http://us-elections-2008.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for US Elections 2008 en Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:30:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2678759 unknown@Digg.com It's The Fourth of July, but not everyone was in a festive mood when President Bush delivered a speech Thursday at Thomas Jefferson's famous home, Monticello. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:30:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2678759US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2678510 unknown@Digg.com Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) promised primary voters a swift withdrawal from Iraq, in clear language still on his Web site: ?Obama will immediately begin to remove our troops from Iraq. He will remove one to two combat brigades each month, and have all of our combat brigades out of Iraq within 16 months.? Not anymore. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:30:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2678510US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2678409 unknown@Digg.com Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain might not burn up the campaign trail around Western New York this election year, but the University at Buffalo may have scheduled the next best thing. GOP strategist Karl Rove and former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards will debate the issues of the presidential campaign Sept. 26 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:20:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2678409US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2678305 unknown@Digg.com This 4th of July, America celebrates its 232nd year of Independence. Here are some historical and family photographs of each of the two major candidates (in alphabetical order), John McCain and Barack Obama Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:50:20 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2678305US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2678075 unknown@Digg.com US News and World Report printed a short piece about GOP fears that the President's relevance is shrinking beyond already dismal levels. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:30:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2678075US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2677504 unknown@Digg.com Continuing to press the themes of values, faith and patriotism, Sen. Barack Obama exhorted Americans on Wednesday to volunteer for public service, pledging to dramatically expand opportunities for those accepting his challenge. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:10:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2677504US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2676814 unknown@Digg.com On "Face the Nation" this week Joe Lieberman used his air time to launch unfair and pretty rough attacks against Barack Obama while praising both Hillary Clinton and John McCain. This comes just two short years after Obama answered Lieberman's desperate call for help during the political fight of his life. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:00:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2676814US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2676196 unknown@Digg.com One of the reasons John McCain says he is touring Colombia and Mexico this week is to underscore the importance of the "War on Drugs." Just as McCain wants to continue Bush's failed policies in the "War on Terror," he wants to continue Bush's failed policies in the "War on Drugs" as well. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:50:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2676196US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2676197 unknown@Digg.com I want to take this opportunity to speak directly to those of you who oppose my decision to support the FISA compromise. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:40:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2676197US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2675924 unknown@Digg.com McCain gets ?visibly angry? when challenged on whether military experience prepares him to be president.» Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:40:29 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2675924US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2675857 unknown@Digg.com What exactly do John McCain and Barack Obama know about science? That's what the folks behind Science Debate 2008 want to know, and to find out, they've developed 14 questions they sent to the candidates and hope to discuss with them at a science-only debate. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:30:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2675857US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2675198 unknown@Digg.com Arianna Huffington: "I'm offering Obama 7 suggestions for staying true to the vision and message that took him from longshot "unlikely candidate" to presidential frontrunner -- and for avoiding the fate of the many before him who fell prey to the misguided belief that the path to the White House runs down the middle of the road." Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:40:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2675198US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2674730 unknown@Digg.com This week, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is traveling through Colombia, making a push for a free-trade agreement. In an interview with ABC this morning from Cartagena, McCain was asked about his now infamous statement that he doesn?t understand economics well. McCain quickly interrupted the interviewer, denying he ever said this. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:00:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2674730US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2674624 unknown@Digg.com Yesterday, conservative radio host Michael Smerconish sat in for Bill O?Reilly to host the Radio Factor. He opened the show by discussing yesterday?s front-page New York Times story detailing ?how the White House shifted its sights, beginning in 2002, from counterterrorism efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan to preparations for the war in Iraq.? Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:10:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2674624US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2673803 unknown@Digg.com Fox News Channel posts a job listing looking for a "freelance fact writer." Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:50:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2673803US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2673660 unknown@Digg.com Military giving more donations to Obama. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:11:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2673660US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2671981 unknown@Digg.com When asked whether military service makes somebody better equipped to be commander-in-chief the Arizona Republican said "Absolutely not". A year later, McCain cast his ballot for George W. Bush. A more telling example may have come recently, when McCain found himself campaigning against an Iraq War veteran who was running for office. