Posted on August 21st, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Oh, the suspense… So many inquiring minds want to know, just who will be Obama’s VP. He’s made his decision but mumm’s the word:
Barack Obama told USA TODAY this afternoon that “yes,” he has made up his mind about whom his running mate will be — but he would not reveal the name or just [...]
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Posted on June 25th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Hillary Clinton returned to work in the Senate yesterday. She had a hero’s welcome from her colleagues and found in “her months-long absence,” as her aide Philippe Reines cautioned, “things have gotten a little casual” in her office. As Clinton “swung open the door of her private office” she found “two of her legislative assistants in [...]
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Posted on May 30th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Earlier today on a Obama campaign conference call with reporters Senator John Kerry questioned ”Republican presumptive nominee John McCain’s judgment and grasp of the facts about what’s going on Iraq.”
Yesterday, McCain said that U.S. forces in Iraq have “drawn down to pre-surge levels.” Kerry, citing figures that show the opposite, skewered his friend, fellow Vietnam War veteran and [...]
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Posted on September 25th, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
Columnsist M. Charles Bakst of the Providence Journal takes an interesting look at John Kerry’s speech last Monday at Brown University. His column is peppered with some bits of a phone interview he did with Kerry the following day. One comment that Bakst made led me believe that he may not have been paying attention [...]
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Posted on September 19th, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
In a blistering critique, Kerry said former FEMA Director Michael Brown was to Hurricane Katrina “what Paul Bremer is to peace in Iraq; what George Tenet is to slam dunk intelligence … what George Bush is to ‘Mission Accomplished’ and ‘Wanted Dead or Alive.’ … The bottom line is simple: The ‘we’ll do whatever it takes’ administration doesn’t have what it takes to get the job done.”
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Posted on September 7th, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
The NY Times has round up of quotes from Democratic leaders today. Here’s a few quips…
After 10 days of often uncertain responses to the Bush administration’s management of Hurricane Katrina, Democratic leaders unleashed a burst of attacks on the White House on Wednesday, saying the wreckage in New Orleans raised doubts about the country’s readiness [...]
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Posted on August 12th, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
Kerry says howdy
By CHARLES S. JOHNSON – IR State Bureau – 08/12/05
HELENA — U.S. Sen. John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, stopped by the Capitol on Thursday to visit with Gov. Brian Schweitzer as part of a national “listening tour,” but deflected any questions about running for president in 2008.
A relaxed Kerry, wearing a [...]
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Posted on August 12th, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
It seems that John Kerry has embarked on a “Listening Tour” across the country. In a pick-up truck with his motorcycle in tow… John Kerry is off to see America and spend time listening to the concerns and voices of Americans…
Kerry visits Schweitzer during listening tour
U.S. Sen. John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, stopped [...]
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Posted on July 23rd, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
Kerry arrived at the Tour de France on Friday night, on hand for the race he’s wanted to see again since he was a kid living in France in the 1950s.
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