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Plan of surrender
Unlike McCain and Clinton, Obama would have us capitulate to Gas Price Terror |
David Roberts |
30 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Gas prices are high, which is the worst thing that's ever happened in the history of America, dating back to the time of the dinosaurs. It's a violation of the spirit of the Constitution of Independence as written by Jefferson Davis. We must declare preemptive war on gas prices before they destroy our freedoms, which they hate. Think of the children. How will they get to soccer practice? "Buy the kid a bike," says the Blame America First crowd. Thankfully ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, energy, legislation, oil, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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How I Spent My Summer Tax Vacation
McCain, Clinton support summer gas-tax rollback |
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29 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 5:39 AM on 29 Apr 2008 Hillary Clinton. Photo: Marc Nozell U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and John McCain have said they support temporarily suspending the federal excise tax on gasoline and diesel fuel over the summer to ease the impacts of high fuel prices on consumers. McCain indicated he would shift revenue from other sources to cover the estimated $9 billion dip in highway infrastruct ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, news, oil, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Obama plays it straight
Energy prices that tell the truth: the real presidential litmus test |
Charles Komanoff |
27 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Calling all greens: Barack Obama, battling to remain the front-runner in the Democratic presidential primary, this weekend took on the most sacred cow in American politics: cheap gas. Campaigning in Indiana, Obama distanced himself from the gas tax 'holiday' proposed by Sen. John McCain, saying it may not bring down prices and would require raising other taxes to pay for highway maintenance. "The only way we're going to lower gas prices over the long ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, energy, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Last night's debate
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David Roberts |
17 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I came in this morning planning to review last night's Democratic debate and blog about the energy/environment questions. Turns out there were none -- indeed, policy and substance were almost entirely absent from the debate. There seems to be broad agreement that it was a real low point for journalism, a gotcha-fest that illuminated nothing but the decadence of the establishment media. It did, however, produce one truly magnificent cultural artifact. Watch below as ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Clinton bashes Obama on energy
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David Roberts |
17 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Clinton is attacking Obama over his energy bill vote in Penn. again. (More on the vote; more on the attacks.)You've got to know McCain is chuckling right now. He's having the easiest campaign ever! |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, energy, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Lapel-pin patriotism vs. protecting this country against its greatest threat
True patriots would fight global warming |
Joseph Romm |
15 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Bill Becker, executive director of the Presidential Climate Action Project. ----- As you'll recall, Barack Obama made a controversial sartorial decision last October about what he will and will not wear on his lapel. He declared he will not wear one of those American flag pins that have become so popular among politicians since Sept. 11. 'I decided I won't wear that pin on my chest,' he said while campaigning in Iowa. ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, climate, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Climate Change We Can Believe In
Clinton, Obama questioned on climate change at religion forum |
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14 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 7:07 AM on 14 Apr 2008 Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were asked about climate change as part of the Compassion Forum, a gathering focused on eliciting the candidates' views on matters of faith. Asked whether Americans can combat global poverty and climate change without changing their standard of living, Clinton got all "10 things you can do," ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, climate, Hillary Clinton, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Candidates on climate change as moral issue
Clinton & Obama to be queried on CNN tonight at 8pm EST on climate |
Erik Hoffner |
13 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Dem hopefuls Clinton and Obama will participate live tonight in The Compassion Forum, a discussion of "pressing moral issues that bridge ideological divides" including poverty, AIDS, Darfur, human rights, torture, and ... drumroll please ... climate change. The pair will field questions from CNN and Newsweek talking heads as well as from members of the faith community. The Rev Sally Bingham, of the very cool Interfaith Power and Light Campaign will be asking ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08, religion and spirituality, TV (all these topics) |
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Obama just can't quit Gore
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David Roberts |
03 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| In response to a question about whether he'd consider Gore for a cabinet position, Obama said: I would. Not only will I, but I will make a commitment that Al Gore will be at the table and play a central part in us figuring out how we solve this problem. He's somebody I talk to on a regular basis. I'm already consulting with him in terms of these issues, but climate change is real. It is something we have to deal with now, not 10 years from now, not 20 years fro ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, Barack Obama, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Brood and Gore
Obama says he'd consider Gore for climate post in his administration |
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03 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 5:27 AM on 03 Apr 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said at a town hall meeting in Pennsylvania yesterday that he would consider asking former vice president and current climate superstar Al Gore to assume a cabinet-level position in his administration to help tackle climate change. "I will make a commitment that Al Gore will be at the table and play a central part in us figuring ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, Barack Obama, climate, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Obama and oil companies
The latest primary dispute: Does Obama take oil money? |
David Roberts |
