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.
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has consistently supported President Bush, playing follow the leader on the economy at a high cost to Floridians. Since 2007, Crist has backed more of the same failed Bush-McCain economic policies in Florida that have already driven the American economy into a recession.
69. McCain Has Close Ties with Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, Who's Copied Failed Bush-Cheney Economic Policies in Florida And Is Close Enough With President Bush to Have Earned a Bush Nickname, "Chalkboard Charlie."
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...
The second day of the Democratic National Convention will be one to remember. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) energized the Pepsi Center with an incredible speech and was introduced by daughter, Chelsea. Senator Clinton declared: "No way. No how. No...
Rebecca Gwatney, wife of the late Arkansas Democratic Party chair Bill Gwatney, will stand in for her husband at the Democratic National Convention. Gov. Mike Beebe said Rebecca Gwatney accepted an invitation from party leaders to fill the vacancy left...
This is priceless. John McCain is campaigning aboard an oil rig, Genesis, jointly owned by Exxon Mobil and Chevron in the Gulf of Mexico. It is laughable that McCain would campaign on the Genesis to push his phony "drill here,...
On the same day John McCain bragged about how proud he is of the lobbyists running his campaign, McCain is accepting campaign cash raised by one of the central figures in the culture of corruption surrounding a convicted lobbyist. According to published reports, the chair of McCain's Georgia fundraising committee asked Ralph Reed, a central figure in the scandals surrounding disgraced Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff,to help raise money for today's fundraiser in Atlanta. Reed then asked his friends to send money to McCain in an email in which Reed advertised himself as a member of John McCain's Victory 2008 team. While Ralph Reed may not attend tonight's event, McCain has ignored criticism from nonpartisan watchdog groups who called on him to cancel tonight's fundraiser altogether. McCain's campaign has also ducked questions about what role Reed is playing in McCain's campaign why McCain is accepting money steered his way by Reed. [The Hill, 8/13/08]
With speculations that John McCain may pick Governor Bobby Jindal as his vice presidential running mate, Louisiana Democratic Party Chairman Chris Whittington held a conference call today with members of the media to explain why Jindal offers more of the same politics and policies that America has gotten from Dick Cheney and the Bush administration. The call comes as the Democratic National Committee launches a section on Jindal on its website www.TheNextCheney.com, a site devoted to exploring the records of the potential Republican vice-presidential nominees. Chairman Whittington was joined by DNC Research Director Mike Gehrke.
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...
Check out our latest web video on John McCain cozying up to Ralph Reed, a business associate of Jack Abramoff....
Mark Warner, the popular former governor of Virginia and Democratic candidate for Senate, will be the keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, August 26, in Denver. Across the board, people are impressed with Mark Warner's ability to...
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean, DNC Vice Chair Lottie Shackelford, and former mayor of Little Rock, and Michigan Democratic Party Chair Mark Brewer, the President of the Association of State Democratic Chairs, issued the following statement on the passing of Arkansas Democratic Party Chair Bill Gwatney.
On the campaign trail, John McCain likes to brag about chairing the Senate Indian Affairs Committee that investigated criminal lobbyist Jack Abramoff's role in the Republican culture of corruption. But that is not stopping John McCain from raising campaign cash with one of Abramoff's closest business partners: scandal plagued conservative activist Ralph Reed. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Reed has "agreed to serve as a member of the McCain Victory 2008 Team" and will host a fundraiser for his campaign on Monday, August 18.
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.
Today, John McCain will visit Florida, where he will face Floridians - as well as one notable supporter, Governor Charlie Crist -- over his opposition to a national catastrophic insurance fund, which would provide economic relief for Americans struggling with rising insurance costs by creating a national pool for disaster insurance. McCain has changed his position on the national catastrophic insurance fund multiple times, reversing himself twice - he was against it, then for it, then against it again - and now has established himself as a proud opponent, in line with President Bush - while ignoring the advice of governor crist.
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...
Think Progress: In announcing his newfound support for offshore drilling, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) consistently touts the safety of offshore oil exploration. “[I]t’s safe enough these days that not even Hurricanes Katrina and Rita could cause significant spillage,” he said...
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.
Earlier this year, Florida Democrats surpassed Republicans in the number of registered Hispanics. In the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, state Democrats continue to increase their numbers by leaps and bounds: The numbers are ominous for Republicans: Through May, Democratic voter registration...
Here's a topic for your discussion this Monday morning: Even Governor Mark Sanford (R-South Carolina) agrees that John McCain is a third Bush term on the economy. From CNN Late Edition with host, Wolf Blitzer on Sunday: BLITZER: Are there...
