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 Grover
Norquist
-  Jack
Abramoff
-  John
McCain - Racial
-  Politics
-  History
-  Military
-  People
-  Economic
- Illinois
- 2008
Election -  Obama
"Norquist describes Obama as ‘John Kerry with a tan’." ... "Grover Norquist has quite a history of being unhinged. He’s said the Estate Tax is morally equivalent to the Nazi Holocaust; he’s called WWII veterans “anti-American,” and he’s called bipartisanship “another name for date rape.”" ... "But this clown isn’t done pushing the envelope." "Norquist dropped by The [Los Angeles] Times’ Washington bureau today and, as part of his negative critique of Obama’s liberal stances on economic issues and other matters, he termed the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee “John Kerry with a tan.”" ... "Since Norquist isn’t running for anything, he can get away with such remarks; we doubt McCain will be incorporating the line into his speeches anytime soon.""Greg Sargent responded, “Guess it could have been worse. He could have termed the Illinois Senator ‘John Kerry in blackface.’ Such admirable restraint on Norquist’s part!" ... "Now, the LAT’s Don Frederick noted that Norquist can “get away with such remarks,” presumably because he’s not a candidate and everyone expects lunacy from him anyway. He’ll “get away with” this, just as Norquist got away with the other instances of insane rhetoric, not to mention his role in the Abramoff scandal, which somehow seems to have been largely forgotten." ... "But I’m going to go ahead and argue that this probably should matter in the context of the presidential campaign, not just because Norquist is using offensive racial language, but also because he’s suddenly best buddies with [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate] John McCain." -Steve Benen -TheCarpetbaggerReport.com 
Barack
Obama - Illinois
- Politics
- 2008
Election
"Obama Making Christian Push." ... "With the Democratic presidential nomination in his grasp, [2008 Eleciton Democratic Presidential Candidate and Illinois Senator] Sen. Barack Obama is making a full-throttle push for centrist evangelicals and Catholics." ... ""I've never seen anything quite like it before," said evangelical author Stephen Mansfield, who wrote "The Faith of George W. Bush" and has a forthcoming book about Obama." ... ""To be running against a dyed-in-the-wool Republican, and to be reaching into the Christian community as wisely and knowledgeably as (Obama) is -- understanding their terms and their values -- is just remarkable."" ... "This month, the Illinois senator held a closed-door meeting in Chicago [Illinois] with almost 40 Christian leaders, including evangelical heavyweights such as the [Reverend] Rev. Franklin Graham, publishing magnate Steve Strang and megachurch pastor Bishop T.D. Jakes." ... "Obama's campaign is also launching a grass-roots effort, tentatively called Joshua Generation, with plans to hold concerts and house meetings targeted at young evangelicals and Catholics." ... "A political action committee set to launch this month, the Matthew 25 Network, plans to direct radio advertising and mailers to Christian communities while talking up Obama in the media. The group is not officially tied to the Obama campaign." ... "Obama's emphasis on faith outreach plays to his strengths, campaign observers say. The senator is at ease speaking about religion and preaches a message of forging common ground with disparate communities. " (1, 2) -By Daniel Burke -WashingtonPost 
 China
- Hackers
-  US
-  GOV
-  Lawmakers
- Human
Rights - Politics
- Military
- Intelligence
-  Investigation
-  Va
-  NJ
- Ill
"More congressional computers hacked from China." ... "More Members of Congress have had their computers infiltrated by hackers within China than initially suspected, a lawmaker has revealed." ... "[Representatives] Reps. Frank Wolf (R-Va. [Republican-Virginia), Chris Smith (R-N.J. [Republican-New Jersey), and Mark Kirk (R-Ill. [Republican-Illinois]) admitted to having data removed from their Capitol Hill computers last week, but Wolf says there are more." ... "“I would suspect that the Foreign Affairs, Armed Services, Intelligence, (and) Appropriations committees would all be top targets,” Kirk said." ... "Wolf and Smith said they believe the hackers focused on them because of their continued objections to China’s human rights violations, and suspected that the hackers were looking for information on dissidents." ... "The FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation] asked the lawmakers not to speak publicly, fearing that if they did, they would be unable to track the IP addresses of the hackers, Kirk said." ... "“When you’re in the middle of a criminal investigation, you try not to alert the criminal of what’s happened so you can track it down,” he said." -By Jordy Yager -TheHill.com 
 Flood
-  Iowa
- Des-Moines
- Illinois
- History
-  Health
