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Obama Backers Tied to Lobbies Raise Millions
WASHINGTON -- Despite a pledge not to take money from lobbyists, President Obama has relied on prominent supporters who are active in the lobbying industry to raise millions of dollars for his re-election bid. At least 15 of Mr. Obamas bundlers -- supporters who contribute their own money to his campaign and solicit it from others -- are - Pres Obama, despite a pledge not to take money from lobbyists, is relying on fund-raisers who are active lobbyists to raise millions of dollars for his re-election bid; at least 15 of Obamas bundlers, supporters who contribute their own money and solicit it from others, are involved in lobbying for Washington consulting shops or private companies; because bundlers are not registered as lobbyists with the Senate, Obama campaign has avoided running afoul of its self-imposed ban on taking money from lobbyists. Chart, Photos (M) - By ERIC LICHTBLAU; Barclay Walsh contributed research.
NEWS ANALYSIS; A Newly Circumspect Cuomos Senate Tap Dance
Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, at a news conference at the State Capitol complex here on Thursday, displayed a trait he is not known for: brevity. Did he think, a reporter asked, that Caroline Kennedy, another person under consideration for an appointment to the United States Senate, is qualified for the job? Ive known Caroline for years, - By JEREMY W. PETERS; Nicholas Confessore and Danny Hakim contributed reporting.
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5 days ago ... John Kerry WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Obama has decided to nominate Sen. John Kerry to be the next secretary of state and could ...
John Kerry Secretary Of State Nomination Imminent
President Barack Obama is expected to nominate Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) to be the next Secretary of State, according to the Boston Globe and the New York Times. Kerry will succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton. ... accounting of the deadly September attack on Americans in Benghazi, Libya. Obama vigorously defended Rice, a close friend and longtime adviser, but GOP senators dug in, threatening to hold up her nomination if the president tapped her for the post.
After Cheney
When Vice President Biden travels to Iraq, which he does every two months or so, he flies on Air Force Two to an airbase in southern England and then transfers to a cargo plane, a C-17, retrofitted for vice-presidential comfort with an Airstream trailer bolted on to tracks in the center of the hold. With its porthole and shiny rivets and gleaming - James Traub, a contributing writer for the magazine, is the author, most recently, of The Freedom Agenda. - By JAMES TRAUB
Obama to tap Kerry to be next secretary of state | KDVR.com ...
Washington (CNN) -- President Obama has decided to nominate Sen. John Kerry to be the next secretary of state and could make a formal announcement as early as next week, a Democrat who spoke to Kerry told CNN ...
The Fallback
If you harbor serious thoughts of running for the presidency, the first thing you do -- long before you commission any polls or make any ads, years before you charter planes to take you back and forth between Iowa and New Hampshire -- is to sit down with guys like Chris Korge. A real-estate developer in Coral Gables, outside Miami, Korge is one of - Matt Bai profile of Gov Mark Warner of Virginia, who is emerging as fallback candidates for those Democrats who think Hillary Clinton is not electable; photos (L) - Matt Bai, a contributing writer who covers national politics for the magazine, is working on a book about Democratic politics. - By Matt Bai
McCain Camp Finds Some Hope in Philadelphia
If Senator John McCain defies the polls and wins Pennsylvania, it will be in part because of voters like Harry Klemash, 67, a Democrat who supported Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in the primary but is still not comfortable with Senator Barack Obama. Obama has too many socialist policies, and he doesnt have enough experience, Mr. Klemash, a - Polls point to Barack Obama victory in Pennsylvania, with big Democratic lead in Philadelphia, but John McCain continues in quest to win state; while wealthier whites in Philadelphia support Obama, some urban blue-collar Democrats, like counterparts in other areas of Pennsylvania, supported Hillary Clinton and never made transition to Obama; Republicans view state as central to McCains hope of winning presidency; photo (M) - By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
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President Obama has decided to nominate Sen. John Kerry to be the next secretary of state and could make a formal announcement as early as next week, ...
Obama nominating Kerry for secretary of state | The Daily Caller
... President Barack Obama on Friday will nominate Sen. John Kerry as his next secretary of state, a senior administration official said, making the first move in a sweeping overhaul of his national security team heading into a second term. ... Obama vigorously defended Rice, a close friend and longtime adviser, but GOP senators dug in, threatening to hold up her nomination if the president tapped her for the post. Rice withdrew her name from consideration last week, ...
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5 days ago ... Washington (CNN) -- President Obama has decided to nominate Sen. John Kerry to be the next secretary of state and could make a formal ...
Were you outraged when Bush tapped phones?
