Archive for July 4th, 2008
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Fla. Gov. Charlie Crist proposes to girlfriend (AP)
AP - Gov. Charlie Crist won’t be sleeping alone in the governor’s mansion much longer he is engaged to a woman he met in New York City last September who quickly captured his heart. -
President’s Radio Address
In his weekly radio address, President Bush said, “This weekend, Americans are celebrating the anniversary of our Nation’s independence. Two hundred and thirty-two years ago, our Founding Fathers came together in Philadelphia to proclaim that all men are created equal and that they are endowed by their Creator with unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
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Obama’s Media `Body Watch’ Get Scoop on His Haircuts, Workouts (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg - July 5 (Bloomberg) — Barack Obama’s ascension to presumed
Democratic presidential nominee means the press can now get more
information on the nation’s next potential commander in chief,
including such critical items as when he last got a haircut. -
Analysis: Obama’s centrist emphasis gives GOP ammo (AP)
AP - Is Barack Obama close to being shadowed by giant flip-flops and, worse, having the image stick with people all the way to the voting booth? -
Jesse Helms: Polarizer, not a compromiser
“Compromise, hell!” Jesse Helms screamed in a 1959 editorial that captured what would become the legacy of his Senate career and his place in the conservative movement. -
Former Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86
Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 years in Congress, died Friday. He was 86. -
Obama remarks on Iraq prompt flip-flop charge
Sen. John McCain’s campaign again called Sen. Barack Obama a flip-flopper after the Democratic candidate held two news conferences to clarify his remarks on the Iraq war.
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Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP)
AP - Obama and family celebrate Independence Day in red-state Montana … Obama struggles to explain how his trip to Iraq could refine his policy on US presence there … McCain calls campaign staff shake-up part of “natural evolution” … Obama says ‘mental distress’ not valid for late-term abortions -
Obama and family spend Fourth of July in Montana (AP)
AP - It was a family Fourth of July for Democrat Barack Obama as his wife, daughters, sister and other relatives helped him make an Independence Day play for this reliably conservative state. -
CNN poll: Voters say both candidates flip-flop
How do voters feel about the two major-party presidential candidates this year?