Archive for November, 2007

Clinton urges sweeping action on AIDS (AP)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks at the Global Summit on AIDS & The Church at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007.  (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton used an appearance at one of the nation’s largest evangelical churches Thursday to sketch a broad agenda to take on disease around the globe, calling it “the right thing to do.”

Dem candidates pitch to party leaders (AP)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Democratic Presidential hopeful, former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, arrives to speak at the Democratic National Committee Fall Meeting in Vienna, Va., Friday, Nov. 30, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - VIENNA, Va. — Democratic presidential candidates called for sacrifice, a more attentive Democratic Party and an end to divisive political strategies as they pitched their candidacies to the staunchest of Democrats.

Presidential race turns a negative page (AP)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Republican presidential hopefuls, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, speak simultaneously while discussing immigration during the CNN/You Tube debate in St. Petersburg, Fla. Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007.  (AP Photo/ Chris O'Meara)AP - Mitt Romney is the target, abortion is the issue, and the $100,000 ad buy will change the tone of the Iowa and New Hampshire presidential primaries.

Man takes hostages at Clinton campaign office (Reuters)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks to supporters during a campaign stop at the Ankeny Campus in Ankeny, Iowa, November 28, 2007. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)Reuters - An armed man took people hostage at a
New Hampshire campaign office for Democratic presidential
candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton on Friday, New Hampshire's WMUR
TV reported.

Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, has breakfast with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Friday, Nov. 30, 2007, at a diner in Midtown Manhattan in New York.  (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)AP - Presidential race turns a negative page … Obama, Bloomberg dine together in NYC … Clinton campaign: Knock off misleading ad

New Hampshire: Romney 34% Giuliani 15% McCain 15% Huckabee 14% (Rasmussen Reports)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Rasmussen Reports - In New Hampshire's Republican Presidential Primary, the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey shows former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney with 34% support and a nineteen-point lead. Making the most of his home field advantage, Romney has steadily increased his lead from fifteen points earlier in November, nine-points in October and three-points in September.

Udall cousins seeking Senate seats (AP)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

AP - Two cousins in the House now want to become two cousins in the Senate. Rep. Tom Udall, D-N.M., is joining Rep. Mark Udall, D-Colo., in seeking Senate seats of retiring Republicans.

Romney's Kerry Problem (U.S. News & World Report)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

U.S. News & World Report - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has a growing John Kerry problem, and last night's CNN/YouTube debate underscored a stark reality the former Massachusetts governor faces as he battles for his party's nomination.

Republicans Ignore Reagan's Warning Against Party Infighting (Bloomberg)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Republican presidential candidates former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (L) and former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN) both listen as former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (C) answers a question at the CNN/YouTube/Republican Party of Florida presidential debate in St. Petersburg, Florida, November 28, 2007. (Hans Deryk/Reuters)Bloomberg - Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) — Republican presidential contenders
are shredding Ronald Reagan's “11th Commandment'' call for
party decorum, and acting more like feuding Democrats of yore.

Obama deplores 'Jena Six,' nooses (AP)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barak Obama, D-Ill., speaks at the The Apollo Theater in the Harlem section of New York, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Invoking a racially charged controversy, Democrat Barack Obama told a Harlem fundraiser Thursday that he deplored the fact that hanging nooses and “Jena Six” cases are still found in America and that if elected president he could be counted on to enforce civil rights laws.