Day 209 – Wednesday, 9 April 2008
Posted by Tom Awtry on April 10, 2008
Wednesday, 9 April 2008
Sen. Obama Interviewed on the Today Show
Here’s video from Obama’s appearance on the Today Show, where he discussed the upcoming testimony with Meredith Viera…
Featured:
Top 10 Barack Obama Running Mates
Endorsements for Senator Barack Obama
Video Highlighters:
News Wires & Blogs:
- Obama To Clinton: Fire Penn from PoliticalBase.com Blog This morning, the Obama campaign held a conference call with reporters to discuss the issue of Clinton’s former chief strategist Mark Penn, and demanded that Penn be fired from the campaign. Despite press reports that Penn was pushed out of the campaign, he remains a fixture on Clinton conference calls and said yesterday that he will continue to conduct polling and provide advice to Clinton.
- Obama Gets Star Treatment from PoliticalBase.com Blog Joe Biden has been insistent that today’s Iraq hearings with General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker would be free of presidential campaigning, but he dropped his gameface for a bit halfway through, acknowledging the subplot evolving today.
- Poll shows Obama gaining in Pa. race from MSNBC.com: Politics A new poll suggests Barack Obama is gaining ground in Pennsylvania, as Clinton’s lead shrinks to six points.
Obama’s View on the Issues:
The War in Iraq
Foreign Policy
The Economy
Energy and the Environment
Education
Civil Rights & Universal Suffrage
Health Care
Ethics
RAQ: Hillary Clinton Qs Petraeus, Urges Orderly Withdrawal
Featured:
Top 10 Hillary Clinton Running Mates
Endorsements for Senator Hillary Clinton
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News Wires & Blogs:
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Clinton ad a trip down memory lane from UPI – Top News Nostalgic images of Sen. Hillary Clinton’s childhood visits to her grandfather in Scranton, Pa., are captured in a new ad, her media team said.
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Obama To Clinton: Fire Penn from PoliticalBase.com Blog This morning, the Obama campaign held a conference call with reporters to discuss the issue of Clinton’s former chief strategist Mark Penn, and demanded that Penn be fired from the campaign. Despite press reports that Penn was pushed out of the campaign, he remains a fixture on Clinton conference calls and said yesterday that he will continue to conduct polling and provide advice to Clinton.
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Doubts Remain After Mark Penn’s Exit from CBSNews – Politics Despite the announcement Sunday that Mark Penn is giving up his strategist role in Hillary Clinton’s campaign, it remain to be seen how removed he will be, the Washington Post reports.
- linton battles the facts from Top Stories by media@politico.com (Mike Allen) Old weakness has been revived, but aides say it is more about disproportionate scrutiny than about truth.
- Clinton leadership a study in missteps from Top Stories by media@politico.com (David Paul Kuhn,Jim VandeHei) Voters could dismiss mistakes as conventional stumbling, but she makes managerial competence a focus. See Also: Michelle needs “more white people”
Clinton’s View on the Issues:
The War in Iraq
The Economy
Foreign Ploicy
Education
Energy and the Environment
Civil Rights & Universal Suffrage
Health Care
IRAQ: Sen. John McCain Questions, Praises Gen. Petraeus
Featured:
10 things to know about McCain by MoveOn.org
Video Highlighters:
News Wires & Blogs:
- West Virginia Senator Apologizes for Comments on McCain from NYT > Washington
Senator John D. Rockefeller IV apologized to Senator John McCain of Arizona for saying that Mr. McCain’s years as a Navy fighter pilot would not have given him an understanding of everyday issues faced by Americans. - McCain stands firm on Iraq from L.A. Times – Politics The GOP presidential hopeful says a troop withdrawal, supported by Obama and Clinton, would be ‘reckless and irresponsible.’ John McCain, chiding his Democratic presidential rivals for promising to withdraw troops from Iraq, said Monday that it would be “reckless” to leave the combat zone too quickly.
- McCain Looks for Al Qaeda Threat, Lieberman for Iranian Ties from PoliticalBase.com Blog As could have been expected, partners in crime John McCain and Joe Lieberman asked questions of General Petraeus this morning meant to highlight the continuing threats to U.S. interests in Iraq from al Qaeda in Iraq and Iran.
- Arizona Blacks: Where’s McCain? from Top Stories by media@politico.com (Jonathan Martin) Perception of state’s civil rights activists and African-American press is that he consistently treats them with indifference.
McCain’s View on the Issues:
The War in Iraq
Foreign Policy
The Economy
Energy and the Environment
Education
Health Care
Ethics
