As the Republican National Convention continues in St. Paul, MN, tonight, the Democratic National Committee today released a new web ad called "90 Percent Bush." The video highlights John McCain's record of voting with George W. Bush 90 percent of the time. Straightforward images illustrate what 90 percent really means, showing how John McCain is just more of the same.
In light of the situation along the Gulf Coast, the DNC has canceled this afternoon's Media Welcome reception in St. Paul. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families in the region.
In light of Hurricane Gustav and the ongoing situation along the Gulf Coast, the DNC announced that it has canceled the tomorrow morning's news conference at the DNC's More of the Same Media Center in St. Paul. We continue to keep our friends and families in the area in our thoughts and prayers.
In light of the situation in the Gulf Coast, the Democratic National Committee announced that is has canceled its daily media briefing at the More of the Same Media Center on Monday, September 1. Additional scheduling updates will be provided when available.
After making dozens of campaign stops in key states in the run up to the Democratic National Convention, Gov. Howard Dean will take his "Register for Change" bus tour to Milwaukee and Madison, WI tomorrow.
The Democratic National Committee today announced the program at the More of the Same Media Center for Day 1 of the Republican National Convention. The day will start with an 8:30 am breakfast followed by a 9:15 am press briefing featuring featuring Texas Rep. Chet Edwards, California Rep. Hilda Solis, and VoteVets Chairman and co-founder Jon Soltz. Additionally, the Obama for America campaign will hold a Camp Obama training to teach volunteers the best strategies to organize their towns and neighborhoods and turn Obama supporters out to vote on November 4.
We are here at Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium for the final day of the Democratic National Convention where Senator Barack Obama will accept the Democratic nomination for president. It will be a star-studded event. Among those set to...
Democrats in five battleground states will host More of the Same birthday parties tomorrow to celebrate McCain's gift to himself: a Vice Presidential candidate to amplify his promise of more of the same. The parties will feature a birthday cake with 72 candles that reads "Another year of more of the same."
Senator Joe Biden accepted the vice presidential nomination of the Democratic Party tonight and conventioneers were surprised with a special appearance by Senator Barack Obama to top off the third night
at the Democratic National Convention.
We are minutes away from the gavel opening the third day of the Democratic National Convention. Tonight, former President Bill Clinton will speak to the convention and Senator Joe Biden (D-Delaware) will accept the Democratic nomination for vice president. Other...
Jim Leach, former Republican congressman from Iowa, will speak at the Democratic National Convention in Denver tonight. He represented eastern Iowa for three decades, reports the Chicago Tribune and endorsed Senator Barack Obama earlier this month. Brad Anderson, a spokesman...
If John McCain picks Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty as his running mate this week, he'll be allying himself with a key Bush supporter and leaving no doubt that McCain means four more years of the same failed Bush economic policies and same old politics. Pawlenty is such a strong supporter of President Bush that he would, in his own words, "stand with President Bush if his approval rating was 2 percent." Standing by Bush would be nothing new for Pawlenty, who was an early supporter of Bush's risky Social Security privatization scheme, which would cost Americans $1 trillion initially -- that's just to transition o private accounts -- and a total of $5 trillion over 20 years. Pawlenty was also an "enthusiastic supporter" of Bush's plan for No Child Left Behind that resulted in an under-funded program that left more than six million students behind.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement on the passing of Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones: "We are greatly saddened about the passing of Congresswoman Tubbs Jones. Stephanie was a true American hero and inspiring leader, having spent...
We had amazing weather in Cleveland yesterday afternoon for our event (photos here). Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones was able to make it, and if you've ever seen her speak, you know how fun she can be. (Our bus driver Glen...
We rolled out this morning for stops in Columbus, Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Cincinnati was a good event with a group of excited people, and after an obligatory side-stop for some of us at a Skyline Chili, we made our way...
Governor Dean's Register for Change bus tour kicked off again this morning in Indianapolis, IN. Right now we're on our way to a union hall in Cincinnati, OH for another rally, then we head to Columbus tonight for an (early)...
As he visits Michigan today, John McCain finds himself at a particularly low point in his candidacy. In a year when the country is looking for change, McCain has embraced the failed policies of George W. Bush and same old politics as Karl Rove, leaving him struggling to win Americans' support -- even within his own party.
So much for "all of the above." John McCain backs big tax breaks for Big Oil, but forget wind.McCain recently opposed the big $300 billion farm bill, which itself is extremely popular throughout the upper Midwest, describing the bill as...
Feel the excitement! Of the 12 Republicans running in competitive Senate races — five of whom are incumbents — only three have said they will be attending the convention. Six are definite no-shows, and three are on the fence. “Nobody...
Iowans are ready for change: The dramatic resurgence of registered Democrats in Iowa means the Midwestern battleground that Republican George W. Bush carried by a whisker four years ago may be far less competitive in November, national experts in voter...
85. McCain Offers More of the Same Failed Bush Policies that Have Already Cost Thousands of American Jobs -- and Supports Deals that Will Endanger More American Jobs.
Check out this video of supporters who painted their barn to show their support for Senator Barack Obama in Ohio: Joe Logan, whose family barn is featured in the video above: "We wanted to show our support for the candidate...
