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Entries from August 2008

Mitch Daniels: A Phony on Green Energy

August 18th, 2008 · No Comments

I can’t stand Mitch Daniels. He has an ad running across the state touting his green energy record (watch below): Indiana ranks between Alabama and only trails West Virginia as the least green state in America, according to Forbes magazine, under Mitch Daniels’ leadership in Indianapolis. The rankings are based on air and water quality, [...]

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The Real John McCain

August 18th, 2008 · No Comments

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Obama Town Hall in Elkhart, Indiana

August 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Barack Obama spoke today with Senator Evan Bayh and Congressman Joe Donnelly in Elkhart, Indiana. Video below: var wordpress_toolbar_urls = [];var wordpress_toolbar_url = “”;var wordpress_toolbar_oinw = “”;var wordpress_toolbar_hash = “aHR0cDovL2t5bGViZWxsLmNvbS8yMDA4LzA4LzA2L29iYW1hLXRvd24taGFsbC1pbi1lbGtoYXJ0LWluZGlhbmEvPHdwdGI%2BT2JhbWEgVG93biBIYWxsIGluIEVsa2hhcnQsIEluZGlhbmE8d3B0Yj5odHRwOi8va3lsZWJlbGwuY29tPHdwdGI%2BS3lsZSBCZWxs”;

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Election Projection 2008: August 5 Update

August 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Our last electoral map update was on June 22. Now that we are in August, you would imagine that a lot has changed over the course of a month and a half. Not really. Surprisingly, the race has remained remarkably steady. The last major event to happen that changed the dynamics of the race was [...]

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Will Obama pick his running mate this week?

August 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

It’s August 4, 2008, nearly four years and a month to the day that John Kerry picked John Edwards as his running mate for vice president in 2004. What does that mean to the race in 2008? That it’s nearing time (actually, past due) for Obama to pick his VP choice. Word has it that [...]

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John McCain Flip-Flops on Running a Positive Campaign

August 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

John McCain said some months ago that he wanted to run a positive campaign. His “Straight Talk Express” has found itself in the ditch the past week and keeps slinging the dirt at Barack Obama by essentially calling him the anti-Christ. Former democratic nominee John Kerry and former Democrat Joe Lieberman debated it on Meet [...]

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Paris and Britney and Moses, Oh My!

August 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

One week after Barack Obama’s widely praised trip to the Middle East and Europe, the McCain campaign has determined that the low road is the only road to the White House. With poll numbers having Obama up in the majority of battleground states (including Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Colorado, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa), and [...]

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