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:20:08 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2671981US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2671823 unknown@Digg.com Wesley Clark argued that ?getting shot down is [not] a qualification to be President.? The McCain campaign issued a statement condemning Clark?s remarks. But during an interview with National Journal in 2003, John McCain said that he 'absolutely don't believe' that military service was necessary for the presidency, echoing Clarks comments. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:50:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2671823US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2671482 unknown@Digg.com John McCain seems to be in a constant state of confusion. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:40:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2671482US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2671357 unknown@Digg.com Despite heavy criticism, Gen. Wesley Clark is standing by his statement this weekend that Sen. John MCain's military experience doesn't qualify him to be commander-in-chief. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:10:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2671357US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2671261 unknown@Digg.com as Bush acknowledged the House and Senate members who came together to support the bill, he slipped in the name of one who labored to obstruct the bill -- Senator John McCain. McCain was given the same credit as those who had steered the passage of the bill from day one. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:10:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2671261US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2671153 unknown@Digg.com June 30, 2008; Independence, MO Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:30:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2671153US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2671120 unknown@Digg.com Reaching out to evangelical voters, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is announcing plans that would expand President Bush's program steering federal social service dollars to religious groups and ? in a move sure to cause controversy ? support their ability to hire and fire based on faith. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:11:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2671120US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2670542 unknown@Digg.com Arianna Huffington: "I can unequivocally say: the Obama campaign is making a very serious mistake. Tacking to the center is a losing strategy. And don't let the latest head-to-head poll numbers lull you the way they lulled Clinton in December. Running to the middle in an attempt to attract undecided swing voters didn't work for Al Gore in 2000." Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:50:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2670542US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2669968 unknown@Digg.com McCain publicly deplored the Swift Boat ads back in 2004, saying they were reminiscent of the smear campaigns launched against him during his initial White House run in 2000. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:30:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2669968US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2669774 unknown@Digg.com People twisted Clark's comment into being a slam on John McCain, but as I showed on this video, he was merely rejecting an attack on Barack Obama leveled by Bob Schieffer. Still, that hasn't stopped the media from pumping up the controversy. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:40:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2669774US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2669713 unknown@Digg.com Boy, talk about your echo chamber in the media. Yesterday, General Wesley Clark went on CBS' Face the Nation, and repeated something he's said many times before. If you missed it, here's the full quote in context : .... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:30:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2669713US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2669107 unknown@Digg.com Four years ago, the Internet was a Wild West that caused the occasional headache for the campaigns but for the most part remained segregated from them. This year, the development of cheap new editing programs & fast video distribution through sites like YouTube has broken down the barriers, empowering a new generation of largely unregulated... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:00:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2669107US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2668972 unknown@Digg.com I want to point out that Barack Obama told me that progressive activists should judge him explicitly by what he does - and not come up with wild theories that absolve him. Those who think they are being Obama loyalists by either concocting apologist rationales about his behavior or telling everyone to shut up are harming the progressive movement. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:50:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2668972US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2668737 unknown@Digg.com A growing band of supporters of Obama are expressing solidarity with him by informally adopting his middle name, Hussein. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:10:08 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2668737US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2668159 unknown@Digg.com Wesley Clark was on Face the Nation today, and he took aim at the idea that McCain's Vietnam War experience makes him more qualified to be president. ?I don?t think getting in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to become president.? With one swoop, Clark attacked the entire basis for the McCain presidential campaign. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:30:08 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2668159US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2667822 unknown@Digg.com John 08' Like Hope, But Different. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:00:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2667822US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2667793 unknown@Digg.com The Jed Report gives us a look at the Lifestyles of the Rich and Foolish. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:30:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2667793US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2667674 unknown@Digg.com Libertarian Party presidential candidate Bob Barr sits down with Chris Wallace to discuss liberty, Libertarianism, and small government. