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  • July 2008

    • VP Picks Lieberman, Hagel: Disasters for Party Bases

      Politico  |  Jul 18, 08 4:07 PM CDT

      VP Picks Lieberman, Hagel: Disasters for Party Bases

      (Newser) - With talk that John McCain and Barack Obama could pick Joe Lieberman and Chuck Hagel, respectively, to round out their tickets, liberal and conservative stalwarts tell Politico the aisle-crossing VPs would likely wreak havoc with the parties’ bases. While each has broken with his party on Iraq, Lieberman is far too socially liberal for Republicans, Hagel too far right for Democrats. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • vice president  • Joe Lieberman  • Chuck Hagel  • NARAL  • Family Research Council  • NOW

    • Abortion Activists Split Over Obama Comment

      Politico  |  Jul 10, 08 3:07 PM CDT

      Abortion Activists Split Over Obama Comment

      (Newser) - A brief budge from a purely pro-choice position by Barack Obama last week drew a heavy round of responses from the reproductive-rights crowd, Politico notes. The blowback came after Obama said to a Christian magazine that health exceptions to a late-term abortion ban shouldn’t extend to women merely “feeling blue.” NOW’s president criticized Obama for playing into the "wingnut argument"—that women have abortions for frivolous reasons. More »

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      Barack Obama  • abortion  • flip flop  • reproductive rights  • NARAL  • NOW

  • May 2008

    • Pro-Choicers Feel Backlash for Backing Obama

      Politico  |  May 17, 08 1:50 PM CDT

      Pro-Choicers Feel Backlash for Backing Obama

      (Newser) - NARAL’s state affiliates are blasting the abortion-rights group’s decision to back Barack Obama, fearing the move could alienate donors loyal to Hillary Clinton. “It’s created a firestorm,” said the president of the group’s New York branch. “Everyone was mystified.” That includes Obama supporters, Politico reports. A Clinton ally said some of NARAL’s Obama backers thought the endorsement “ill-timed and ill-advised.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • endorsement  • abortion rights  • NARAL

    • NARAL Endorses Obama; Clinton Camp 'Surprised'

      Talking Points Memo  |  May 14, 08 3:46 PM CDT

      NARAL Endorses Obama; Clinton Camp 'Surprised'

      (Newser) - NARAL tapped Barack Obama today, an endorsement that a top Hillary Clinton aide called “surprising.” The abortion-rights group said Obama is the candidate “we believe will secure the Democratic nomination”—and said it hoped to start healing a rift between black voters and white female activists that the primary fight has opened, Talking Points Memo reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • endorsement  • abortion rights  • Edmund Hillary  • NARAL

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