"Thousands Flee Rising Waters In Iowa, Ill.: Breaking Levees Flood Des Moines [Iowa's capital], Western Ill. [Illinois]; Streets In Cedar Rapids [Iowa] May Be Underwater For Two Weeks." ... "Days after it rose out of its banks on its way to record flooding in Cedar Rapids, the Cedar River has forced at least 24,000 people from their homes, emergency officials said Saturday." ... "The bleak news came as swollen rivers breached levees in the state capital, Des Moines, and in far western Illinois, leading to the evacuation of hundreds more homes." ... "Officials guess it will be four days before the Cedar River drops enough for workers to even begin pumping out water that has submerged at least 438 blocks, threatened the Cedar Rapids drinking water supply and forced the evacuation of a downtown hospital." ... "The Cedar River crested Friday night at nearly 32 feet, 12 feet higher than the old record set in 1929." (1, 2) -AP -CBSNews
 Tim
Russert - Barack
Obama - John
McCain -  Internet
-  EMail
- Media
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- Politics
- Religion
-  Indiana
- Illinois
- US
-  Iraq
-  Iran
- Military
- Money
-  Social
Security - 2008
Election
[NOTE: On the day MSNBC's Meet the Press television political journalist Tim Russert died, MSNBC published this interview with Tim Russert:] "Vigilance needed on campaign claims: Big issues, not smears, need to be the focus." ... "Msnbc: Tim, www.fightthesmears.com is a web site launched by the [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate] Barack Obama campaign to combat potentially damaging rumor about the candidate and his wife, Michelle. Is this necessary? How big of a problem is this really?" ... "Tim Russert: It’s amazing how much the Internet has changed our lives. People get emails that make accusations without foundation and they are circulated around the country within seconds and suddenly become topics of conversations around water coolers or in lunchrooms." ... "I remember being in Indianapolis [Indiana's capital] covering the Indiana primary and a man came up to me and said he wasn’t going to vote for [Illinois] Senator Obama because he was very concerned about the comments made by Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s pastor. I said, “That’s interesting. As a reporter, I’m curious what comments particularly bothered you?” He said, “Well, I can’t think of any that come to mind, but I also read on the Internet that he’s a Muslim.” And I said, “Now wait a minute. You can’t have both. You can’t be offended by his Christian minister and then say he’s a Muslim. You’ve got to pick one.”" ... "But that just underscores what we’re dealing with in this modern era." ... "Now I’m told there’s a counter organization with a very similar name that is going to be positioned and posted to spread the rumors, so that people that go to the Internet to get clarification will go to the wrong web site and get confused." ... "It’s a virus. You have bloggers on both sides, liberals and conservatives, Republicans and Democrats all trying to utilize this vehicle without any kind of fact checking and without any kind of editorial control." ... "Msnbc: Given the way people use the Internet, do you wonder if there are going to be some things said or done during the course of this campaign that will be very unsettling?" ... "Russert: That’s what we have to be conscious of and vigilant against, particularly at the end of the campaign as things are put out there. We’ve already had a few fake videos with different words dubbed in and people say, “This must be true because I saw it on the Internet.”" ... "What we hope to do in this campaign is recognize there are big differences on big issues between John McCain and Barack Obama – the war in Iraq, Iran, Social Security, taxes. You don’t need to get into this other stuff. If it does surface, then I think the mainstream media has an obligation not to just instinctively put it out there without vetting it. Or, if it is something that is manufactured as a virus, report on that – who did it and why. But sometimes it’s very hard to trace it back to its original source." -MSNBC 
Barack
Obama - John
McCain - Money
- Politics
-  Workers
- Retirees
-  Homeowners
- Students
-  Farmers
-  Families
- US_Debt
- Law
- Illinois
-  Arizona
- 2008
Election
"A Preliminary Analysis of the 2008 Presidential Candidates' Tax Plans." [Full Report PDF] ... "Senator [from Illinois and 2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack] Obama would permanently extend certain provisions of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts primarily affecting taxpayers with incomes under $250,000; increase the maximum rate on capital gains and qualified dividends; and enact new and expanded targeted tax breaks for workers, retirees, homeowners, savers, students, and new farmers. Senator [from Arizona and 2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate John] McCain proposes to extend permanently the AMT "patch" that has prevented most individuals and families with incomes below $200,000 from being affected by the tax, and in our interpretation of his proposal, Senator Obama would do the same." ... "Although both candidates have at times stressed fiscal responsibility, their specific non-health tax proposals would reduce tax revenues by $3.7 trillion (McCain) and $2.7 trillion (Obama) over the next 10 years, or approximately 10 and 7 percent of the revenues scheduled for collection under current law, respectively. Furthermore, as in the case of [Republican] President Bush's tax cuts, the true cost of McCain's policies may be masked by phase-ins and sunsets (scheduled expiration dates) that reduce the estimated revenue costs. If his policies were fully phased in and permanent, the ten-year cost would rise to $4.1 trillion, or about 11 percent of total revenues." -TaxPolicyCenter.org 
