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  • Bill Moyers and Michael Winship: Mother's milk of politics turns sour 23 Jul 2008 22:54 GMT
    ... Guess who gave the most money to candidates in this 2007-08 federal election cycle? That's right, the financial services and ... names have spent nearly $200 million on campaign contributions and lobbying. According to Lerer, “They've ...

  • Fuel costs will rise under any future president, experts say 23 Jul 2008 22:52 GMT
    ... Recent Obama campaign appearance at the annual conference of the National ... as readily visible, experts say. While the candidates’ policies are distinct, several energy policy experts ...

  • Commentary: Obama would best aid manufacturing 23 Jul 2008 21:32 GMT
    ... In January of 2001, George Bush took office as ... have a chance to vote for a candidate who will make history in more ways ... more ways than one: If elected, Barack Obama will be the first president ever with ...

  • Full Speed Against the Brick Wall 23 Jul 2008 13:31 GMT
    ... by Tomasz Konicz Wednesday Jul 23rd, 2008 5:23 AM ... more water on the mills of the campaign of the Republican presidential candidate John McCain who wants to drill now ...

  • An Inconvenient Perception: Voters Say Gore Plan Unrealistic, Costly 23 Jul 2008 12:35 GMT
    ... Democrats supportive of their unsuccessful 2000 presidential candidate and Republicans skeptical of him. Unaffiliated voters ... that In terms of the upcoming presidential election, the new survey finds that 69% of ... of potential voters for Democratic candidate Barack Obama agree with Gore’s views on energy and ...

  • Minority Journalists Converge on Chicago for UNITY Convention; Obama Set to Speak Sunday 23 Jul 2008 09:30 GMT
    ... In April, the American Society of Newspaper Editors reported ... Sunday by presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, a plenary session with Senegalese President Abdoulaye ... and other commitments made by the McCain campaign. Obama has agreed to appear on Sunday, ...

  • McCain Veepstakes: Gov. Charlie Crist 23 Jul 2008 07:32 GMT
    ... Concluding an interview with Charlie Crist on July ... short lists of press guesses about whom McCain will choose to run with him. Along ... delivering a primary state to a presidential candidate. “If Gov. Crist in Florida had endorsed ...

  • Obama, the optimist on trade 23 Jul 2008 07:16 GMT
    ... press has portrayed the 2008 US presidential election as a choice between freer trader John ... freer trader John McCain and “protectionist” Barack Obama. That traditional paradigm has helped the media ... these labels do not accurately describe either candidate. And it does not fully portray the ...

  • - Gore pitches 10-year shift to clean energy 23 Jul 2008 07:15 GMT
    ... shift to clean energy Former VP praises Obama, McCain on climate issue, sees huge opportunity ... commitments to goals well beyond the next election, citing the Marshall plan for rebuilding Europe, ... combating global warming his signature issue, a campaign that has been recognized worldwide — from ...

  • Obama trip coverage inappropriate 23 Jul 2008 07:13 GMT
    ... major networks choose to treat Sen. Barack Obama as if he has already been elected ... I no longer consider him a political candidate, but rather a TV personality, such as ... renaming of our premier sewage treatment plant ("Election waste," July 22). In a world full ...

  • Crist back from Europe as Florida needs ideas 23 Jul 2008 06:32 GMT
    ... course, this probably won't happen before the election. New economic reports last week showed that ... non-tax-cutting governors. In some ways, notably on environmental policy, Gov. Crist has separated himself from ... on the governor's Web site. Even John McCain might be impressed. ...

  • Shut Up and Produce Some Oil 23 Jul 2008 05:50 GMT
    ... Liberals are flailing about looking for some political ... plants. The energy policy statement on Barack Obama's website says, "Obama believes that the imperative ... So here we have a leading Presidential candidate who thinks truth and justice requires a ...

  • Nuclear Power's Dirty Secrets 23 Jul 2008 04:54 GMT
    ... The collapse of part of the Wilkins Ice Sheet ... interests, including the Bush Administration and presidential candidate John McCain, think nuclear should be promoted to help ...

