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The Flip-Flop Obsession
It's hard to remember now, but there was once a time when "flip-flop" was not the scarlet letter of presidential politics. I remember getting off the train in Boston, on my way to the 2004 ... Full Article At Time - Swampland
Bush Backers Stay Away from McCain
Though President Bush has headlined a fundraising event to help Sen. John McCain finance his campaign, "most of the big-money backers who helped reelect Bush in 2004 haven't pulled out their checkbooks for McCain -- or asked their friends to... Full Article At Political Wire
Adele Stan: Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better
video provided by the Obama for President campaign Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton appeared together at a campaign rally in Unity,... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Profile: Barack Obama
At the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, the party's presidential nominee, Sen. John Kerry, tasked a little... Full Article At Vote 2008 | NewsHour with Jim Lehrer | PBS
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Globe Columnist Gets It Right On Iraq
Even with all the Iraq War criticism out there, it is rare to find a writer who manages to get it as right as Andrew J. Bacevich does in today's Boston Globe . The key paragraph: Bush's harshest... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Take the Money and Run
The Boston Globe had a great article yesterday about an outfit called BMW Direct Inc. whose business seems to be finding nonsense Republicans candidates in hopeless races, raising tons of money for their hopeless campaigns and then funneling all the money... Full Article At Talking Points Memo
Experts Say Proving Violation By Direct-Mail Firm Would Be Difficult
The Boston Globe reports again today about BMW Direct , the conservative political fundraising firm in Washington. Despite calls for an investigation, specialists in campaign finance rules said it would... Full Article At TPM Muckraker
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Changing the Bush mindset that got us to this point
Boston University’s Andrew Bacevich has an important op-ed today that strikes some painfully obvious notes, which seem to go entirely overlooked in our political discourse. Bacevich notes the “considerable legacy” on foreign and ... Full Article At The Carpetbagger Report
Report: Bush Donors Not Flocking to McCain
Boston Globe analysis finds 43% of Bush’s top fundraisers donated to McCain so far and even fewer have solicited and bundled donations from others for the candidate, as they did for Bush in ‘04.... Full Article At Time - The Page
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TODAY IN TRUTH-TELLING.
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Maryland) is one of the brave few who's willing, in a Grist interview with former TAP-er Kate Sheppard, to call for seismic change in how Americans transport themselves... Full Article At The American Prospect - Tapped
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The Campaign Fundraising Industry
The Boston Globe has this revealing profile of how a Firm gets big cut of campaign donations . Apparently the candidates realize only a modest percentage of the money raised in their name. So along with special interests trying to game our system of public... Full Article At The Moderate Voice
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GMA's Roberts did not challenge McCain's denial that he has said he lacks expertise on the economy
On the July 2 edition of ABC's Good Morning America, anchor Robin Roberts said to Sen. John McCain, "You have admitted that you're not exactly an expert when it comes to the Economy and many... Full Article At Altercation
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RETURN OF TED.
According to the Boston Globe , Ted Kennedy isn't letting anything so trivial as an aggressive brain tumor prevent him from reforming ... Full Article At The American Prospect - Ezra Klein
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Campaign HQs
One of the worst decisions a candidate can make is to base his or her campaigns headquarters in the Washington DC area, like John Kerry, ... Full Article At Daily Kos
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The Morning Read: Monday, June 30, 2008
Michael Bloomberg is trying to overhaul senior centers. Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Tom Menino wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal urging stricter gun control laws. The only members of... Full Article At The NY Observer - Politics
Conservative Fundraising Firm Takes Hefty Cut From Other Candidate's Haul
During the first quarter of 2008, BMW Direct, a conservative political firm in Washington, helped raise more than $500,000 for an obscure Republican longshot running for Congress in ... Full Article At TPM Muckraker
DC-based Fundraising Firm Raises Campaign Cash, And Keeps A Lot of It
The Boston Globe found an exceptionally good story this weekend nestled inside an anonymous office tower in downtown Washington. They drilled down into the details of a company called BMW Direct, which... Full Article At TPM Muckraker
Conservatives Are Proud Of Their Brand, Jesse Helms Edition
Those who believe that the "Liberal press" always has its knives sharpened for Republicans and conservatives must have been flummoxed by the coverage of Sen. Jesse Helms's announcement last week that he will not run for reelection next year in ... Full Article At Open Left