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Insurers required to cover stomach reduction surgery
New Hampshire Union Leader
July 16, 2008
CONCORD – Health insurers will be required to add stomach
reduction surgery to the list of procedures they have to cover.
Gov. John Lynch allowed Senate Bill 312 to become law without
his signature yesterday. It takes effect in 60 days...
NH gov lets bill become law on weight-loss surgery
Associated Press
July 15, 2008
CONCORD, N.H. --New Hampshire health insurers will be required
to offer bariatric surgery as an option in treating diseases and
ailments caused by obesity. Gov. John Lynch decided Tuesday to
let a bill become law without his signature at midnight that
mandates coverage as one option in treating the diseases. The
law takes effect in 60 days. The bill required patients to pass
a number of medical and psychological hurdles first...
Gov. Lynch signs business court bill
By Tom Fahey
New Hampshire Union Leader
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
CONCORD – A new business court system Gov. John Lynch has signed
into law is meant to save companies money on arbitration costs
and move their cases more quickly. Lynch signed into effect
Friday a bill that creates a specialized court docket to handle
business issues, much as the state has a family court to handle
divorces and custody cases...
Press Release: Governor Lynch Signs Legislation Creating
Business Court
Office of the Governor
July 11, 2008
CONCORD - Gov. John Lynch today signed legislation creating a
specialized business court docket in the New Hampshire superior
court...
Evergreen clauses bill signed by Lynch
Associated Press
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
CONCORD (AP) – Gov. John Lynch has signed a union-backed bill
requiring public employers to honor existing provisions of an
expired union contract until a new contract is in place –
commonly called an "evergreen clause." The bill had strong
support from employee unions as needed to keep some employers
from walking away from negotiations and leaving no contract
provisions in place. The bill took effect Tuesday with Lynch's
signature, but only applies to new bargaining agreements.
Bill's veto reflects changing times
Lynch blocks effort to evict tenants soon after foreclosure
auctions
By Kevin Landrigan
Nashua Telegraph
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
CONCORD – The national credit crunch and rising foreclosures
here prompted Gov. John Lynch to veto legislation to let those
who bid highest in a foreclosure auction get a jump on evicting
tenants, bill supporters said Monday. The veto appeared to kill
for 2008 a move by state Rep. Cynthia Dokmo, R-Amherst, to clear
up inconsistencies in state law over eviction proceedings after
a routine property transfer and property obtained through
foreclosure...
Savings key in N.H. plan to lay turf at center
Detention officials like idea of saving some $225,000, despite
health concerns over fake grass
By Kevin Landrigan
Nashua Telegraph
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
CONCORD – State juvenile detention officials defended their plan
to spend $37,200 to install synthetic turf on a
6,000-square-foot, play space within the John H. Sununu Youth
Services Center. Director William Fenniman said using the labor
of state maintenance workers deeply dropped the price of this
contract that otherwise would be $262,019...
Student debt in N.H. 2nd in nation
Portsmouth Herald
July 15, 2008
CONCORD — New Hampshire student loan borrowers have the second
highest debt burden in the country. Eighty-two percent of the
1,500 borrowers surveyed said that without student loans,
attending college would not have been possible, according to
survey results recently released by the New Hampshire Higher
Education Assistance Foundation Network Organizations. The
NHHEAF said recent survey results support the need for its
program designed to educate student loan borrowers about the
serious consequences of defaulting on a loan...
Economic forum targets potential of Concord-to-Boston line
By Joseph G. Cote
Nashua Telegraph
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
MANCHESTER – Rails from Concord to Manchester to Nashua to
Boston isn't just a good idea. It and rail systems like it are
essential to the future of New Hampshire economies. That's the
message that the leaders of a movement to create a passenger
rail system along the so-called Capital Corridor gave to the
roughly 250 people at a forum titled "Rail as the Economic
Engine for NH: A Time for Action" at Saint Anselm College in
Manchester on Monday night...
Downeaster has big uptick in riders
By Robert M. Cook
Foster's Daily Democrat
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
DOVER — Ridership and revenue on the Downeaster has seen a
dramatic increase out of the Dover train station in the past
year, according to some of the latest figures posted Monday by
the Dover Planning Department. Ridership and revenue was up
nearly 48 percent between the Dover train station and the
Boston-North station in June compared to June 2007, according to
the figures. Nearly 4,000 people rode the train in June and
generated more than $48,000 in revenue compared to 2,636 riders
who spent more than $29,000 in ticket sales a year ago...
Sens. try to soothe anxious council
By John Koziol
Laconia Citizen
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
While it was clear they still had questions and concerns, the
members of the City Council on Monday got some detailed answers
about what House Bill 2 really means for Belknap County and by
direct extension, Laconia taxpayers. Adopted by the Legislature
in 2007, the bill "establishes the liability of counties for
nursing home costs and removes county liability for payment of
certain youth services costs beginning July 1 and a commission
to study the matter." Given the "volatile relationship for a
number of years" between the Legislature and the counties, HB2,
explained State Sen. Lou D'Allessandro, D-Manchester, was
intended to improve the relationship between the two parties by
making it clear who was going to pay for what...
