The past lives too long and the future dies too young.

Obama Advisers Challenge GOP to offer alternatives

Seeded on Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:12 PM EDT (The New York Times)

WASHINGTON — Top White House advisers on Sunday challenged Republicans to offer alternatives and not simply criticize administration approaches, as Congress prepared to return from a two-week recess and take up a charged agenda centered on core Obama objectives.

politics, barack-obama, gop, republicans, president, rahm-emanuel, congress, white-house, democrats

The Quote That Could Lose McCain The Election Tomorrow

Seeded on Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:55 AM EDT (Think Progress)

In the wake of last week's financial meltdown, Sen.

politics, john-mccain, sarah-palin, economy, banking, wall-street, regulation, deregulation, main-street, barack-obama

John McCain: 13 cars, Barack Obama: 1 car

Seeded on Sun Sep 21, 2008 3:17 PM EDT (Newsweek)

When you have seven homes, that's a lot of garages to fill. After the fuss over the number of residences owned by the two presidential nominees, NEWSWEEK looked into the candidates' cars. And based on public vehicle-registration records, here's the score.

politics, barack-obama, michelle-obama, john-mccain, cindy-mccain, meghan-mccain, cars, wealth, elitist, sarah-palin

VP Debate Rules Changed to Compensate Sarah Palin

Seeded on Sat Sep 20, 2008 7:14 PM EDT (The New York Times)

At the insistence of the McCain campaign, the Oct. 2 debate between the Republican nominee for vice president, Gov. Sarah Palin, and her Democratic rival, Senator Joseph R.

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Defenders of Wildlife release scathing, powerful ad against Palin

Seeded on Fri Sep 12, 2008 3:23 PM EDT (YouTube)

Sarah Palin's record on the brutal practice of aerial hunting exposed

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Fiction: 2016: What if I ran? A Series

Tue Sep 9, 2008 3:54 AM EDT

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. -- John F. Kennedy "These people look so.. manufactured at times."

Continue reading this entry ...

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Palin billed the state for nights spent at home and travel expenses

Seeded on Tue Sep 9, 2008 3:09 AM EDT (The Washington Post)

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has billed taxpayers for 312 nights spent in her own home during her first 19 months in office, charging a "per diem" allowance intended to cover meals and incidental expenses while traveling on state business.

politics, sarah-palin, governor, taxes, taxpayers, alaska, vice-president, john-mccain, gop, republicans

Palin requests talks with major oil executives

Seeded on Mon Sep 8, 2008 3:25 PM EDT (Andrew Halcro)

Governor Sarah Palin has requested a conference call this week with the CEO's of the major oil companies playing a role in the potential development of Alaska's natural gas pipeline.

politics, sarah-palin, oil-companies, bp, conoco, exxon-mobil, john-mccain, vice-president, energy, alaska

Palin makes big gaffe on economy

Seeded on Mon Sep 8, 2008 12:54 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Gov. Sarah Palin made her first potentially major gaffe during her time on the national scene while discussing the developments of the perilous housing market this past weekend.

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Religious left speaks out against Palin's RNC speech

Seeded on Sat Sep 6, 2008 12:37 AM EDT (Matthew 25 Network)

If you watched Governor Sarah Palin's address to the Republican National Convention last night, we're sure you were as disappointed as we were in the tenor and content of the speech.

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YouTube video responds to GOP's attacks on community organizers

Seeded on Sat Sep 6, 2008 12:19 AM EDT (YouTube)

John McCain and Sarah Palin need a history lesson about our great country. Community organizers are the backbone of our great country and all they can do is mock them. Same old politics

politics, sarah-palin, advertisement, john-mccain, gop, republicans, attacks, controversy, community-organizers, democrats

Bhutto's widower set to become Pakistani president

Seeded on Sat Sep 6, 2008 12:08 AM EDT (Agence-France Presse )

Pakistan lawmakers were Saturday expected to elect slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's widower as president of the frontline state in the United States-led "war on terror".

world-news, pakistan, benazir-bhutto, election, widow

Obama to dispatch female surrogates

Seeded on Thu Sep 4, 2008 9:59 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Senator Barack Obama will increasingly lean on prominent Democratic women to undercut Gov.

politics, barack-obama, sarah-palin, hillary-clinton, joe-biden, john-mccain, female, demographics, democrats, republicans

Fake Soldiers Used In RNC Video

Seeded on Thu Sep 4, 2008 9:54 PM EDT (CBS News)

It was a video that was supposed to elicit soaring patriotism and real emotions about the Pledge of Allegiance. But to do that, it used fake soldiers and a staged military funeral instead of the real thing.

