Archives: Posts From December 2007
Union Goes After Obama Health Plan on Web
By Josh Gerstein | Thu, 27 Dec 2007 at 7:29 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: The New York Sun has located the mysterious online component of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees' campaign against Senator Obama's health care plan.
It can be viewed here.The site was paid for by Afscme People, an ...
Will Edwards Get Blame for Pro-Clinton Union's Attack?
By Josh Gerstein | Thu, 20 Dec 2007 at 12:33 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: A major union, Afscme, is going after Senator Obama of Illinois with a negative mail piece that Iowa voters may conclude came from John Edwards.
"Barack Obama's health care plan is not up to the job," the mailer says. It goes on to note that "John ...
Sharp New Military-Themed Ad for Senator Clinton
By Josh Gerstein | Tue, 18 Dec 2007 at 1:42 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Senator Clinton is putting up a new television ad in New Hampshire that manages to convey--in the matter of 30 seconds--bipartisanship, gratefulness to the military, her commitment to health care issues and her ability to get things done.
It's no ...
Union Sets Tangle with Obama Over Health Plan
By Josh Gerstein | Mon, 17 Dec 2007 at 7:09 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: A large union supporting Senator Clinton's presidential bid, the American Federation of State County and Muncipal Employees, is preparing to go after Senator Obama over his health care plan.
AFSCME's political action committee has spent about $34,000 so ...
McCain Had Lieberman All to Himself
By Russell Berman | Mon, 17 Dec 2007 at 2:55 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: When it came to an endorsement, Senator McCain had Senator Lieberman all to himself. An aide to the Connecticut lawmaker told The New York Sun yesterday that of all the presidential candidates on both sides of the political aisle, only Mr. McCain had ...
Iowa Dems Say Press Misstating Rural Impact
By Josh Gerstein | Mon, 17 Dec 2007 at 12:38 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: With less than three weeks to go to the Iowa caucuses, the state's Democratic Party says prominent members of the national press are misstating the way delegates are allocated and exaggerating the impact of sparsely-populated rural areas.
In its latest ...
Clinton Says Beijing Might Blackmail America Over Taiwan
By Josh Gerstein | Thu, 13 Dec 2007 at 3:00 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: When Senator Clinton sat down for a "conversation" with Warren Buffett on Tuesday in San Francisco, there was a lot of discussion from both of them about the dangers and deleterious effects of America's surging trade deficit and national debt, as well as ...
Stephens, Childs Fund Club's Slam of Huckabee
By Josh Gerstein | Wed, 12 Dec 2007 at 3:06 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: A television ad criticizing Republican presidential candidate Michael Huckabee's willingness to raise taxes as governor of Arkansas is being funded largely by an Arkansas banker, Jackson Stephens Jr., and a Massachusetts financier, John Childs.
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Anti-Hillary Ad Opens With Puny Buy
By Josh Gerstein | Sun, 9 Dec 2007 at 6:33 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: A liberal political group's TV ad attacking Senator Clinton as a waffler is up on cable TV in Iowa with a buy about the size of a single check to one of Mrs. Clinton's fund-raising receptions.
A report filed today with the Federal Election Commission ...
"Huckaboom" Coaxes No Regret From Brownback
By Russell Berman | Thu, 6 Dec 2007 at 5:31 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: When Senator Brownback of Kansas endorsed Senator McCain exactly a month ago, he passed over his ideological soul mate, Michael Huckabee. In the weeks since, Mr. Huckabee has surged in the polls and into a virtual tie for the lead in Iowa, where Mr. ...
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