Posted on February 19th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
On Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the economic sanctions that have been imposed by the U.S. and “other Western governments had failed to pressure the repressive Burmese government,” thus pointing to a potential shift in U.S. policy on Burma.
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Posted on February 3rd, 2009 by Stuart O'Neill
From the Talking Points Memo (TPM):
Tom Daschle, former Majority leader of the House, has withdrawn his nomination to be Health and Human Services secretary. That’s according to a joint White House statement from President Barack Obama and his former nominee.
Obama said Tuesday he accepted the withdrawal “with sadness and regret.” Daschle has been battling for [...]
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Posted on August 30th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
John McCain’s strange VP pick, Sarah Palin may have dominated the news on Friday, but Barack Obama’s speech Thursday night accepting the Democratic nomination for president, set a record for political “convention viewership that exceeded even the expectations of his aides.”
The historic speech by the first African-American presidential nominee of a major political party reached [...]
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Filed under: DNC, Democrats, Denver, Election '08, Gov. Sarah Palin, In The News, John McCain '08, Obama-Biden 08, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Election, Republicans, TV
Posted on July 3rd, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
Wes Clark, appearing with an aggressive Andrea Mitchell, was given a extended opportunity to talk about the controversy that surrounded his remark’s on John McCain. Watch this segment to see the framework of his remarks and his very able explanation of them.
PS: If you have never been to a Wes Clark event you wouldn’t [...]
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Filed under: Election '08, Foreign Policy, General Election, John McCain '08, MSNBC, Political News, Politics, Presidential Election, Stuart O'Neill, Wes Clark, YouTube
Posted on April 29th, 2008 by Gilbert Martinez
One thing that has bothered me throughout this election has been anti-Hillary people referring to Hillary Clinton as “Mrs. Bill”. It was clearly meant to demean her accomplishments and very reminiscent of the Matthews-esque nonsense that Hillary only got where she did because of Monica. (That particularly bothers me because I think Hillary will be [...]
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