If you answered yes, then you are most likely a bitter liberal. Also, you should be just as outraged by Obama. He and his constituents have asked you to report family and friends emails to a white house database if they speak out against the government run healthcare or the president (aka the fuhrer). That is communism there. I smell an audit coming for anyone reported to that database. At least Bush did it to try and catch alleged terrorists. It wasnt to try to censor or punish people against his own views and policies.
Answer: Obama voted for the Patriot act.
Global warming- A short list of fellow libtards who believed in WMD's! BTW- It seems you never grow tried of being wrong or lying!
Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation ... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction ... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real..."
- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003
"I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force -- if necessary -- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security."
- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002
"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line."
- President Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998
"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program."
- President Bill Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998
"We must stop Saddam from ever again jeopardizing the stability and security of his neighbors with weapons of mass destruction."
- Madeline Albright, Feb 1, 1998
"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983."
- Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998
"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs."
Letter to President Clinton.
- (D) Senators Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, others, Oct. 9, 1998
"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process."
- Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998
"Hussein has ... chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies."
- Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999
"We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandate of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and th! e means of delivering them."
- Sen. Carl Levin (D, MI), Sept. 19, 2002
"We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country."
- Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002
"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction."
- Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002
"The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities. Intelligence reports indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons..."
- Sen. Robert Byrd (D, WV), Oct. 3, 2002
"There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years ... We also should remember we have always underestimated the progress Saddam has made in development of weapons of mass destruction."
- Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D, WV), Oct 10, 2002
"In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members ... It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons."
- Sen. Hillary Clinton (D, NY), Oct 10, 2002
"We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has, and has had for a number of years, a developing capacity for the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction."
- Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), Dec. 8, 2002
If Bush Lied, Did Bill Clinton Lie on Iraq WMD?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsJmHtgpe...
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Obama expected to tap Kerry as Secretary Of State - San Antonio ...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is leaning strongly toward naming John Kerry, the Massachusetts senator and unsuccessful Democratic nominee for president eight years ago, to succeed Hillary Clinton as ...
Jockeying Begins for Cabinet Positions With the Election Just Weeks Away
WASHINGTON -- Senator John Kerry headed to Camp David on Friday to spend the weekend with President Obama . Senator Rob Portman has been on and off Mitt Romney s plane for weeks and will spend the next few days with him in Florida. Each senator is playing the other partys nominee in rehearsals for Mondays final debate, as Mr. Obama seeks to keep - Democratic and Republican insiders say race for choice positions in still-theoretical next presidential administration has intensified; Democratic Sen John Kerry is one of two leading candidates for secretary of state if Pres Obama wins; Republican Sen Rob Portman is seen as potential treasury secretary in a Romney administration. Photos (L) - By PETER BAKER and ASHLEY PARKER
Obama will name John Kerry to replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary ...
6 days ago ... Kerry, who was rumored to be Clinton's choice to follow her to the State Department, currently chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Obama to tap Kerry to be next secretary of state | 24 Tanzania News
The 69-year-old Mr. Kerry, currently the chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations committee, has been a close confidant of Mr. Obama on his foreign policy issues. Many a times Mr. Kerry has come to the rescue of ...
Obama expected to tap Kerry as Secretary Of State - San Antonio ...
4 days ago ... WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is leaning strongly toward naming John Kerry, the Massachusetts senator and unsuccessful ...
do you think john kerry is the good choose for Secretary of state/any obama cabinet is the best choice for us?
Answer: Good God no. Actually, the most qualified Dem for the role is Biden, but obviously Obama already tapped him for the Vice Presidency. I don't know who he'll pick, but all his cabinet appointments should be interesting.
Category: Politics
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By Jessica Yellin President Obama has decided to nominate Sen. John Kerry to be the next secretary of state and could make a formal announcement as early as next week, a Democrat who spoke to Kerry told CNN Saturday.
Are you surprised at the extremely low early voter turnout in Ohio ? ?
Definitely not good for the Obama campaign. The new same-day registration & early voting laws heavily favored Obama. Which is why the GOP fought all the way to Ohio’s supreme court to get the new voting laws overturned. Turns out that the GOP had virtually nothing to worry about there.
There was low turnout for McCain too, but the new laws wern’t designed to favor him anyway.
Is this a sign of what’s coming for Obama on Election Day?
From the National Review:
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
HORSERACE, BARACK OBAMA, JOHN MCCAIN
The Mystery of Ohio’s Missing Early Voters
I mentioned this earlier in the week, but it’s still nagging at me, and we have some new numbers…
This year, Ohio allowed any citizen not registered to vote to show up, register, and vote on the same day in Sept. 30 to Oct. 6 window. The AP was writing back in August, “If Obama’s campaign were able to tap into college campuses with one-stop voting, it would add thousands of votes to his tally in a state where, in 2004, John Kerry lost to President Bush by only about 118,000 votes, putting Bush over the top in the electoral count.”