Barack
Obama - John
McCain -  Hillary
Clinton - 2008
Election -  North
Carolina -  Missouri
-  Montana
- Virginia
- Illinois
- Arizona
-  New
York - Economy
- History
-  Gasoline
- Unemployment
"Obama Maps a Nationwide Push in G.O.P. Strongholds." ... "[2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate and Illinois] Senator Barack Obama’s general election plan calls for broadening the electoral map by challenging [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate and Arizona] Senator John McCain in typically Republican states — from North Carolina to Missouri to Montana — as Mr. Obama seeks to take advantage of voter turnout operations built in nearly 50 states in the long Democratic nomination battle, aides said." ... "On Monday, Mr. Obama will travel to North Carolina — a state that has not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate in 32 years — to start a two-week tour of speeches, town hall forums and other appearances intended to highlight differences with Mr. McCain on the economy. From there, he heads to Missouri, which last voted for a Democrat in 1996. His first campaign swing after securing the Democratic presidential nomination last week was to Virginia, which last voted Democratic in 1964." ... "With [New York] Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton now having formally bowed out of the race and thrown her backing to him, Mr. Obama wants to define the faltering economy as the paramount issue facing the country, a task probably made easier by ever-rising gasoline prices and the sharp rise in unemployment the government reported on Friday." (1, 2) -By Adam Nagourney and Jeff Zeleny with contributions by Jim Rutenberg -NYTimes |
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Hillary
Clinton - Barack
Obama - New
York - Illinois
- 2008
Election
Hillary
Clinton - John
McCain - Barack
Obama - 2008
Election - New
York - Arizona
- Illinois
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Nevada
- 
California
- "Pelosi,
Reid, Dean Go Public: Democrats Need To Endorse."
... "In the absence of a concession speech from [2008 Election Democratic
Presidential Candidate and New York Senator] Sen. Hillary Clinton on Tuesday
night, top figures in the Democratic Party went public, urging all uncommitted
officials to declare their presidential affiliations." ... "[Nevada Democratic
Senator and] Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, [California Democratic
Representative and] House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, DNC Chairman Howard Dean,
and an official with the Democratic Governors Association released a public
statement on Wednesday morning requesting that the party close its ranks
and prepare for the race against [2008 Election Republican Presidential
Candidate and Arizona Senator] Sen. John McCain." ... "The move, which
had been anticipated but seemed unnecessary following [2008 Election Democratic
Presidential Candidate and Illinois Senator Barack] Obama's clinching of
the nomination on Tuesday night, is an indication that few figures beyond
Clinton's utmost loyalists are willing to stomach a prolonged vacation
period for the New York Democrat to make up her mind."
-By
Sam
Stein -HuffingtonPost.com
John
McCain - Barack
Obama - US
- Iran
- Military
- 
Technology
- Intelligence
- Politics
- 
Terrorism
- Iraq
- 
- Ariz
- Ill
- 2008
Election
Barack
Obama - John
McCain - Military
- Terrorism
- Iran
- Palestine
- 
Israel
- 
Afghanistan
- 
Foreign
- 
South
Dakota - Illinois
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W.Va.
- US
- 2008
Election - "Obama
criticizes McCain, Bush on appeasement talk." ...
"[2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate] Barack Obama rebuked
Republican [2008 Election Presidential] rival John McCain and [Republican]
President Bush for "dishonest, divisive" attacks in hinting that the Democratic
presidential candidate would appease terrorists, staunchly defending his
national security credentials for the general election campaign." ... ""I'm
a strong believer in civility and I'm a strong believer in a bipartisan
foreign policy, but that cause is not served with dishonest, divisive attacks
of the sort that we've seen out of George Bush and John McCain over the
last couple days, " Obama told about 2,000 voters at a town hall-style
meeting in a livestock barn [in South Dakota]." ... "Obama said McCain
had a "naive and irresponsible belief that tough talk from Washington will
somehow cause Iran to give up its nuclear program and support for terrorism.""
... ""They [Bush and McCain] aren't telling you the truth. They are trying
to fool you and scare you because they can't win a foreign policy debate
on the merits," said Obama. "But it's not going to work. Not this time,
not this year."" ... ""That's exactly the kind of appalling attack that's
divided our country and that alienates us from the world," Obama said."
