Posted on September 7th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
This quote from the third paragraph in the newest Newsweek article: An Apostle of Alaska, which really was actually ‘fair and balanced’.
[...]When the GOP held its Alaska caucus on Feb. 5, Palin didn’t bother to endorse a candidate, despite personal appeals from Huckabee and Mitt Romney, her fellow social conservatives. She had never met or [...]
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Filed under: Conservatives, Election '08, Gov. Sarah Palin, In The News, Obama-Biden 08, Politics, Presidential Election, Republicans, Stuart O'Neill
Posted on May 13th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
The Senate sent a clear message to George W today about stockpiling oil at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. In a clear rebuke, by a 97 to 1, veto proof vote, the Senate voted to “halt deliveries to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve over President Bush’s objections.”
The House is expected to follow suit later today.
The action, supported [...]
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Filed under: Big Oil, Bush Admin, Congress, Consumers, Democrats, Economic News, Economy, Election '08, Gas Prices, George W. Bush, House of Reps, In The News, John McCain '08, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Republicans, Senate
Posted on October 17th, 2006 by John Freeland
“Why are they bringing in Cheney against some little chicken farmer?” asked Sharon Renier, referring to herself, “Are they worried?”
The race in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District to replace incumbent moderate Republican Joe Schwartz is turning out to be competitive after all, according to recent polling reported in a good blog post at MyDD.
Schwartz was defeated [...]
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Filed under: Congress, House of Reps, In The Blogosphere, Politics, Polls, Republicans, State & Local Politics
Posted on September 20th, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
In four years they have run the government into massive, historic debt. Record surpluses are now record deficits. And now, today, they’re selling off America’s national lands to the highest bidder. It will start with Arctic Refuge, but it won’t stop there. Piece-by-piece, false claim-by-false claim, national resources and natural treasurers will go on the auction block. It will be a fire sale.
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Filed under: Congress, Democrats, Environment, John Kerry, Senate
Posted on September 20th, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
Here’s two more photos from today’s Arctic Refuge Action Day in Washington. Click on the photos for a high resolution full page photos (the lower righthand corner of each photo has a button to resize the photos). Enjoy!
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. addresses the crowd at Arctic Refuge Action Day, which brought thousands of citizen activists [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, Environment
Posted on August 29th, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
The LCV annouced today that are endorsing Washington Senator Maria Cantwell for re-election. Cantwell is their first endorsement for the 2006 election cycle.
LCV is proud to announce its first endorsement of the 2006 election cycle: Washington Senator Maria Cantwell.
Senator Cantwell is one of our nation’s strongest environmental leaders in Congress — one of only two [...]
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Posted on August 18th, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
A very good OP/Ed in the Boston Globe reminds us of another important issue still at stake: The Arctic Refuge.
Editor’s Note: There are so many issues on the table these days, it’s hard to keep on top of them all. The mission here at The Democratic Daily is break through the Noise Machine and keep [...]
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Filed under: Environment, OP/ED's