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Westmoreland refers to Obama as "uppity"

Seeded on Thu Sep 4, 2008 4:40 PM EDT ()

Georgia Republican Rep.

politics, racist, georgia, michelle-obama, barack-obama, racism, lynn-westmoreland, republicans, democrats, gop

Warning for College Student Voters

Seeded on Thu Sep 4, 2008 4:30 PM EDT (Inside Higher Ed)

Last week, Virginia's Montgomery County, home to Virginia Tech, issued a press release regarding proper protocol for college students registering to vote.

politics, virginia, voting, registration, youth, college, virginia-tech, voters, election, barack-obama

Educating the GOP: A Photo History of Community Organizers

Seeded on Thu Sep 4, 2008 2:43 PM EDT (Daily Kos)

After watching the malicious speeches last night mocking Senator Obama, and by proxy, cynically attacking all of us who support our local communities, I thought it would be prudent to educate the Republican Party on the historical role of community organizers. ...

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Obama speech, final day of DNC reaches a quarter of American homes

Seeded on Wed Sep 3, 2008 6:49 PM EDT (NielsenWire)

Day four of the Democratic National Convention featured the acceptance speech by nominee Sen. Barack Obama. The convention was carried live during prime time on ten networks – ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, FOX News Channel, MSNBC, BET, TV One, Univision and Telemundo.

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Archives of Alaska Papers Reveal Disturbing -- And Goofy -- Details from Palin's Past

Seeded on Wed Sep 3, 2008 6:23 PM EDT (Editor & Publisher)

he McCain team may not have vetted Sarah Palin with boots on the ground in Alaska, but the Democrats sure did -- two years ago when she ran for governor.

politics, sarah-palin, john-mccain, barack-obama, joe-biden, republicans, gop, democrats, dnc, vice-president

McCain camp says media out to get Palin

Seeded on Wed Sep 3, 2008 6:15 PM EDT (CNN)

Republicans Wednesday launched a full-throated counterpunch at the media's scrutiny of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and accused the media of wanting to "destroy" John McCain's vice presidential pick.

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Obama on GOP convention: "One key issue ignored"

Seeded on Wed Sep 3, 2008 6:10 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)

The opening acts of last week's Democratic National Convention were met with middling reviews, with even some party loyalists (such as James Carville) complaining of an unfocused message that, to their dismay, mostly passed on targeting John McCain.

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The New Yorker reports Obama gave Petraeus Afghanistan advice

Seeded on Wed Sep 3, 2008 6:05 PM EDT (Google)

Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama reportedly told the top military commander in Iraq that some U.S. forces should be pulled out of Iraq and deployed to Afghanistan when the two met in July in Baghdad.

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Man charged with threatening to 'blow up' GOP convention

Seeded on Wed Sep 3, 2008 5:02 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

A 23-year-old man is facing criminal charges after the FBI caught him discussing plans to "blow up" the Republican convention, according to a court complaint unsealed today.

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McCain had criticized earmarks from Palin; had her on "pork list"

Seeded on Wed Sep 3, 2008 4:04 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)

For much of his long career in Washington, John McCain has been throwing darts at the special spending system known as earmarking, through which powerful members of Congress can deliver federal cash for pet projects back home with little or no public scrutiny.

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Reported US attack pushes Afghanistan war into Pakistan

Seeded on Wed Sep 3, 2008 2:30 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

The war in Afghanistan spilled over into Pakistani territory for the first time today when heavily armed commandoes, believed to be US special forces, landed by helicopter and attacked three houses in a village close to a known Taliban and al-Qaida stronghold.

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