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Today's Fresh Blogs...| John McCain's Media Team Quits Campaign |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 5:59 pm |
| Tags: Election 08, John Mccain, Campaigns Elections |
| AP Via Yahoo: Sen. John McCain’s advertising consultants have resigned from his presidential campaign, the latest in a rash of staff shake-ups in recent weeks. McCain communications director Jill Hazelbaker on Wednesday described the departure of Russ Schriefer and Stuart Stevens as amicable and said the Arizona Republican |
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| GOP Contenders Will Not Commit To CNN/YouTube Debate |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 12:45 pm |
| Tags: Debates, Republican Party, Republican Hypocrisy, Campaigns Elections |
| OpenLeft: Jose Antonio Vargas of the Washington Post reports: Four days after the Democratic debate in Charleston, S.C,. more than 400 questions directed to the GOP presidential field have been uploaded on YouTube — targeted at Republicans scheduled to get their turn at videopopulism on Sept. 17. But so far, only Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) |
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| Rachel Maddow's Campaign Asylum: The GOP Protecting Kids? |
| Published: July 28, 2007, 3:44 pm |
| Tags: Election 08, Campaigns Elections, Air America |
| In the latest installment of Rachel Maddow’s Campaign Asylum, the good doctor takes a look at how the Republicans are pretty much on the wrong side of most issues that Americans care about. But one thing’s for sure, they have an unshakable desire to protect the children…that is, until they’re born. Rachel |
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| Mitt Romney Sez Hezbollah Style Diplomacy Would Be Good For America |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 12:02 pm |
| Tags: Election 08, Health Science, Middle East, Campaigns Elections |
| No, really…he did. Last weekend Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney held a town hall meeting in Ottumwa, Iowa. One of the members of the audience asked him if he would commit the money necessary to continue President Bush’s AIDS program in Africa as a way to restore good will toward America. His answer, while not picked up |
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| Senate Backpedals On Legislation Requiring Paper Trail For E-Voting Machines |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 8:38 pm |
| Tags: Election 08, Campaigns Elections, Voting Rights |
| the date back to the 2010 elections will give us more time to reach a bipartisan consensus with voting reform advocates and local and state officials to enact a new law that provides for increased accuracy and accountability at the polls without raising the specter of creating major new errors,” she said at the start of a hearing here in |
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| Open Thread |
| Published: August 2, 2007, 11:29 pm |
| Tags: Culture Life Entertainment, Campaigns Elections, Open Thread |
| CNN’s Jacki Schechner takes a look at the impact YouTube is having on politics and the campaign. (h/t Scarce) Sam Seder waxes poetic on the importance of video (h/t BraveNewFilms)I love this. For me, the “YouTube-ization” of politics has as much to do with empowering all citizens and dis-empowering the media |
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| Blue America Welcomes Russ Warner |
| Published: August 4, 2007, 1:52 pm |
| Tags: Blue America, Democratic Party, Campaigns Elections |
| “Everyone” knew Mark Foley was a closet case for years and years before it came out he was making inappropriate impositions on the young male congressional pages. “Everyone” knew he was living a double life before he got drunk and tried breaking into the boys’ dorm one night. “Everybody?” Well, his |
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| Things Get Heated Early In ABC GOP Debate - Brownback Goes After Romney On Abortion Flip-Flop |
| Published: August 5, 2007, 12:18 pm |
| Tags: Election 08, Abc, Campaigns Elections, This Week George Stephanopoulos |
| The GOP Presidential Candidate Debate on this morning’s “This Week” started off with a bang as moderator George Stephanopolis played a robo-call sent out to Iowa voters from Sam Brownback’s campaign which attacks Mitt Romney’s stance on abortion and his claim to be pro-life. Brownback, who is not only pro-life, but |
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| Jane Hamsher On CNN Talking About Mitt's Fit |
| Published: August 5, 2007, 10:02 pm |
| Tags: Election 08, Cnn, Civil Liberties, Abortion, Campaigns Elections |
| Our friend, Jane Hamsher from Firedoglake joined CNN’s Rick Sanchez and spokesman for the National Review, Jim Geraghty, to talk about GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and his heated off air tussle (it starts about 10 minutes into the YouTube clip) last week during a break with a talk show host in Iowa. The host presses Romney about his |
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| AFl-CIO Democratic Candidate Forum Open Thread |
| Published: August 7, 2007, 7:00 pm |
| Tags: Debates, Democratic Party, Unions, Campaigns Elections |
| MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann will be hosting which should make for a great forum. Candidate Mike Gravel will not be appearing at tonight’s forum and there’s conflicting information as to why. You can watch the candidate’s prerecorded opening statements here. Tell us what catches your eye… |
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| AFL-CIO Democratic Forum: Digging down to China |
| Published: August 7, 2007, 8:30 pm |
| Tags: Election 08, Debates, Msnbc, Democratic Party, Campaigns Elections, Countdown Keith Olbermann |
| The most outstanding remarks early on in the forum came from Congressman Dennis Kucinich. The question was on China and whether they should be considered a friend or foe. Kucinich brought the house down with his comments, even the other candidates couldn’t hold back. Take a look… Download (5) Play (2) |
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| AFL-CIO Presidential Forum: Emotional Question From Audience Member On Health Care |
| Published: August 7, 2007, 9:15 pm |
| Tags: Debates, Election 08, Democratic Party, Campaigns Elections |
| If this man’s genuine passion and anguish doesn’t move you, you’re not human. Steve Skvara, a disabled, retired steel worker from Indiana tells the story of how he lost his family’s health insurance after the company he worked for, for 34 years closed two years after they forced him to retire. Skvara received a standing |
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| AFL-CIO Democratic Forum: Sparks Finally Fly - Hillary Gets Booed |
| Published: August 7, 2007, 10:02 pm |
| Tags: Debates, Election 08, Democratic Party, Campaigns Elections |
| The most heated moments from tonight’s AFL-CIO forum came when the topic turned to Senator Barack Obama and his claim for the last debate that he would invade Pakistan to fight terrorism, even without permission from President Pervez Musharraf. Senator Chris Dodd was asked about his critical response to Obama’s statements and |
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| John Gibson's Radio Producer: John Edwards whored his wife's cancer as a fundraising gimmick |
| Published: August 8, 2007, 12:31 pm |
| Tags: Election 08, John Gibson, Campaigns Elections, Smears, Fox News |
| Via Media Matters: On the August 3 edition of Fox News host John Gibson’s nationally syndicated radio program, the show’s executive producer, who goes by the name “Angry Rich” on the program, claimed Democratic presidential candidate former Sen. John Edwards (NC) “whored his wife’s cancer as a fundraising |
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| Steve Skvara From Last Night's AFL-CIO Candidate Forum On Hardball |
| Published: August 9, 2007, 12:45 pm |
| Tags: Debates, Election 08, Health Science, Government Policy, Campaigns Elections |
| Retired steel worker, Steve Skvara, who told his unfortunate and heartfelt story of how he lost his health care last night at the AFL-CIO Democratic candidate forum, appeared on “Hardball” today. Skvara, despite being asked a few dumb questions and being talked over by Chris Matthews, does a fine job of explaining his current |
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