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Talking science McCain and Obama answer questions on science and scientific integrity	Kate Sheppard	16 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Scientists and Engineers for America sent a questionnaire to the major-party presidential candidates asking them about innovation and a number of science-related issues. Obama responded several weeks ago, and now McCain has delivered his answers. You can compare their responses on climate change, energy, ocean health, water shortages, government-funded research, and scientific integrity. Most of the candidates' answers will sound familiar to those who've been f ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

'Bush 44' Obama campaign goes on the attack while McCain's newest ad calls for more drilling	Kate Sheppard	15 Sep 2008	Gristmill
The Obama campaign is going on the attack today. It's releasing a new ad, 'Honor,' that strings together media quotes accusing John McCain of making false claims and running a sleazy campaign. And Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden is hitting McCain with a speech -- unambiguously titled 'Bush 44' -- that argues the Republican candidate would perpetuate the Bush administration's agenda on issues including energy policy. 'John McCain stands with Ge ...
Topics: advertising, Barack Obama, elections, gas prices, Joe Biden, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Ride, baby, ride Expanded transit can lead to energy independence	Jon Rynn	12 Sep 2008	Gristmill
While the Republicans were busy chanting 'drill, baby, drill' at their convention, they ignored a much better alternative: riding on buses and trains. As Diane Carman put it in The Rocky Mountain News: The irony was almost creepy. Thousands of Republicans were gleefully chanting 'Drill, baby, drill' inside a convention hall in St. Paul, Minn., some 43 years nearly to the day after the infamous Watts riots when the original chant, 'Burn, baby, burn' was coined by mobs d ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, politics, presidential race 08, public transportation, Republican National Convention (all these topics)

SpeechWars	David Roberts	11 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Via Treehugger, SpeechWars is indeed addictive. Enter any word and you can see how many times Obama and McCain have used it in their speeches over the last four years: The results are not always intuitive. Then again, some are:
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Pig poo Obama thinks the American people don't want diversions and manipulations ... but why?	David Roberts	11 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Obama responds to the trumped-up 'lipstick on a pig' controversy, whereby the media dutifully reported the McCain campaign's hilarious assertion that Obama was calling Palin a pig: Yes, the McCain campaign would love to have this kind of thing continue right through November. Obama thinks the American people would rather discuss solutions to the energy crisis and other such matters of governance and policy. But why does he think that? If the American people w ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08, shenanigans, video (all these topics)

You elite me Resentment in partisan politics	David Roberts	10 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Reacting to this post, Reihan Salam (who majors in good blogging and minors in even better dancing) says there is enough fear, resentment, and moral arrogance to go around. He says arguing over who's the bitterest of all is "unedifying." Your honor, I object! I wrote said post mere hours after Romney assaulted my logic (Throw out the big-government liberals and elect John McCain and Sarah Palin!), Giuliani groped my lizard brain (I'm sorry Barack Obama fee ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, John McCain, oil, politics, presidential race 08, Sarah Palin (all these topics)

Truth, baby, truth! It's time to break the American addiction to oil	Joseph Romm	09 Sep 2008	Gristmill
This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Bill Becker, executive director of the Presidential Climate Action Project. ----- When George Bush declared that the United States is addicted to oil, it may have been the most insightful moment of his presidency. It is a cruel but apt analogy, and that's why the big push for more domestic oil production is so disturbing. John McCain has created the 'Drill Here, Drill Now' mantra, as though he wants to sink a well ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, international politics, Iran, John McCain, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08, Russia, Sarah Palin (all these topics)

Take that, Rudy Community organizers rock	Jon Rynn	09 Sep 2008	Gristmill

Topics: presidential race 08, elections, grassroots activism, politics, Barack Obama, video (all these topics)

Finally	David Roberts	08 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Obama spokesman calls Palin's 'Bridge to Nowhere' claim what it is: a lie. Was that so hard? UPDATE: See also:
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, politics, presidential race 08, Sarah Palin, video (all these topics)