... ""If they want a debate about protecting the United States of America,
that's a debate I'm ready to win because George Bush and John McCain have
a lot to answer for," Obama said. He blamed Bush's policies for enhancing
the strength of terrorist groups such as Hamas [in Palestine] and "the
fact that al-Qaida's leadership is stronger than ever because we took our
eye off the ball in Afghanistan," among other failings." ... "Other Democrats
accused McCain of hypocrisy Friday, saying the certain GOP [GOP=Grand Old
Party=Republican] presidential nominee had previously been willing to negotiate
with the militant Palestian group Hamas." ... "In Charleston, W.Va. [West
Virginia], speaking before Obama's speech, McCain told reporters: "I made
it very clear, at that time, before and after, that we will not negotiate
with terrorist organizations, that Hamas would have to abandon their terrorism,
their advocacy to the extermination of the state of Israel, and be willing
to negotiate in a way that recognizes the right of the state of Israel
and abandons their terrorist position and advocacy."" -By
Mike Glover with contributions by Glen Johnson
-AP via -SeattleTimes
Barack
Obama - John
McCain - 2008
Election - Montana
- Illinois
- US
- 
Russia
- 
Cuba
- Iran
- Military
- 
Nuclear
- History
- "Obama
Responds To McCain: "Strong" Presidents Aren't Afraid To Meet With Enemies."
... "[2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate] Barack Obama, in
Montana, responded moments ago to [2008 Election Republican Presidential
Candidate John] McCain's ridicule
of the Illinois Senator for saying that Iran is a minuscule threat compared
to the former Soviet Union [now Russia]." ... "McCain said this revealed
Obama's "inexperience and reckless judgment." Here's the key part of Obama's
reply..."
WATCH:
"John McCain and Barack Obama Trade Blows on Foreign Policy."
Obama
- McCain
- Osama
bin Laden
- US
- Iraq
- Iran
- Palestine
- Israel
- Russia
- China
- Foreign
- Military
- Terrorism
- Intelligence
- Politics
- History
- Illinois- 2008
Election - "Obama
Strikes Back at Bush On Diplomacy." ... "[2008 Election
Democratic Presidential Candidate and Illinois Senator] Sen. Barack Obama
pushed back Friday against [Republican] President Bush's implicit criticism
of his approach to foreign policy, condemning his administration for not
capturing Osama bin Laden and blaming its Iraq war policy for strengthening
and emboldening Iran." ... ""If [Republicans] George Bush and John McCain
want to have a debate about protecting the United States of America, that
is a debate that I'm happy to have anytime, anyplace, and that is a debate
I will win because George Bush and John McCain have a lot to answer for,"
the Democratic front-runner said." ... "At a news conference later Friday,
Obama called it "disingenuous" to assert that he was not the clear target
of the president's comments. Obama then used the exchange to link Bush's
foreign policy record to McCain's stance toward the Middle East, and to
outline the ways his own approach to the world's most vexing problems would
differ from those of the current administration." ... "His list of grievances
included a war fought on the premise of weapons of mass destruction that
were never found, the failure to capture bin Laden and turning Iran into
the "greatest beneficiary" of the Iraq war." ... "He said McCain will "need
to answer" for a strengthened al-Qaeda leadership, Hamas's control of the
Gaza Strip [Palestine], and Iran's ability to fund Hezbollah and pose "the
greatest threat to America and Israel and the Middle East in a generation.""
... ""That's the Bush-McCain record on protecting this country," Obama
said. "Those are the failed policies that John McCain wants to double down
on."" ... "In a later appearance, Obama added that he is "puzzled" that
the concept of meeting with controversial foreign leaders is a point of
debate "when this has been the history of U.S. [United States] diplomacy
until very recently."" ... "He pointed to [Democratic] President John F.
Kennedy's meetings with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev when the United
States and Russia were on the brink of nuclear war, and to [Republican]
President Richard M. Nixon's meeting with China's Mao Zedong, "with the
knowledge that Mao had exterminated millions of people." " -By
Matthew Mosk with contributions by Perry Bacon Jr., Michael D. Shear and
Dan Eggen -WashingtonPost
Barack
Obama - John
McCain - Osama
bin Laden
- US
- Iran
- Iraq
- Palestine
- Foreign
- Military
- Terrorism
- History
- Arizona
- Illinois
- 2008
Election - "Obama
Links Bush and McCain on ‘Failed Policies’." ...
