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Jewish Voters Cause Obama Jitters

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Terrorism, Middle East, Palestinians, Iran, Michael Bloomberg, Democrats, Pennsylvania, Barack Obama, Swing States, Oil, Israel, Aipac, Florida, Jewish Donors, Hillary Clinton, Jewish Voters, John McCain, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

A lackluster turnout of Jewish Democrats would hurt Obama badly. And even a low double digit defection to McCain in the absolute must win swing states of FL and PA would spell disaster for Obama.

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Jim Webb Emerges As Democrats' Military Point Man

Wall Street Journal | Monica Langley | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jim Webb Military, Jim Webb, Democrats, Jim Webb and Barack Obama, Politics News

With his two Purple Hearts, three tattoos and spoiling-for-a-fight attitude, Sen. Jim Webb is emerging as the Democrats' point man on two of the most ...

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Legitimizing Arrogance

Chellie Pingree | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Telecom Immunity, Me-01, Retroactive Immunity, Fisa, Warantless Wiretapping, Immunity, Chellie Pingree, Warrantless Wiretapping, Democratic Congress, Democrats, Politics News
Chellie Pingree

In a double sleight of hand, not only does new legislation passed yesterday by the House say unmonitored surveillance of American citizens is permitted, it blocks any opportunity to test the premise in the courts.

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Friday Talking Points [36] -- End The Media's Pro-McCain Bias! Now!!

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.20.2008 | Media

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Chris Weigant

McCain has joked that the media is "his base" of support. It was a funny line, but there is a truth at its core: the media has been hard on Obama but unbelievably light on McCain. And this has to stop. Now.

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Are the Democrats Worse Than the Republicans?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: FISA Bill, President Bush, Democrats, Capitulation, Telecom Immunity, Republicans, Warrantless Wiretapping, Law Breaking, Watergate, Democratic Congress, Congress, Weak Congress, Fisa, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

President Bush is the most unpopular president of all time -- literally. But if you keep losing to the worst, what does that make you?

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Ambassador's Role In Organizing McCain Speech In Canada Draws Fire From Democrats

Washington Post | Michael D. Shear | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain's Canada Speech, Democrats, Mccain Ambassador Canada, Mccain Canada, Ambassador Organized Mccain Speech, John McCain, Politics News

A Canadian newspaper reported Thursday that Friday's scheduled $100-a-plate luncheon speech by Sen. John McCain in Ottowa was organized in part by U.S...

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Democrats Plus Unions Equals Better Wages

Robyn Blumner | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Labor Unions, Democrats, U.S. Economy, Minimum Wage, Labor, Wages, Economy, Middle Class, HIllary Clinton Concession Speech, Democratic Party, Politics News
Robyn Blumner

Our nation is increasingly becoming one of haves and have-nots, mired in income inequality more severe than at any time since the days of robber barons.

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Huckabee's Admonition Not to Demonize Obama Will Fall on Deaf Ears

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Kerry, White House, Barack Obama, Mike Dukakis, Mike Huckabee, Negative Campaigning, Gop, Democrats, Presidency, Swift Boat, John McCain, 527 Independent Expenditure Committees, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

When things really heat up in the fall, the 527 committees will have a storehouse of privately funneled dollars to slam Obama on any and every big and petty issue they choose.

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I Vote for Losers, Baby (So Why Don't You Kill Me)

Marissa Moss | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Conor Oberst, Michael Stipe, Protest, Democrats, John Kerry, National Organization of Hillary Clinton Supporters for John McCain, Iraq War, Mark Green, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News
Marissa Moss

I'm starting to think that I'm a bad luck charm. In my almost ten years as a voting citizen, I think I've replaced the rabbit's foot on the key chains of Republicans across the country.

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The Benediction of Big Al

Mary Lyon | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Obama Iowa Floods, Al Gore Endorses Obama, Al Gore, Iowa Floods, FEMA Hurricane Katrina, George W. Bush, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Republican Neglect, Republicans, Democrats, Barack Obama, Politics News
Mary Lyon

To this day, I still think Gore is the gold standard. Our country would be light years better off if we'd had Al Gore's steady hand at the wheel for the past seven-and-some years.

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Flashback: McCain Almost Switched Parties in 2001

ABC News | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

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In a little-noticed interview in October 2006, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-SD, talked a great deal about his recollections of negotia...

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Politicians Play General, Generals Play Politics (Part 4)

Russ Wellen | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Military, Bush Administration, Cold War, Democrats, Pacifism, Barack Obama, Libertarians, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Russ Wellen

"I'm sorry he caught so much flak over the things his pastor said, but like I always caution, that's the kind of thing that happens when you go to chu...

