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Reverse That Reversal!
more than 7,000 Obama supporters have organized on a social networking site on Mr. Obama’s own campaign Web site. They are calling on Mr. Obama to reverse his decision to endorse legislation supported by President Bush to expand the government’s domestic spying powers while also providing legal protection to the telecommunication companies…
Bush base have yet to rush to donate to McCain
McCain’s struggle to mobilize the Bush fund-raisers is in part a sign of the disaffection among some GOP stalwarts for McCain…
Algorithm determines ‘ideal’ VP candidates for Obama, McCain
It turns out the ideal vice presidential candidate for Sen. John McCain is the same person as the ideal vice presidential candidate for Sen. Barack Obama, according to a sophisticated online survey based on technology developed at MIT. Mr. Ideal? Colin Powell.
McCain at foreign policy crossroads
McCain has assembled a diverse group of advisors for his campaign, but should he win the presidency this fall, he will have to choose between two markedly different approaches to guiding America in the world.
Dr. Dobson Has Just Handed Obama Victory
Senator Obama just took another giant step toward winning the presidency. Actually, someone who considers himself a sworn enemy of Senator Obama took the step for him. Dr. Dobson of the Focus On the Family radio program (and evangelical media empire) has aired a program in which he attacks Senator Obama, the Senator’s theology and his credentials as a Christian. With enemies like this Senator Obama doesn’t need friends. No, I’m not talking about Dobson energizing liberal Democrats. I’m talking about Dobson energizing his fellow evangelicals to vote for Senator Obama.
Serenity Lost: Obama And The Netroots
Only weeks into the general election campaign and already a notable tension is beginning to materialize within the Democratic Party. At question is Sen. Barack Obama’s relationship with the progressive netroots, the online community that helped aid the Senator’s rise to the presidential nomination, but has since seemingly played second fiddle in terms of courted constituencies.
Youth vs. Independents: Who will decide the election?
Laura Flanders at GRITtv grills election experts Bill Hillsman, founder of Independent Voters of America and author of Run the Other Way: Fixing the Two-Party System, One Campaign at a Time, and Morley Winograd, Al Gore’s Senior Policy Advisor and the co-author of Millennial Makeover: My Space, YouTube, and the Future of American Politics, [...]
Obama’s global poverty tax on America
Senator Barack Obama, in a preview of priorities he might pursue if elected president, is rejoicing over the Senate committee passage of a plan that could end up costing taxpayers billions of dollars in an attempt to reduce poverty in other nations.
S.2433, the Global Poverty Act, is the type of legislation that “We can, and [...]
McCain to drop out in September?
When the Republicans choose their candidate on September 4th, there is a very real chance that they could throw the election into an unexpected chaos as they pull a genuine September Surprise. John McCain won’t be the nominee. Ok, let me say that again. McCain will not be the Republican candidate in November…
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