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Think Progress:
Chris Wallace Fact-Checks Sarah Palin’s Bogus ‘Bridge To Nowhere’ Claims
Since accepting Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) offer to be his running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) has lied about her supposed opposition to the Bridge to Nowhere in nearly every single campaign ...
Political Wire:
Schweitzer Gets Harkin Invite
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D), "whose feisty speech in Denver was one of the rhetorical highlights of the Democratic National Convention, will be the headline speaker at U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin's ...
Think Progress:
McCain Throws Aside Free Market Rhetoric, Embraces Government Bailout Of Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac
In March, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) took a hard line against government economic intervention, saying that it is “not the duty of government to bail out and reward those who act irresponsibly, ...
Glenn Greenwald:
The mighty, scary press corps
(updated below) Criticizing the McCain campaign for refusing to allow reporters to question Sarah Palin, Time's Jay Carney writes:Political operatives love to talk about circumventing the media and ...
Political Wire:
Virginia Adds Many New Voters
Sen. Barack Obama's campaign is "very much on track toward its goal of signing up 150,000 new voters" in Virginia "by the early October voter registration deadline, on top of the 142,000 new voters ...

McCain Doesn't Get It: Bottom-up versus Top-down

In John McCain's speech the other night, he tried to pull what he thought was a Barack Obama. You well know I've been called a maverick, someone who... ... someone who marches to the beat of his own ...
by: Craig Berger | 0 comments
Michael Moore's New Movie Focuses on Young Voters

Michael Moore is releasing a new movie on September 23rd - Slacker Uprising - and he's giving it away for free (he says he was inspired by Radiohead). Best part, it looks like the movie focuses on ...
by: Michael Connery | 0 comments
DNC Youth Avail Michael Connery

Our own Michael Connery at the DNC Youth Council Avail at DNC08. (sorry if the audio is bad) Bookmark/Search this post with:
by: Sarah Burris | 0 comments
How To Keep People From Voting: Make The System As Complicated As Possible

Cross-posted at Project Vote's blog, Voting Matters. Weekly Voting Rights News Update By Erin Ferns While many see voting as an implicit right in a representative democracy, decisions in America ...
by: Project Vote | 0 comments
Young Republicans Tackle Age and Race

These are two of my new friends. Princella and Richard, who, despite their republicanism are remarkable young leaders. Wednesday, I met with many of the Young Republicans in the party who can't ...
by: Sarah Burris | 0 comments