RNC: McCain camp pits Obama v. Palin in new ad Truth about oil support is blurred in new McCain ad	Kate Sheppard	03 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Before Sarah Palin's VP nomination acceptance speech tonight, the McCain campaign released a new ad, 'Alaska Maverick.' It compares Palin to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama: 'She has a record of bi-partisan reform,' it says. 'He's the Senate's 'most liberal.'' 'She took on the oil producers,' it continues. 'He gave big oil billions in subsidies and giveaways.' The accusation that Obama 'gave big oil billions in subsidies and giveaways' is somewhat ...
Topics: advertising, presidential race 08, elections, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Republican National Convention, politics, video (all these topics)

Voters' Voices: Virginia II Talking with voters in central Virginia about the environment and the election	Melinda Henneberger	29 Aug 2008	Gristmill
This is part of a series of dispatches from Melinda Henneberger, who's talking to voters around the U.S. about their views on the environment and the election. Stanardsville, Va. -- A harvest moon is rising over the cornfields on the last night of the Greene County Fair, just hours before the carnival rides are packed up and the local politicos break down the vast GOP tent, where yard signs and balloons are being handed out, and the much smaller ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08, Virginia, Voters Voices (all these topics)

DNC: Obama's speech, in photos Scenes from Mile High Stadium	Kate Sheppard	29 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Here are some photos I took from the crowd at Mile High Stadium on Thursday night for Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention:
Topics: Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, elections, Muckraker, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

DNC: Barack star Obama calls out climate and energy in his big acceptance speech	Kate Sheppard	28 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Barack Obama.Photo: Alex Brandon / AP Thursday's much anticipated acceptance speech by Barack Obama was less like a political event than a rock concert. Except you've never seen people quite this excited at a rock concert. Obama took the stage before 75,000 fans waving flags, stomping, and screaming. Among the many issues he addressed in his long, winding oration, he pledged to confront the duel challenges of climate change and energy independence. 'For the sake ...
Topics: Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, elections, Muckraker, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics)

DNC: Al systems go! Al Gore says Barack Obama is the man to solve the climate crisis	Kate Sheppard	28 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Al Gore. Al Gore, one of the headline speakers this evening at Mile High Stadium, spoke at length about the challenges of climate change and energy. 'We are facing a planetary emergency, which is not like anything we have experienced in the history of humankind,' he said. Gore emphasized that there's a common answer to the triple threats of climate change, the economic crisis, and the energy crunch. 'The solutions to all three require us to end our dependence on ...
Topics: Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, elections, Muckraker, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics)

DNC: Waiting for the main event Obama to tout clean coal, nuclear, and renewables in his big speech	Kate Sheppard	28 Aug 2008	Gristmill
David and I are in Invesco Field, among tens of thousands of delegates, reporters, and Denver residents awaiting Barack Obama's acceptance speech tonight. We're glad to be inside -- outside the line snakes more than a mile out from the stadium. They're expecting more than 75,000 attendees tonight, and the security line is a giant mess, according to folks we know still waiting outside. So far we've seen a whole list of party higher-ups, including Speaker of t ...
Topics: Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, elections, energy, Muckraker, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

