(Updated 2/5) Obama leads House in progressive endorsements
(Updated 2/5) Of the top 20 progressives in the House of Representatives, as ranked by Progressive Punch's lifetime progressive score rating, Barack Obama has received 12 endorsements. Hillary Clinton...
View ArticleJim Oberstar (MN-8) switches from Edwards to Obama
Minnesota Representative Jim Oberstar (8th Congressional District, including Duluth) announced that he is supporting Barack Obama for President. Oberstar joins Raul Grijalva (AZ-7) and G.K. Butterfield...
View Article(UPDATE) L.A. registrar to re-examine 94,000 DTS ballots
Update [2008-2-7 4:50:13 by baudelairien]: After more than 500 complaints were lodged with California Secretary of State Debra Bowen's office, acting Los Angeles County Registrar Dean Logan ordered an...
View ArticleHow to Nader-proof November
Lessons from the campaigns of 2000 and 2004 (and the mid-terms of 2006) on how to convert the Nader factor from "spoiler" to support.
View ArticlePickups from Edwards: Obama 6, Hillary 0
With the endorsement of Texas Representative Charlie Gonzalez (TX-20, San Antonio), Barack Obama picked up his sixth congressional endorsement from supporters of John Edwards. In the last week, Obama...
View ArticleAP: Dodd endorses Obama
Update [2008-2-26 10:33:53 by baudelairien]: AP has the story here and here. UPI here. CNN here.Previously: "Dodd to endorse Obama"Dodd will endorse his colleague, a senator from Illinois, in Cleveland...
View ArticleClinton campaign may be "in the red"
According to Michael Luo of the New York Times Politics Blog, the Clinton campaign's debts at the end of February exceeded usable cash on hand. With $21.5 million of campaign contributions earmarked...
View ArticleWatt and Price endorse Obama (Edwards pickups: O 9; C 0)
With the endorsements of Representatives David Price and Mel Watt of North Carolina, Barack Obama picked up his eighth and ninth congressional endorsements from supporters of John Edwards. Along with...
View ArticleSen. Inouye (D-HI) fundraising for Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK)
Hawaii Democratic Senator Daniel Inouye is headlining a fundraiser for Alaska Senator Ted "Tubes" Stevens. Stevens, despite 40 years in the Senate, is considered vulnerable this year: Stevens is under...
View ArticleU.S. votes against decriminalizing homosexuality
Did you know that last week the United States voted against a United Nations declaration to decriminalize homosexuality? Apparently, the notion that.. sexual orientation or gender identity may under no...
View ArticlePBS: Cheney blames Democrats for terror, bad economy
In a PBS interview airing tonight, outgoing Vice President Dick Cheney told Jim Lehrer "the terror threat was inherited because of the poor handling by previous presidents" and blamed the...
View ArticleCuba (hearts) Obama
In a letter to the Cuban people published today (Spanish/English translation), 82-year-old Fidel Castro offered rare praise for the newly inaugurated U.S. president:Nobody can doubt the sincerity of...
View ArticleCongress considers "Freedom to Travel to Cuba"
Senators Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and Mike Enzi (R-WY) have introduced a bill to the senate that would lift the travel restrictions that currently prevent U.S. citizens from visiting Cuba. Called the...
View ArticleACTION: Fight for your Freedom to Travel
U.S. Citizens can travel to any country in the world except one. It's not the one that the U.S. fought a bloody war with 40 years ago. It's not the one that seized the U.S. embassy 30 years ago. No, we...
View ArticleACTION: House Dems may kill "Freedom to Travel to Cuba"
The Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act (H.R.874/S.428) is referred to committee in both chambers of Congress, and has been since the second week of February. Bills by this name died in committee 2003 and...
View ArticleSenate of Mexico OKs drug decriminalization
With all the (justifiable) worry about swine flu, another story coming out of Mexico seems to have escaped notice:Mexico's Senate approved a bill on Tuesday decriminalizing possession of small amounts...
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