"[2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate and Illinois] Senator
Barack Obama responded sharply on Friday to attacks on his foreign policy,
linking [Republican] President Bush and [2008 Election Republican Presidential
Candidate and Arizona] Senator John McCain as partners in “the failed policies”
of the past seven years and criticizing them for “hypocrisy, fear peddling,
fear mongering.”" ... "Confronting a major challenge to his world view,
Mr. Obama tried to turn the tables on his critics, saying they were guilty
of “bluster” and “dishonest, divisive” tactics. He cited a litany of what
he called foreign policy blunders by the Bush administration and accused
Mr. McCain, the presumed Republican nominee, of “doubling down” on them."
... "“George Bush and John McCain have a lot to answer for,” Mr. Obama
said at a midday forum here, listing the Iraq war, the strengthening of
Iran and groups like Hamas [in Palestine] and Hezbollah, Osama bin Laden’s
being still at large and stalled diplomacy in other parts of the Middle
East among their chief failings." ... "“If George Bush and John McCain
want to have a debate about protecting the United States of America,” Mr.
Obama said, “that is a debate I am happy to have any time, any place.”"
(1, 2)
-By Larry
Rohter with contributions by Michael Powell
-NYTimes
Obama
- McCain
- Russia
- China
- Foreign
- Military
- Politics
- History
- Health-Care
- Marketplace
- Arizona
- Illinois
- 
Ore- US
- 2008
Election - "Obama:
Bush, McCain Should 'Explain Why They Have a Problem With JFK'."
... "ABC News Sunlen Miller reports: [2008 Election Democratic Presidential
Candidate and Illinois Senator] Sen. Barack Obama went one step further
today in his pushback against presumptive GOP [GOP=Grand Old Party=Republican]
presidential nominee [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate and
Arizona Senator] Sen. John McCain and [Republican] President Bush on appeasement,
suggesting that both Republicans have a problem with presidents past who
have engaged in direct diplomacy." ... ""If George Bush and John McCain
have a problem with direct diplomacy, led by the president of the United
States, then they can explain why they have a problem with [Democratic
President] John F. Kennedy because that's what he did with [Soviet leader
Nikita] Khrushchev, or [Republican President] Ronald Reagan, 'cause that's
what he did with [Soviet leader Mikhail] Gorbachev, or [Republican President]
Richard Nixon 'cause that's what they did with [Chinese leader Mao Tse-tung],"
Obama said in Roseburg, Ore. [Oregon.] "That’s exactly the kind of diplomacy
we need to keep us safe."" ... "Obama also blasted McCain's healthcare
proposals during a town-hall meeting." ... ""Essentially his plan is we’re
gonna dismantle the employer-based system and give everybody a tax break
and then see if you can fend for yourself in the marketplace," Obama told
the crowd. "He wants to give you the failed Bush health-care polices for
another four years."" -ABCNEWS.com
Barack
Obama - Hillary
Clinton - New
York
- South
Dakota - Illinois
- Nevada
- California
- US
- Israel
- Iran
- 
Syria
- Military
- Terrorism
- Politics
- History
- 2008
Election - "Bush
Assails ‘Appeasement,’ Touching Off Storm." ... "[Republican]
President Bush used a speech to the Israeli Parliament on Thursday to liken
those who would negotiate with “terrorists and radicals” to appeasers of
the Nazis — a remark widely interpreted as a rebuke to [2008 Election Democratic
Presidential Candidate and Illinois] Senator Barack Obama, who has advocated
greater engagement with countries like Iran and Syria." ... "The comments
created an angry tussle back home, as Democrats accused Mr. Bush of breaching
protocol by playing partisan politics overseas." ... "Mr. Obama delivered
a quick and pointed response, saying in an e-mail statement to reporters
that he had no intention of dealing with terrorists and accusing Mr. Bush
of using his visit, timed for the 60th anniversary of Israel’s independence,
to “launch a false political attack.”" ... "On Thursday, other Democrats
leapt to the Illinois senator’s defense. Senator Harry Reid of Nevada,
the Democratic leader, called Mr. Bush’s remarks “reckless and irresponsible.”
Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California said Mr. Bush had behaved in a manner
“beneath the dignity of the office of president.” Representative Rahm Emanuel
of Illinois, chairman of the House Democratic caucus, accused Mr. Bush
of violating the unwritten rule against playing politics overseas." ...
"[2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate and New York] Senator
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Mr. Obama’s rival for the Democratic presidential
nomination, joined him in taking issue with Mr. Bush. Weighing in from
South Dakota, Mrs. Clinton said: “President Bush’s comparison of any Democrat
to Nazi appeasers is offensive and outrageous, especially in the light
of his failures in foreign policy. This is the kind of statement that has
no place in any presidential address.”" -By Sheryl
Gay Stolberg and Jim
Rutenberg -NYTimes
