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Crank Dat Mike Gravel
Senator Gravel Lobbies Obama Girl Pretty awesome!
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"Obama rules out Indiana/North Carolina debate"
"Fox News aired a portion of Obama's Fox News Sunday interview, in which he flatly ruled out debating Clinton before Indiana and North Carolina vote on May 6.
'We're not going to have debates between now and Indiana,' he said."
By Ben Smith// April 26, 2008 02:48 PM
Politico.com
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0408/Obama_rules... "Fox News aired a portion of Obama's Fox News Sunday interview, in which he flatly ruled out debating Clinton before Indiana and North... more -
Massive backlash against ABC News' Pennsylvania debate marks a turning point
"Modern journalism’s lowest moment," noted one viewer online.
ABC News' April 16th Pennsylvania democratic debate was the most-watched contest to date with 10.7 million TV viewers. But here's what's fascinating: ABC News has received almost 20,000 (!) online comments about their handling of the debate as of Monday, April 21st. Most of them are high quality, coherent arguments, not YouTube scatology, and the vast majority are negative, critiquing Stephanopoulos and Gibson. Will we look back on this as one of the key moments that mainstream media fell apart?
Some choice excerpts:
"The debate was a debacle for ABC news...Charlie and George's National Enquirer version of journalism is even more pathetic...they all assume that the "complainers" are Obama supporters. I, for one, am/was undecided. Aren't journalists suppose to refrain from making assumptions?”
"It was just plain insulting to voters who actually care about life and death issues, such as American troops dying abroad, veterans not receiving adequate care, the state of our planet, and our rapidly deteriorating economy...Everyone involved in staging this farce this should be ashamed. It was a disservice to the voters, the candidates, and frankly, to journalism itself."
"This debate was an utter embarrassment to the ABC news division and will continue to haunt you for many years to come...As a past avid viewer of your news programs, I will be boycotting the entire ABC news division and advise others to boycott them and Disney, as well as the news program's advertisers until substantial change is made to fix this situation."
"After watching that sorry display of a debate you might as well plan on having Charlie Gibson and George Sthephanopolus on Dancing with the Stars." "Modern journalism’s lowest moment," noted one viewer online. ... more -
Did Obama, Clinton just redefine the middle class?
Amidst the slo-mo trainwreck of last week's Democratic debate, columnist Debra Saunders found one interesting question unanswered:
"When did households earning $200,000 and change become middle class?"
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Clinton pledged not to raise "a single tax on middle-class Americans, people making less than $250,000 a year." Obama answered he would make a similar pledge, "it depends on how you calculate it (the income level), but it would be between $200,000 and $250,000."
Last weekend, the big campaign flap concerned whether Obama's remarks about "bitter" small-town Pennsylvanians were "elitist." On Wednesday, when the candidates described $200,000-a-year earners as middle class, no one batted an eye.
...In 2006, the median annual household income in America was $48,201. The median income for two-earner families was $78,994.
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What do you think? Is this a way of simply courting more campaign contributions by conveniently re-defining the middle class, or is this actually reflective of the level of income now required to live the "middle class lifestyle" of the baby boomer generation? What does it mean to be middle class? does it even still exist?
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Photo by flickr user Amit Gupta - http://www.flickr.com/photos/superamit/130623447/ Licensed under Creative Commons - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en Amidst the slo-mo trainwreck of last week's Democratic debate, columnist Debra Saunders found one interesting question unanswered: ... more -
Last Democratic Debate
Obama stumbled a bit in what will probably be the last Democratic debate on Wednesday. But will it matter?
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Honey Bunches of Votes
The youth vote is gaining more and more momentum. Follow a bunch of Los Angeles college students to their "debate tailgate" and hear why you need to vote if you're a student, and if you're a candidate, you better be paying attention to them. The youth vote is gaining more and more momentum. Follow a bunch of Los Angeles college students to their "debate tailgate" and hear w... more
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Sin City Ghost Town
Nevada is an early caucus state and is in a catastrophic drought. Do presidential candidates have a plan to avert disaster in the dead dry Western state? Nevada is an early caucus state and is in a catastrophic drought. Do presidential candidates have a plan to avert disaster in the dead... more
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last democratic debate ended up being good?
i mean, compared to the naps i took on most of the previous ones, it seems like they all talked fairly straight forward (when it comes to politicians' language), some a little "scripted", but still i mean, compared to the naps i took on most of the previous ones, it seems like they all talked fairly straight forward (when it comes... more
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Dem. debate live online, today tuesday 2pm EST
for those w 2 free hrs and interested
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Find out who you should vote for - Vote By Issue QUIZ - Share your results!
Created by Will Thomson for WBUR in Boston, the Vote By Issue quiz gives you a blind taste-test of each candidate's platform, allowing you to match your values with those of the runners- never more poignant than in the coming election!
Created by Will Thomson for WBUR in Boston, the Vote By Issue quiz gives you a blind taste-test of each candidate's platform, allowing... more -
Clinton and Obama get their best ideas from Biden.
The media hasn't been giving Joe Biden much attention. But if you watch the debates closely, you see that the other candidates have. Time and time again they all look to Joe for his thoughts and spend most debates constantly agree with him. Don't let big media dictate your choices. Biden deserves a look. The media hasn't been giving Joe Biden much attention. But if you watch the debates closely, you see that the other candidates have. ... more
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the debate was a bit too happy for Hillary?
i run into this at the daily kos
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/11/17/12391/549
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/17/us/politics/17cnn.htm...
related to:
http://current.com/items/87416971_another_heated_debate...
i run into this at the daily kos http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/11/17/12391/549 ... more -
Diamonds And Pearls Are A Girl's Best Friend (But Maybe Not Her Question Of Choice...
""Every single question asked during the debate by the audience had to be approved by CNN...I was asked to submit questions including "lighthearted/fun" questions. I submitted more than five questions on issues important to me. I did a policy memo on Yucca Mountain a year ago and was the finalist for the Truman Scholarship. For sure, I thought I would get to ask the Yucca question that was APPROVED by CNN days in advance. CNN ran out of time and used me to "close" the debate with the pearls/diamonds question." ""Every single question asked during the debate by the audience had to be approved by CNN...I was asked to submit questions including ... more
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Democratic Debate at UNLV
Democratic Debate at UNLV was a a lot of maddness and a nightmare for student that hyad class but over all I think the student enjoyed the experience. Democratic Debate at UNLV was a a lot of maddness and a nightmare for student that hyad class but over all I think the student enjoyed... more
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Biden schools Giuliani again.
Biden casually points out that Rudy is an idiot while walking down the street eating a sandwich.
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Biden schools Giuliani.
This is too funny. Joe Biden sums Rudy up perfectly.
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Hillary on the defense and in the spotlight
It was boys against girls in the televised Democratic debate, keeping Hillary Clinton at the forefront of most arguments. Seemingly jealous of her preliminary lead in the polls, her male running mates challenged her position on social security, Iraq, and a myriad of other issues. Lesser known candidates Richardson and Kucinich exchanged disturbed glances as they contemplated crying home to their mommies. It was boys against girls in the televised Democratic debate, keeping Hillary Clinton at the forefront of most arguments. Seemingly j... more
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First Dem Debate '08
Now thats how you debate! "SuperNews" does the Democratic presidential debate in this hilarious pod thats cuts to the core of the Dems frontrunners. Now thats how you debate! "SuperNews" does the Democratic presidential debate in this hilarious pod thats cuts to the core of the De... more
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