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Not all Democrats falling for Obama
Post Date: 2008-06-12 09:35:02 by christine
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WASHINGTON - Nothing personal, Sen. Obama, but our re-election comes first. Barack Obama, for all his attention and primary successes, does not go over so well in a fair number of Democratic lawmakers' home districts. So it seems there is little chance that some will endorse him for president. Some are counting on Republican votes in their re-election bids. Some are newly minted and in rematches with 2006 opponents. Some may be wary of how their constituents will react to a black presidential candidate. Some, too, have made it a practice of distancing themselves from the national party, fearing the inevitable campaign ad that has their face morphing into Howard Dean, the party ...
Johnson resigns from team vetting Obama veep
Post Date: 2008-06-11 16:00:20 by Jethro Tull
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Johnson resigns from team vetting Obama veep By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer 38 minutes ago WASHINGTON - Jim Johnson, a manager of Democrat Barack Obama's vice presidential search team, resigned Wednesday amid criticism over his personal loan deals. "Jim did not want to distract in any way from the very important task of gathering information about my vice presidential nominee, so he has made a decision to step aside that I accept," Obama said in a statement. "We have a very good selection process under way, and I am confident that it will produce a number of highly qualified candidates for me to choose from in the weeks ahead. I remain grateful to Jim ...
The wife U.S. Republican John McCain callously left behind
Post Date: 2008-06-11 15:04:17 by X-15
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Now that Hillary Clinton has at last formally withdrawn from the race for the White House, the eyes of America and the world will focus on Barack Obama and his Republican rival Senator John McCain. While Obama will surely press his credentials as the embodiment of the American dream – a handsome, charismatic young black man who was raised on food stamps by a single mother and who represents his country’s future – McCain will present himself as a selfless, principled war hero whose campaign represents not so much a battle for the presidency of the United States, but a crusade to rescue the nation’s tarnished reputation. McCain likes to illustrate his moral fibre by ...
Veep Audition? Clark Says McCain Is "Untested" On National Security
Post Date: 2008-06-11 12:23:38 by christine
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On Tuesday, Sen. Kent Conrad revealed that Sen. Barack Obama is including "former top military leaders" among the approximately two dozen names currently rattling around in a not-so-short vice presidential short list. Such figures don't come much more "top" in either political party than retired four-star General Wes Clark, the former Supreme Allied Commander Europe for NATO during the Kosovo War. After a late entry into the Democratic 2004 presidential race, in which he won the Oklahoma primary and finished second in three other contests, Clark turned himself into a popular surrogate on the stump for Democratic congressional candidates during the midterm elections. ...
Some Blind Spots and Hypocrisies of European Obamamania
Post Date: 2008-06-11 11:26:46 by christine
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This follows up our May 28 Huffington Post piece, "Obama and the Progressives: A Curious Paradox," in which we pointed out that there's something puzzling about Barack Obama appeal to some of his most ardent "progressive" supporters. Andy Markovits is currently in Europe (serving as a Visiting Professor of International Politics in Vienna and following the European soccer championship matches), where Obamamania runs rampant. There are a range of different reasons for that enthusiasm, all of them understandable and many of them admirable. But European Obamamania (they actually use the word there) also has its paradoxical aspects. Most of the report that follows comes ...
The Clintons take note of those who were not
Post Date: 2008-06-11 10:14:14 by Jethro Tull
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the Clintons take note of those who were not By Mark Leibovich Published: June 11, 2008 Text Size WASHINGTON: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton was gracious in her full-throated endorsement of Senator Barack Obama. But that does not mean all is forgiven by others in the Clinton universe. For proof, look no further than Doug Band, chief gatekeeper to former President Bill Clinton. Band keeps close track of the past allies and beneficiaries of the Clintons who supported Obama's campaign, three Clinton associates and campaign officials said. Indeed, he is widely known as a member of the Clinton inner circle whose memory is particularly acute on the matter of who has been there for the ...
