Max Cleland for VP

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Wednesday July 30, 2008 · 2:29 PM PDT

2008/07/30 · 14:29

I think Max Cleland is the ultimate choice to be Obama's VP. He represented Georgia as its Secretary of State and Senator, he's a war hero (triple amputee), and served as as Administrator of the Veterans Affairs Department under Carter.

Senator Cleland would help in Georgia (despite losing in 2002 - a terrible year for Dems). Plus, McCain was outspoken against the despicable ads that ran against Cleland comparing him to bin Ladin for opposing efforts to block unionization at Homeland Security. Any McCain attacks on Senator Cleland would not be ripe for flip-flopping charges and would make McCain look quite dishonorable.

Obama is targeting Georgia, and Barr is already draining Republican votes there. Cleland is younger than Nunn, and is more progressive. He wouldn't result in a Republican rising to higher office, as a Bayh, Kaine, or McCaskill pick either might or definitely would, and he also was not in Washington long enough to defeat the 'change' message.

Why has his name not been mentioned?
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"House Dems Move to Increase Spending" -AP

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Friday January 05, 2007 · 9:21 AM PST

2007/01/05 · 09:21

I was just scrolling through my Google News headlines when I learned from the Associated Press and ABC News that the Democrats are already increasing spending - on their second day in charge!!!

http://www.abcnews.go.com/...

My curiosity piqued, I actually chose to read the article, by the AP's Andrew Taylor, where in the first paragraph, I learned that it was an article on PAYGO, the proposal that any new spending being balanced against cuts in funding from another source. So, the proposal to restore fiscal responsibility to the Congress is being summarized by the AP as "House Dems Move to Increase Spending."

This is symptomatic of the poor state of journalism, and is the sort of thing that must be corrected. If anyone has the contact info for Andrew Taylor or for the AP, please post so that we can respond to this. I was able to find info@ap.org.

Opponent for George Allen

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Monday August 22, 2005 · 9:39 AM PDT

2005/08/22 · 09:39

With Mark Warner seemingly not willing to get into the Senate race against George Allen, has anyone seen anything on retired Lieutenant General Claudia Kennedy that might indicate an interest in the race on her part? I know that she was considering a run against John Warner at one point. I think she'd be a great candidate and should be recruited!

Thoughts?

Rehnquist has Thyroid Cancer

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Monday October 25, 2004 · 9:04 AM PDT

2004/10/25 · 09:04

MSNBC just reported that Chief Justice Rehnquist was admitted to Bethesda Naval Hospital on Friday for thyroid cancer.

A tracheotomy was performed on Saturday....no link yet.

This could be a subtle reminder to the electorate that the Supreme Court is up for grabs in this election.

How does Kerry tactfully approach this issue???

Economy Excuses

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Wednesday October 13, 2004 · 1:12 PM PDT

2004/10/13 · 13:12

So, first the Bush claimes that he inherited a declining economy.

Now, his administration (Snow) says that the declining economy is a myth.

Which is it Mr. President? Why all the mixed messages?

I think that Kerry can really hammer home the Excuse Presidency thing. This guy REFUSES to take responsibility for ANYTHING. Kerry needs to whip out the Harry Truman "The buck stops here" quote tonight.

I just got polled!

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Sunday October 10, 2004 · 2:18 PM PDT

2004/10/10 · 14:18

I got polled for the first time today! It was a Harris poll on issues relating to religion, abortion, tax cuts, and vouchers.

They asked whether I supported vouchers (no) thought tax cuts were the most important job of public officials (no) thought abortion should be banned (no) and whether I attended church weekly (yes).

Next if I could just get a presidential poll!

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Editorial: SBVT

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Tuesday August 24, 2004 · 8:34 PM PDT

2004/08/24 · 20:34

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a great editorial that attacks Bush on the SBVT issue:

"Strangely, the war in Iraq seems to have receded to the background in the 2004 presidential campaign debate, replaced by partisan quarreling over a conflict that ended more than 25 years ago: the war in Vietnam. The bickering over Vietnam, and particularly over John Kerry's military service in the conflict there, has been far uglier than the disagreements over Iraq, thanks chiefly to a scandalous television ad critical of Kerry and to President Bush's stubborn refusal to specifically repudiate it."

Read the rest: http://www.jsonline.com/news/editorials/aug04/253669.asp

NEW OHIO POLL

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Wednesday August 18, 2004 · 2:56 PM PDT

2004/08/18 · 14:56

Kerry leads Bush 52-42 in new CNN poll of Ohio among registered voters. Ahead 48-46 among likely voters....just on CNN...

This is a pretty significant swing in his direction!

Bush's Stump Speech

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Monday August 02, 2004 · 9:28 AM PDT

2004/08/02 · 09:28

I listened to Bush's new stump speech this weekend. It seems like he's trying to blur the lines again like he did in 2000. He's trying to seem moderate again. There's the flex time thing (which is kind of weird), the talk of enforcing our trade agreements and having a level playing field, etc. It was almost as if it were opposite day and he was saying what he hasn't done and won't do.

Anyway, I thought that this latest speech was even more dumbed down than usual. So, I copy and pasted it into Microsoft Word. It was 8 pages full of little green squiggly lines for all his subject/verb agreement problems.

The best part was when I ran the readability statistics on it. It is at SIXTH GRADE reading level. :-)

Announcement 9 am tomorrow????

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Monday July 05, 2004 · 1:11 PM PDT

2004/07/05 · 13:11

CNN just reported Kerry saying to come back to Pittsburgh tomorrow, where they will have a little fun at 9 am, then be back on the trail. VP announcement is my guess.

ROWLAND RESIGNING

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Monday June 21, 2004 · 8:35 AM PDT

2004/06/21 · 08:35

It seems to avoid being impeached, CT Governor Rowland will resign. Thoughts on Lt. Gov. Jodi Rell???

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/21/connecticut.governor.ap/index.html

Delaying Nomination -- Response to Republicans

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Tuesday May 25, 2004 · 9:09 PM PDT

2004/05/25 · 21:09

It seems that in responding to the Republicans about the possibility of Kerry delaying his nomination, in addition to addressing the leveling of the playing field, it can be pointed out that Republicans forced several states to change laws about nomination deadlines to allow Bush to be on the ballot. This as a result of his delayed convention so he can take advantage of 9/11.

That ought to shut them up.

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