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CNN Forced Obama to Send Early Text Message more similar news »
Sen. Barack Obama planned to name Sen. Joe Biden as his running mate by text message at 8 a.m. ET Saturday morning, but was forced to move up the announcement when CNN broke the story after midnight.
The message instead went out just after 3 a.m. ET.
Said senior Obama aide Robert Gibbs: "Had a certain network not blown our cover at a certain time the text message would have gone out in the morning, 8 a.m. Eastern. We told people they would find out from us. When we decided it was going to get out we decided to send the text out."
Mon Aug 25, 2008 more from this source»»
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Mason-Dixon: Western States Remain Battleground more similar news »
Mason Dixon released new polls from various Western states:
Nevada: McCain 46%, Obama 39%
New Mexico: McCain 45%, Obama 41%
Arizona: McCain 47%, Obama 41%
Colorado: Obama 46%, McCain 43%
Wyoming: McCain 62%, Obama 25%
Utah: McCain 62%, Obama 23%
These polls show very good news for Obama in Colorado and Arizona; and for McCain in Nevada and New Mexico.
Sun Aug 24, 2008 more from this source»»
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The Third Time more similar news »
Walter Shapiro: "The Democrats' last two vice-presidential picks, Joe Lieberman and John
Edwards, have not -- to put it gently -- aged well politically. But
Barack Obama's selection of Joe Biden may prove that the third time in
this decade is the charm."
Sun Aug 24, 2008 more from this source»»
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Convention Week Agenda more similar news »
The following guest post is from Dan Conley, a former speechwriter for Virginia Gov. Doug Wilder and Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley.
Here are the things the Democrats need to get done this week:
Sell the Middle Class Tax Cut. John McCain doesn't offer one, Barack Obama does. McCain is running ad after ad saying Obama will raise taxes -- it's a lie. For the bottom 97 percent of American taxpayers, Barack Obama will cut your taxes and John McCain won't.
Pound the economic elitism storyline. McCain gift wrapped an issue for Democrats this week by not knowing how many homes he owns. He's out of touch. He thinks people who make $4 million a year are middle class. He thinks the Bush economic approach is working.
Turnaround the celebrity/cult issue. There's a real political cult stalking America, but not the one you think. The real cult is one of warrior pencil-necked geeks ... a political Fight Club for all the boys who got beat up in high school. They hold the corner offices in think tanks and dominate the op-ed pages of big city newspapers. They walk in John McCain's shadow and throw around pro wrestling words like "smackdown," thinking that the U.S. military can restore their manhood. And yes, some of them are U.S. Senators, most notably McCain's fey sidekicks Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman ...
Destroy Joe Lieberman. The Dems made a huge mistake in 2004 by not bloodying up Zell Miller in Boston before he could attack them in New York. This time, Lieberman must be annihilated. I'd use Jim Webb or Wesley Clark to twist the knife into him.
Get real. No need for flash or showbiz. No need for soaring rhetoric. America knows we can do that, they expect it. Talk about where we are, how we got there and exactly how we'll get out. Bob the Builder chants aren't enough ... turn the convention into Extreme Makeover, America Edition.
Sun Aug 24, 2008 more from this source»»
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Biden's Seat Not At Risk more similar news »
James Pindell notes Sen. Barack Obama's selection of Sen. Joe Biden to be his
running mate "should not have a major impact on control of the U.S.
Senate."
"Biden, who is up for re-election this year, faces
nominal competition from television pundit Christine O' Donnell. A spokeswoman for Delaware's Board of Elections said this week that
Biden can run concurrently for both the Senate and vice president, just
like Joe Lieberman did in 2000."
Furthermore, it is unlikely that Democrats "will lose control of
Biden's seat in the Senate if he and Barack Obama take the White House."
CQ rates the seat Safe Democrat.
Sun Aug 24, 2008 more from this source»»
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PPP Poll: Obama Retains Edge in Virgina more similar news »
A new Public Policy Polling survey in Virginia finds Sen. Barack Obama leading Sen. John McCain by two points, 47% to 45%.
Key findings: "Obama has held a two point lead in all three of PPP's Virginia
polls. He's not having as much of a problem here as he is in some other
states with nailing down the Democratic vote- an 84-12 lead with voters
in his own party is not too dissimilar from John McCain's 89-7.
Independents are basically split with Obama leading 41-39."
Sun Aug 24, 2008 more from this source»»
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Obama Plans Massive Text Message Blast more similar news »
"Democratic leaders plan to use Barack Obama 's acceptance speech Thursday evening as the spearhead of a high-tech effort to reach out simultaneously to millions of voters," CQ Politics reports.
"The planned effort -- which will include asking all 75,000 or so people in the audience to text message or cell phone friends across the country -- represents the latest twist in the Obama campaign's unprecedented use of communications technology."
Sun Aug 24, 2008 more from this source»»
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Quinniapiac Poll: Colorado Remains Very Tight more similar news »
A new Quinnipiac poll in Colorado shows Sen. John McCain just edging Sen. Barack Obama, 47% to 46%.
Said pollster Peter Brown: "Colorado is one of the most important battleground states that will decide the
presidency as Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama slug it out nose to nose. If the national
election is close in November, a handful of votes in Colorado will be decisive. Right now,
independent voters are split with 46 percent for Sen. McCain and 44 percent for Sen. Obama."
Sun Aug 24, 2008 more from this source»»
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