Republicans Prepare For Major Losses In November
Post Date: 2008-06-11 10:03:14 by christine
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WASHINGTON -- Republicans are bracing for double-digit losses in the House and the prospect of four or five losses in the Senate, as they fight to hold a wide range of districts and states normally seen as safe for them, from Alaska and Colorado to Mississippi and North Carolina. The feared setback for Republicans, coming two years after their 2006 drubbing, is unusual for several reasons. It is rare for a party to lose two election cycles in a row. And many expect losses even if their presidential candidate, John McCain, captures the White House. Democrats already hold majorities in the Senate and House. Democrats hold 49 seats in the Senate, and they often have the votes of the ...
McCain, Obama promise more health-care coverage — differently
Post Date: 2008-06-10 20:34:12 by christine
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WASHINGTON — Susana Espinoza of San Diego is a poster child for what's wrong with American health care. The 45-year-old mother of two earns about $39,000 a year, but can't afford employer-based health coverage for herself and her sons. And she earns too much for her children to get coverage under Medicaid or California's state children's health-insurance program. So in an unfortunate compromise that leaves her feeling guilty, Espinoza covers only herself through her job-based plan; her children go uninsured. When her older son broke his arm playing flag football several years ago, Espinoza borrowed money from friends and took out costly payday loans to cover the $1,80 ...
How Lincoln Won the 1860 Republican Nomination
Post Date: 2008-06-10 18:33:50 by TwentyTwelve
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How Lincoln Won the 1860 Republican Nomination by Gordon Leidner of Great American History One of the most interesting American political stories involves the nomination of Abraham Lincoln to be the Republican party's candidate for President of the United States in 1860. This was the Republican party's second presidential convention, and the man everyone expected to receive the nomination was the powerful and well-known William H. Seward of New York. Abraham Lincoln, although having recently been introduced to eastern audiences through a series of political speeches in New England, and prior to that having gained some fame due to his participation in "the Great Debates" ...
Activists Preparing Against Use of ‘Brown Note’ at Dem Convention
Post Date: 2008-06-10 16:38:39 by christine
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Political activists planning protest rallies at the upcoming Democratic Convention in Denver have their stomachs in knots over a rumor about a crowd control weapon - known as the “crap cannon” - that might be unleashed against them. Also called “Brown Note,” it is believed to be an infrasound frequency that debilitates a person by making them defecate involuntarily. Mark Cohen, co-founder of Re-create 68, an alliance of local activists working for the protection of first amendment rights, said he believes this could be deployed at the convention in August to subdue crowds. “We know this weapon and weapons like it have been used at other large protests ...
MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Apologizes for ‘Redneck’ Remark
Post Date: 2008-06-10 16:10:40 by christine
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MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell issued an on-air apology Monday following a remark last week in which she referred to an area of southwestern Virginia as “redneck, sort of bordering-on-Appalachia country.” Mitchell last Thursday was discussing a campaign stop by Barack Obama alongside popular former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner — a current U.S. Senate candidate — when she began describing the territory where Obama’s campaign trail led him that day: Bristol, Va. “Interesting images today: Barack Obama, Mark Warner in southwest Virginia. This is real redneck, sort of bordering-on-Appalachia country. This is not the Northern Virginia, you know, sort of high-tech ...
Musharraf On Obama: I Will Not Become A 'Useless Vegetable'
Post Date: 2008-06-10 12:08:28 by christine
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Embattled, U.S.-backed Pakistani Pres. Pervez Musharraf Saturday warned Barack Obama that if he wins the White House, he'd have to change his policies towards Pakistan. Musharraf, whom President Bush considers one of America's closest allies in the war on terrorism, denied that Bush gives orders to Pakistan, a charge that's constantly levelled against both men.... "I can't become a useless vegetable," said Musharraf, looking relaxed and confident. "I am elected as president of Pakistan constitutionally. I cannot preside over the downfall of Pakistan." Responding to a question about Obama, who's advocated shifting America's military focus from ...
