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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 ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, climate, elections, energy, green jobs, politics, presidential race 08, renewable energy, tech (all these topics) |
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The Promise of Politics
Clinton and Obama talk up the promise of a green economy |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Ready to Barack and Roll
Obama says will move immediately on international climate pact |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, climate, climate change mitigation, elections, international politics, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Obama takes Maine in a wicked pissah
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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: ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Mike Huckabee, politics, presidential race 08, Washington (all these topics) |
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A trio of Obama wins
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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. |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Louisiana, Nebraska, politics, presidential race 08, Washington (all these topics) |
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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, ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, politics, presidential race 08, Seattle (all these topics) |
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The enGorsement, re-reconsidered
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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 ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, Barack Obama, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Super Troopers Troop On
The green take on Super-Duper Tuesday |
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05 Feb 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 10:46 PM on 05 Feb 2008 Coming out of Super Tuesday's primaries and caucuses in 22 states, the Republicans are looking ever more likely to nominate their most eco-conscious candidate, John McCain, who was the big GOP winner of the day. But green issues don't seem to have played much if any role in the Republican voting, and McCain didn't reference anything environmental in his speech to supporters at the end of the night. ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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The green Democrat's choice
Obama or Clinton: who's greener? |
David Roberts |
05 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Photos: Roger Goun and Will Merydith The following post was first published on Passing Through, The Nation's guest blog, where I will be posting all month. If you're a political junkie like me, all you can think about is the primary and the general election beyond. Can you remember a primary season so dynamic and volatile, so dramatic, so filled with hope and trepidation and the stirrings of something historic? I can't decide if I love it or I'm going to have ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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What's That, a Bout?
Obama talks about fighting the nuclear industry, but his record is less strident |
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04 Feb 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 4:51 AM on 04 Feb 2008 Barack Obama talks on the campaign trail about fighting the nuclear power industry, but the real story is more complicated, reports The New York Times in a front-page story. In 2006, Illinois residents were up in arms after finding out that Exelon Corp. had not informed them about radioactive leaks at one of its nuclear power plants. Obama responded by introduci ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, news, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Obama Super Bowl ad
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David Roberts |
03 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Far as I know, Obama was the only candidate to buy an ad during the Super Bowl today, one that ran in 24 states, to the tune of $250,000. It's interesting to me that in perhaps the highest profile, highest stakes ad the Obama campaign has ever run, the focus is on two strongly progressive messages: ending the war and saving the planet. Here it is: |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, politics, presidential race 08, sports (all these topics) |
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Dipdive
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David Roberts |
02 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This has been making the rounds. Pretty damn effective, I'd say: |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, music, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Carbon-loaded question
Obama parries ABEC |
David Roberts |
31 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Obama gets buttonholed by a planted ABEC coal shill: Nothing he says here is particularly objectionable. The priority on reducing CO2 emissions is welcome. It is true that if we can figure out a way to cost-effectively sequester coal emissions, it will bring some benefit. More important, though, is what's not said. He says we can't emit more CO2, but he stops short of calling for a moratorium on dirty coal plants with no sequestration. (He says he won't 'license ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, climate, coal, elections, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Tonight's climate-less Democratic debate: Brought to you on behalf of ABEC
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David Roberts |
31 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I looked through the transcript, and as far as I can tell there wasn't a single question about climate change in tonight's Democratic debate between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. This is the fourth CNN debate sponsored by coal front group Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (ABEC). Not one of the four has contained a question on climate. |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, climate, elections, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Obama joins Illinois legislators pushing to revive FutureGen
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David Roberts |
30 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| When the DOE announced it was yanking support for FutureGen, I wondered where Obama would come down on it. Pro-Illinois, or pro-green-coal-haters? Here's our answer: Nine members of Illinois' congressional delegation are urging President Bush to keep the FutureGen clean-coal power plant on track. In a letter sent to the president today, the bipartisan group said it has lost faith in Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman after meeting with him Tuesday. Bodman, in t ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, coal, energy, Illinois, politics (all these topics) |
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Responses to the SOTU ...