John McCain is in Pennsylvania today on a so-called "jobs tour," promoting more of the same Bush economic policies that have been a disaster for the state. From supporting corporate tax breaks at the expense of tax breaks for middle class Americans, to proposing billions of dollars in new deficit spending, to advocating for unfair trade deals that have helped his lobbyist friends but led to a loss of over 44,000 jobs in Pennsylvania alone, the McCain Bush economy is the last thing Pennsylvania needs.
With John McCain embarking on a so-called "jobs tour" aimed at hiding his job-killing record, the Democratic National Committee today released a new web video called "Job-Killing John" that highlights his pattern of putting his lobbyist friends ahead of Americas' workers. The video comes days after the leak of an internal McCain campaign memo that shows McCain will attempt to distort the record by falsely portraying Senator Obama as a "job killing machine." In reality--from opposing Buy American rules to supporting unfair trade deals that have cost America hundreds of thousands of jobs--John McCain has repeatedly supported policies that outsource American jobs.
As you make your way through the 2008 Iowa State Fair, keep an eye out for some of the things you might not see if John McCain were President. Whether it's McCain's fervent opposition to the Farm Bill, his lack of support for ethanol, or his consistent votes against renewable energy programs including wind power, the Iowa State Fair is an ideal look at what's at stake in this election.
John McCain will visit Ohio today amid new revelations about his role in a deal that will cost Ohio more than 8,000 jobs. Yesterday, the Cleveland Plain Dealer revealed that while Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, McCain, and former DHL lobbyist and current campaign manager Rick Davis, played instrumental roles in helping DHL and its German parent company take over operations in Wilmington, Ohio in 2003, despite concerns about the local impact of the deal. Both companies hired Davis' firm to push the deal through Congress, with DHL-Airborne Express paying Davis and his business partner $185,000 in 2003 and $405,000 from the German company Deutsche Post for other work in 2004 and 2005.
Our friends at the Ohio Democratic Party released this web video hitting John McCain and campaign manager Rick Davis on their aggressive role in helping a foreign entity acquire the Wilmington operations of DHL five years ago, and McCain's unwillingness...
West Virginians and Ohioans will welcome "Exxon John" McCain to their states today and discover that, when it comes to cash and connections, "Exxon John's" ties to Big Oil run deep. Both McCain's chief of staff and the deputy chair of the RNC are former Exxon lobbyists, and McCain received almost $55,000 in contributions from Exxon employees and Exxon's PAC. For their loyalty, "Exxon John" wants to give the oil giant a $1.2 billion tax cut, on top of the record $11.68 billion in earnings Exxon reported for the second quarter of 2008. In fact, "Exxon John's" energy "plan" would lavish the five largest American oil companies with $3.8 billion in tax cuts.
Democrats are increasing their registration numbers while voters are fleeing from the Republican Party in droves. New York Times: In several states, including the traditional battlegrounds of Nevada and Iowa, Democrats have surprised their own party officials with significant gains...
The Democratic Party's Platform Drafting Committee will assemble in Cleveland, a city hurt by the failed policies of President Bush and John McCain, this weekend to hear from national and state experts and grassroots Americans as they draft the Party's national platform. The Democratic Platform will define the clear choice between the new ideas for national renewal of Barack Obama and the Republican policies of the past.
Obama for America and the DNC are set to unveil a $20 million effort to register and mobilize Hispanic voters. Washington Post: DNC Chairman Howard Dean said the sum is unprecedented for a presidential campaign and represents a show of...
The Democratic National Committee announced today that Governor Howard Dean will lead a national grassroots voter registration effort. The cross country bus tour, "Register for Change," will build on the overwhelming enthusiasm and voter turnout seen during the primaries as Democrats mobilize and organize voters for the fall election. The bio-diesel bus, flagged in red, white and blue with the Register for Change message, is 45' long, 13'4" high and 8.5' wide and will also serve as a mobile campaign office.
Senator Barack Obama spoke before the 99th Annual NAACP Convention yesterday in Cincinnati, Ohio. Watch his remarks below: Scores of people could not get into the convention to see Senator Obama speak so the campaign improvised and hosted a public...
Democrats are running strong across the country and Kansas Republican Pat Roberts, ranking member on the Senate Intelligence Committee, looks like he is in trouble: “The Republican brand is really bad in many parts of the country, with Kansas being...
Speaking at a town hall today in Wisconsin, John McCain told a crowd that he is "committed to equal pay for equal work." This is news because, as the McCain record shows, he hasn't been committed to that at all....
Hire John McCain! And if you don't, McCain economic adviser Phil Gramm really wishes you would stop whining. In the photo below, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland (D) speaks in Portsmouth, Ohio prior to the McCain Economic Forum. (Photo: Ohio Democratic...
And CREW has filed an ethics complaint in response. From TPM Muckraker:
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Republican leaders are known for trafficking in myths and alternate realities: "Climate change is a hoax. Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden were classmates and best friends in the 3rd grade. John McCain would make a good president." The usual...
