Posted on August 29th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
Senator John Kerry (D-MA) spoke this evening at the Celebration of Life Memorial Service for Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Kerry’s speech was a moving and very touching tribute to a man who meant so much to Senator Kerry and so many here in Massachusetts, America and the world.
The following is the text of Senator Kerry’s speech as prepared [...]
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Posted on January 18th, 2009 by Hank Edson
By Hank Edson
If you are a frequent reader of the Democratic Daily, you know that on election night, November 4, 2008, I published my first book, The Declaration of the Democratic Worldview, a sequel to The Declaration of Independence. That night I also posted the preface to my book on this site. If you’d like [...]
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Posted on January 17th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
The Boss, Bruce Springsteen was caught on warming up at Lincoln Memorial for tomorrow’s big “welcome concert on the Mall”:
Other performers for the free concert tomorrow were also warming up today, including John Mellencamp, Stevie Wonder, Beyonce and Mary J. Blige.
The WaPo reports that “HBO purchased the rights to air Sunday’s all-star kickoff concert at the Lincoln [...]
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Posted on January 17th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
President-elect Obama has launched Obama 2.0, otherwise known as “Organizing for America”:
Marc Ambinder notes:
An Obama political aide said that OFA will be housed at the Democratic National Committee, resolving a longstanding debate about whether the entity should be separate.
A press release prepared by OFA calls the organization “the next phase” of the Obama organization, and [...]
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Posted on January 16th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
The Boston Globe reports that John Kerry’s former “body man” Marvin Nicholson will “continue his role as “trip director” for President-elect Barack Obama.”
Nicholson, Kerry’s former “Chief of Stuff,” will coordinate the “minute-by-minute movements on Air Force One and on the road” for incoming President Barack Obama.
Dem Daily readers may remember this story about Nicholson on [...]
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Posted on January 15th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 16-1 today in favor of the appointment of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. Hillary Clinton still must be confirmed by the full Senate however, the confirmation is expected to be a formality at this point. The lone negative vote from the Senate FRC panel against Clinton came from Louisisan Republican Sen. [...]
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Posted on January 14th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
President Elect Barack Obama broke bread last night with a group pf conservative pundits at George Will’s home. Among the pundits reported to have partaked in the bread breaking were the “Weekly Standard’s William Kristol, New York Times columnist David Brooks, and Charles Krauthammer of the Washington Post.”
Sam Stein of the HuffPo reminds us that [...]
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Posted on January 13th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
Hillary Rodham Clinton, President-Elect Barack Obama’s designee to be Secretary of State Senator, met with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today for her confirmation hearing. She released the following statement at the hearing today:
The full text as prepared is below:
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Posted on January 13th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
The confirmation hearing for Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State is under way today.
The WaPo reports, “Kerry said he expects Clinton to face some tough questioning from committee members today, with one likely subject her husband’s business dealings, but said he expected the atmosphere to remain deferential and serious.”
The NY Times reports that John Kerry, [...]
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Posted on January 11th, 2009 by Walter Brasch
Sens. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) flexed their muscles, shook their rattles, and told President-elect Barack Obama not to tread upon them.
“I don’t believe in the executive power trumping everything,” Reid, the Senate’s majority leader, told the political newspaper, The Hill. He said he believed “in our Constitution, three separate but equal branches [...]
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