Posted on June 19, 2008 by loveitorchangeit
On Barack Obama’s website, his campaign asks potential contributors to
“declare their independence”–and to give him their money.
Barack Obama just did what we all thought he would, but in a much more clever way.
The Illinois senator’s campaign emailed a video to supporters today announcing his decision to turn down$84.1 million in taxpayer-provided financing for the general [...]
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Posted on June 13, 2008 by Scott
The Supreme Court ruled this week for the third time confirming that Guantanamo Bay detainees DO have a right to habeas corpus petitions. McCain has responded by calling it “one of the worst decisions in the history of this country.” Really? I always thought the Dred Scott case was a bit worse.
The [...]
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Posted on June 5, 2008 by Curt
Today Howard Dean announced that the DNC would not be taking donations from lobbyists or PACs in order to align itself with Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama’s policy. The following is from an e-mail sent from Dean to members of the Democratic Party mailing list:
Dear (recipient),
I wanted to drop you a quick note about a [...]
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Posted on June 5, 2008 by Scott
Posted on June 4, 2008 by Amy
As Obama said last night, primary season is finally over. Here are the results from the last two states.
Montana
Obama 56%
Clinton 41%
South Dakota
Clinton 55%
Obama 45%
That leaves the delegate count at (2,118 needed):
Obama: 2,158.5
Clinton: 1,920
Seems like it’s clinched, huh? Maybe someone should tell Hillary that…
Here are last night’s speeches for your viewing pleasure.
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Posted on June 3, 2008 by Scott
Just got a message from our very own Civic Alert writer Curt Baker that he’ll be in the backdrop of Obama’s speech tonight in St. Paul. It’s expected to be a big speech, with Obama finally becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee, so I know you’ll be watching anyway. Keep your eyes open and [...]
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Posted on May 30, 2008 by Curt
With such a large portion of our readers being from Minnesota, I thought it would be pertinent to announce that Barack Obama will be at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul this Tuesday, June 3rd for his victory speech after the last of the Democratic primaries, Montana and South Dakota. The speech will most [...]
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Posted on May 30, 2008 by Graison
Now he’s taking questions for himself
It’s a good week for opponents of the Bush Administration’s closed-door cronyism. Yesterday Scott McClellan, President Bush’s former Press Secretary, released a new book chronicling the ugly side of his experience in the Bush White house, reflecting in particular on Mr. Bush’s propaganda campaign in the run-up to the [...]
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Posted on May 29, 2008 by Amy
I apologize for not being at all newsworthy with this post, but I couldn’t resist having as many people see these pictures as possible. President Bush recently spoke at the Air Force Academy graduation, and showed off his “tough guy” side to these military men and women. Here’s a preview–follow the link for more. Please [...]
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Posted on May 29, 2008 by Scott
Less than a week until this is all decided? Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, pictured above totally kicking your ass in a staring contest, seems to think so.
Uncommitted superdelegate and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., visiting San Francisco, told KGO Radio today that he spoke this morning with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and [...]
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Posted on May 29, 2008 by Amy
Here’s a fun little PSA about the hazards of E-waste. This is a huge environmental and human health problem, and exporters of electronics from the United States need to be held accountable.
E-Waste PSA - [Good Magazine]
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Posted on May 29, 2008 by Amy
New York Governor David Paterson is beginning the process of revising state documents to recognize the validity of same-sex marriages performed in other states, giving the same rights to straight and gay couples. Massachusetts, and most recently California, currently allow gay and lesbian couples to marry. With this start from Gov. Paterson, a full movement [...]
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Posted on May 29, 2008 by Curt
In order to be perceived more “maverick-y”, John McCain recently embarked on a “Climate Change Tour” in which he visited such earthy places as Portland to speak on the environment and his plans to slow climate change including challenging China and India to reduce their emissions, introducing a cap and trade system, reducing US [...]
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Posted on May 28, 2008 by Scott
As much as I’ve disapproved of, well, most of the Clinton campaign’s tactics over the past several months, the things Bill says make Hillary look like a saint. Here’s a funny story about his craaaaazy conspiracy theories that he’s now circulating in South Dakota. Here are a few choice (read: craaaaaazy) quotes from [...]
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Posted on May 26, 2008 by Curt
Who should be Obama’s and McCain’s VP’s? CNN.com has a slick new site featuring nearly all potential running mates and the pros and cons of each. Huffington Post also did a nice breakdown recently of Obama’s potential number twos. Who’s your pick?
Who gets second billing on the presidential ballot? - [CNN]
Obama Vice President Picks: Who [...]
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