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Devoter.com Archives: January 2008
Thu Jan 31, 2008
Wed Jan 30, 2008
Tue Jan 29, 2008
He'd rather talk about sex than God -- George Bush built his career on his faith. But his key religious adviser tells of a different man behind the born-again image (via Metafilter)
All eyes were on Democratic presidential frontrunners Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton as spectators and pundits followed their every move during President Bush's final State of the Union address.
check out this article on Romney at http://www.therebuttal.com/romneyHavoc.php
Mon Jan 28, 2008
Sun Jan 27, 2008
Rejecting a personal entreaty from President Bill Clinton, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy plans to endorse Sen. Barack Obama for president.
What font says 'Change'? -- Type designers decode the presidential candidates
"I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father inspired them. But for the first time, I believe I have found the man who could be that president -- not just for me, but for a new generation of Americans." -- Caroline Kennedy
Sat Jan 26, 2008
Fri Jan 25, 2008
George Bush might not know art but he knows what he likes.
The New York Times endorse Hillary Clinton and John McCain. On Rudy Giuliani: "The real Mr. Giuliani, whom many New Yorkers came to know and mistrust, is a narrow, obsessively secretive, vindictive man who saw no need to limit police power. Racial polarization was as much a legacy of his tenure as the rebirth of Times Square."
Thu Jan 24, 2008
A poisonous new exchange erupted on the Democratic campaign trail as former president Bill Clinton accused his wife's chief rival Barack Obama of a political "hit job".
The race for delegates is so close in both parties that it is mathematically impossible for any candidate to lock up the nomination on Super Tuesday on Feb. 5.
Wed Jan 23, 2008
The Whole World Was Watching: Truthdig contributor Sarah Stillman sat down with Burmese democracy organizer Maung Maung to check in on the Saffron Revolution and the brave men and women who continue to resist oppression, whether anyone is watching or not.
US President George W. Bush and his top officials ran roughshod over the truth in the run-up to the Iraq war lying a total of 935 times, a study found.
Tue Jan 22, 2008
Mon Jan 21, 2008
Nearly 40 years after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., some say his legacy is being frozen in a moment in time that ignores the full complexity of the man and his message.
Political Base -- Connecting the Dots of Money, Media & Politics in America
Barack Obama is stepping up his effort to correct the misconception that he's a Muslim now that the presidential campaign has hit the Bible Belt.
Sun Jan 20, 2008
Sat Jan 19, 2008
Fri Jan 18, 2008
It looks like Mike Huckabee may have cornered the vote among nicotine-stained, confederate flag-waving squirrel gourmands in SC, although those push polls of his might land him in some hot water.
Thu Jan 17, 2008
The Republican presidential race is so unsettled that some party officials are openly talking of a scenario that seemed almost unthinkable until now: the first contested GOP convention in 60 years.
Wed Jan 16, 2008
Tue Jan 15, 2008
Mon Jan 14, 2008
Sun Jan 13, 2008
Sat Jan 12, 2008
California Supreme Court's Financial Conflicts Doom Appeal. "A lot of my friends died because of the toxic chemicals we handled," he said. "I am very disappointed and I don't know why they would do something like that."
Fri Jan 11, 2008
About a dozen senior campaign staffers for Rudy Giuliani are forgoing their January paychecks, a sign of possible money trouble for the Republican presidential candidate.
Thu Jan 10, 2008
Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for the White House in a timely slap at Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as well as his own vice presidential running mate.
Wed Jan 09, 2008
"My name is Barack Obama. I am never a front-runner. I am always the underdog." -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama
Clinton, McCain win in New Hampshire. Obama, Romney in second place.
Tue Jan 08, 2008
Mike Huckabee wants to amend the Constitution to prevent children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens from automatically becoming American citizens, according to his top immigration surrogate -- a radical step no other major presidential candidate has embraced.
Mon Jan 07, 2008
"When we become believers, it's as if we have signed up to be part of God's Army, to be soldiers for Christ." -- Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee
Sun Jan 06, 2008
This is what any politician these days is up against in terms of dealing with their survival: Disturbing discovery in UK Islamist atmospheres: short propaganda video exalts a mother's suicide to her child. Probably produced in Egypt, but was for sale in Yorkshire. It contains three songs sung in Arabic and subtitled in English. One of the songs recounts the story of child's intention to follow the footsteps of its mother, who left to jump up in the air at an Israeli traffic control post.
Sat Jan 05, 2008
Republican Mike Huckabee won the Iowa caucuses by campaigning as an honest conservative, yet he has made a series of blunders that raise questions about his credibility.
Fri Jan 04, 2008
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"This feels good. It's just like I imagined it when I was talking to my Kindergarten teacher." -- Presidential candidate Barack Obama
An attack ad that Mike Huckabee promised never to air ran three times in Iowa on New Year's Eve.
Iowa caucus victories behind them, Republican Mike Huckabee and Democrat Barack Obama vowed to stick with their winning principles in an abbreviated dash to the finish in New Hampshire's presidential primary campaign, despite facing a different political alignment and, as Huckabee put it, "only a few days to close the sale."
Thu Jan 03, 2008
Election 2008 predicting fun: The Wall Street Journal Political Market is an exchange marketplace, like a stock market, except the "stocks" traded are political candidates and the currency you'll use is fantasy. Users can trade contracts that are tied to the outcome of future political events, from individual state primaries to the general election.
Presidential hopefuls hedged their bets heading into the Iowa caucuses, declaring that "anything is possible," "it's too close to call" and all now depends on getting the people who've been cheering their words to come out to vote and arm-twist neighbors to do the same.