The McCain campaign is reportedly struggling to keep up in some states:
Apparently, John McCain has his work cut out for him in Ohio. Three months as the presumptive Republican nominee and John McCain's campaign is floundering in a crucial state like Ohio: Some Republicans say they are also troubled that the...
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean and DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee Co-Chair Jim Roosevelt discussed the Rules and Bylaws Committee's decision to seat the Florida and Michigan delegations yesterday and Democratic Party unity this morning on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos. Below are excerpts from Dean and Roosevelt's appearance.
Below are DNC Chairman Howard Dean's remarks to the Rules and Bylaws Committee meeting on May 31, 2008, as prepared for delivery.
Today, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean and Rules and Bylaws Committee Co-Chairs Alexis Herman and Jim Roosevelt issued the following joint statement.
John McCain said in April that "a lot of our [economic] problems are, as you know, psychological." Ohioans, who are among the worst hit by Bush/McCain style economic policies, disagree. John McCain: he's no economist, nor a psychologist, either....
What the invitation to a John McCain fundraiser does not say, however, is that Rakolta and Liggett were two of the key backers of an organization that helped finance an ad that compared Democrats to Adolf Hitler in the 2006 election. Rakolta and his wife contributed $10,000 to a group called Voice the Vote, which used the money to buy a newspaper ad that compared Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm and a procession of Democratic presidents to Hitler.
The Supreme Court acknowledged that "The record contains no evidence of any such [impersonation] fraud actually occurring in Indiana at any time in its history," and acknowledged the law's burden on the elderly, low-income voters and other classes of voters covering hundreds of thousands of Indiana citizens. Yet this Court, ignoring the realities of life for the less affluent and powerful of the state's citizens, shrugged off these burdens and found that the law should stand.
Democrats have turned out in record numbers across the country and voter registration figures are through the roof. Democrats increased their numbers in the past seven primary states by 1 million voters while Republican voter registration figures "mainly ebbed or stagnated," reports the Washington Post.
In Youngstown, Ohio today, John McCain, "standing before a nearly shuttered factory pocked with broken windows," tried to sell his failed Bush economic ideas but failed miserably, showing just how out of touch he is with the issues facing America's families. McCain, the ninth richest member of Congress, even went as far as comparing his presidential primary campaign to the struggles of workers hit hardest by the Bush economy in Rust Belt cities such as Youngstown where jobs have left and people are struggling to find work.
"We are united in our commitment to doing everything we can to ensure that a Michigan delegation is seated in Denver this summer."
After casting himself as a "Maverick" in 2000, the new John McCain is walking in lockstep with President Bush, pandering to the right wing of the Republican Party, and embracing the ideology he once denounced. On the campaign trail McCain has callously abandoned many of his previously held positions, even contradicted himself, in a blatant attempt to remake himself into a candidate Republicans can accept in 2008. So just who is the real John McCain? The Democratic National Committee will present a daily fact aimed at exposing the man behind the myth.
Today's McCain Myth: John McCain has not benefited from the FEC's matching funds program.
Either John McCain's shameless pandering knows no bounds or the Double Talk Express runs on ethanol. During his remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference today, Campaign McCain tried to proclaim himself a consistent conservative by claiming to have campaigned against ethanol subsidies in Iowa. But in what Fortune magazine called "a flip-flop so absurd it'll be a wonder if it doesn't get lampooned by late-night comedians" the Real McCain pandered to Iowa Republicans: declaring himself a "strong" ethanol supporter and calling it "a vital alternative energy source not only because of our dependency on foreign oil but its greenhouse gas reduction effects." [Fortune, 10/31/06]
CNN reported late last night on massive Democratic turnout across the country. Some of these figures are based off of incomplete returns, like Arizona for instance, who broke the previous record by 80,000 with 67% percent in at the time....
Sen. John McCain kept up the trend of winning his home state of Arizona. Up north, the state of North Dakota goes for Gov. Mitt Romney with a 13 point win over Sen. McCain, 36-23 with 98 percent reporting. Reports...
The Washington Post's Josh White reports from Colorado on packed crows for their caucus: Colorado’s caucuses opened at 7 p.m. local time (9 p.m. EST) tonight and were facing an expected crush of voters. Bill Compton, political director for the...
The networks called several states since the polls closed at 8:00pm. Here's a shocker: Gov. Mike Huckabee won his home state of Arkansas. Gov. Mitt Romney was able to hold on to the state he, apparently, despised for the twenty-plus...
President Bush unveiled a $3.1 trillion budget for 2009 that includes significant cuts into water funding projects. Senator Tim Johnson (D-South Dakota) issued a statement on these critical cuts to water projects in his state: The President's request is 37%...
The text of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius' response to President George W. Bush's State of the Union address, as prepared for delivery.
Senators Jim Webb (D-Virginia) and Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) spoke about the need for a "modern day Truman Commission," and last year introduced an amendment to that effect. The commission was signed into law by the President as part of the...
Senator Kit Bond (R-Missouri) threatened to withhold much needed federal money for the city of St. Peters because the Republican Mayor, Len Pagano, reportedly spoke too nicely of a local Democrat who happens to be running against a former Bond...
