Posted on October 14th, 2008 by Robert Freedland
There has been a lot of discussion on the MSM about ACORN and alleged voter registration fraud.
But that is small potatoes. Some may wish you to pay attention to fake names getting registered but that is not about voting fraud. It was registration fraud and nobody contends these fake people ever were intended to vote. [...]
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Filed under: Civil Rights, Democrats, General Election, Republicans, Robert Freedland, Voters
Posted on August 25th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
It’s been a while since I did a late night thread… so here goes…
John Daniello, the chairman of the Delaware Democratic Party on Obama – Biden: “Seeing them together now, they’re a natural team,” he said. “I think they’re going to do well.”
Florida and Michigan delgates to be seated with full voting rights: Dems give [...]
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Filed under: CNN, DNC, Delegates, Democrats, Election '08, In The News, Massachusetts, Obama-Biden 08, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Election, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Sen. Ted Kennedy
Posted on May 31st, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
The discussion over seating the delegates for Michigan and Florida at the DNC Rules Committee meeting is raging on today.
Carl Levin (above), Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, Ron Gettelfinger and Debbie Dingell weigh in on “why Michigan Democrats must be seated” in an OP/ED in the Detroit News today:
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Tags: Barack Obama, Candidacy, Carl Levin, [...]
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Filed under: DNC, Delegates, Democrats, Election '08, In The News, Opinions, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Primaries, State Politics
Posted on May 29th, 2008 by Alegre
Ok I think we’ve finally entered silly season here folks. For a guy who got his big start by making a speech at an anti-war rally a few years back (a speech he seems to have built his entire campaign around), this statement by his campaign about this Saturday’s protest at the DNC meeting in [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, Election '08, In The News, Political News, Politics, Presidential Primaries
Posted on May 27th, 2008 by Alegre
It’s a simple question for you – the members of the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee, who’ll be deciding on the future of our party on Saturday.
Folks are talking about the tough decision you’ll have to make in DC on Saturday.
They say you might seat half the delegates from Florida and Michigan, thereby cutting the [...]
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Filed under: DNC, Delegates, Democrats, Election '08, In The News, Political News, Politics, Presidential Primaries, State Politics, Voters
Posted on May 26th, 2008 by Alegre
Nothing anyone says to me will convince me that the fight to seat the delegates from Florida and Michigan (my home state) is nothing less than a fight for the voting rights of the 2.3 million people who turned out for their state primaries in January. The voters did not set the dates – and [...]
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Filed under: DNC, Delegates, Democrats, Election '08, In The News, Political News, Politics, Presidential Primaries, State Politics
Posted on July 2nd, 2006 by Nick
Hopefully the answer will be yes. If The Republicans keeps us crazy stuff like say, not even reauthorizing the Voting Rights Act, I’ll be very optimistic. But all too often it comes down to numbers. 1952 was the first election where the suburbs played a big part, so I recently look at [...]
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Filed under: Politics, Republicans
Posted on September 21st, 2005 by Crystal Patterson
Senator Kennedy went to the Senate floor today to discuss the nomination of John Roberts and why he intends to vote no. I’ve included some excerpts of his remarks below, you can read it in its entirety here .
“Supporting or opposing nominees to the Supreme Court should not be a partisan question. In my [...]
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Filed under: Senate, Supreme Court
Posted on September 21st, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
Breaking news: John Kerry Opposes Roberts’ Nomination for Chief Justice
Below is a statement by Senator John Kerry on the upcoming vote on Judge John Roberts to be Chief Justice of the United States:
“I can’t in good conscience vote to confirm Judge Roberts to a lifetime leading our third and co-equal branch of government when [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, John Kerry, Politics, Senate
Posted on September 5th, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
The Democratic Daily received the following statement from Ted Kennedy on the nomination of John Roberts as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court:
Over the last several weeks, we’ve begun to review John Roberts record and overall fitness to sit on the nation’s highest court in preparation for our hearings on his nomination to be [...]
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Filed under: In The News
