Posted on July 28th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
NBC News notes that Sen. Barack Obama is joined in Washington, D.C. today by top aides David Plouffe, David Axelrod and Robert Gibbs. In addition, his vice presidential search team leaders, Caroline Kennedy and Eric Holder, are also in D.C. today.
Could a decision on Obama’s running mate be near?
“The convergence of all the senior staff [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, Election '08, In The News, Politics, Presidential Election, Stuart O'Neill
Posted on July 2nd, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
[UPDATE!!] The headline and initial story below are inaccurate. There is another accurate update below
At the same event in Zanesville, Ohio where Senator Obama called for an increase in funding for ‘faith-based initiatives’, he also refused to fist bump a young supporter when that boy stuck his fist out for recognition.
CNN reports:
Is Obama ditching his [...]
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Filed under: CNN, Election '08, In The News, John McCain '08, Michelle Obama, Political News, Presidential Election, Stuart O'Neill
Posted on June 29th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe said today that the big pow wow between Bill Clinton and Barack Obama is poised to happen with in the next 48 hours.
McAuliffe told CNN’s Candy Crowley that now that “President Clinton is back from a five-nation tour during which he attended Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday party,” Clinton and former [...]
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Filed under: Bill Clinton, Democrats, Election '08, In The News, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Election, Presidential Primaries
Posted on June 20th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
MoveOn announced today that they would walk the Obama walk when it comes to fundraising for the presidential election:
MoveOn, the advocacy group supporting Barack Obama, has decided to permanently shutter its 527 operation, partly in response to the Illinois Senator’s insistence that such groups should not spend on his behalf during the general election, I’ve learned from the [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, Election '08, General Election, In The News, Liberals, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Election, Progressives
Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
If you scan through the headlines today you’ll find a wealth of confusion as the last primaries are getting under way in South Dakota and Montana. Obama is pushing to claim victory, and AP News reported that Clinton is set to concede (more on that to come).
Chris Cillizza notes that “American Research Group released surveys yesterday [...]
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Filed under: Delegates, Democrats, Election '08, In The News, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Polls, Presidential Primaries, State Politics
Posted on May 5th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
The latest USA Today/Gallup poll published today shows that “Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama’s standing has been significantly damaged by the controversy over his former pastor,” and the issue raises “questions for some voters about the Illinois senator’s values, credibility and electability.”
The erosion of support among Democrats and independents raises the stakes in Tuesday’s Indiana and [...]
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Posted on April 29th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Good gracious… The hits just keep coming for Barack Obama…
Enter Al Sharpton who has accused Obama “of trying to “grandstand in front of white people,”” because Obama “made a call for nonviolence in the aftermath of the Sean Bell verdict.”
During what a source described as a “heated” phone call yesterday, Sharpton told Obama he was [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, Election '08, In The News, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Primaries
Posted on March 20th, 2007 by Donnie McDaniel
Cross posted fromTKB
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to full contact politics. In this corner, we have Hillary “I’m not sorry for my vote” Clinton. Clinton (N.Y.) voted for the October 2002 resolution authorizing the Iraq war and refuses to say she is sorry for that vote. She is the wife of Bubba and now wants a [...]
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Filed under: Election '08, Iraq, Politics
