As we warned yesterday, it’s silly rumor week when it comes to the VP speculation. From rumors about Obama naming his ‘mate in hours to McCain picking his location to unveil his choice, both campaigns spent last night shooting down reports about who, when, and where. However, the Obama camp was more emphatic about shooting […]
The John McCain campaign fired off an angry letter to NBC News criticizing Andrea Mitchell’s comments regarding the “cone of silence” at Saturday night’s presidential candidates’ forum at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California.
Campaign manager Rick Davis cited Mitchell’s comments on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the Barack Obama campaign had said privately that […]
(Via msnbc.com.)
During a speech on human trafficking and human rights at Oakland University this morning McCain vowed to create an “Inter-Agency Task Force on Human Trafficking” that would be focused “exclusively on the prosecution of human traffickers and the rescue of their victims.”
“I will require the Task Force agencies to report directly to me on […]
(Via The Indianapolis Star.)
The two precincts at Broad Ripple Family Center selected Republican Jon Elrod over Democrat Andre Carson in March’s special election for U.S. Congress. But by 9 a.m., just 21 voters in one of those precincts had requested Republican ballots — out of 168 cast.
Amid heavy turnout, Republicans appeared to be crossing over […]
(Via Charlotte Observer.)
A heavy turnout was reported this morning at some polling places across North Carolina in the state’s first significant presidential primary election in two decades.
Longtime N.C. political observers say that 1.5 million voters may participate in the historic Democratic primary — the first in which a woman, Hillary Clinton, or an African American, […]
(Via CNN.com.)
Is Sen. Barack Obama the new Sen. Ted Kennedy, Sen. Hillary Clinton or former House Speaker Newt Gingrich? For Republican candidates and political ad makers, the White House hopeful might very well be.
A review of political television advertising nationwide shows that Obama has played a starring role or has been mentioned in at least […]
(Via ABC News.)
Far from the Democratic battlefield of Pennsylvania, Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, was campaigning where GOP candidates for president rarely go because they don’t have to.
McCain chose Alabama, one of the reddest states on the Electoral College map, to launch a week-long swing through some of the nation’s economically distressed […]
(Via Yahoo! News.)
Democratic Rep. John Murtha said Wednesday that Republican Sen. John McCain is too old to be president. Murtha is 75, four years older than McCain. He says they are nearly the same age, and the rigors and stress of running the country is too much for guys their age.
“I’ve served with seven presidents,” […]
(Via Political Wire.)
According to The Hill, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) “is leaving open the possibility of giving a keynote address on behalf of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) at the Republican National Convention in September.”
“Republicans close to the McCain campaign say Lieberman’s appearance at the convention, possibly before a national primetime audience, could help make the […]
(Via To The Letter Writer.)
Barack says we need to have a conversation about race in America. Fair enough. But this time, it has to be a two-way conversation.
White America needs to be heard from, not just lectured to. This time, the Silent Majority needs to have its convictions, grievances and demands heard. And among them […]