Barack O’Bilderberg: Picking the President
Post Date: 2008-06-10 11:52:33 by Horse
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A Background to Bilderberg Sunday, June 8, 2008, marked the last day of this year’s annual Bilderberg meeting, which took place in Chantilly, Virginia. The American Friends of Bilderberg, an American Bilderberg front group, which organizes the American participant list for the annual Bilderberg conference, issued a rare press release this year. It stated that, "The Conference will deal mainly with a nuclear free world, cyber terrorism, Africa, Russia, finance, protectionism, US-EU relations, Afghanistan and Pakistan, Islam and Iran. Approximately 140 participants will attend."1 Bilderberg, which has been meeting annually since 1954, is a highly secretive international think ...
No, Obama Can't! [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2008-06-10 10:06:42 by christine
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After months of a tough and bitter race, a merciless struggle, Barack Obama has defeated his formidable opponent, Hillary Clinton. He has wrought a miracle: for the first time in history a black person has become a credible candidate for the presidency of the most powerful country in the world. And what was the first thing he did after his astounding victory? He ran to the conference of the Israel lobby, AIPAC, and made a speech that broke all records for obsequiousness and fawning. That is shocking enough. Even more shocking is the fact that nobody was shocked. It was a triumphalist conference. Even this powerful organization had never seen anything like it. Seven thousand Jewish ...
West Virginia: McCain 45% Obama 38%
Post Date: 2008-06-09 22:44:17 by RickyJ
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John McCain begins the general election season with an eight-point advantage over Barack Obama in West Virginia. The first Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of this general election match-up shows McCain attracting 45% of the vote while Obama earns 37%. Neither man is terribly popular in the state. McCain earns favorable reviews from 48% and unfavorable ratings from another 48%. The numbers for Obama are 40% favorable and 57% unfavorable. Those figures include 26% with a Very Unfavorable opinion of McCain and 35% with such a negative view of Obama. McCain and Obama are very competitive nationally in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll. Rasmussen Markets data shows ...
Nigeria: Barack Obama
Post Date: 2008-06-09 21:37:37 by a vast rightwing conspirator
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Nigeria: Barack Obama Vanguard (Lagos) 8 June 2008 Posted to the web 9 June 2008 Kola Animasun Lagos BARACK Obama. Nobody now asks who he is. He has broken the barrier of our consciousness and now resides there. He was not altogether unknown. He has been known in the confines of the United States as senator; damned good lawyer and a well-educated citizen. Now he stamped most forcefully into the political history of the most powerful democracy in the world. He has stopped to be a byline. Perhaps, at 46, he typifies what the world thinks and what the world wants as its rulers. Clinton came into the Presidency of the United States at about the age that Obama will, if he wins the ...
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Post Date: 2008-06-09 19:56:41 by RickyJ
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Trap may await Obama
Post Date: 2008-06-09 18:28:44 by RickyJ
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Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) managers appear convinced that if they can just get Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) to agree to a series of “town hall meetings,” at which both candidates will field questions from an audience, their candidate will do better than if he is forced to deliver his message via set-piece speeches. McCain has already participated in hundreds of such meetings this year and is comfortable with the more relaxed format. What’s more, he can’t really compete with the oratorically gifted Obama in the more traditional formal presentations one might expect to dominate the campaign. They may well be right. McCain’s speeches tend to read better than they ...
Top Talent Scout for Obama Tied to Subprime Lender
Post Date: 2008-06-09 16:12:26 by Jethro Tull
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By JOSH GERSTEIN, Staff Reporter of the Sun June 9, 2008Long-standing ties between a member of Senator Obama's new vice presidential search team and a prominent mortgage executive the senator has pilloried could become a political liability that hampers the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee's ability to tap into public ire over the subprime mortgage crisis. addthis_pub = 'nysun'; James Johnson, one of three people tapped by Mr. Obama recently to oversee the search for his running mate, took at least five real estate loans totaling more than $7 million from Countrywide Financial Corp. through an informal program for friends of the company's CEO, Angelo ...
Who "sent" Obama?
