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Three Prominent Republicans Endorse Obama - Obama Campaign Press Call 8.12.08 AUDIO

OffTheBus Listening Post | Posted 08.12.2008 | Home

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WHO: Former Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), Former Congressman Jim Leach (R-IA) and former Bush White House intelligence adviser Rita E. Hauser WHAT: ...

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GOPers For Obama Rip McCain On Georgia, Tout Hagel As VP

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

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A group of prominent Republicans supporting Barack Obama took to a conference call Tuesday morning to tout their preferred candidate, make the case fo...

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Eisenhower's Granddaughter For Obama: Sign Of A GOP Shift?

Washington Independent | Posted 08.11.2008 | Politics

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"You'll have to forgive me for being an Eisenhower Republican," joked Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of the former five-star general and two-term Rep...

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Ann Veneman, Obama VP? Progressives Slam Idea

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.27.2008 | Politics

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The Politico reports that Barack Obama's campaign is floating Republican Ann Veneman as a potential VP: Barack Obama's vice presidential search team ...

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Obamacon Blitz In The Works

The Hill | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama's campaign is talking with Republicans who have endorsed his presidential bid, seeking to coordinate a publicity blitz together. The cam...

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McCain Delegate Is Vocal Obama Admirer

Politico | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

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If you've read enough profiles of Barack Obama, chances are you're familiar with the name Kirk Dillard. An accomplished and articulate legislator who ...

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Polls: Obama Making Inroads In 10 Bush States

CQ Politics | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

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According to recent polls, Sen. Barack Obama is doing extremely well in states that have voted Republican in recent presidential elections....

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Obama Meets With Military Times

Politico | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

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Continuing his outreach to traditionally Republican constituencies, Barack Obama met today with the editorial board of the Military Times, according t...

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Before Bitter-Gate: What Obama Said Hours Earlier About Guns

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.13.2008 | Politics

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It is a quintessential example of political irony. Just hours before Sen. Barack Obama uttered his now famous "bitter" comments, suggesting that sma...

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Exit Polls: Limbaugh Effect Seems To Rear Its Head

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics

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Did Rush Limbaugh actually impact the Democratic primary? The loud-mouthed radio talk show host has been encouraging Republicans to vote for Sen. Hil...

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GOP Gleeful at Obama rocky period

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Republicans can hardly contain their glee as they watch Barack Obama battle through a rocky period. And why should they? Nothing e...

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Barack Obama New GOP Target

Reuters | John Whitesides | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics

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Hillary Clinton may be the Democrat who Republicans love to hate, but some Republican strategists say they have no fear of a match-up with her rival B...

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Republicans To Make Up 10% Of Dems Vote In Texas

MSNBC News | Alex Johnson | Posted 02.29.2008 | Politics

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One of Sen. Barack Obama's surest applause lines comes about halfway into his standard stump speech. It goes like this: "They whisper to me. They say...

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Obama Red States Unlikely

Washington Post's The Fix | Chris Cillizza | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics

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Can Barack Obama turn red states blue? As talk has turned to a potential general election matchup between the Illinois Democrat and Sen. John McCain ...

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Former Rhode Island GOP Senator Endorses Obama

Associated Press | Posted 02.14.2008 | Politics

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Former Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee is endorsing Democratic Sen. Barack Obama. The Rhode Islander told The Associated Press he is endorsing Obama in...

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"Progressive Reagans" vs. Triangulation

RJ Eskow | Posted 01.24.2008 | Politics

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What progressive wouldn't want a "progressive Reagan"? And what Democrat wouldn't want to win disaffected Republicans and more independents? That's all Obama was saying.

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Barack Hearts Ronnie: An Old, New Song

Erica Jong | Posted 01.18.2008 | Politics

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So Mr. Obama is not such a new style politician after all. He's just a politician -- invoking Reagan as if he were God Almighty, using his name as code as the Republicans do.

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The Courage to Change

Sam Sedaei | Posted 01.02.2008 | Politics

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While his policies are among the most progressive in the Democratic Party, Obama's lack of divisiveness has brought people who have never participated before into the political process.

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Obama, Clinton, and the Spectre of the Culture Wars

Jeff Chang | Posted 12.18.2007 | Politics

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The resentments that made it possible for Bill Clinton to scold youths of color into behaving properly towards nice middle-of-the-road voters haven't disappeared.

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