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Now That's Richardson Bill Richardson endorses Barack Obama for president		21 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 12:08 PM on 21 Mar 2008 Sen. Barack Obama has been endorsed for president by New Mexico governor and former presidential racer Bill Richardson. Among other things, said Richardson, Obama "will make the historic and vital investments into renewable energy, to help create clean energy jobs and fight global warming." source: MSNBC From the Archives A Doom With a Review. Report by ...
Topics: Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, elections, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Obama wins Wyoming	David Roberts	08 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Today Obama won the Wyoming Democratic caucus. He's the proud choice of Wyoming's 17 Democrats!
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, politics, presidential race 08, Wyoming (all these topics)

Primaries thread	David Roberts	04 Mar 2008	Gristmill
This is the thread to discuss all things election related this evening. To kick things off: Obama wins Vermont, handily, as expected. From what I hear the other three are tight. UPDATE: According to CNN, McCain has won Texas, Ohio, Vermont, and Rhode Island, thereby securing the Republican nomination. Guess Huckabee should have majored in math after all. UPDATE: Clinton projected to win Rhode Island. UPDATE: CNN is projecting that both my children are now in bed ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Ohio, politics, presidential race 08, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont (all these topics)

Clinton v. Obama on SNL	David Roberts	04 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Medium funny:
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Theo Will.i.am. releases new video for Obama	David Roberts	01 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Among those I know, reaction to this new will.i.am video has been unanimous: 'Is that Theo Huxtable?!
Topics: elections, presidential race 08, Barack Obama, music, politics, celebrity (all these topics)

Is Obama's climate plan missing something? The Washington Post lamely attacks Obama's climate ideas	Joseph Romm	27 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Post columnist Sebastian Mallaby, in an absurdly titled column, 'Obama's Missing Ideas,' proves once again that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Obama's ideas about climate solutions are probably the very last place one can find something missing. Obama has a terrific climate plan, full of winning ideas, as I have blogged many times. Yet Mallaby claims that 'good ideas are actually quite scarce. Just take a look at climate change.' Mallaby's 'case' is based ...
Topics: Barack Obama, climate, elections, energy, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Notable quotable	David Roberts	26 Feb 2008	Gristmill
'So when it came time to vote on Dick Cheney's energy bill, I voted no, and Senator Obama voted yes.' -- Hillary Clinton, Ohio Democratic presidential primary debate
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, legislation, politics, presidential race 08, quotables (all these topics)

Notable quotable	David Roberts	26 Feb 2008	Gristmill
"We're going to have to invest in infrastructure to make sure that we're competitive. And I've got a plan to do that. We're going to have to invest in science and technology. We've got to vastly improve our education system. We have to look at energy and the potential for creating green jobs that can not just save on our energy costs but, more importantly, can create jobs in building windmills that will produce manufacturing jobs here in Ohio, can put rural commun ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, energy, green jobs, politics, presidential race 08, quotables (all these topics)

Dodd's Nod Chris Dodd endorses Barack Obama for prez		26 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 11:23 AM on 26 Feb 2008 Former presidential contender Chris Dodd has broken with the wait-and-see Democrats to endorse Barack Obama for president. Obama has been "poked and prodded, analyzed and criticized, called too green, too trusting, and for all of that has already won" a majority of states and votes, said Dodd. See what he did there, using the word "green" as a subtle nod to Obama's eco-cred? Clever. source: ...
Topics: Barack Obama, Chris Dodd, elections, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Dodd endorses Obama	David Roberts	26 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Chris Dodd, the only significant presidential candidate to support a carbon tax, has endorsed Barack Obama. He also said he wouldn't want to be VP ... not that there was much danger of that.
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Notable quotable	David Roberts	25 Feb 2008	Gristmill
'Anybody has the right to run for president if they file sufficient papers. The job of the Democratic Party is to be so compelling that a few percentage of the vote going to another candidate is not going to make any difference.' -- Barack Obama, on Ralph Nader's entry into the presidential race
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, politics, presidential race 08, Ralph Nader (all these topics)

Last night's debate	David Roberts	22 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Yeah, so, there was a Democratic debate last night. Far as I can tell, there wasn't much said about energy or the environment (except in the clean coal ads brought to viewers by debate sponsor ABEC). Both candidates briefly mentioned creating a green economy, but it wasn't the subject of any back and forth or detailed questioning. (Though see Glenn below.) I will say, Clinton's closing remarks were some of the most graceful of the campaign. She says she'll fight on ev ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Obama and Clinton discuss border wall in last night's debate Will the next president stop construction on the border wall?	Glenn Hurowitz	22 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Last night's debate included some good news for the embattled wildlife and landscape of the Southwest. In response to a question about whether or not they would slow construction of the border wall under construction in the Southwest, both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton criticized the wall as ineffective and counterproductive. Obama went so far as to say he would 'reverse that policy' of building a wall, while Clinton criticized the wall as 'absurd' and s ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, endangered species, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, national security, politics, presidential race 08, wildlife (all these topics)

Presidential campaign footprints under scrutiny Confused Washington Times disses McCain and Obama on lack of carbon offsets	Joseph Romm	20 Feb 2008	Gristmill
In a bizarre twist, the conservative Washington Times, which would normally be critical of fuzzy environmental strategies like carbon offsets, is actually attacking the candidates for not offsetting all their campaign emissions. Opening with an absurd headline, 'Green crusades lot of talk,' the Times writes: Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama have called for strict mandatory limits to control greenhouse gases but they aren't leading by example -- each has failed ...
Topics: Barack Obama, carbon offsets, climate, elections, energy, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