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Obama's Veep Game: The Good, The Bad, and Bill Richardson

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

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Allison Kilkenny

There's not enough room available on the internet to properly tear apart all of the VP suggestions, so I will focus on two of my favorite suggestions: Bill Richardson and Tom Daschle.

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Obama Should Go North To Alaska

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Alaska is going to be very close this year. This stems from Republican office-holders apparently trying to take the "first in political corruption" award away from Louisiana.

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Friday Talking Points [35] -- Tim Russert Memorial Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Nobody seriously annoyed me this week, but I will launch a pre-emptive finger-wagging, to anyone on the left who can't resist the urge to be disrespectful of Tim Russert's memory right now.

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NAFTA: America's Energy Solution

Diane Francis | Posted 06.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Alternative Energy, Manhattan Project for Energy, Mexico, Conservation, Obama, Mccain, Canada, U.S., Drill Bans on Federal Lands and Offshore, Democrats, Nafta, Windfall Profits Tax, Power Generation, Hybrids, Oil, Tidal Power, Fuel Efficiencies, Hydro-Electric Power, Natural Gas, Alberta, Newfoundland, Green News
Diane Francis

North America should forget a continental energy policy which will guarantee its economic pre-eminence -- but this will only work if the US imposes strict conservation and Mexico changes its oil policies immediately.

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National Journal confirms our low expectations

David Roberts | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Climate Change, Congress, Global Warming Skepticism, Democrats, Republicans, Politics News
David Roberts

grist.orgNational Journal polls members of Congress:Matt draws our attention to one particular quote from a Republican No: "If there's one thing ...

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Join Me in National "Screw the Oil Companies and Terrorists" Week

Paul Abrams | Posted 06.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Oil Cartel, Oil Companies, Fertilizer, Food, Carbon, Terrorist, Oil, Rightwing Republicans, Democrats, Economy, Gas Prices, Energy Independence, Environmental Solutions, Green News
Paul Abrams

Current debates about energy independence are future-oriented, and will do nothing in the short term to ease economic woes. Let's use the internet to stop the bleeding: take up the following challenge.

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Obama Assassination Exhibit May Be a Hoax, But Fears of Assassination are Real

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Presidential Assassinations, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama, George Bush, Democrats, Jfk, Assassination Exhibit, Presidency, Robert F. Kennedy, Home News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Hoax, cheap stunt, crank, crackpot, racist, and sick, were the apt terms tossed at so-called artist Yazmany Arboleda for his grotesquely named near ...

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Did John McCain Just Say What I Think He Said About Iraq?

Andy Ostroy | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Troops, War, Today Show, Mccain, Obama, Iraq, Democrats, Election, Republicans, Lauer, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

That an overwhelming majority of Americans want an imminent end to the war apparently doesn't faze McCain.

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The 269-269 Electoral Tie Scenario

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

So what would happen if the Electoral College tied? Well, it goes to the House of Representatives. And since the Democrats have an advantage in the House, you'd think "President Obama." But you'd be wrong.

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Worse Than Any Impeachable Offense

Mary Lyon | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Impeachment, Neville Chamberlain, 35 Articles of Impeachment, Dennis Kucinich, Nancy Pelosi, George W. Bush, George W. Bush and Appeasement, Republicans, George W. Bush and Impeachment, Robert Wexler, Democrats, Bush Appeasers, Politics News
Mary Lyon

I would never have thought there'd be any greater crimes than those of George W. Bush, nor any villain greater. I'm wrong. And no, it's not Dick Chene...

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The Disposable Oath

Stan Goff | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Impeachment, Iran, Iraq Veterans, Constitution, Kucinich, Dennis Kucinich, Democrats Iraq, Iraq, War in Iran, Democrats, War in Iraq, Veterans, Politics News
Stan Goff

The Democratic Party leadership is more interested in winning elections than they are in doing their sworn duty to uphold the Constitution.

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Story is Everything

Lisa Dale Norton | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Puerto Rico, Story, Party Politics, Narrative, Spin, Hillary Clinton, Storytelling, Republicans, South Dakota, Democrats, Power of Story, Barack Obama, Culture, Politics News
Lisa Dale Norton

Hillary Clinton is shifting the paradigm and the narrative. Because the story is everything in the culture of politics, these are important shifts to ...

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Democrats Recruit Six Times As Many Convention Voluteers As GOP

DemConWatch Blog | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Enthusiasm Gap, Democratic National Convention, 2008 Denver Democratic National Convention, Democratic Convention Denver, Denver 2008, Democrats, Politics News

Here's another sign that Democrats are much more enthusiastic about their nominee and their party than the Republicans. In April, we reported that the...

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