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Gallup Tracker: Obama By 6
... percentage point lead is among the largest he has held over McCain to date. Tuesday's Gallup Poll Daily tracking report will be the first in which all interviews were conducted since Obama began his trip abroad. By Big Tent Democrat.
McCain Attacks Obama For Lack Of Military Experience
John McCain is not an incompetent on foreign policy because he served in the military. But he is not competent because he did serve in the military. By Big Tent Democrat, speaking for me only.
Monday Open Thread
Your turn. Keep it civil.
NR's Strategy For McCain: Make It A Brawl
The truth in the claim is that since the public would rather have a Democratic president, the race will turn largely on whether Obama is an acceptable one. It follows that McCain's main task is to make him unacceptable to voters — and ...
A Netroots Crossroads?
"According to the storyline that drives many advocacy groups and Democratic activists -- a storyline often reflected in comments on this blog -- we are up against a sharply partisan, radically conservative, take-no-prisoners Republican ...
Santa Barbara Anti-American Protest
Scum of the highest order gathered that day. These people make me sick. Allahpundit got it all wrong, if this happens once, ever, its once too often. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zja97pocN8U H/T's to DPU, HA, WW Trackposted to The Virtuous Republic, Perri Nelson's Website, Rosemary's Thoughts, The ...
Obama Campaign Censors Illegal Lottery Allegations
Summer Break
TAC is on vacation for a fortnight. Check your newsstands, mailboxes, and bookstores in the coming week for our summer issue, which features (among much else) Leon Hadar on the failure of nation-building in Iraq; "Southern Avenger" Jack Hunter on Senate contender Bob Conley, a Ron Paul Democrat in S ...
Sweeping Generalizations
Why can't we be known for what we're FOR instead of what we're against? Case in point: I read an article the other day about a billboard in Central Florida. It features a picture of the world trade cen ter in flames with this slogan strung across it: "Please Don't Vote Democrat." As if to say that de ...
Close race in New Hampshire as McCain prepares to campaign there
Democrat Barack Obama has a slim 46 to 43 percent lead over Republican John McCain in New Hampshire, the latest Granite State poll found Monday. The survey, conducted between July 11 and 20, found New Hamsphire very much still a swing state. Just 51 percent of its voters say they have definitely mad ...
So, hurry up and die, already!
The NAACP Has Trouble Drumming Up Support For South Carolina Boycott
South Carolina's dogged persistence in holding onto the Confederate Flag has long been a point of contention and a pet cause of the NAACP. At the organization's convention last week, leaders announced plans to launch a renewed effort to get South Carolina officials, who moved the flag from its perch ...
Teen tries GPS defense to fight speeding ticket
Teen tries GPS defense to fight speeding ticket By L.A. CARTER THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Published: Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 5:17 a.m. What started out as a simple disputed speeding ticket has blossomed into a full-scale trial in Sonoma County Superior ...
Obama And White Voters
In fact, the only Democratic presidential candidates in the past four decades who have done better among white voters were Jimmy Carter in 1976 and Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996. Not coincidentally, they were also the only successful ...
i don't want to make money, i just want to be wonderful
I. I walk into the store and he, dressed head to toe in black and looking more put together than ever, shrieks: "Marc Jacobs, is that you in the flesh?" He touches my shoulders delicately and gives me the obligatory kisses to the cheek. To my eyebrow-raised mother, I explain, since the first day we ...
Leading Anti-War Democrat Admits He Was Wrong On Iraq
And then in early 2007 came the surge, which so many of us in the antiwar left of the Democratic Party predicted would be a failure, throwing good men and women and billions of dollars after futility. We were wrong. ...
Yahoo settles with Icahn to avert August showdown (AP via Yahoo! News)
Yahoo Inc. avert ed a showdown with rabble-rousing investor Carl Icahn on Monday by giving him three seats on its board of directors in a truce that still leaves the door open for a possible sale to Microsoft Corp.
Salmonella found on pepper; FDA strengthens warning - CNN
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Another Blow For Merck And Schering - Forbes
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US embassies ordered to limit aid to Obama, McCain - Reuters
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Giants Create Hole With Shockey Trade - New York Times
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Yahoo makes deal with Icahn on board seats (AFP via Yahoo! News)
On the eve of a Tuesday release of its latest earning figures Yahoo struck a truce with corporate raider Carl Icahn, ending his fight to oust the struggling Internet pioneer's board.
AOL May Become Object Of Microsoft, Yahoo, Google's Desires - CNNMoney.com
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Democrat?
"I'm gonna go to explain why I, as an Independent Democrat, am supporting John McCain, hoping I can convince other Independents and Democrats to join me in choosing the man who is clearly more ready to be the president America needs." ...
J&J's Epilepsy Drug Topamax Raised Birth Defect Risk in Study - Bloomberg
Yahoo Gives Icahn 3 Director Slots, Dividing Board (Update2) - Bloomberg
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sick truckers causing fatal wrecks - MSNBC
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Summary box: Yahoo's truce with Icahn (AP via Yahoo! News)
PEACE PLAN: After two months of sniping at each other, Yahoo Inc.'s leadership and activist investor Carl Icahn negotiated a cease-fire that will give Icahn three seats on Yahoo's board, which will expand to 11 directors from the current nine .