Latest vote on sheriff upheld
By Bea Lewis
Laconia Citizen
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
A Superior Court judge has ruled that the method the Belknap
County Delegation used to reappoint Meredith resident Craig
Wiggin as interim county sheriff was legal and should stand
until the general election. Political activists Tom Tardif of
Laconia and Doug Lambert of Gilford had challenged the
methodology the County Convention used to fill the unexpired
term of former Sheriff Dan Collis, who resigned to take a
security job in the private sector...
Cupboard is bare: Summer not bountiful for food pantries
By Adam D. Krauss
Foster's Daily Democrat
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
ROCHESTER — John Rogan, an ordained minister and captain at the
Salvation Army Community Center, stood in the ministry's
depleted pantry Monday, motioning to where food used to be.
Before the summer hit, donated food rose 5 feet high off four
wooden pallets, he said. Now, the pallets hold two boxes of corn
flakes, and many of the shelves are barren, save for cans of
sweet peas and diced tomatoes recently purchased at a generous
rate from the United States Department of Agriculture...
NH unemployment unchanged from May to June
Associated Press
July 15, 2008
CONCORD, N.H. --New Hampshire's unemployment rate has stayed the
same in June. The state says the jobless rate was 4 percent in
June, the same as it was in May...
Governor hears truckers' frustrations
By Lorna Colquhoun
New Hampshire Union Leader
July 16, 2008
COLEBROOK – Like trucking companies around the state and beyond,
those in northern New Hampshire have concerns, from the cost of
fuel, to bureaucracy, to the lack of cell phone service in some
areas of the North Country. Yesterday, nearly two dozen
representatives of trucking companies in the region met with
Gov. John Lynch to talk about the challenges they are facing,
and it's not only the high cost of fueling their rigs...
Weekly 'Argus' ending publication
Publisher: Paper lost money each month
By Chelsea Conaboy
Concord Monitor
July 16, 2008
The Argus Champion, a weekly newspaper that has covered the
greater Lake Sunapee area since 1823, will stop publication at
the end of this month, according to this morning's edition. In a
letter to readers, Publisher Harvey Hill said the newspaper has
been losing money each month...
The future of brewery, employing 500, cast in doubt
By Ashley Smith
Nashua Telegraph
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Merrimack has good reason to be concerned about its brewery now
that Anheuser-Busch agrees to be sold to an overseas brewer
famous for its appetite for cost-cutting, an industry analyst
said Monday. InBev, the Belgian brewer poised to buy the
American beer giant for $52 billion, says all 12 U.S. breweries
will remain in operation, including the smallest, which is in
Merrimack. But there are doubts...
Few changes expected in A-B buyout
By Jim Kozubek
New Hampshire Union Leader
Monday, July 14, 2008
MERRIMACK – InBev spokeswoman Nina Dezlin said yesterday InBev's
acquisition of Anheuser-Busch will result in few changes for
Anheuser's Merrimack brewery...
Business leaders speculate about fate of Merrimack plant
Nashua Telegraph
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
MERRIMACK – Local business leaders gathering at Cinemagic on
Monday night expressed mixed emotions about the pending $52
billion takeover of Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc., which employs
about 500 people at a local brewery. Fears that the Daniel
Webster Highway brewery is poised for closure coincided with
complete faith in Belgian brewer InBev SA executives who said
the company planned to keep all 12 brewery plants in operation
once the deal was finalized...
Senate votes to repeal 1913 law
Bill to OK wedding of nonresident gays now goes to House
By Eric Moskowitz
Boston Globe
July 16, 2008
The state Senate voted swiftly and unanimously yesterday to
strike down a 95-year-old law that blocks gay and lesbian
couples from most other states from being married in
Massachusetts, drawing condemnation from Catholic Church leaders
but delivering a victory for advocates who have fought for the
repeal and who say that same-sex marriage has become an accepted
part of the state's culture. The atmosphere during Senate
deliberations lacked most of the drama of previous Beacon Hill
debates over gay marriage. There were no chanting protesters
outside, and not a voice on the Senate floor was raised against
the repeal...
State sees economics of gay marriage
Senate to vote on repeal of 1913 ban on out-of-staters
By Eric Moskowitz
Boston Globe
July 15, 2008
Morality, personal liberty, and constitutional law have been the
usual battlegrounds in the fight over gay marriage. Now Governor
Deval Patrick's administration is injecting something a bit more
pedestrian to the debate: economic development. A study
conducted for the state's Executive Office of Housing and
Economic Development predicts that an economic boomlet in hotel
bookings, banquets, and wedding cakes would result from
repealing a 1913 state law that prevents gay and lesbian couples
from most other states from marrying in Massachusetts...
