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07 Sept 17 : 00 | 9/11, McCain, Obama truce: 24 hours by Mark Silva On the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks this week, the presidential campaign promises a respite from the thunderous back-and-forth of campaign warnings that someone is "dangerously unprepared'' to lead the nation and that someone doesn't get "the lessons of... Source : The Swamp 25 hours ago |
06 Sept 18 : 00 | Sarah Palin: God's 'servant' on the ticket by Manya A. Brachear When Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin promised to lead the nation with a "servant's heart," evangelical Christians immediately recognized her as one of their own. Whether before an audience of ministry students or on a national stage at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday,... Source : The Swamp |
06 Sept 02 : 00 | Swamp, Tribune's DC's blog, open again by Mark Silva Think of it as a week's vacation. It certainly was frustrating for all of us here at the Swamp, which suffered the mother of all technical failures with the collapse of its comment-board. A lot of dilligent and fine people spent a lot of time working at repairing the... Source : The Swamp |
05 Sept 20 : 15 | McCain, Obama, job-losses: 'Tough times' by Mark Silva "These are tough times... tough times,'' Republican John McCain said on the campaign trail in Wisconsin today, relaunching his bid for the White House with Sarah Palin by his side. Democrat Barack Obama, waging his own campaign for the White House, maintained today that McCain is... Source : The Swamp |
19 Aug 15 : 45 | Obama's beautiful people 'rough it' by James Warren There were lots of Mercedes convertibles, Land Rovers and Priuses outside and Billy Joel and Alec Baldwin were among the a-list celeb co-sponors for an Obama fundraiser Sunday at the Hamptons beachside home (actually, amid the hamptons in Sagaponack) of socialite artist Ross... Source : The Swamp |
04 Sept 23 : 55 | GOP's strawman: 'Community organizer' by Mark Silva ST. PAUL - The Republicans are giving community organizers a bad name here - that's their goal, anyway, for at least one former community organizer: Barack Obama. "Before I became governor of the great state of Alaska, I was mayor of my hometown,''; vice presidential nominee Sarah... Source : The Swamp |
04 Sept 22 : 56 | Obama: 'Who are they fighting for?' by James Oliphant YORK, Pa.--Barack Obama said Thursday he wasn't surprised by the ferocity of Republican attacks this week during the party's convention in St. Paul. "This is what they do," Obama told reporters. "They don't have an agenda to run on. They haven't offered a single concrete idea so... Source : The Swamp |
04 Sept 15 : 50 | Palin: Obama's three responses by James Oliphant PITTSBURGH-- You aren't going to hear the Republicans talking any more about Barack Obama and celebrity, now that they have one of their own. Sarah Palin's coming out party has changed the dynamics of the race--and while the maxim is that veep nominees don't alter the... Source : The Swamp |
04 Sept 01 : 30 | Sarah Palin & party: Washington broken by Mark Silva ST. PAUL, Minn. - John McCain, a member of Congress for 25 years, likes to talk about that lousy rating that the Congress gets from the public - somewhere well below even President Bush's or Vice President Dick Cheney's approval ratings. The last people voicing any support for... Source : The Swamp |
03 Sept 20 : 00 | Cindy McCain, Sarah Palin: Abortion rift by Mark Silva ST. PAUL, Minn. - Cindy McCain says that she, like Sarah Palin, is "pro-life,'' but parts ways with John McCain's running mate on the question of banning abortion for victims of rape and incest. McCain also says they talked about picking Connecticut Sen. Joe... Source : The Swamp |
03 Sept 17 : 10 | Would mini-surge work in Afghanistan? by Kim Barker and Aamer Madhani KABUL, Afghanistan -- Abdullah Masjidi cannot go home anymore, though his village is only 30 miles from the capital. When he tried to drive there this summer, he was stopped by friendly villagers warning that he looked too Western. "You don't have a beard," he was... Source : The Swamp |
03 Sept 01 : 53 | Did McCain team vet Palin enough? by Frank James ST. PAUL, Minn. - How much did Sen. John McCain's campaign vet his vice presidential choice, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin? The available reporting in the last 24 hours suggests the McCain camp's vetting process was much more than perfunctory, much more than many critics are giving it... Source : The Swamp |
02 Sept 19 : 55 | Swamp Note: Comments snafu, day 5 by Frank James Just wanted to update loyal readers of The Swamp on the Great Swamp Comments Meltdown of 2008. I'm told by the people who know that everything is being done to get our comment boards back up and running. As anyone who knows anything about software knows, there are mysteries to be... Source : The Swamp |
02 Sept 14 : 00 | Sarah Palin, teen pregnancy and what? by Mark Silva ST. PAUL - The late Thomas Eagleton lasted 18 days as the nominated running mate of Democrat George McGovern in 1972. Will Sarah Palin last the month? The comparison itself could strike many as unfair. But the question is unavoidable, as revelations about the private life of a... Source : The Swamp |
02 Sept 01 : 55 | Bristol Palin's preggers: 'Fuhgettaboutit' by Mark Silva ST. PAUL - On this day when Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol and her surprise teenage pregnancy have overshadowed the opening of the Republican National Convention - we cannot make this stuff up - it's worth noting that there are delegates on the floor of the XCEL Energy Center who say,... Source : The Swamp |
01 Sept 21 : 00 | McCain knew Palin's daughter pregnant By Mark Silva ST. PAUL - Sen. John McCain knew that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's teenage daughter was pregnant when he picked her for his running mate - he had learned about it in a private conservation with Palin last week, according to McCain's chief campaign strategist. But campaign chief Steve... Source : The Swamp |
