washingtonpost.com Updated 4:01 p.m. By Juliet Eilperin In order to clarify comments made by GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin last night at a Greensboro, N.C., fundraiser about being in a “pro-America” area of the country, Elizabeth Holmes from the Wall Street Journal sent out a slightly more detailed version of her pool report that [...]
Archive for October 17th, 2008
17 Oct
Webb Tells Virginians: ‘You Should Trust Barack Obama’
washingtonpost.com Oct 17, 2008 By Shailagh Murray ROANOKE — Democratic Sen. Jim Webb, a favorite son of western Virginia, offered a rousing introduction to Sen. Barack Obama and a few choice words about Sarah Palin at an event here today. On Obama, he sought to dispel some myths. “I know what it’s like to be [...]
17 Oct
Webb on Palin: McCain wondering, ‘What was I thinking?’
October 17, 2008 From CNN Senior Political Producer Sasha Johnson Senator Jim Webb thinks that McCain is now regretting his VP selection. ROANOKE, Virginia (CNN) – Introducing Barack Obama at a Friday campaign event, Virginia Senator Jim Webb questioned John McCain’s vice presidential pick and said it was a decision the Republican nominee now probably [...]
17 Oct
A Liberal Supermajority
online.wsj.com Get ready for ‘change’ we haven’t seen since 1965, or 1933. If the current polls hold, Barack Obama will win the White House on November 4 and Democrats will consolidate their Congressional majorities, probably with a filibuster-proof Senate or very close to it. Without the ability to filibuster, the Senate would become like the [...]
17 Oct
Obama accuses McCain of wanting to cut Medicare
The Seattle Times Company Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Friday that Republican rival John McCain wants to cut $882 billion from Medicare over a decade to finance his health care plan and the result would be more costly drugs, diminished services and lower quality care for seniors. By DAVID ESPO AP Special Correspondent ROANOKE, [...]
17 Oct
The Myth Of ‘Joe The Plumber’
thinkprogress.org ECONOMY The Myth Of ‘Joe The Plumber’ Last weekend, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) visited a quiet neighborhood outside Toledo, OH, and ran into a man named Samuel J. Wurzelbacher. Wurzelbacher, known as “Joe,” asked Obama if he believed in the American Dream and expressed his concern about having to pay higher taxes should he fulfill [...]
17 Oct
Barack Obama for President
Friday, October 17, 2008; The Washington Post THE NOMINATING process this year produced two unusually talented and qualified presidential candidates. There are few public figures we have respected more over the years than Sen. John McCain. Yet it is without ambivalence that we endorse Sen. Barack Obama for president. The choice is made easy in [...]
