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Article by John on October 18th, 2008 at 6:51 pm What a crowd! There is something happening here. 100,000 people Democratic Presidential Nominee, Senator Barack Obama speaks at a rally under the St. Louis Arch in St. Louis, MO on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008. (David Katz/Obama for America) The Obama campaign says they’ve been told by the St. Louis Police Department that about 100,000 [...]
Article by John on October 15th, 2008 at 9:18 am Barack Obama has widened his lead over his Republican presidential rival John McCain to 14 points, according to a new opinion poll from the New York Times and CBS News. The 53% to 39% gulf in the two main candidates’ poll ratings suggests that Obama is continuing to capitalise from public anxieties prompted by the financial crisis. Detailed questions contained in the [...]
Article by missy on August 8th, 2008 at 12:12 pm Krugman hits the Neanderthal on the head: …[K]now-nothingism — the insistence that there are simple, brute-force, instant-gratification answers to every problem, and that there’s something effeminate and weak about anyone who suggests otherwise — has become the core of Republican policy and political strategy. The party’s de facto slogan has become: “Real men don’t think things through.” … Remember how the Iraq war [...]
Article by John on August 1st, 2008 at 5:36 am Say No to Walmart Here is another reason to never set foot in a Walmart: Wal-Mart mobilizes against Democrats: report Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) is mobilizing U.S. store managers to lobby against Democrats in November’s presidential election, fearing they will make it easier for workers to unionize, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. …thousands of Wal-Mart managers and department heads have [...]
Article by missy on July 31st, 2008 at 4:38 pm Or the best news since Al Gore won his Nobel? WASHINGTON (AFP) — “Vote Both,” a group dedicated to persuading Barack Obama to pick former foe Hillary Clinton as his vice presidential running mate, is folding, as hopes of a “dream ticket” fade. Organizers Adam Parkhomenko and Sam Arora said they were halting their campaign, based on indications that the presumptive Democratic nominee [...]
Article by missy on July 10th, 2008 at 10:07 am I’ve been running this FISA thing over and over in my head, trying to figure out the motivations of the 20 Democratic Dems that voted for it. Sure, there’s telecom money. But that can only go so far when a solid Constitutional principle is at stake and the phone is ringing off the goddamn hook with incensed progressives cajoling, harassing, and pleading with [...]
Article by missy on June 3rd, 2008 at 10:06 am When is a concession not a concession? When it’s Hillary Clinton doing the conceding: Hillary Rodham Clinton will concede Tuesday night that Barack Obama has the delegates to secure the Democratic nomination, campaign officials said, effectively ending her bid to be the nation’s first female president. … The former first lady will stop short of formally suspending or ending her race in her [...] | Local TV Connect with Facebook |
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