New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson announced last night he raised about $5.2 million over the past three months for his Democratic presidential bid, an amount his campaign said would keep him within reach of the front-runners for his party’s nomination.
In Detroit last week, one of America’s most storied unions agreed to shoulder the long-term burden of members’ health-care costs, a reluctant recognition of the brutal economic forces that have been weighing on its industry.
“We’ve done a remarkable job fundraising”
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Sunday that the front-runner for his party’s nomination, Hillary Rodham Clinton, does not offer the break from politics as usual that voters need.
Both Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., and her husband, former President Clinton, have criticized Obama for his lack of political experience.
Obama said he understands their argument.
‘They want to make the argument that Senator Clinton is just an extension of the Bill Clinton presidency,’ Obama said in an interview with The Associated Press. ‘They’ve been the dominant political family in the Democratic Party for the last 20 years now. So it’s not surprising that they want to focus on their longevity. Read more
“It’s a beneficial unintended consequence. The only reason it’s going to help kill the project is that it shows how bad the project is.”
Developers of a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in southeastern Massachusetts are facing yet another hurdle: legislation in Congress to extend environmental protection to the lower Taunton River, where … via Hartford Courant
AP – New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson raised about $5.2 million for his Democratic presidential bid during the last three months, bringing his total fundraising for the year to more than $18 million, his campaign said Sunday.
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AP – Iraq’s foreign minister said a high-level meeting next month between the country’s neighbors and key international supporters will be the most important yet because it could turn promises of help into action.
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AP – Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Sunday that the front-runner for his party’s nomination, Hillary Rodham Clinton, does not offer the break from politics as usual that voters need.
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“Our goal in Iraq remains the same: a united, democratic, federal Iraq that can govern, defend, and sustain itself”
The Bush administration said Sunday a U.S. Senate resolution that could lead to a division of the country into sectarian or ethnic territories ‘would produce extraordinary suffering and bloodshed.’
The unusual U.S. Embassy statement came just hours after representatives of Iraq’s major political parties denounced the U.S. Senate proposal calling for a limited centralized government with the bulk of the power given to the country’s Shiite, Sunni or Kurdish regions, saying it would seriously hamper Iraq’s future stability. Read more
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The Clinton machine runs as smoothly as a Rolls. And like a fine car, it is just as likely to lull its driver into coasting and its passengers to sleep….
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William D. Rogers was a lawyer who helped plan the Kennedy and Johnson administrations’ approach to Latin America….
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Bloomberg – Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) — Senator Barack Obama holds an edge
over his competitors among likely Democratic caucus-goers in
Iowa and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney leads among
Republicans, a Newsweek magazine poll showed.
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“We know we should have gotten to them sooner, but we’ve had 48 filibusters we’ve had to deal with this year which has slowed things down significantly.”
The most basic job of Congress is to pass the bills that pay the costs of running the government. After criticizing Republicans for falling down on the job last year, Democrats now are the ones stumbling.
The government’s new budget year begins Monday, but Congress has not completed even one of the dozen spending bills appropriating money for the day-to-day operations of 15 Cabinet departments.
President Bush has lobbed veto threat after veto threat at Democratic spending bills because, taken as a whole, they would break his budget by $23 billion or more. Though Bush is sagging in the polls, his threats have majority Democrats tied in knots. Read more
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