Obama wins Guam caucuses by just 7 votes over Clinton Barack Obama defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton by seven votes in the Guam Democratic presidential caucuses Saturday. The count of more than 4,500 ballots took all night. Neither candidate campaigned in the U.S. island territory in person, but both did long-distance media interviews and bought campaign […]
Delay in ruling on endangered right whales criticized An attempt to protect the endangered right whale from being killed by commercial ships has languished for more than a year in part because Vice President Dick Cheney’s office and White House economists questioned the conclusions of marine scientists, according to internal documents. The documents were […]
In my last post, I included three recent quotes from the Republican/Neoconservative world. I’d like to revisit each of them for a moment. Maybe 100. We’ve been in South Korea, we’ve been in Japan for 60 years. We’ve been in South Korea for 50 years or so. That’d be fine with me as long as […]
In January, Senator John McCain’s responded to a questions about his reaction to President George Bush saying we might be in Iraq 50 years. McCain said: "Maybe 100. We’ve been in South Korea, we’ve been in Japan for 60 years. We’ve been in South Korea for 50 years or so. That’d be fine with me […]
Thousands of dockworkers protest Iraq war Yesterday, more than 25,000 dockworkers in 29 West Coast ports stayed off the job in order to protest the Iraq war, according to the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. “Longshore workers are standing down on the job and standing up for America,” Bob McEllrath, the union’s president, said in […]
Obamas try to change conversation Sen. Barack Obama sought Wednesday to regain control of his campaign narrative, as he and his wife reminded voters that the Illinois Democrat is the one running for office, not Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. A day after angrily breaking from his Chicago pastor, Obama pushed an economic message, talking about […]
EPA’s top Midwest regulator forced out Mary Gade, based in Chicago, says Bush administration made her quit over Dow Chemical case For the past year, Gade has been locked in a heated dispute with Dow about long-delayed plans to clean up dioxin-saturated soil and sediment that extends 50 miles beyond its Midland, Mich., plant into […]
DC Madam Found Dead in Florida Police were called to the home of DC Madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey’s mother on Thursday to investigate her apparent suicide. Police have confirmed that the dead person is Palfrey who was 52. Palfrey was dubbed "The DC Madam" by the national media after her arrest for allegedly running an […]
Obama’s Misplay By Robert D. Novak Thursday, May 1, 2008 "That is just terrible, absolutely dreadful," a prominent supporter of Barack Obama said Monday morning after listening to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s screed at the National Press Club. He proposed to me that the presidential candidate at long last must denounce his former pastor, unequivocally […]