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:20:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2667674US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2666745 unknown@Digg.com Paul supporters and others voted Saturday to reconvene the state convention after determining the 327 delegates in attendance constituted a quorum.They sharply criticized state Sen. Bob Beers, R-Las Vegas Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:20:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2666745US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2666396 unknown@Digg.com Sen. Barack Obama is risking his brand as a political reformer, according to reports today in the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post. In recent weeks, he has moderated or changed positions on a number of politically-charged issues, leading to criticism from demoralized Democratic activists and charges of "flip-flopping" from conservatives. Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:00:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2666396US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2666136 unknown@Digg.com New York Times: He has been called a spoiler. A would-be Ralph Nader. A thorn in the side of Senator John McCain. None of it bothers Bob Barr, who gleefully recounted what he says a group of Republicans told him at a recent meeting. "'Well, gee, you might take votes from Senator McCain,?? Mr. Barr said this week, mimicking one of the complainers. Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:40:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2666136US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2666038 unknown@Digg.com PRINCETON, N.J. The e-mail landed in Danielle Allen's queue one winter morning as she was studying in her office at the Institute for Advanced Study, the renowned haven for some of the nation's most brilliant minds. The missive began: 'THIS DEFINITELY WARRANTS LOOKING INTO.' Laid out before Allen... Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:00:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2666038US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2665510 unknown@Digg.com Says "I don't remember" last time I bought it, and "I don't see how it matters." Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:40:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2665510US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2665381 unknown@Digg.com One time opponent of the GI bill, Presidential candidate John McCain, has now taken credit and expressed approval of the bill at a recent town hall event in Warren, Ohio. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:30:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2665381US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2664694 unknown@Digg.com Maybe it's the governor's approval rating and you are running from him like you are from the president? Asked Ralston in a question McCain clearly found loaded. Said McCain, chuckling, "And I stopped beating my wife just a couple of weeks ago." Some have found the subject of McCain's joke -- wife-beating -- inappropriate. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:30:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2664694US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2664473 unknown@Digg.com http://digg.com/elections/ now live! Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:30:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2664473US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2664394 unknown@Digg.com Everyone likes a presidential candidate with a decent sense of humor. But John McCain has a history of of making off-color jokes, ranging from the bizarre, to the inappropriate, to the downright vicious. A look at the most shocking. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:40:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2664394US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2664287 unknown@Digg.com "And I stopped beating my wife just a couple of weeks ago." Some have found the subject of McCain's joke -- wife-beating -- inappropriate. To be clear, McCain was alluding to the fictitious leading question "When did you stop beating your wife, senator?" It's a bit of distasteful DC yuckery so commonly quoted it's hackneyed. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:10:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2664287US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2664129 unknown@Digg.com What does McCain mean by 'we' in this context? ?I?m happy to tell you that we probably agreed to an increase in educational benefits..." Claiming credit for a bill you opposed and didn't vote for is the ultimate form of credit claiming and McCain is just the person to go where every person with half a brain would know not to go. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:10:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2664129US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2663719 unknown@Digg.com John McCain has some serious trouble with his own party, particularly large swaths of voters whom he has offended with his temper, attitude, legislative work, and lack of conservative credentials. A look at five of the most notable groups. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:41:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2663719US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2662910 unknown@Digg.com Several of Congress' most prominent Jewish members are set to go after John McCain on an issue of perceived strength: his proclaimed "toughness" in dealing with Iran. "John McCain has been arguing that he is Mr. Tough Guy on Iran...but when it came to deciding to be tough on Iran or supporting Halliburton, he stuck with Halliburton. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:00:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2662910US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2662355 unknown@Digg.com Ralph Nader's presidential candidacy has received little media attention, but his latest critique of Sen. Barack Obama has come under fire for its seemingly racial overtones. Speaking with Colorado's Rocky Mountain News, Nader accused Obama of attempting to "talk white" and appealing to "white guilt" in his quest to win the White House. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:20:13 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2662355US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2662147 unknown@Digg.com Three out of four Americans, including large numbers of Republicans, blame President Bush's economic policies for making the country worse off during the last eight years. Can we really afford to let McCain continue these same economic policies? Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:50:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2662147US Elections 2008 http://web2announcer.com/go/2661011 unknown@Digg.com Sen. Barack Obama and his surrogates continued to criticize Charles R. Black Jr., a top adviser to Sen. John McCain, on Tuesday for saying a terrorist attack before the November election would help the presumptive Republican nominee. But behind their protests lay a question that has dogged Democrats since Sept. 11, 2001: Was Black speaking the trut Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:20:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2661011US Elections 2008