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In Poll, More Blame GOP, Bush for Bailout Failure

90% worry economy will suffer more

Sep 30, 08 12:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - A poll shows that 44% of Americans blame Republicans and 21% Democrats for the failed bailout, though a majority thought the plan didn't go far enough to protect the public, reports the Washington Post. Respondents were split on the bill: 45% were for it, 47% against it. Still, almost... More »

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Democrats • Republican • poll • bailout • economy • George W. Bush • financial crisis

OPINION

Forget Arugula: Dems Should Hit GOP on Fiscal Crisis

But they should ignore the arugula and hammer on GOP moves that created this mess

Sep 17, 08 2:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Put aside the arugula and forget "priggish" counter-attacks on Sarah Palin, Thomas Frank advises Democrats. The way to win the culture war being waged by Republicans is to point out what GOP dominance over the last quarter century has done: removed fiscal safeguards and brought us "to the... More »

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Democrats • Republican • financial markets • labor unions • subprime crisis • deregulation • culture wars • financial crisis

OPINION

 Our Economic Cure? Innovation 

Innovation, and making it more efficient, can turn gray skies blue

Sep 14, 08 1:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats and Republicans do have something in common: Both parties are wrong on how to resuscitate the flat-lining US economy, Michael Mandel argues in BusinessWeek. Tax cuts or increased government spending aren’t the cure. “Innovation is the best—and maybe the only—way the US can get out... More »

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China • Democrats • Republican • India • trade • biotechnology • innovation • economist • nanotechnology • US productivity • tax cuts • research and development • information technology • foreign oil

OPINION

Palin Attacks Have Damaged Dems, but It's Not Over

And Obama can't make the media look dumb on this one, or it'll get really bad

Sep 12, 08 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - The only way to contain the new power that is Sarah Palin (the power conferred by Democratic attacks) is to start ignoring her and return to the basics, Peggy Noonan advises in the Wall Street Journal. To overcome the "catastrophe" of the last two weeks, Barack Obama needs to... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Joe Biden • Democrats • Republican • Peggy Noonan • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

 Paul Undorses McCain, Obama 

Texan calls for strong third-party protest vote

Sep 10, 08 4:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ron Paul wants you to vote for a third-party candidate, CNN reports. The failed Republican presidential wannabe doesn’t particularly care whether you back Ralph Nader, Bob Barr, Cynthia McKinney, or Chuck Baldwin—all of whom are declared candidates—but he had no kind words for John McCain or Barack... More »

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Palin 'Exactly Who I Need'
to Remake Washington: Mac

Alaska governor 'honored,' aims appeal at women displeased with Democrats

Aug 29, 08 12:59 PM CDT
(AP) - John McCain described Sarah Palin, his choice for vice presidential running mate, as "exactly who I need. She's exactly who this country needs to help us fight the same old Washington politics of me first and country second." McCain and Palin appeared together in Ohio on their way... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Democrats • prisoner of war • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Republican National Convention

(Newser) - Barack Obama made the most of his historic night at Denver's packed Invesco Field with a broad-based attack on the "broken politics of Washington and the failed policies of George W. Bush," Reuters reports. "We are here because we love this country too much to let the... More »

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(Newser) - Al Gore set the stage for Barack Obama's historic address later tonight with an appeal to keep John McCain from continuing the legacy of President Bush, particularly on climate change, CNN reports. "I believe in recycling, but that's ridiculous," said Gore. He said the oil industry has a... More »

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 Dems Plan to Crash GOP Convention, Too

Campaign lays out anti-RNC programs

Aug 28, 08 2:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - All's fair in the war between conventions, and the Democrats are readying their spoiling machine ahead of the GOP gathering next week, the Swamp reports. An Obama campaign operative’s email lays out the attack Dems will launch from their war room literally across the street from the RNC:
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John McCain • Democrats • presidential campaign • RNC • GOP • campaign • St. Paul • McCain 2008 • Republican National Convention

 Biden: McCain
 'Doesn't Get It'


