Obama's 3 AM Phone Call
I'm so sleepy, I can make out the text but even thinking about what Obama and Biden are going to have get busy doing in the next few months and, if they win, in the next few years -- no, I can't go there, too exhausting.
Campaign 08
Sucking Up to the Bankers: A Bipartisan Lovefest
Robert Scheer | Posted 07.30.2008 | Business
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Both of our leading presidential candidates are scrambling to enlist the "expertise" of the very folks who advocated the financial industry deregulations at the heart of this meltdown.
Unity: Not Exactly Woodstock '69, But Close
Beverly Davis | Posted 06.27.2008 | Home
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It's the season premiere 2008 general election campaign. The music will be blaring, the crowd jumping, the loudspeakers booming. But the real story is that Democratic "unity" is well under way.
Obama vs McCain: Digging-In or "Standing Ready"
Beverly Davis | Posted 06.16.2008 | Home
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This weekend Barack Obama ditched his suit, picked up a shovel and started filling sandbags in the Midwest flood zone. John McCain sent a press release from a private fundraiser in Riverside, California.
What Makes McCain Tick?
Robert Scheer | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics
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Will the real John McCain stand up? Actually, I don't expect him to, now that he is the Republican presidential candidate, he is pandering to the irrationalities that drive his party.
Gore's Sacrifice Squandered
Dan Treul | Posted 06.02.2008 | Home
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Gore took a bullet for the party in 2000. The GOP cheated in FL and everyone knew it. But his sacrifice has been squandered by Clinton. Thanks to her, the GOP no longer has the market on voting fraud.
Paying for War at the Pump
Robert Scheer | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics
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There is no better measure of the failure of Bush's foreign policy than that the American taxpayers who paid for the invasion of Iraq are now being rewarded with skyrocketing prices at the pump.
Turning Tables In The Temple: Obama In Grand Rapids
Dan Treul | Posted 05.14.2008 | Home
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The genius of the rally lay, appropriately enough, in its sheer audacity. West Michigan is solid GOP right-wing evangelical country and the Van Andel Arena is it's temple. How would Obama fare in lions' den?
Battle of the Hawks
Robert Scheer | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics
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In the increasingly unlikely event of a McCain-Clinton election, we would be up against a choice between the neoconservatives and the neoliberals as to who could be more adventurous in getting us into unjustifiable foreign wars.
The $109 Million Dollar Question: Is Clinton Really A Populist?
Dan Treul | Posted 05.04.2008 | Home
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This weekend, as Clinton defended her gas tax proposal against what she described as the "elite opinion" of professional economists, I, like so many others, had to ask the obvious question: Since when does a Clinton get off as such a populist?
No Country for Old Men
Robert Scheer | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics
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Let's not kid any longer. Age is a factor in this race and nowhere is it so important as in McCain's vice-presidential choice.
Clinton Threatens to 'Obliterate' Iran
Robert Scheer | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics
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Shouldn't the potential leader of a nation that used nuclear bombs to obliterate hundreds of thousands of innocent Japanese employ extreme caution before making such a threat?
Reading The Pictures: The Wimp Factor-y
Michael Shaw | Posted 04.21.2008 | Media
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It's not that "Obama is starting to look more like Kerry," so much as "The Factory" is cranking up the campaign to make it look that way.
The Man Who Would Be Bush
Robert Scheer | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics
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A vote for McCain is a vote for that rancid recipe mixing religious bigotry, imperial arrogance and corporate greed that he had stood against in the run-up to the 2000 presidential election.
Petraeus' Testimony: Everything His President Wants to Hear
Robert Scheer | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics
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Once again, the president is passing the buck to the uniformed military to justify continuing a ludicrous imperial adventure, and the good general has dutifully performed.
Michigan Superdelegates Tense As March 4 Primaries Near
Dan Treul | Posted 02.29.2008 | Home
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Keith Evenhouse, Cheyna Roczykowski, and John Taylor contributed to this report. With some wondering aloud how far a campaign can fall before it hits...
What the Times Didn't Tell About McCain
Robert Scheer | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics
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McCain was one of five senators (and the sole Republican) who voted against the atrocious telecom legislation that Iseman was pushing, which President Clinton signed into law.
Hillary's Ignominious Finale
Marc Cooper | Posted 02.26.2008 | Home
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Clinton, in her best moments, is certainly capable of something more than a torrent of peevish, petty, picayune, and intellectually dishonest bickering and parsing.
Obama Storms Vegas and Chides Clinton
HuffingtonPost.com | Marc Cooper | Posted 01.16.2008 | Home
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Henderson, NV -- Just three days before the "tie-breaker" Nevada caucuses this coming Saturday, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama storme...
Primary Results Elicit Mixed Reactions From Michigan Young Republicans
Dan Treul | Posted 01.16.2008 | Home
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Dirty Leaflet Campaign Launched Against Clinton
Dan Treul | Posted 01.12.2008 | Home
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A leaflet scattered about Grand Rapids, Michigan today is urging voters to "let your voice be heard"... so long as that voice isn't for Hillary Clinton.
Clinton Campaign Stung By Third-Place Finish
HuffingtonPost.com | Marc Cooper | Posted 01.04.2008 | Home
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Des Moines - After a stunning defeat and finishing third in Thursday night's Democratic caucuses, Senator Hillary Clinton congratulated Barack Obama a...
Clinton Campaign: "First and Goal"
HuffingtonPost.com | Marc Cooper | Posted 01.02.2008 | Home
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Indianola, Iowa - On the last full day of campaigning before Thursday night's caucuses, Senator Hillary Clinton and her Democratic rivals John Edward...
FAQ: Iowa Caucus
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Tomorrow evening's all-important vote in Iowa will surely mark the beginning of the end for some presidential candidates. Why all the hubbub about the...
Obama Slugs Back At "Trial Lawyer" Edwards
HuffingtonPost.com | Marc Cooper | Posted 12.31.2007 | Politics
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Des Moines, Iowa-- As the John Edwards campaign shows beefed-up muscle going into the last days of the caucus race, rival Barack Obama is concentratin...
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