Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | yesterday
Former '08 Democratic presidential contender Sen. Hillary Clinton kicked off a day of campaigning in Florida on behalf of her primary election foe, Sen. Barack Obama, with an appearance at the Sheet Metal Workers International Association annual conference at Disney...
DosCentavos.net (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
From the HCDP: Breaking News: Ret. Gen. Wesley Clark to Headline 2008 JRR Dinner IMPORTANT: DATE CHANGED TO OCTOBER 4, 2008 Retired Army General Wesley Clark, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe and former Democratic presidential contender, will be the featured guest and keynote speaker at the Harris County Democratic Party Johnson-Rayburn-Richards Dinner on its new date...
Cato-at-liberty (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
Back in a 1979 interview with Roger Mudd, Democratic presidential contender Ted Kennedy flubbed what looked like a softball question: “Senator, why do you want to be president'” Kennedy’s sputtering answer did real damage to his campaign. Senators Obama and McCain gave marginally more coherent answers than Kennedy when Rick Warren asked the same question at [...]
Gene Healy (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
Back in a 1979 interview with Roger Mudd, Democratic presidential contender Ted Kennedy flubbed what looked like a softball question: “Senator, why do you want to be president'” Kennedy’s sputtering answer did real damage to his campaign. Senators Obama and McCain gave marginally more coherent answers than Kennedy when Rick Warren asked the [...]
BlueOregon (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
... Smith declined to serve in the largely symbolic position of honorary co-chairman for Republican presidential candidate John McCain, despite the fact Smith has been a longtime supporter of McCain’s presidential bid. Earlier this summer, Smith announced he would not attend the Republican National Convention, and — most upsetting to local Republicans...
OTB News (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama enjoyed his last full day of vacation in his native Hawaii Thursday body surfing …
USA Today (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama enjoyed his last full day of vacation in his native Hawaii Thursday body surfing ...
I cite (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
Neither McCain, Clinton, or Obama attended the vote confirming Mukasey. This means that the Democratic presidential contenders did not oppose him. Their position on this was the same as the Republican candidate's. Notice as well that Mukasey emphasizes bipartisan support for unleashing the FBI. Something else intriguing: he says that the new rules remove 'unnecessary barriers.'...
Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
... They'll attend 2 days of convention festivities -- including a private meeting with the Democratic presidential contender before his Aug. 28 speech in Denver. The campaign says Shearer, who lives in The Villages, a mega-retirement complex north of Orlando, has been an active volunteer since February.
Time (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
John Edwards' political action committee paid his mistress $14,000 after she stopped working for it to obtain 100 hours of unused videotape she had shot for his unsuccessful presidential campaign
Libertyblog (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
Life just got more difficult for the Breck Girl: John Edwards’ political action committee paid his mistress $14,000 after she stopped working for it to obtain 100 hours of unused videotape she had shot for his unsuccessful presidential campaign, an...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
Edwards last week acknowledged he had an affair with Hunter in 2006. The former Democratic presidential contender and senator from North Carolina has denied any knowledge of those payments to Hunter from Fred Baron, Edwards' national finance chairman and a wealthy Dallas-based trial attorney. Baron also has described his payments to Hunter as a private transaction.
The Two Malcontents (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
WASHINGTON (AP) - John Edwards’ political action committee paid his mistress $14,000 after she stopped working for it to obtain 100 hours of unused videotape she had shot for his unsuccessful presidential campaign, an associate told The Associated Press on Thursday. The woman, Rielle Hunter, already had been paid $100,000 for the programs. The explanation - which [...]
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
... the pregnant woman.Edwards last week acknowledged he had an affair with Hunter in 2006. The former Democratic presidential contender and senator from North Carolina has denied any knowledge of those payments to Hunter from Fred Baron, Edwards' national finance chairman and a wealthy Dallas-based trial attorney. Baron also has described his payments to Hunter as a private transaction.But...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
Edwards last week acknowledged he had an affair with Hunter in 2006. The former Democratic presidential contender and senator from North Carolina has denied any knowledge of those payments to Hunter from Fred Baron, Edwards' national finance chairman and a wealthy Dallas-based trial attorney. Baron also has described his payments to Hunter as a private transaction.But the earlier,...