Aug 27, 08 10:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Joe Biden accepted his party's nomination to be vice president tonight, then took to the podium to pound the theme that John McCain will offer nothing more than a third Bush term, CNN reports. "John McCain doesn't seem to get it," said Biden, stressing his own humble roots... More »

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(Newser) - Bill Clinton tonight delivered a forceful endorsement of Barack Obama, saying that the newly anointed nominee is ready and able to undo the damage of the Bush administration. "Barack Obama is the man for this job," said Clinton, who had feuded with his wife's rival throughout the primaries.... More »

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(Newser) - Barack Obama today became the first black candidate to earn the presidential nomination of a major party. His main rival, Hillary Clinton, got him there with a flourish by personally suspending the official roll call and asking that he be nominated by acclamation. She said she did so "in... More »

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Clinton Releases Delegates
as Obama's Moment Nears

They're free to vote as they please, Sen. says

Aug 27, 08 5:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton formally released her delegates today to allow them to vote for Barack Obama as the Democratic nominee, CNN reports. The expected move cleared the way for this evening's nomination of Barack Obama. Before the official roll call began, the names of both Clinton and Obama were formally nominated.... More »

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McCain Cleverly Made Race Factor: Emanuel

Campaign prevented backlash by panning Obama comment

Aug 27, 08 4:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain’s campaign managed to slip the issue of race into the presidential election, Democratic heavyweight Rahm Emanuel said today. “They got it through customs," Emanuel said at a Politico-hosted roundtable, characterizing the Republicans’ tactic of injecting race with reaction to a perceived offense by Barack Obama.... More »

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Opinion

Things to Do in Denver
When You're Dems: Hate

Clinton camp's back-handed Obama-bashing, second-guessing mark jittery DNC

Aug 27, 08 12:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - A former John McCain strategist described the odd mood in Denver perfectly, Maureen Dowd writes in the New York Times: “Submerged hate.” That would explain the uneasy proceedings, which have been marked more by Clintonian drama than anything else. At a recent new conference, Dowd observes, “Hillary... More »

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 Hillary: 'Time Is Now to Unite'


Aug 26, 08 10:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton delivered her long-awaited address tonight to the Democratic convention and drove home the point quickly and repeatedly: The party must unite and elect Barack Obama. Clinton, after a lengthy standing ovation, said she hasn't worked for the past 35 years on health care and women's rights only to... More »

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 Warner: McCain 'Stuck in Past'


Aug 26, 08 9:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner made an emphatic case for Barack Obama and framed the coming race in his keynote address tonight, asserting that the race is not between Democrat and Republican, but between the future and the past, MSNBC reports. And John McCain, he said, is "stuck in... More »

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 Kennedy: 'Dream Lives On'


Aug 25, 08 9:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Kennedy, vowing that "nothing is going to keep me away," made an impassioned plea for Barack Obama tonight at the Democratic convention, MSNBC reports. Kennedy, who's battling brain cancer, declared it a "season of hope" and said the nation needs Obama's lofty ambitions. "When John... More »

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GOP Losing
Its Hold on Evangelicals

One reason: Popularity of overseas missions to see poverty up close

Aug 22, 08 4:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Republicans can no longer bank on the evangelical vote. Most still tilt toward the GOP, but the Wall Street Journal reports that a sizable number—40% by one estimate—are open to voting Democrat. Reasons vary, but one factor in particular seems to be paramount: overseas missions. More evangelicals are... More »

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Democrats • Republican • evangelicals • Election 2008

Early Voting Law May
Help Obama in Ohio

One-step voting window could boost youth turnout

Aug 13, 08 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Ohio voting law that allows residents to register and vote simultaneously one month before the election may benefit Barack Obama, the AP reports. With one-stop voting available on college campuses Sept. 30 to Oct. 6, thousands could be added to the voter rolls—and Obama leads McCain 2-to-1 among... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrats • Ohio • voting • youth • Barack Obama supporters • voting process • young voters • voter registration

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