Post Date: 2008-06-09 12:52:03 by Horse
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In Chicago politics a key question has always been, who "sent" you? The classic phrase is "We don't want nobody that nobody sent" - from an anecdote of Abner Mikva's, the former White House Counsel (Pres. Clinton) and now retired federal judge. (And someone I campaigned for while in high school when he ran, unsuccessfully, for Congress in the early 70s.) As a young student, Mikva wanted to help out the his local Democratic Party machine on the south side of Chicago. In 1948, he walked into the local committeman's office to volunteer for Adlai Stevenson and Paul Douglas and was immediately asked: "Who sent you?" Mikva replied, "nobody sent ...
Wall Street cozying up to Obama
Post Date: 2008-06-09 12:28:08 by Tauzero
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Wall Street cozying up to Obama The typically Republican-friendly securities industry is having a change of heart, backing Obama in the belief that the Democrat could take the White House. By Alexandra Twin, CNNMoney.com senior writer Last Updated: June 6, 2008: 8:10 AM EDT NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The fact that Barack Obama is now the presumptive Democratic nominee for president seems to sit well with Wall Street. After all, the securities industry has been funding his campaign for months. However, the upbeat sentiment is more for the party he represents and its chances of taking the White House than his proposed policies. It's true that the Republican-friendly securities ...
Racial attitudes pose challenge for Obama
Post Date: 2008-06-09 10:06:58 by christine
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GREENSBURG, Pa. - Joyce Susick is the type of voter who might carry Barack Obama to the White House — or keep him out. A registered Democrat in a highly competitive state, she is eager to replace George W. Bush, whom she ranks among the worst presidents ever. There's just one problem. "I don't think our country is ready for a black president," Susick, who is white, said in an interview in the paint store where she works. "A black man is never going to win Pennsylvania." Susick said her personal objection to Obama is his inexperience, not his color. "It has nothing to do with race," she said. If Susick is right about Pennsylvania voters, it ...
The Political Cartel of Republicrats and Democrats
Post Date: 2008-06-09 09:41:35 by christine
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With the presidential elections steadily approaching, a question is being asked with increasing frequency: Who are you voting for? Personally, this questions aggravates me. Why? Because it is framed within a distinctly Hegelian framework. This framework consists of the confining dialectics of left vs. right, liberal vs. conservative, and, of course, Democrat vs. Republican. The latter of these dialectics is, for me, the most frustrating. Why? Because there’s no real difference between Republicans and Democrats. Whenever the religious adherent of partisan affiliations attempts to “convert” me to their creed, I direct him or her to a quote from an obscure book entitled Tragedy ...
Obama and McCain, the same?
Post Date: 2008-06-09 08:01:52 by a vast rightwing conspirator
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Obama and McCain, the same? Not quite. But here are their surprising policy overlaps. June 8, 2008 It has been a refrain during the exhausting battle for the Democratic presidential nomination that once Hillary Rodham Clinton or Barack Obama emerged as the party's choice, we could finally dispense with the personality battles and get down to nitty-gritty policy differences. Indeed, now that Obama seems to have the position locked up, he and presumptive Republican nominee John McCain will have plenty to argue about. But some might be surprised at the breadth of issues on which they largely agree. On McCain's side, this is understandable. With a Republican president experiencing ...
In Clinton's Backyard, It's Open Season as an Obama Fund-Raiser Lines Up Donors
Post Date: 2008-06-08 18:49:11 by christine
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Twenty-eight stories above Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, Jeh Johnson was dialing away. The race was on for New York's prized political donors, and Mr. Johnson, one of Senator Barack Obama's leading fund-raisers in the city, was trying to poach in the heart of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's financial territory. Before the day was up, Mr. Johnson got about a dozen people on the phone with the pitch that Mr. Obama represented ''a generational shift'' away from the partisan chokehold gripping Washington. A few told him they were not ready to give, but more than half said they were willing to sign checks and come to a March 9 fund-raiser at the Grand Hyatt New York. ...
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