Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
(Via MacDailyNews.)
"A growing number of state politicians are proposing new laws to levy taxes on digital downloads, including music, video, and books, as a way to remedy budget pains," Anne Broache reports for CNET. "Call it the iTunes tax."
"Two years ago, a CNET News.com special report found that 15 states ...
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Charlie Steiner on XM's "The Beat" this morning:
"So, what you're saying is that the Red Sox are Barack Obama and the Yankees are Hillary Clinton."
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
From Joe Klein in Time: The Barack Blowout
If nothing else, a presidential campaign tests a candidate's ability to think strategically and tactically and to manage a very complex organization. We have three plausible candidates remaining--Obama, Clinton and John McCain--and Obama has proved himself the best executive by far. Both the ...
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
(Via Portland Press Herald.)
Clinton began his speech talking about a shopping excursion to L.L. Bean's flagship store in Freeport and reminiscing about a trip to the store 25 years ago when he persuaded his wife to drive there at 1:30 a.m. to "test" whether it was really open 24 hours ...
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
(Via The Huffington Post | Full News Feed.)
Obama has, at this point, won 11 states, of 22 in play. Worst-case scenario, he's already won half. If he picks up Alaska, which I suspect he will, he wins the battle of the states.
California is looking like it might head SUSA's way, ...
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Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
First-person primary coverage here.
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
(Via MacDailyNews - Where Mac News Comes First.)
Styles make fights — or so goes the boxing cliché. In 2008, they make presidential campaigns, too...
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
(Via Associated Press.)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton had an emotional reunion Monday with a colleague from the early days of her legal career as a child advocate.
The moment came as she revisited her law school days while hosting a campaign event at the Yale Child Study ...
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Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
Political inspiration of the sort found only every few generations.
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Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
(Via Joho the Blog.)
I found the DipDive video to be emotionally overwhelming. Granted, I’m an Obama supporter. But reminding supporters why their candidate matters more than most candidates ever have is not such a little thing.
This is the organization that made that video.
Go Obama!
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