  • Oregon Trail 23 Jul 2008 04:54 GMT
    ... Oregon Senate candidate Jeff Merkley was in Austin for Netroots ... he's put at the top of his campaign agenda. His plans include calling for a ... the first time so far in the election, 43 percent to 41 percent. Grist had ...

  • Dad's ÔTear down that wall' quote should extend to energy 23 Jul 2008 04:46 GMT
    ... Democrats off Capitol Hill in the November elections. The American people are enraged over the ... tragedy. And this is criminal. If John McCain and the rest of his party's spokesmen ... a Democrat member of Congress or presidential candidate. Shout the battle cry to the Heavens: ...

  • Perriello v. Goode: Virginia's Fifth Congressional District 23 Jul 2008 03:55 GMT
    ... interviewed Perriello for an hour on his campaign platform. You can listen to the interview ... recently blogged that Goode was focusing his reelection campaign on hatred for immigrants. Goode replied ... positions can be discerned from the two candidates' websites. ECONOMY Goode: "I have supported and ...

  • Al Gore: Sound pick for the environment 23 Jul 2008 01:31 GMT
    ... Last updated July 22, 2008 5:11 p.m. PT Al ... bureaucracy, but it is obvious who Barack Obama or John McCain should make either energy ... overwhelming support from environmentalists, but the Obama campaign was mum this week on a USA ...

  • There's still hope - despite our milquetoast* leaders 23 Jul 2008 00:55 GMT
    ... There's still hope — despite our milquetoast* leaders In ... on energy policies. Both the U.S. presidential candidates — John McCain and Barak Obama — know that Americans want to break ...

  • U.S. Government No Longer Values Citizenship: everyone here illegally enjoys financial support! 23 Jul 2008 00:14 GMT
    ... cash inflow besides oil. U.S. Senator Barack Obama last week called our own federal immigration ... for a U.S. citizen, to vote in elections, must contend with illegal aliens usurping our ... our politicians foment the problems that they campaign to solve. They never solve them; thus ...

  • Pessimism: I'll Drink to That! 22 Jul 2008 23:55 GMT
    ... Have you traded in Newsweek for UsWeekly yet? Stopped watching ... hindsight, is it any wonder that Barack Obama has beaten a heavily favored opponent in ... be our next President ...based on a campaign calling for hope? ...

  • Heller: Conservation, more drilling key to gas price crunch 22 Jul 2008 23:55 GMT
    ... “Renewable energy is critical in the future. I ... the party’s presumed presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain. Democrats counter that drilling in the environmentally ... should be drilling.” The House Democrats’ national campaign arm criticized the Republican trip as a ...

  • McCain's New Commercial Should Drive Voters to Obama 22 Jul 2008 23:30 GMT
    ... Have you seen John McCain's latest commercial? I'll describe ... more energy. Vote for it. McCain." In campaign ads, it is normal for politicians to ... to massage the facts to portray a candidate in the most flattering light possible. But ...

  • Renewing the Push for Geothermal Energy 22 Jul 2008 22:31 GMT
    ... In an energy speech last week in Washington, former Vice ... Barack Obama rarely mention geothermal energy when campaigning--except, perhaps, when visiting Nevada. But when it ... energy in Washington could offer the two candidates some insights about how to proceed. Today, ...

  • Legendary US oil man turns to wind power - Feature 22 Jul 2008 21:16 GMT
    ... prices to record highs and US presidential candidates from left and right slamming the country's ... over the course of the 2008 presidential campaign, using 58 million dollars of his own ... energy independence to become the top 2008 election issue, and has already released a series ...

  • Both sides: Three Mile Island, Chernobyl illustrate flaws 22 Jul 2008 20:50 GMT
    ... The nuclear disaster at the Soviet Union's Chernobyl nuclear ... administration, has not stopped GOP presumptive presidential candidate John McCain from waving the nuclear flag. In 2004, ...


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