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Archive for June 2008

June 30th, 2008

The McCains’ Tax Mistake

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This week’s issue of Newsweek has a heck of a story: The McCains forgot to pay their taxes for the past four years on one of their seven homes.
For the past four years, San Diego County officials have been mailing regular notices that the La […]

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June 28th, 2008

The Obamas and top aides contribute to Clinton campaign.

Barack and Michelle Obama (as well as other top aides of the Obama Campaign) have made maximum individual contributions to Hillary Clinton’s campaign. 
The amount on the check(s)? $2,300 - which is the maximum allowable contribution.
Obviously this doesn’t seem like much considering Clinton’s $22 million debt - but, symbolically it could be a boost […]

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June 27th, 2008

Supreme Court Overturns Millionaires’ Amendment

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The Supreme Court has been busy this week. One of the decisions they released was an overturn of the ‘Millionaires’ Amendment’ — a piece of campaign legislation law stating that the opponents of candidates self-financing their runs can accept more donations.
Jack Davis, a 2006 congressional candidate in New York, brought […]

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June 26th, 2008

Supreme Court strikes down DC gun law.

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In a 5-4 decision, the US Supreme Court ruled today to negate the long standing gun ban in Washington, DC. The Justices split down the Conservative / Liberal line.
This is the first time in the history of the Supreme Court that it has affirmed an individual’s right to bear arms, […]

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June 26th, 2008

Obama meets with Industry Leaders

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Continuing his focus on the nation’s economy, Barack Obama, on Wednesday, met with executives from some of the countries largest companies. The closed meeting, held in Chicago, was attended by representatives from firms such as J.P. Morgan, Ford, and Boeing.
There was no official agenda released by Obama’s campaign, […]

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June 25th, 2008

Energy: The Deciding Issue?

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Energy is shaping up to be the deciding issue for the 2008 presidential election. Even John McCain knows it: on Monday he announced that, as President, he would institute a $300 million prize for a more efficient car battery for hybrid and […]

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June 24th, 2008

Dodd and Feingold promise Filibuster

Ah, a filibuster, one of the most interesting, powerful and misunderstood tools of the Senate, is being considered by Senators Chris Dodd (D - CT) and Russ Feingold (D - WI) in response to the reformed Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.  
They issued the following statement:  
This is a deeply flawed bill, which does nothing more than […]

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June 23rd, 2008

Obama’s First General Election Ad

Barack Obama’s first ad for the general election has begun airing in 18 states. It’s a short ad, approximately 1 minute long, but it feels fairly effective. Take a look and tell us what your opinion is.

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June 23rd, 2008

New Beginnings With A Challenging Economy

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Graduation season is rapidly passing by, marking a transition for many students that is not so different from the transition national politics has undergone so recently. Barack Obama has graduated to the big leagues — the general election — where John McCain has […]

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June 20th, 2008

And so ends the Blog Off - but not the work of Edward M Kennedy.

Today, Senator Kennedy has served a the “theme” for our blog off - he is, obviously, a real person and not an idea - but the story of his life and work really is a theme that we can all learn from.  Edward Kennedy was, by his own admission, born into an affluent family - he […]

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