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Obama will visit the Middle East and Europe
Barack Obama will make his first international trip as a presidential candidate this summer, his campaign announced Saturday, traveling to the Middle East and Europe in an effort to bolster his foreign policy experience in his fall campaign against Senator John McCain.
Mr. Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee, will visit Jordan, Israel, Germany, France and Britain. On a separate trip, he also is planning to tour Iraq and Afghanistan, although aides declined to disclose details or the dates of his travel for security reasons.
While the domestic economy is a resounding issue in the presidential campaign, several major distinctions between Mr. Obama and Mr. McCain revolve around their foreign policy, particularly the United States’ military strategy in Iraq.
The trip was announced as Mr. Obama made a private visit to wounded American troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. It will be his fourth international trip since his election to the Senate four years ago. He has visited Russia, the Middle East and several countries in Africa.
Barack Obama will make his first international trip as a presidential candidate this summer, his campaign announced Saturday, travelin... more -
Just Vote Now
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He Said It First
This is slightly old news, I guess, but this video's take on it is extremely clever and hilarious. Remember, McCain should not be allowed to live this down - we don't need a president, or even a senator, who calls his wife, or any woman, a cunt. This is slightly old news, I guess, but this video's take on it is extremely clever and hilarious. Remember, McCain should not be all... more
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Obama snubs Clinton
Barack Obama has appointed a former staffer with whom she has fallen out to a key post in his campaign team.
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What's with John McCain & Big Oil?
More offshore drilling. And No requirements for Oil companies to move to alternative energy! But he does admit that global warming is a reality. What gives McCain! More offshore drilling. And No requirements for Oil companies to move to alternative energy! But he does admit that global warming is ... more
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Elizabeth Kucinich, a Leader in Her Own Right
If you haven't seen her yet, here she is. Elizabeth Kucinich is a brilliant and compassionate thinker who knows the issues inside out. She also has more charisma than Hollywood can afford to pay for. If you haven't seen her yet, here she is. Elizabeth Kucinich is a brilliant and compassionate thinker who knows the issues inside out... more
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Democrats to focus on trade to win working class
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Former steelworker Bill Hartley doesn't give Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama a ringing endorsement, but his top concern is free trade, so he said he doesn't want another Republican in the White House.
"I'm not sure what we're going to get with Barack Obama, but I'm going to support him, because what's the alternative?" said Hartley, 50, who was a steelworker in this Midwestern state for 15 years before he was disabled on the job.
"This administration (of President George W. Bush) has run up a record high trade deficit while two and a half million manufacturing jobs have been sent overseas," Hartley said. "McCain will just be four more years of Bush."
As Obama and Republican rival John McCain go head-to-head in the race to the November presidential election, the votes of the white working class in middle America have become the Holy Grail -- a key voting bloc up for grabs in states critical for a White House victory.
With the economy slumping and middle-class voters insecure about rising unemployment and factory closures, the Democratic message of more trade restrictions -- of "fair trade not free trade" -- resonate in heartland states like Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan, where the election could be decided.
But the vote is no sure thing. Blue-collar voters have long eschewed political loyalty in America, gravitating to Republican Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, Democrat Bill Clinton in the 1990s and Republican George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004.
Obama, who would be the first black president, struggled to win white working class voters in Democratic primary contests, and many voters cited race as a concern. COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Former steelworker Bill Hartley doesn't give Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama a ringing endor... more -
Mysterious Hillary4Mccain.com Directs Voters To McCain Campaign Site
Both John McCain and Barack Obama are actively courting Hillary Clinton supporters these days, and it's not a surprise given that there are almost 18 million of them. Hillary4mccain
On the web, someone prepared in advance for the anticipated wave of Clinton supporters by registering Hillary4McCain.com on May 31st. Clinton gave her concession speech June 7.
As you can see, there's a bold landing page picturing the two senators together. It then re-directs visitors to McCain's site.
The only problem is that the domain name registration information appears to be false.
The site's registered to the Hillary Clinton campaign. But it's unlikely to have anything to do with the Clinton campaign for a multitude of reasons -- the top of which is that she's already endorsed Obama.
The domain is registered with GoDaddy.com, the same registrar for the McCain campaign.
GoDaddy.com's rules say "If you register false information, your domain is cancelled."
But first, a complaint has to be filed. Nick Fuller, a GoDaddy communications manager, says that if the registrar finds the complaint valid, they send an e-mail to the listed contact to get them to provide accurate information.
If there's no response after a week, then GoDaddy.com suspends the domain and sends out another e-mail in an attempt to fix the situation. After another eight days, if GoDaddy.com doesn't receive a response, it keeps the domain on ice and considers the issue closed until its staff hear from someone to fix the situation.
Michael Palmer, a McCain campaign representative, said that the McCain team doesn't know anything about the domain.
"No, we certainly didn't register the site," he wrote in response to an e-mail query. "We use go-daddy for other domain registrations but that's about it."
In the meantime, McCain advocate Carly Fiorina on Tuesday prepared a five-and-a-half minute video directed to the audience of "Women For Fair Politics," an Ohio women's group who supported Clinton.
