Lynn Sweet (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
WASHINGTON--Barack Obama finance chair Penny Pritzker sent out a talking points memo --sort of an Obama 101-- last week to the National Finance Committee, the high dollar best fund-raisers on the Obama team. Taking note: the memo makes clear people...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
It's possible to argue that Barack Obama's campaign isn't a lost cause in John McCain's home state of Arizona. Convincing anyone is another matter.
Media Blog (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
A nugget from Tuesday#39;s NY Times piece on the quot;extremely anemicquot; state of Obamas#39;s fundraising: Officials have also sketched out plans f... . . .
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
Obama campaign chief of staff Jim Messina has some tough words for John McCain while detailing the campaign’s strategy during a meeting with Iowa Democrats. Download | Play “Arizona: If McCain continues to be the schmuck he’s being, we’re gonna play there…tell some truth.” (HT: Radio Iowa)
New West Network Cities: Idaho Nort (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
From the Idaho Democratic Party blog, with permission. Thursday morning, the chief of Senator Barack Obama's staff, Jim Messina, gave the Idaho delegation insights on the candidate and the big night ahead. You heard it here first: twenty generals will line up for Obama tonight in a show of support for bringing the troops home and shoring up the army. "Barack writes his speeches himself. This one's...
Radio Iowa (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
You may have already read of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's chat with Iowans here or here. Other highlights of the morning meeting of Ioaw Democrats attending the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver included former Governor Tom Vilsack starting things...
Time (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Obama campaign chief of staff Jim Messina slams McCain in a meeting with Iowa Democrats. Speaking of McCain’s home state of Arizona, says: “If Senator McCain continues to be the schmuck he’s being, we’re going to play there, you know, and go tell some truth.” Developing...
High Country News -- Latest Issue (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
River restorationists tackle the Clark Fork River near Milltown, Mont., in a project that demonstrates how hard it is to revive a damaged waterway.
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
Thousands of people packed the annual Taste of Blue Ash this weekend for food, games and music. Singer Kenny Loggins rocked the festival Saturday night.
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
There's a major bonus that goes with tons of food at this weekend's Taste of Blue Ash: Three nights of rock 'n' roll nostalgia with Kenny Loggins, War and Eddie Money.
New West Network Cities: Idaho Nort (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
High Country News has a great Q&A between editor Ray Ring and Jim Messina, Barack Obama's chief of staff. Messina's a westerner who's worked for three Democratic members of Congress and in June moved to Chicago to become chief of staff for Obama's presidential campaign. He says, "'Why are Democrats doing so well in Montana?' It's because we are able to speak to all Montanans about issues that are important...
The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
A handful of U.S. states east of the Pacific Coast states are likely to emerge as the new battleground territories for the November election, ...
westcoastmusic (Free subscription) | 03/08/2008
Jim Messina has just re-released on CD 2 of his past albums newly available on CD Baby: "Oasis" (1979) "Watching The River Run Revisited" (1996 and 2008) on Jasperilla Music Corporation/Jim Messina. About the LP "Watching The River Run (Revisited)",...
New West Network Cities: Idaho Nort (Free subscription) | 14/07/2008
In a Saturday radio interview, Obama Chief of Staff Jim Messina told guest host Larry LaRocco that Sen. Barack Obama said to him, Jim, you should've seen Boise. Right there, I knew that something is happening out there. Messina told the story on Boise radio's 580 KIDO AM Idaho Saturday. U.S. Senate candidate LaRocco co-hosted the show, working as a journalist and announcer, in the 28th job in his Working...
4&20 blackbirds (Free subscription) | 17/06/2008
by Pete Talbot Jim Messina isn’t a native Missoulian but he spent many of his formative years in the Garden City. Messina, former chief of staff to Montana’s Sen. Max Baucus, has just accepted the chief of staff position for presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama. I first met Jim back in 1990. He was [...]