Those who were already registered were also permitted to use the early voting window. The expectation was that lots of Ohioans would partake of the opportunity. The Washington Post reported, “The Ohio secretary of state’s office estimates that a quarter of all voters will cast their ballots as absentees or at an early voting location before Election Day, more than twice as many as did so four years ago.” (Obviously, absentee would make up a large chunk of that, but one would figure the early voting window would attact its fair share.)
And the anecdotal evidence was that the Obama campaign was readying the Mother of All Turnout Operations in this state. The Washington Post poll of Ohioans, 40 percent said they had been contacted by the Obama campaign either in person or by phone, an astonishingly high percentage. Bruce Springsteen was doing a concert at Ohio State University to get people out for early voting. Cuba Gooding Jr. was deployed to events in Dayton, Hamilton, Lima and Toledo.
So, with all of this buildup, the total early voter turnout?
28,466.
Out of about 8.2 million registered voters.
That is a little bit more than three-tenths of one percent.
In Cuyahoga County, which includes Cleveland? 6,951, according to the Columbus Dispatch. Out of about 1.1 million registered voters.
In Franklin County, which includes Columbus? 9,280.
(This is the county that had 817,000 registered voters in 2004 and only 815,000 residents over 18.)
Hamilton County, which includes, Cincinnati? 4,772.
Summit County, which includes Akron? 4,303.
Montgomery County, which includes Dayton? 3,160.
Statewide, only 5,223 used the new register-and-vote-at-the-same-time window.
Now, we shouldn’t read too much into this. It’s still possible that the Obama campaign is assembling the biggest, most advanced, and most awe-inspiring get-out-the-vote operation in American political history. But it would seem that if the Obama camp wanted to get a lot of voters out during this early voting period — and why wouldn’t they? Even if you wanted long lines throughout Election Day to justify keeping the polls open longer than scheduled, every voter who votes now is a vote you don’t have to worry about on November 4 — then in the first major test, their get-out-the-vote system… fell well short of expectations? Underperformed? Was AWOL? Wasn’t really utilized?
Keep in mind, at less than one half of one percent turnout across the state, the McCain camp appears to have dramatically underperformed, too. But that’s what makes this so weird. It’s the most covered, most hyped, most passionate election anybody can remember, in the most key of swing states… and neither side can move significant numbers of voters to early voting?
10/08 02:02 PM
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27058119/
Answer: Thanks for the information. That's the first I heard of it. It is very surprising!
I also would take it to mean Obama probably will lose in Ohio.
Category: Elections
The Final Days
The armored black limousine rolled to a halt near the foot of Air Force One. Secret Service agents opened the doors simultaneously, and from opposite sides emerged President George W. Bush and Senator John McCain. They circled around to stand side by side and, for the next 14 seconds, smiled and waved at the assembled cameras -- 14 seconds of - Peter Baker article on Pres George W Bushs concerns during his final months in office, his effort to define his legacy on his terms and his complex relationship with Sen John McCain, former rival whose election as president would help vindicate Bush presidency even though McCain continues to distance himself from Bush; drawings (L) - Peter Baker, a contributing writer, covered the White House and is working on a book on the Bush presidency. This is his first article for the magazine. - By PETER BAKER
Obama, No Day to Bask, He Starts to Build a Team
President-elect Barack Obama began moving Wednesday to build his administration and make good on his ambitious promises to point the United States in a different direction, as his commanding victory reordered the American political landscape and transfixed much of the nation and the world. A day after becoming the first African-American to capture - Pres-elect Barack Obama begins effort to build his administration, announcing transition team; offers Rep Rahm Emanuel job of chief of staff; names John D Podesta, former Clinton White House chief of staff, to lead his transition team along with Valerie Jarrett, longtime adviser, and Pete Rouse, his Senate chief of staff; in turning to experienced, politically savvy veterans Emanuel and Podesta, Obama seems determined to demonstrate toughness from beginning; photos (M) - By PETER BAKER and JEFF ZELENY; Reporting was contributed by Michael Luo in New York and Jackie Calmes, Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker in Washington.
Will Obama really pick John "I found WMD in Iraq" Kerry as SOS?
http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/15/politics/obama-secretary-of-state/
Source: Obama to tap Kerry to be next secretary of state
December 16, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH93UlGHBfk
John Kerry saying he found WMD in Iraq
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Will John Kerry be approved easily as SOS after he lost to Dubya?
http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/15/politics/obama-secretary-of-state/
Source: Obama to tap Kerry to be next secretary of state
December 16, 2012
After losing to George W. Bush, how easy will it be for John Kerry to be approved by Congress to be Secretary of State?
Dave, if we took down Susan Rice, taking down Kerry will be a peice of cake.
Your argument backfires on you.
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