Savage Stands by Autism Remarks - New York Times
McCain opinion article rejected by New York Times - Reuters
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Rice says Iran not serious at weekend nuke talks - The Associated Press
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Microsoft promises data corruption fix in final Home Server Power Pack - BetaNews
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Zimbabwe rivals draw line with pact signing - AFP
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Film critics Ebert, Roeper leaving their TV show - Reuters
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McCain, Obama to share stage - CNN Political Ticker
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McCain: Obama All Wrong on the War - New York Times
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PGA wants Greg Norman for Oakland Hills - Detroit Free Press
Ousted AOL chief Miller could guide Yahoo strategy (AP via Yahoo! News)
Given that he was ousted from the top job at a struggling AOL, Jonathan F. Miller might not seem a natural candidate to advise its Internet rival Yahoo Inc. But Miller was instrumental in transforming AOL into an advertising company, giving him expertise in a field Yahoo must master.
Are you a Democrat who will be voting against Obama in this...
No, I'm a Republican who will be voting again (Submitted by: hugs)
Guardian: Make it Happen "a shift towards liberal traditions and...
There's an interesting and pretty perceptive editorial in today's Guardian taking a thoughtful look at the Lib Dems' Make it Happen policy proposal
Jay Leno: His next move? - Entertainment Weekly
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Court Throws Out Super Bowl Indecency Fine - New York Times
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US elections: Iraqi government backs Obama's troop withdrawal plan - guardian.co.uk
DAVIS: Confessions of an anti-Iraq War Democrat
I remember the exact moment I had my first serious doubts about whether I was 100 percent right that the U.S. pre-emptive invasio n of Iraq and the
Icahn and allies get 3 Yahoo board seats (International Herald Tribune)
The agreement ends an acrimonious battle in which the two sides traded sharp accusations after the collapse of merger talks between Yahoo and Microsoft.
Wall Street Takes Stock of Yahoo's Detente (New York Times)
Analysts and investors on Monday tried to gauge what Yahoo 's truce with Carl Icahn meant for the fate of the Web company. Some said the odds of a sale to Microsoft had decreased, but others argued that the settlement may have merely delayed a Yahoo sale.
McCanns vow to continue searching - BBC News
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Facebook Sues 'Copycat' German Social Networking Site - InformationWeek
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Yahoo and Icahn settle, Microsoft deal seen adrift (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Yahoo Inc will appoint activist investor Carl Icahn and two of his nominees to its board, defusing a proxy battle showdown and making an immediate deal with Microsoft Corp less likely.
State Dept. Talks With Iran, N. Korea Look Like Obama Policy - ABC News
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Wrenching 911 tape played in sleepover slayings - CNN
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Watford update: Ian Oakley resigns as Conservative councillor :...
Latest news I hear is that following his resignation as Conservative candidate for Watford, Ian Oakley has now also resigned from the Conservative
Lanny Davis: Confessions of an Anti-Iraq War Democrat: Memories of a...
I remember the exact moment I had my first serious doubts about whether I was 100 percent right that the U.S. preemptive invasion of Iraq and the
It's Not a Game Console, It'sa Community - New York Times
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What is a Democrat
If you try to trace the origins of the Democratic Party then you can trace it back to the Democratic-Republican Party.
Bush Addresses Olympics in Beijing - Washington Post
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Confessions of an anti-Iraq War Democrat
Democrat?!? He must be up to something. Ah. He's a Clitonite trying to hurt Obama. But heh, the truth is the truth and it's nice to see a...
Richmond Democrat: Key McCain campaign adviser linked to Bush...
John McCain's foreign policy advisor Randy Scheunemann has been linked to the expanding influence peddling scandal linked to fundraising for the
Yahoo, Icahn Reach Deal on Board (Washington Post)
Yahoo Inc. announced today that it has agreed to give up three seats on its board to billionaire investor Carl Icahn, in a pact intended to head off a high stakes battle for control of the giant Internet company.
Leading Anti-War Democrat Admits He Was Wrong On Iraq
Lanny Davis is no GOP right winger, in fact he has been a voice of doubt on the Iraq War from the beginning.
Yahoo's Stock Falls as Deal Hopes Dim (New York Times)
Is Yahoo 's Microsoft premium evaporating? Shares of Yahoo were down about 2.4 percent Monday after the Web portal announced a settlement with Carl Icahn that would end a bruising proxy fight.
A Truce for Yahoo, but the War May Not Be Over (New York Times)
Carl C. Icahn backed down over the weekend and worked out an agreement with Yahoo to join Yahoo's board, along with two more people on his slate, which had been set to go to shareholders for a vote on Friday.
You aren't gonna kiss me are you ? I'm Democrat, not gay John
You aren't gonna kiss me are you ? I'm Democrat, not gay John (John McCain & Barack Obama) picture: dunno source, via our lol builder.
Pentecostal minister plays key role in Democrat election strategy.
what Daughtry and a growing number of Democrats of faith are setting out to do: hold together and grow their party by claiming ground on religion and values that Republicans have successfully mined for years. The presumptive Democratic...
N & O Roundup (20 July 2008) Obamallah Was Right All Along(?) Edition
... The Pink Flamingo, Gulf Coast Hurricane Tracker, , Dumb Ox Daily News, and Right Voices, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe. [Digg] [Facebook] [Reddit] [StumbleUpon] [Technorati] More ». ©2008 Democrat=Socialist. All Rights Reserved. ...