P.S.	David Roberts	20 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Obama won Hawaii, with a convincing 75 percent. That's 10 wins in a row. In response, Clinton is ramping up her attacks.
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hawaii, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Obama pledges to cap carbon	David Roberts	19 Feb 2008	Gristmill
In this video (the second of two) of his victory speech this evening in Houston, at about 7 min. in, Obama discusses energy policy -- says we're shipping money overseas and melting the polar icecaps. He pledges to cap carbon, invest in renewable energy, and raise fuel efficiency in cars (it's "the only way we can bring down gas prices in the long term"): The ice caps are greeted with silence. Renewable energy gets huge cheers.
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Wisconsin goes to Obama and McCain	David Roberts	19 Feb 2008	Gristmill
The Wisconsin primary goes to Barack Obama and John McCain -- both got about 55%, to Clinton's 43 and Huckabee's 37 respectively (Ron Paul got his usual 4). That's Obama's ninth victory in a row. Clinton's chances of reversing this tide are looking slimmer all the time. On that note, both winners seem to be gearing up for the general. McCain said, 'I will fight every moment of every day in this campaign to make sure Americans are not deceived by an eloquent but empty ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08, Wisconsin (all these topics)

Election '08: Real alternatives for real food? Questions for Obama and Clinton from a Wisconsin farmer	Guest author	19 Feb 2008	Gristmill
The following is a guest essay by Jim Goodman, a farmer in Wonewoc, Wisc., and a Kellogg Foundation Food & Society Policy Fellow. It first appeared in the Capitol Times (Madison, Wisc.). ----- The candidates have come and gone through Wisconsin for the primary season, but I still have some questions for the Democratic candidates, Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama. I would like to be enthusiastic about this election, I really would. After the past ...
Topics: ag policy, ag subsidies, agriculture, Barack Obama, biofuels, elections, food, health, Hillary Clinton, local food, politics, presidential race 08, Wisconsin (all these topics)

Barack's economic policy speech in Wisconsin Obama lauds green jobs and clean tech in economy speech	Todd Hymas Samkara	13 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Photo: Sam Graham-Felsen In a speech on Wednesday at a GM auto plant in Wisconsin, Barack Obama outlined his economic agenda for the country. He described his stimulus plan, promising to boost green jobs, help the middle class, dole out tax cuts, negotiate worker and environmental protections in upcoming free-trade agreements -- and, to help pay for much of it, end the costly war in Iraq. The environmental highlights of the speech are below (audio ...
Topics: Barack Obama, climate, elections, energy, green jobs, politics, presidential race 08, renewable energy, tech (all these topics)

The Promise of Politics Clinton and Obama talk up the promise of a green economy		13 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 5:36 AM on 13 Feb 2008 Still glowing after racking up three more decisive primary victories in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., Barack Obama today is giving a major speech on the economy at a General Motors plant in Wisconsin. Stay tuned to Grist for the green take. Hillary Clinton made a less ballyhooed speech at a GM plant in Maryland on Monday, where she emphasized the importance of hybrid ve ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Ready to Barack and Roll Obama says will move immediately on international climate pact		11 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 5:05 PM on 11 Feb 2008 Prior to his weekend wins in Louisiana, Nebraska, Washington, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Barack Obama promised to begin developing the U.S. position on an international pact to halt global warming now, instead of waiting until 2009. "I've been in conversations with former Vice President [Al] Gore repeatedly, and his recommendation, which I think is sound, is that you c ...
Topics: Barack Obama, climate, climate change mitigation, elections, international politics, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Obama takes Maine in a wicked pissah	David Roberts	11 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Looks like Obama has won Maine in something of a blowout. This was a state that was widely expected to go to Clinton, and in which she had a commanding lead in the polls through late last year. At this point she's got to be wishing everyone could just go to sleep until the Texas primary. On the bright side, she's got a very, very narrow lead in New Mexico, with 99% reporting. In other rumorish news, it suuure sounds like Colin Powell's getting ready to endorse Obama: ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Mike Huckabee, politics, presidential race 08, Washington (all these topics)

A trio of Obama wins	David Roberts	09 Feb 2008	Gristmill
As expected, Obama won Nebraska, Washington, and Louisiana. The victories were widely predicted, but the sheer size of them, the overwhelming Obama stompery, was something of a surprise.
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Louisiana, Nebraska, politics, presidential race 08, Washington (all these topics)

Stadium Barack Obama takes the stage in Seattle to rally support for Saturday's state caucuses	Katy Balatero	08 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Barack Obama's speech in Seattle today made this 26-year-old feel positively old. I and a few other Gristers hopped a bus over to the rally in Key Arena and were greeted by a stadium overflowing with supporters, many of them high school and college students. I overheard an usher say 'I dont see this kind of support for [Seattle's basketball team] the Sonics anymore.' (The venue holds 18,000 people: by speech time it was over capacity, with people crowded on the floor, ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, politics, presidential race 08, Seattle (all these topics)

The enGorsement, re-reconsidered	David Roberts	07 Feb 2008	Gristmill
I wouldn't normally post about the latest round of Gore endorsement speculation, since nobody ever has anything new to say about it, but this comes from Steve Clemons, a D.C. insider who knows of what he speaks. He says a source close to the Clinton campaign told him that a rumor is running rampant that Gore is going to come off the fence and endorse Obama soon. Again, this is a third-hand account, worth only so much, but Clemons has credibility, so I thought I'd pass ...
Topics: Al Gore, Barack Obama, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

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