Tag archive for ‘election 2008’
Obama draws 16,000 at Calder Plaza; McCain pulls out of Michigan
Just hours after Obama’s rally in Grand Rapids, the McCain campaign announced it was pulling out of Michigan in order to focus its efforts on more competitive battleground states such as Florida, Ohio and Wisconsin.
McCain shakes up race with Palin for VP
Sarah Palin, with less than two years experience as governor of Alaska, offers both political risk and opportunity for the McCain campaign.
Fireworks in Denver: Obama blasts McCain on national security
“We are the party of Roosevelt,” said Barack Obama in accepting the Democratic nomination for president. “We are the party of Kennedy. So don’t tell me that Democrats won’t defend this country. Don’t tell me that Democrats won’t keep us safe.”
And the Emmy for Most Outrageous Political Moment Yet of 2008 goes to…
John McCain says he doesn’t know how many houses he owns.
Low turnout, questionable numbers mark Michigan primaries
On the outside, it looked like a very good night for Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney.
On the inside, the reality of both candidates’ primary wins in Michigan yesterday is a bit more complex. Senator Clinton won with 55% – a healthy majority in the delicate game of politics, to be sure, and yet a [...]
The Saint endorses two presidential candidates
Perhaps we’ve come to expect too much. And yet, following the disastrous presidency of George W. Bush, we aren’t asking much. So, then, it follows that perhaps we’ve come to expect too little. But that surely cannot be the case – after all, we’re Americans. If any nation looks forward to pessimism, it’s us.
Pessimism aside, [...]
“It’s huge” — Record attendance as Iowa caucuses shake up campaigns
At Des Moines Precinct 9, poll workers summed it up in simple terms: “It’s huge.”
For the Des Moines workers and the thousands like them working tirelessly across the state of Iowa, tonight’s Iowa caucuses – particularly for the Democrats – were unprecedented in scale. With 93.5% of precincts reporting, the Iowa State Democratic Party said [...]
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