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David Roberts |
28 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| ... from Clinton, Obama, and Edwards. None of them mention climate or energy. Here's Obama's on video: |
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| Topics: politics, Barack Obama (all these topics) |
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Right Said Ted
Sen. Ted Kennedy endorses Obama |
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28 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 2:09 PM on 28 Jan 2008 Influential Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), whose family has long been friendly with the Clintons, has nonetheless endorsed Barack Obama for president. Included among Ted's reasons: "With Barack Obama ... we will make the United States the great leader and not the great roadblock in the fateful fight against global warming." Kennedy is the brother of late President John F. Kennedy; JFK's daughter, Caroli ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, climate, elections, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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'Paign and Suffraging
Romney criticized McCain on climate, and more election news |
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28 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 5:24 AM on 28 Jan 2008 In his victory speech after triumphing in the South Carolina Democratic primary on Saturday, Barack Obama called on Americans to come together to make "energy cleaner" -- but environmental issues weren't a notable factor in the state's contest. Green concerns are more visible in Florida, where Republicans are currently duking it out in advance of Tuesday's primary there. ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, John McCain, Mitt Romney, news, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Change we can believe in?
What does the 2005 energy bill vote say about Obama? |
David Roberts |
24 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| It's conventional wisdom that Clinton and Obama are fairly close on policy, so the choice between them will come down to "character" and theories of change. While I think that's broadly accurate, there are some differences in their voting records, and recently Elana Schorr took a close look at them to find where the candidates had made different decisions. One of the few matters of real consequence (other than the war) was the 2005 energy bill, ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, legislation, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Boucher for Obama
The latest in a string of endorsements for Obama from red-state Dems |
David Roberts |
22 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.), notorious champion of Big Coal, has endorsed Barack Obama. Some greens are no doubt going to use this as evidence that Obama is too close to coal. I share the concern, but I don't think it's the most sensible interpretation of this case. Boucher's endorsement is just the latest in a string of endorsements from Democrats in red states -- including, crucially, popular Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine. (Two other prime Va. Dems -- Sen. Jim Webb, wi ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, coal, elections, energy, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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It's the Green Economy, Stupid
At Dem debate, candidates agree on green jobs, fight over everything else |
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21 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 9:10 PM on 21 Jan 2008 Photo: AP/Mary Ann Chastain At the acrimonious Democratic presidential debate on Monday night, the three leading candidates bickered over a whole range of issues, but they all agreed on one thing: the need to invest in creating green-collar jobs. The CNN moderators didn't ask any questions about the environment, but Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and Barack ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, green jobs, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Barack Obama at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 20 Jan. 2008
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David Roberts |
21 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Full transcript under the fold:----- Barack Obama at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 20 Jan. 2008 The Scripture tells us that when Joshua and the Israelites arrived at the gates of Jericho, they could not enter. The walls of the city were too steep for any one person to climb; too strong to be taken down with brute force. And so they sat for days, unable to pass on through. But God had a plan for his people. He told them to stand together and march together ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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She'll Be Comin' Down on the Mountain
Clinton and Romney win in Nevada; McCain wins in South Carolina |
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19 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 5:21 PM on 19 Jan 2008 Hillary Clinton beat Barack Obama to win the Democratic caucuses in Nevada on Saturday, getting 51 percent of the vote compared to Obama's 45 (and John Edwards' dismal 4). The economy was the top concern among Nevada voters surveyed, but the environment may have played a role too. Clinton tried to gain an edge in the state by touting her pledge to shut down th ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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The Coal War
Coal lobbyists step up their game |
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18 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 1:08 PM on 18 Jan 2008 A group called Americans for Balanced Energy Choices is waging a $35 million campaign urging Americans to make one choice in particular: coal. As U.S. activists step up their protests against coal plants -- and find increasing success -- the industry-backed ABEC is running ads chirping that the black rock "powers our way of life" and "will help us with vital energy security." Radio, print, and TV ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, coal, energy, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Number one reason Al Gore will not be Barack Obama's running mate
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David Roberts |
17 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| He is sane. |
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| Topics: Al Gore, Barack Obama, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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