01 Sept 13 : 30 | Sarah Palin vs. Bambi: Palin wins by Mark Silva ST. PAUL, Minn. - Mom shot Bambi. That family photo of Sarah Palin back at college wearing the T-shirt - "I may be broke, but I'm not flat busted" - is only one of many that have emerged since the governor of Alaska was tapped as John McCain's running mate. Kaylene... Source : The Swamp |
31 Aug 20 : 00 | Bush: 'We face this emergency together' by Mark Silva BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - President Bush, who plans to travel to San Antonio tomorrow to oversee hurricane preparations, said today that the people of New Orleans should prepare for serious flooding and heed orders to evacuate the area. But Bush, maintaining he does not want to get in... Source : The Swamp |
30 Aug 14 : 00 | John McCain taps Alaska's Palin for Veep by Jill Zuckman DAYTON, Ohio -- On his 72nd birthday, Sen. John McCain chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a little-known, tough-talking social conservative with corruption-fighting credentials, to be his running mate, rattling the dynamic of the presidential race. Saying he has found "the right... Source : The Swamp |
30 Aug 15 : 00 | Swamp note: Comments snafu, day 3 by Frank James Day three of the Great Comments Crisis on The Swamp. On Thursday, we were forced to disable our comments board after the incredible volume of comments traffic we received on an Obama-WGN posting which Drudge linked to wound up swamping our site. (pun intended.) Unfortunately, we've... Source : The Swamp |
29 Aug 18 : 55 | Obama melds policy with punch by Jim Tankersley DENVER--The flags waved and the "change" signs flapped and the flashes twinkled like fireflies. And the son of a Kansan and a Kenyan channeled a preacher with a dream, a Democrat from Hope and a Republican who saw morning in America, as 80,000 strong shook a coliseum with their... Source : The Swamp |
29 Aug 00 : 40 | Hillary outdraws Bill Clinton, TV viewers by Mark Silva DENVER - Bill Clinton, the former president, drew 24 million television viewers in his address at the Democratic National Convention. Hillary Clinton, the former first lady and erstwhile candidate for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, outdrew him - with 26 million... Source : The Swamp |
28 Aug 03 : 00 | Al Sharpton: Afternoon with 'Uncle Al' by Dawn Trice DENVER -- It's about 2 p.m. mountain time, when I enter the Pepsi Center to interview the Rev. Al Sharpton. He's in a place called Radio Row, an enclosed room with queues of tables where radio folk are broadcasting their shows. Although we have an appointment, he himself is heading... Source : The Swamp |
27 Aug 15 : 31 | Bill Clinton: Hillary said what matters by Josh Drobnyk Former President Bill Clinton, in what could be a preview of his speech Wednesday night, told party-goers in Denver Tuesday night that "this election is not about a politician." The former president and his wife made a surprise appearance at a party at Invesco Field for the... Source : The Swamp |
25 Aug 21 : 12 | McCain wins Daddy Yankee's backing by Jill Zuckman Phoenix - In a concerted effort to make inroads with both Hispanics and young people, Sen. John McCain dropped by Central High School this morning to talk to the students. After offering a few perfunctory words about the diversity of the student body and his hope that everyone... Source : The Swamp |
24 Aug 18 : 30 | Biden not 'hired' for 'stunning good looks' by Mark Silva DENVER - Don't tell Joe Biden, but Barack Obama didn't pick him for his "stunning good looks.'' The ''hire'' had to do with his wisdom, camp Obama says. "Look, we didn't hire him for his stunning good looks,'' Obama campaign adviser Robert Gibbs said of the senator from Delaware... Source : The Swamp |
22 Aug 20 : 30 | More wary of mixing religion, politics by Katie Fretland More Americans now believe that religious institutions should stay out of politics, after a decade of support for church involvement in social and political issues, according to a new national study. The Pew Research Center finds that 52 percent of the general public and 50... Source : The Swamp |
20 Aug 22 : 35 | Diversity and the presidential debate by Amanda Erickson There's an interesting post up on The Root about the chosen moderators for the presidential debate. NBC's Tom Brokaw, CBS's Bob Schieffer and PBS's Jim Lehrer were selected for their vast experience and street cred, the Commission on Presidential Debates wrote. But they are... Source : The Swamp |
18 Aug 21 : 20 | Warren doubts Dems' evangelical efforts by James Oliphant Barack Obama didn't exactly receive an FTD "Thank You for Being You" bouquet from the Rev. Rick Warren. In an interview with the website BeliefNet, Warren, who sponsored the forum at the Saddleback church in California Saturday, cast doubt on the ability of Democrats to reach... Source : The Swamp |
16 Aug 15 : 30 | Bush: 'We will not cast' Georgia 'aside' by Mark Silva A ceasefire has been signed in Georgia, but President Bush, retreating to his ranch in Texas for vacation, faces a rougher relationship with Russia than he has faced during his entire presidency. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met the president at his Prairie Chapel... Source : The Swamp |
12 Aug 13 : 30 | Sea lion politics: Roaring contest by Jesse A. Hamilton There's a competition coming up in Mystic, Conn. that people interested in the delicate and dignified world of national politics would probably be interested in: The Mystic Aquarium is hosting a roar-off between its 1,900 pound sea lion, Kodiak, and all human challengers on... Source : The Swamp |
08 Aug 13 : 10 | An expanding Obama HQ in Chicago by John McCormick With the existing 33,000 square feet on the 11th floor of a Chicago office building starting to feel like a crowded sweatshop, the campaign headquarters for Sen. Barack Obama is expanding. On Thursday, the Democratic presidential campaign started moving into an additional 12,000... Source : The Swamp |