DNC: On the platform Delegates approve platform that embraces Obama's energy plan	Kate Sheppard	25 Aug 2008	Gristmill
The Democratic Party today approved a platform that embraces presidential candidate Barack Obama's energy policies. Included in it is his call for tax rebates to families struggling with high energy costs. In an op-ed in the Denver Post today, John Podesta and Timothy Wirth argue that the platform doesn't go far enough on energy issues. Podesta is president of the Center for American Progress and former chief of staff to President Clinton, and Wirth is president of ...
Topics: Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, elections, energy, Muckraker, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Biden: his time Barack Obama selects Delaware Sen. Joe Biden as his running mate	David Roberts	23 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Joe Biden. Photo: senate.gov Barack Obama's running mate will be Joe Biden. Here's a fact sheet on Biden's environmental record. Grist interviewed Biden in August 2007, when he was running for president. He said this about dealing with climate change: To deal with global warming, you have to change the attitude of the world, particularly China and India, the two largest developing nations. But in order to do that, to have any credibility, you have to be ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Joe Biden, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Obama's energy and climate advisors	Joseph Romm	22 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Greenwire ($ub. req'd) has published a detailed list of who is advising Obama on energy and environment policies, which I am reprinting below the fold. Obama, an Illinois Democrat, has a notably deep bench of experts to help him answer key questions on energy prices, oil drilling and global warming I know most of them well, and they are A-listers with deep experience in and out of government. During the Clinton administration, I had the pleasure to work with both ...
Topics: Barack Obama, climate, elections, energy, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Veep fatigue Pull the trigger, Barack!	Kate Sheppard	22 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Barack Obama could drop his VP announcement at any minute. Which is what we've been hearing all week, except now there are fewer minutes between the present and his big shindig in Springfield, Ill., tomorrow afternoon, when he's supposed to appear with his new running mate. What we do know is that at some point in the next 24 hours, he'll unleash a flood of text messages and emails to supporters unveiling his selection. Grist promises the full green scoop after Obama ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Environment America endorses Obama Exclude: Another green group backs the Democratic presidential candidate	Kate Sheppard	20 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Environment America today became the latest green group to endorse Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. 'Sen. Obama has publicly committed to fully addressing the pressing problem of global warming and moving the United States toward a new energy future,' said Margie Alt, executive director of Environment America. 'He has made clean energy one of the top issues of his campaign, and as a public servant representing Illinois at the state and federal level ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, environmental movement, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Veep-stakes Everyone's talking about Obama's VP pick	Kate Sheppard	20 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Barack Obama is expected to reveal his vice presidential selection sometime this week, possibly as soon as today, though it's looking like a campaign event in Springfield, Ill. on Saturday is the most likely location for an announcement. If you've turned on cable news in the past few days, the pundits have been jabbering non-stop about who he might select. Most speculate that the running is probably down to four possible candidates: Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh, Kansas Gov ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Putting lipstick on a rig McCain visits an oil rig, repeats call for more offshore drilling	Kate Sheppard	19 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Hurricane Dolly blew away John McCain's planned visit to an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico last month, but the senator made another go at it today. On a Chevron-operated rig 150 miles off the coast of Louisiana, McCain reiterated his call for more offshore drilling and bashed his opponent for not being enthusiastic enough about oil exploration. 'Sen. Obama opposes new drilling,' said McCain (who himself opposed new offshore drilling until this summer). 'He has said ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, offshore drilling, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Voters' Voices: Virginia Talking with voters in northern Virginia about the environment and the election	Melinda Henneberger	15 Aug 2008	Gristmill
This is part of a series of dispatches from Melinda Henneberger, who's talking to voters around the U.S. about their views on the environment and the election. Reston Town Center. Reston, Va. -- If Virginia were a person, it would look a lot like Rod Markham, a federal contractor, retired from the Army, who's leaning ever so slightly toward Obama but is still of two minds about the presidential race. "There's a part of me that wants so bad ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08, Virginia, Voters Voices (all these topics)

Party Is as Party Does Democratic party platform outlines green goals		14 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 8:33 AM on 14 Aug 2008 The Democratic Party released its national platform Thursday ahead of its upcoming convention in Denver. While the health-care section is Hillary-esque, most sections, including those environment- and energy-related, echo the calls that Barack Obama has made throughout his campaign. The section "New American Energy" declares that Dems will create up to 5 million jobs in the green-ene ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Veep impact The pro- and anti-coal contenders on Obama's veep shortlist	Frank O'Donnell	11 Aug 2008	Gristmill
A commentary on vice presidential prospects by Eric Schaeffer, director of the Environmental Integrity Project, and Frank O'Donnell, president of Clean Air Watch. ----- As presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama prepares to make perhaps his most important campaign decision -- his choice of a running mate -- two governors are said to be on the short list: Tim Kaine of Virginia and Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas. Both are smart and popular. Both ...
Topics: Barack Obama, coal, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

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