Democrat Republican(?) John N. Kennedy is running for Attorney General State Treasurer U.S. Senate (again) to challenge Senator Mary Landrieu. Kennedy 'kicked off' his bid for the Senate at the airport Hilton in New Orleans and was joined by supporters....
In an appearance on CNN Late Edition yesterday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) admitted that "the numbers make it impossible" for Republicans to recapture the Senate this November. "Leader McConnell was voicing his opinion about the upcoming Senate races,"...
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Senator Barack Obama's appeal to African-American and youth voters may reshape the political landscape of the South this November. Stateline columnist Louis Jacobsen writes: Some Democrats hold out hope that Obama could actually win one of the six Southern states...
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...
McCain has now announced that he will lift the federal moratorium on drilling exploration, even though -- in the past -- he opposed drilling off the coast of Florida, North Carolina, Oregon, and Maine. Via Think Progress, the Washington Post's Dana Milbank notes:
Today's McCain Myth: John McCain is against off-shore drilling.
Senator Barack Obama kicked-off a two week tour called "Change That Works for You" today in Raleigh, North Carolina to highlight his economic policies and plan to get the country back on track.I’ll take a different approach. I will reform...
Today's McCain Myth: John McCain will stand up for Louisiana's farmers.
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.
Rep. Shelley Moore Capito will speak at an adult education graduation ceremony on May 30. She thrice voted for the Republican budget for fiscal year 2006 that included the single largest cuts to student aid programs -- $12.7 billion.
Last night -- in a special election -- Democrats picked up another House seat in yet another distract that has been reliably Republican for over a decade.
Columnist Andrés Oppenheimer ripped John McCain over his embrace of the right-wing on immigration in Sunday's Miami Herald. Oppenheimer, an award-winning journalist, writes that following an interview with the presumptive GOP nominee that McCain is "moving steadily backward" on immigration.
The Tancredo Effect: For the first time, the number of Hispanic Democrats in the state is expected to exceed the number of Hispanic Republicans. The Florida secretary of state is expected to release the month's voter registration figures to the...
John McCain was asked about the North Carolina GOP's racially divisive ad on the Today Show, to which he replied: "I have done everything that I can to repudiate and to see that this kind of campaigning does not continue."...
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.
Asked about the North Carolina Republican Party's racially divisive ad on the Today Show this morning, John McCain said "I have done everything that I can to repudiate and to see that this kind of campaigning does not continue." So far, McCain's idea of doing "everything I can" includes just one thing: sending the state party chair an email.
Josh Marshall asks: If John McCain can't stand up to the North Carolina GOP swift-boat freaks, how can he stand up to al Qaeda?...
John McCain is touring through areas with a history of economic and social justice problems (which Republicans traditionally ignore) to portray the presumptive GOP nominee as "not that kind of Republican." He will visit places Republicans actively vote against the...
Given his ties to state Republican leaders, if McCain is serious about making sure this ad never airs, he should have no trouble making it happen. If not, McCain should return their contributions, remove them from his campaign committees, and strip the state chair from her role on the GOP's convention committee.
"We will continue to work towards a solution to ensure delegates are seated and logistics are in place for a Florida delegation in Denver."
Yesterday there were a couple special elections -- in New York and in Florida.
Burnt Orange Report tells an incredible story of 1,000 young people from Prairie View A&M University who marched 7.3 miles with 1,000 community activists to the only polling location in all of rural Waller County, Texas. The group marched to...
Huckabee refuses to face the music:
He's still doing robocalls on Romney:
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...
Georgia closed their polls at 7:00pm tonight and we are still waiting on a final result in the Republican primary. MSNBC reported a slim margin between Gov. Mike Huckabee leading Sen. John McCain with Gov. Mitt Romney hanging around for a close three-way race.
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...
The polls closed in Georgia at 7:00pm tonight. It is too close to call on the Republican side between Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona), Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-Arkansas) and Gov. Mitt Romney (R-Massachusetts.)
John McCain's Double-Talk express rolled past his opponents in Florida, but his record makes one thing clear: he offers more of the same.
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...
Smooth talking Mitt Romney is at it again. Yesterday, Romney was caught on tape playing semantics with an Associated Press reporter over the role of lobbyists in his campaign. Romney grew visibly irritated when the reporter challenged his claim that he did not have lobbyists running his campaign or sitting in on strategy meetings, despite the fact that veteran Republican lobbyists like Ron Kaufman, Barbara Comstock and Al Cardenas have served as high-profile advisors and strategists since he announced his candidacy. [Associated Press, 1/17/08]
The special election for the seat of retired Senator Trent Lott (R-Mississippi) is on or before March 19, a judge ruled. Republican Governor Haley Barbour exceeded his constitutional authority by scheduling the special election for November.
South Carolina is no New Hampshire. Unfriendly faces greet McCain in the Palmetto State:
