Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Romney on a cookie [David Reeves / Flickr]
There's lots of chatter that McCain might announce a VP pick this week. Whether or not that's likely, the vice presidential betting steamed up recently, centering on Mitt Romney or Bobby Jindal. Jindal backers will be sad to know that he just announced ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
In Prescott, AZ [PaisleyPitbull / Flickr]
In Kalispell, MT [TiAmoComeSei / Flickr]
Here's a quick antidote to the snark about drug addiction and baby mamas: some thoughtful accolades for Cindy McCain and Michelle Obama.
RightwingSparkle lives in Texas. At 20, she was a Democratic feminist Baptist, and now she's a Republican pro-life ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
[-John-- / Flickr]
The Democratic VP territory shifted this week. On Monday, Jim Webb declared he didn't want to be Obama's running mate. The next day, John Edwards changed his tune and said he'd consider a VP slot if asked.
Kevin O'Meara, Army officer turned business executive, must be very disappointed that ...
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
General store in Butcher Holler, KY
[jimmywayne22 / Flickr]
Jonathan Gay, aka Cyberhillbilly, grew up on a small tobacco farm in Kentucky's Appalachian mountains. His father was a coal miner. A recovering lawyer, Jonathan now works on economic development. He knows old and new economy, he knows Appalachia, and he thinks he ...
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Sticking with the FISA story for one more post, here's a video (found by Sarolta Cump) from an angry former Obama supporter. Jim is from Columbus, Ohio, and he explains how Obama gained and then lost his vote:
Notice how he left a little loophole at the end?
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
[Vaguely Artistic / Flickr]
Voters are using my.barackobama.com to tell Obama they don't like something he's done. Specifically, they don't like his promise to support the FISA bill in Congress. So they've created a special group called Get FISA Right. It was started on June 26th and already has over 15,000 ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
[taberandrew / Flickr]
The Supreme Court's 2007-2008 term just ended with two decisions that are resonating on the campaign trail. Number one: in a Second Amendment case, the Court struck down DC's handgun ban. Number two: the Court confirmed the habeus corpus rights of Guantanamo prisoners; they can challenge their ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Eighteen-year-old Heather from Alexandria, Virginia, just graduated from 12th grade home schooling. She isn't sure yet what her occupation will be, but she knows she likes John McCain (also her church, Starbucks coffee, and reading). On a post-primaries jaunt into DC, she spotted this cutout. (Thanks, Ann Raber).
[Rag Muffin ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
[Steve Rhodes / Flickr]
We've posted several times about the racism Obama faces in his campaign. (Here, here, and here.) This story, found by Sue Salinger, is the rawest example so far. Frank lives in Tuscon, Arizona, and he's a "blue collar-type fella." His interests range from lifting heavy stuff to ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
The very day that Moveon.org expressed some alarm at Obama's support of the FISA bill, it also persevered with a "Hungry for Change" Obama bake sale. Cookies were made and sold across the country, from New York City to Missoula, Montana. (Thanks, Sue Salinger and Ann Raber.)
In Austin, Texas, Cara ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Foot in mouth [g-hat / Flickr]
So Charlie Black, political advisor to McCain, recently said, rather impolitically, that a terror attack in the US would boost McCain in the campaign. This isn't a reaction roundup; just two snippets.
Damian J. Penny, blogging from Halifax, Nova Scotia, questions whether there's any logic to ...
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
On Friday, Barack Obama declared that he supports the FISA bill wending its way through Congress. This is the bill that essentially allows the government more leeway to wiretap and gives the telecom companies immunity for handing records to the Bush administration. Many Democratic voters seem unhappy.
Erich Rauchway is ...
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