Tag: Obama
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Evan Bayh and the L-word.
There has been a lot of buzz lately about Sen. Evan Bayh’s chances of winding up at Obama’s VP. Along with that buzz has come a lot of grumbling from the NetRoots about Bayh’s centrism and DLC past. That makes today’s post from stathead Nate Silver a must-read. Money quote: Bayh is considerably more liberal…
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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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‘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…
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Here it Comes.
According to Time’s Mark Halperin, Sen. McCain’s campaign has just released a statement accusing Sen. Obama of playing “the race card:” “Barack Obama has played the race card, and he played it from the bottom of the deck. It’s divisive, negative, shameful and wrong.” This is apparently a reference to Obama’s comments in Missouri Wednesday…
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Why Britney and Paris?
Today’s post from Newsday’s John Riley is a must-read. He wonders why Sen. McCain chose to use Britney Spears and Paris Hilton in his latest attack ad on Sen. Obama, and he’s got some data to support his answer. It’s also worth remembering that the McCain campaign has hired Terry Nelson, the ad man behind…
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How I’m Learning to Relax
By reading Sadly, No!, that’s how: Upon becoming president, Hussein Obama X’s very first act — after freeing Mumia, signing a reparations bill and implementing Sharia law, of course — should be to oust every single unqualified hack that Bush hired right out of Regent University and banish them from ever working again in any…