MIKE GLOVER, , August 1, 2008 (AP Photo/Mike Carlson: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. answers an audience member’s question, Friday, Aug. 1, 2008, during a town hall meeting in St. Petersburg, Fla.) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Friday he…
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Who’s the Dark Horse?
Michael Allen asked me whether I can think of any potential running-mates for Obama who: (1) hails from the West; (2) fits the Jim Webb profile; and (3) doesn’t offend any traditional Democratic constituencies. That’s easy: Chet Edwards. Edwards is Nancy Pelosi’s choice for vice-president. He’s a nine-term centrist congressman from Waco, Texas. He used…