Archive for January, 2007

Huckabee to set up ’08 exploratory panel (AP)

Jan 27th 2007Yahoo! News: Politics - ElectionsRSS Feeds

In this April 29, 2005, file photo, then Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks to a business organization in Little Rock, Ark. Mike Huckabee, 51, a favorite of conservatives, will take the first step in a 2008 presidential bid, an official told The Associated Press on Friday, Jan. 26, 2007. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)AP - Republican Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor and a favorite of conservatives, will take the first step in a 2008 presidential bid, an official told The Associated Press on Friday.


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January Staff Meeting

Jan 26th 2007Tom VilsackRSS Feeds


Tom Vilsack for President -- January Staff Meeting in Des Moines, IA.

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Clinton reaches out to Americans online (AP)

Jan 26th 2007Yahoo! News: Politics - ElectionsRSS Feeds

This image from the hillaryclinton.com website shows Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., having a 'webchat' with viewers on the 'Hillary for President' Web site Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007. FDR had his fireside chats, Richard Nixon his conversations with small groups in his 1968 campaign; now Clinton is telling Americans, 'let's chat', just you, me and an intimate group of 300 million or so Americans. 'We've got a lot to talk about tonight,' Clinton told viewers in her first Webchat. 'It's amazing how new technology can bring so many of us together.' Her first campaign trip to Iowa on Saturday is being billed as a 'conversation with Iowans.' (AP Photo)AP - FDR had his fireside chats. Richard Nixon held conversational exchanges with small groups in his 1968 campaign. Now Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is telling Americans, "let's chat" — just you, me and an intimate group of 300 million or so Americans.


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Biden to kick off presidential campaign (AP)

Jan 26th 2007Yahoo! News: Politics - ElectionsRSS Feeds

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., left, takes part in a debate on a Iraq War resolution on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2007. Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., is at right. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)AP - Democratic Sen. Joe Biden, who has made no secret of his plans to run for president in 2008, says he'll make it official next Wednesday. The 64-year-old Delaware lawmaker said he will file paperwork with the Federal Election Commission and launch a campaign Web site, http://www.joebiden.com


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SEIU inspects ’08 Democratic contenders (AP)

Jan 26th 2007Yahoo! News: Politics - ElectionsRSS Feeds

AP - One of the most influential unions in politics is giving Democrats running for president the once over.

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IRAQ – IRAN – The drums will beat for PEACE

Jan 26th 2007Elizabeth KucinichRSS Feeds

It is January 26th, the day before the rallies and marches that will be going on around the country for peace, and here in Washington, DC there are adverts on the television telling people that the terrorists are in Iran now. The administration is beating drums to war with Iran. This must not happen! 


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Hollywood stars choose between Clinton, Obama (Reuters)

Jan 26th 2007Yahoo! News: Politics - ElectionsRSS Feeds

Senators Barack Obama (D-IL) and Hillary Clinton (D-NY) applaud as President Bush delivers his State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill, January 23, 2007. (Jim Young/Reuters)Reuters - Even as they ponder their Oscar votes, the wealthy stars of Hollywood's liberal establishment are sizing up the choice between the Democratic Party's two leading lights for president in 2008.


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Harvard experiences sculpt Obama appeal (AP)

Jan 26th 2007Yahoo! News: Politics - ElectionsRSS Feeds

This photo provided by Harvard University Law School shows Barack Obama as a student at the school in Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 6, 1990. Obama came to Harvard in the fall of 1988 after graduating from Columbia University and spending four years as a community organizer in Chicago. At the end of his first year, Obama was selected to serve on the Law Review as one of 80 'editor'-students; midway through his second year, on Feb. 5, 1990, Obama was elected president, becoming the first black president of the prestigious Harvard Law Review. (AP Photo/Harvard University, Joe Wrinn)AP - The hair, now closely cropped, was a short Afro. He dressed in a leather coat and high-ankle boots, not the conservative business suits and power ties that fill his wardrobe today.


