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lieberman, obama
Obama backs Lieberman into a wall on Senate floor
06.04.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Obama backs Lieberman into a wall on Senate floorI heard Obama throws elbows in basketball games, but doing it on the Senate floor is awesome. Furthermore, during a Senate vote Wednesday, Obama dragged Lieberman by the hand to a far corner of the Senate chamber and engaged in what appeared to reporters in the gallery as an intense, three-minute conversation. While it was […]
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atlanta, eggs, mlk, obama, oppression
The yolk of oppression
01.20.08 | Permalink | 10 CommentsThis adds a completely new dimension to the Civil Rights era: Speaking at the church where Martin Luther King Jr. launched the civil rights movement, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Sunday called for unity to overcome America’s “moral deficit.” In a visit steeped in symbolism — coming a day before the King holiday — […]
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huckabee, iowa, obama
Obama doubles Huckabee’s votes in Iowa
01.04.08 | Permalink | 2 CommentsThe Democrats had a phenomenal turnout in the Iowa caucuses last night, getting some 236,00 through the turnstiles, double last time’s turnout. The real news of the night though is that the Republican winner placed fourth overall. If you take the number of Democratic voters and run them through the percentage of delegates won reported […]
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bill bybels, evangelicals, guiliani, james dobson, obama, religious right
The evangelical crackup
10.28.07 | Permalink | 2 CommentsThe NYT Magazine has a great article on what looks to be a split in the evangelical base between old guard propagandists like Focus on the Family’s James Dobson and younger, moderate evangelicals like Bill Hybels, pastor of the Willow Creek megachurch movement. With Dobson and his crew already threatening to leave the GOP if […]
