Day 207 – Friday, 11 April 2008
Posted by Tom Awtry on April 10, 2008
Friday, 11 April 2008
Senator Barack Obama
Featured:
Top 10 Barack Obama Running Mates
Endorsements for Senator Barack Obama
Video Highlighters:
News Wires & Blogs:
- Obama’s billionaire backing from MSNBC.com: Politics Sen. Barack Obama credits his presidential campaign with creating a “parallel public financing system” built on a wave of modest donations. But those with wealth and power also have played a critical role in creating Obama’s record-breaking fundraising machine.
- Statement of Barack Obama on President Bush’s Stay the Course Iraq Strategy from Obama HQ by
- Obama Opposes “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” from CBSNews – Politics Barack Obama says if elected president he won’t require that his appointees to the Joint Chiefs of Staff support allowing gays to serve openly in the military. The senator favors repealing the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.
- Colin Powell Praises Obama’s Handling Of Rev. Wright Controversy from PoliticalBase.com Blog Thought these Colin Powell comments were noteworthy: “Rev. Wright is also somebody who has made enormous contributions in his community and has turned a lot of lives around,” Powell said, “And so, I have to put that in context with these very offensive comments that he made, which I reject out of hand.”
- Newsweek: Obama’s ‘Inevitability’ strategy from MSNBC.com: Politics Now it’s Barck Obama, in Pennsylvania, who’s playing the “inevitability” card.
- Obama Poised To Turn Down Public Financing from CBSNews – Politics Despite his early suggestions otherwise, Barack Obama may opt out of public financing for the general election, the first time a major party candidate has done so since the system was implemented in 1974, reports Brian Montopoli.
- Gallup: Highly-Educated White Voters Have Catapulted Obama In Past Month from PoliticalBase.com Blog Very interesting analysis of the Democratic presidential race by Gallup today. Turns out that Hillary Clinton (D) leads Barack Obama (D) among Democrats who have high school educations or less. In every other group, Obama leads by double-digits:
- Obama radio ad lashes back at Clinton from Top Stories by Barack Obama releases a new radio ad in Pa. accusing Hillary Clinton of … ‘misleading, negative ads.’
- Poll: Obama would beat McCain, but Clinton would lose in Wis. from Obama HQ by
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
Senator Hillary Clinton
Falling Through – Pennsylvania
Featured:
Top 10 Hillary Clinton Running Mates
Endorsements for Senator Hillary Clinton
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News Wires & Blogs:
- More Evidence Of Clinton Rebound In Pennsylvania from PoliticalBase.com Blog As I suggested yesterday, I think we’re seeing a bit of a Hillary Clinton (D) comeback in Pennsylvania, with the latest polls showing her picking-up some of the support she’s lost over the past few weeks. Will it continue, or is this nothing more than a “dead cat bounce” for Clinton?
- Chelsea Clinton Finds Her Voice from CBSNews – Politics Chelsea Clinton has gone from a behind-the-scenes supporter of Hillary Clinton to her mother’s most effective surrogate, the Washington Post reports.
- Elton John raises $2.5 million for Clinton from MSNBC.com: Politics Wednesday night the New York senator tapped one of pop music’s most venerable rockers to help fill her presidential campaign coffers.
- Clinton Says Only She Can End Iraq War from CBSNews – Politics Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday she is the only presidential candidate who will begin a prompt drawdown of U.S. troops in Iraq, and rival Sen. Barack Obama cast himself as the one best able to turn the nation’s economy around.
- Missteps Mar Clinton’s Competency Message from CBSNews – Politics Hillary Rodham Clinton wants voters to decide the nomination based on who can coolly and competently run the country. She had better hope they don”t study her recent campaign too closely for the answer, the Politico reports.
- Has Clinton’s Bleeding In Pennsylvania Stopped? from PoliticalBase.com Blog There’s more evidence this morning that Hillary Clinton’s (D) recent hemorrhaging in Pennsylvania has finally stopped. In the past few weeks, Clinton’s 15-20 point lead has largely eroded, with most polls showing race with a Clinton mid-single-digit lead.
- Taxpayers fund Bill Clinton spending from Top Stories by Bill Clinton has a larger benefit package than any other retired president, despite his huge speaking fee income.
- Bill Clinton defends wife’s Bosnia remarks from Top Stories by With the controversy over Hillary Clinton’s claim dying down, he reignites it with a detailed – and questionable – defense.
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
Senator John McCain
Web Ad: Character Forged by Family
Featured:
10 things to know about McCain by MoveOn.org
Video Highlighters:
News Wires & Blogs:
- McCain would shun Olympics without changes from MSNBC.com: Politics Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Thursday he would not attend the Olympics’ opening in Beijing, if he were president, unless China made concessions toward Tibet and the Dalai Lama.
- McCain won’t rule out pre-emptive war from MSNBC.com: Politics The presumptive Republican presidential nominee says he would consult more closely and more carefully “not with every member of Congress, but certainly the leaders of Congress.”
- NYT: McCain pulled on foreign policy from MSNBC.com: Politics So-called foreign policy pragmatists in the Republican party are expressing concern that Mr. McCain might be coming under increased influence from a competing camp, the neoconservatives.
- Walter: McCain’s neglected opportunity from MSNBC.com: Politics McCain wants to have a fight in November that centers around character and patriotism, but this might not be enough for voters who are looking for a break from the campaign rhetoric of the past eight years.
- McCain unexpectedly moves on housing from Top Stories by Presumptive GOP nominee unveils his own housing plan. See also: McCain weighs in on the
- McCain Pressures Obama on Public Financing from NPR Topics: Politics Even though John McCain declined public financing in the primaries, he says he intends to take the funds for his general election campaign. McCain is accusing Barack Obama of breaking a promise to do so. But for Obama — outraising McCain two-to-one — there’s little incentive to restrict his campaign to $84 million, should he win the Democratic nod.
- McCain Revises Proposals for Families in Economic Crisis from Wash Post – Politics by NEW YORK, April 10 — Two weeks after drawing criticism for saying he favored only a limited federal role to help deal with the home mortgage crisis, Republican presidential candidate John McCain sought to assure Americans that he is prepared to use the government where necessary to help ease the…
McCain’s View on the Issues:
The War in Iraq
Foreign Policy
The Economy
Energy and the Environment
Education
Health Care
Ethics