"Women are, of course, hugely important in this election," she says, having prefaced her comments by praising Clinton. "We represent 52 percent of the voters, we start small businesses at twice the rate that men do, and small businesses create 75 percent of jobs in this country."
And Citizens for McCain, a group targeting independent voters, is holding a conference call Saturday to answer any questions they might have.
Many Clinton supporters have said that they're not sure what they're going to do next since they're unhappy with the way the Democratic National Committee dealt with the issue of seating delegates from Florida and Michigan.
Ari Melber of The Nation reported Wednesday that a couple of high-level women Clinton supporters have pledged to campaign on behalf of Obama in key battleground states. Both John McCain and Barack Obama are actively courting Hillary Clinton supporters these days, and it's not a surprise given that the... more -
A Genius Outside the Academy
The Hip Hop Caucus tour featuring Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. Yearwood is a minister, community activist, military chaplain, and one of the most influential people in Hip Hop. A powerful and fiery orator. The Hip Hop Caucus tour featuring Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. Yearwood is a minister, community activist, military chaplain, and one of ... more
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Obama has enough delegates to win
The Democratic nomination fight continues past today, it will do so not before Democratic voters but in back rooms, on television talk shows and in the news media. The Democratic nomination fight continues past today, it will do so not before Democratic voters but in back rooms, on television talk... more
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Puerto Ricans vote... sometimes.
As a Puerto Rican living in New York I've gone from not being able to vote for President to voting as a resident of this state but still not feeling that my issues are being addressed or that my vote represents me. Here's a short piece explaining the issues that face me and other Puerto Rican voters in the Island as well as in exile As a Puerto Rican living in New York I've gone from not being able to vote for President to voting as a resident of this state but sti... more
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Jews defend Hagee's words
Jewish allies of the Rev. John Hagee rushed to his defense yesterday to say the Texas evangelist is not anti-Semitic despite Sen. John McCain campaign's repudiation Thursday of the evangelist's endorsement.
"John Hagee is one of the Jewish people's best friends," Los Angeles talk show host Dennis Prager said on the air yesterday morning. "Identifying John Hagee with anti-Semitism would be like identifying Raoul Wallenberg, the great Swede who saved thousands of Jews in the Holocaust, with anti-Semitism."
Orthodox Rabbi Aryeh Scheinberg, of Congregation Rodfei Sholom in San Antonio, appeared at an afternoon press conference yesterday to say Mr. Hagee's "words were twisted and used to attack him for being anti-Semitic." Jewish allies of the Rev. John Hagee rushed to his defense yesterday to say the Texas evangelist is not anti-Semitic despite Sen. John... more -
San Lorenzo High School Students: Count My Vote! (Part 1)
Students from San Lorenzo High School in California weigh in on the legal voting age and who should be President.
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Obstacles to Voting in Arizona
I was asked to contribute something about the situation and my experiences with voting in Arizona, the only state that requires proof of citizenship when registering to vote. This a quick rough cut - no color correction, no fine audio adjustment and other tweaks. hopefully it's useful.
ugh, the compression made it look really chunky too. yikes. I was asked to contribute something about the situation and my experiences with voting in Arizona, the only state that requires proof ... more -
Obama tells Republicans: 'Lay off my wife'
In his second heated response to Republican attacks in days, Obama said he would not tolerate attempts to attack him through his wife, Michelle, calling such efforts "low class". Barack Obama, yesterday warned Republicans to "lay off" his wife, demonstrating a more forceful style of politics. In his second heated response to Republican attacks in days, Obama said he would not tolerate attempts to attack him through his wife,... more
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Obama to declare victory
Barack Obama is planning to declare himself the effective winner of the long-running contest with Hillary Clinton at the close of the Kentucky and Oregon primaries tomorrow. Barack Obama is planning to declare himself the effective winner of the long-running contest with Hillary Clinton at the close of the ... more
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Obama steps up attacks on McCain
Taking aim at his presumed Republican opponent in November even as he faces two more Democratic presidential primaries this week, Barack Obama attacked John McCain on Sunday on Social Security, lobbyists and foreign policy. He said that the Arizona senator would continue what Obama contended were the failed policies of President Bush.
The intensified criticism of McCain came as the Obama campaign signaled that it had shifted its attention to the general election, and that it considered the Illinois senator's bruising Democratic nomination battle with Hillary Rodham Clinton nearly over.
Sunday marked the third straight day that Obama criticized McCain by linking him to Bush, whose approval ratings have hit record lows. By putting a spotlight on Social Security, Obama also reached out to elderly voters, one of the voting blocs that has favored Clinton in the Democratic primaries and that Obama hopes to bring into his camp in November.
Obama drew a roaring crowd of 75,000 -- the biggest of his presidential campaign, and equivalent to one-sixth of Portland's population -- to an afternoon rally in a park along the Willamette River here. The size of the turnout served as a reminder that Obama is strongly favored to win Tuesday in Oregon, a state whose voters -- comparatively well-educated and liberal -- appear tailor-made for him. Taking aim at his presumed Republican opponent in November even as he faces two more Democratic presidential primaries this week, Bara... more
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