Obama HQ 9/26/08 10:22 PM Amanda Scott Comments Here are some more fact checks on the Iraq war and Afghanistan… Fact Check on the Surge: McCain: ?Senator Obama said the surge could not work, said it would increase sectarian violence, said it was doomed to failure. Recently on a television program he said it exceeded [...]
Archive for September 27th, 2008
27 Sep
Day After Debate Reviews: “Why Obama Won”
Obama HQ 9/27/08 2:15 PM Christopher Hass Comments This morning brought a new round of local and national reviews of last night’s debate: Iowa Sioux City Journal – “Why Obama won” Obama’s primary task was to show Americans he has the intelligence and mastery of issues that would trump his alleged inexperience. Tonight, he did [...]
27 Sep
Hillary Clinton: Let’s Keep People in Their Homes
by Kate Sokolov 9/25/2008 11:44:18 AM The following op-ed by Hillary Clinton appeared in the Wall Street Journal today: By Hillary Rodham Clinton There is a broad consensus that Congress must act to stave off deeper turmoil on Wall Street. Irrespective of the final agreement yet to be reached, there are several principles that must [...]
27 Sep
Did Liberals Cause the Sub-Prime Crisis?
Center for American Progress Conservatives blame the housing crisis on a 1977 law that helps-low income people get mortgages. It’s a useful story for them, but it isn’t true. ROBERT GORDON | April 7, 2008 | The idea started on the outer precincts of the right. Thomas DiLorenzo, an economist who calls Ron Paul [...]
27 Sep
Obama holds his own on rival’s turf
By Scot Lehigh Globe Columnist / September 27, 2008 FOREIGN POLICY and national security are supposed to be John McCain’s strong suits, and last night, the Republican nominee clearly set out to own those topics. He stressed his own long involvement in those areas, and repeatedly portrayed Barack Obama as naive or inexperienced or prone [...]
27 Sep
McCain’s fantasy league of democracies
By Derrick Z. Jackson Globe Columnist / September 27, 2008 JOHN MCCAIN’S strategy was transparent. Over and over again, on various foreign policy issues, he said Barack Obama did not “understand” them, was “naive” about them, or simply didn’t “get it.” But there was a curious moment in this first debate that was a boomerang [...]
27 Sep
Six Short Takes on Why Obama Came out Ahead in the Debate
AlterNet’s Don Hazen and Joshua Holland weigh in, along with Taylor Marsh, Jane Hamsher, John Nichols and Sheryl Crow. Joshua Holland: In the first head-to-head debate of the 2008 campaign, the financial crisis dragged what the McCain camp had hoped would be fought in the GOP nominee’s comfort zone — foreign policy and national security [...]
27 Sep
Pics of Biggest Rally in Alaskan history… anti-Palin
[The] Alaska Women Reject Palin rally was to be held outside on the lawn in front of the Loussac Library in midtown Anchorage. Home made signs were encouraged, and the idea was to make a statement that Sarah Palin does not speak for all Alaska women, or men. I had no idea what to expect. [...]