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Political Trivia for Jan. 29 (CQPolitics.com)

Jan 26th 2007Yahoo! News: Politics - ElectionsRSS Feeds

CQPolitics.com - Delaware Democratic Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., who will formally enter the 2008 presidential race on Wednesday, was first elected to the Senate in November 1972, about two weeks before his 30th birthday. What is the minimum age requirement that the Constitution sets for service in the U.S. Senate?

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Obama excites entertainment community (AP)

Jan 26th 2007Yahoo! News: Politics - ElectionsRSS Feeds

Sen. Barack Obama and his wife Michelle greet Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes as they arrive at the Legends Ball, an award ceremony hosted by Oprah Winfrey honoring women who paved the way in arts, entertainment and civil rights, in Santa Barbara, Calif. in this May 14, 2005 file photo. Star quality: It's what Hollywood was built on. And there's no question that to the many powerful Democrats in the entertainment community, Sen. Barack Obama has loads of it. (AP Photo/Michael A. Mariant, File)AP - Star quality: It's what Hollywood was built on. And there's no question that to the many powerful Democrats in the entertainment community, Sen. Barack Obama has loads of it.


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Giuliani a tough conservative sell (AP)

Jan 25th 2007Yahoo! News: Politics - ElectionsRSS Feeds

Rudy Giuliani, left, and his wife Judy Nathan pose for a photographer after the inaugural fundraiser of the 2006 election cycle for his political action committee, Solutions America PAC's for in New York in this June 13, 2006. National polls have consistently found Giuliani leading for the GOP presidential nomination, and early surveys in key states show him ahead or competitive. Giuliani travels to one important state, New Hampshire, the weekend of Jan. 27-78, 2007, where he is scheduled to give the keynote address at the state GOP's annual meeting. (AP Photo/Shiho Fukada, File)AP - Rudy Giuliani's star has hardly dimmed in the five years since terrorists attacked his city on Sept. 11, 2001, and he became a national hero _ the face of U.S. resolve at a time of tragedy.


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Hunter makes presidential bid official (AP)

Jan 25th 2007Yahoo! News: Politics - ElectionsRSS Feeds

In this Oct. 30, 2006, file photo, Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., speaks at a news conference. Hunter, best known for his advocacy on behalf of the military, launched a longshot bid for the presidency Thursday in South Carolina. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)AP - Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter, best known for his advocacy on behalf of the military, launched a longshot bid for the presidency Thursday in this early voting state.


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Vilsack reiterates troop cap opposition (AP)

Jan 25th 2007Yahoo! News: Politics - ElectionsRSS Feeds

Christie Vilsack listens to her husband, former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, during a campaign event at Granite State Independent Living in Concord, N.H., in this Jan. 19, 2007, file photo. Vilsack is campaigning for the Democratic nomination for president in the nation's earliest presidential primary state. Some of the biggest states are racing toward the front of the 2008 primary calendar, including California, Florida, New Jersey and possibly Illinois, which is likely to create a crowded first Tuesday in February 2008, and candidates will need to be ready to shift quickly from relatively cheap, personal politicking in small population states like Iowa and New Hampshire to expensive, message-driven advertising in big population states. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)AP - Democratic presidential candidate Tom Vilsack on Friday likened his rivals' proposal to cap the number of U.S. troops in Iraq to "staying the course," a term closely associated with President Bush.


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Obama calls for universal health care (AP)

Jan 25th 2007Yahoo! News: Politics - ElectionsRSS Feeds

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., makes a point during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007, regarding renewable energy. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Every American should have health care coverage within six years, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama said Thursday as he set an ambitious goal soon after jumping into the 2008 presidential race.


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Obama Adopts Universal Health Care as Policy Theme (CQPolitics.com)

Jan 25th 2007Yahoo! News: Politics - ElectionsRSS Feeds

CQPolitics.com - Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, who is mulling a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, Thursday called on policymakers to overcome the “failure of leadership” and create a universal health care system.

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