30 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This is a new ad from Obama, playing now in Pennsylvania: In response, the Clinton campaign rushed out a statement claiming that Obama does too accept money from oil and gas companies: According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Sen. Obama has received over $160,000 from the oil and gas companies. Two major bundlers for his campaign -- George Kaiser and Robert Cavnar -- are oil company CEOs. Sen. Obama has accepted money from Exxon, Shell, BP, Chevron and ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, Big Oil, Hillary Clinton, oil, politics, presidential race 08, shenanigans (all these topics) |
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Things that make you go hm
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David Roberts |
28 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
| On Thursday at his speech on the economy, Obama was introduced by Michael Bloomberg. Today in an interview with a N.Y. TV station, Obama expressed his support for congestion pricing. Hmm ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, cars, politics, presidential race 08, regulation (all these topics) |
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BREAKING: Al Gore still not running, though superdelegates may force him to, only probably not
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David Roberts |
27 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
| In his column today, Joe Klein spins out a preposterously unlikely scenario whereby the Democratic superdelegates get together and conspire to pass over both Obama and Clinton and instead hand the nomination to ... Al Gore. Two or three paragraphs in I thinking, oh, Joe, pish-tosh. Then: Pish-tosh, you say, and you're probably right. OK then. |
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| Topics: Al Gore, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Richardson endorses Obama
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David Roberts |
21 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Bill Richardson, who aspired to be the 'energy president,' has endorsed Barack Obama. In his endorsement letter, he cites race and this stuff: To reverse the disastrous policies of the last seven years, rebuild our economy, address the housing and mortgage crisis, bring our troops home from Iraq, and restore America's international standing, we need a President who can bring us together as a nation so we can confront our urgent challenges at home and abroad. Noti ... |
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| Topics: presidential race 08, Barack Obama, politics (all these topics) |
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West Virginia, Mountain Drama
Clinton and Obama boost coal in West Virginia |
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21 Mar 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 2:03 PM on 21 Mar 2008 Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama both did some coal-boosting while campaigning in West Virginia this week. Clinton told West Virginians she's always been in favor of "the cleanest coal possible," but that "coal fits in very importantly" to America's energy future. Asked about mountaintop-removal mining in a radio interview Wednesday, she hedged, saying she didn't &quo ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, coal, economy, elections, energy, green jobs, Hillary Clinton, mining, news, politics, presidential race 08 ... (all these topics) |
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Now That's Richardson
Bill Richardson endorses Barack Obama for president |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, elections, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Biggers to Obama: Free Appalachia from coal
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David Roberts |
21 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Jeff Biggers suggests an ambitious and risky Appalachian strategy for Barack Obama: By the 1920s, plundered for their coal and unable to compete with the non-union labor in Kentucky and West Virginia, the southern Illinois coal towns had turned into deforested and eroded wastelands, and were depicted by one government report as a 'picture, almost unrelieved, of utter economic devastation.' Southern Illinois lay claim to the highest infant mortality rates in the nati ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, coal, energy, Illinois, mining, politics (all these topics) |
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Obama wins Wyoming
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David Roberts |
08 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Today Obama won the Wyoming Democratic caucus. He's the proud choice of Wyoming's 17 Democrats! |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, politics, presidential race 08, Wyoming (all these topics) |
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Primaries thread
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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 ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Ohio, politics, presidential race 08, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont ... (all these topics) |
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Clinton v. Obama on SNL
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David Roberts |
04 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Medium funny: |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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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?! |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, celebrity, elections, music, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, climate, elections, energy, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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An Eye for a Buckeye
Dems touch on green issues at debate in crucial primary state of Ohio |
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27 Feb 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 5:32 AM on 27 Feb 2008 Environmental issues popped up during a discussion of trade policy in last night's debate between Democratic presidential contenders Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Clinton said she would "renegotiate the core labor and environmental standards" of NAFTA. Obama agreed, saying, "I intend to make certain that every [trade] agreement that we sign has the labor ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, news, politics, presidential race 08, United States (all these topics) |
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Notable quotable
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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 |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, legislation, politics, presidential race 08, quotables (all these topics) |
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Notable quotable
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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 ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, energy, green jobs, politics, presidential race 08, quotables (all these topics) |
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