Legislature approves bill banning trans fats
By Samantha Sondag
San Francisco Chronicle
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
California is poised to become the first state in the nation to
ban restaurants and other food facilities from using trans fats,
which are known to increase the risk of heart disease, under a
bill approved by the state Legislature Monday and sent to the
governor. The measure, passed with a bare majority, comes two
weeks after a similar ban in New York City became fully
effective. California doctor and consumer groups support the
law, while restaurant groups have offered a lukewarm response.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has not taken a position, a spokesman
said...
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In N.H. delegation, opinions differ on offshore drilling
Associated Press
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) – New Hampshire's congressional delegation was
divided along party lines on President Bush's decision Monday to
lift an executive ban on offshore oil drilling...Democratic
Reps. Carol Shea-Porter and Paul Hodes called the president's
action shortsighted, saying it won't address the nation's
long-term energy crisis...Republican Sens. Judd Gregg and John
Sununu supported Bush's decision...
US
SENATE
Shaheen, Sununu Report Record-Breaking Fundraising
Candidates Announce Campaign Finance Numbers For Second Quarter
WMUR
July 15, 2008
Former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen and U.S. Sen. John Sununu, R-N.H.,
are claiming record-breaking fundraising numbers in their race
against each other. The Senate race between Shaheen and Sununu
is drawing lots of attention from state and national donors,
translating into big money for both campaigns. Shaheen's
campaign said it has $1.6 million this quarter with $2.1 million
on hand...
JEANNE SHAHEEN
Shaheen switches campaign managers, brings in Clinton campaign
star
By James W. Pindell
Politicker NH
July 15, 2008
Former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen switched out campaign managers for
her U.S. Senate campaign in recent days, replacing her manager
with a former rival, several sources tell PolitickerNH.com. The
switch occurred Friday. Gone is Bill Hyers, the camera-shy field
oriented guy who has been managing her campaign since
November...Hyers wasn't let go because of incompetence, but
personality clashes, sources said. The new manager is Robby
Mook, who got his first taste of major politics here in New
Hampshire serving as the deputy field director for Howard Dean.
Prior to that he worked for two cycles in Vermont...
Shaheen to talk Medicare in city
Portsmouth Herald
July 16, 2008
PORTSMOUTH — Former governor and current candidate for U.S.
Senate Jeanne Shaheen will be in the city Wednesday to meet with
seniors and discuss a recent bill in Washington that could have
meant a cut to Medicare access for 200,000 New Hampshire
seniors. Shaheen will speak at the senior citizens center at
Parrott Avenue Place, 127 Parrott Ave., next to Portsmouth
Middle School. She is running against incumbent Republican Sen.
John Sununu...
SUNUNU
Sununu reports $5M in bank
By Brian Lawson
Politicker NH
July 16, 2008
U.S. Sen. John SununuU.S. Sen. John SununuU.S. Sen. John
Sununu's (R-Waterville Valley) campaign has announced that the
campaign has $5.1 million cash-on-hand. According to the
campaign that is a record for a federal office candidate in New
Hampshire. The campaign also said that it raised $1.1 million
during the second quarter...
Sununu leads health center funding fight
By John DiStaso
New Hampshire Union Leader
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
MANCHESTER – Sen. John Sununu said yesterday he is confident a
$200,000 earmark he secured to help fund the Manchester
Community Health Center's new $3 million facility will remain in
the 2009 federal budget. Sununu said the money in the Labor,
Health and Human Services and Education appropriation bill was
approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee and is included
in the bill being sent to the Senate floor...
GREGG
Committee approves $2M in bridge project funding
By Shir Haberman
Portsmouth Herald
July 14, 2008
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg, R-NH, on Monday announced
that the Senate Appropriations Committee has approved $2 million
for the expansion and upgrade of the Little Bay
Bridges/Spaulding Turnpike in Newington and Dover...
SUNUNU/GREGG
D.C. coalition seeks energy answers
New Hampshire Union Leader
July 16, 2008
WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan coalition that includes New Hampshire
Republican Sens. Judd Gregg and John Sununu and Maine Republican
Sens. Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins yesterday called for a
bipartisan national summit with the President to develop a
consensus proposal that addresses the current energy crisis.
Joining the New Hampshire and Maine senators on the letter
were...
CD-01
Defining the House Playing Field
By Chris Cillizza
Washington Post The Fix
July 11, 2008
The news that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
has reserved more than $35 million worth of air time in 31
districts across the country gives us our first real sense of
what the House playing field might look like this fall. The
initial ad buy, which represents the earliest stage of the cat
and mouse game that the two House campaign committees will play
with one another in districts around the country between now and
Nov. 4, is -- despite its size -- somewhat on the cautious
side...
Bradley, Stephen square off again tonight in New Castle
By Charles McMahon
Foster's Daily Democrat
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
NEW CASTLE — The latest round of Bradley versus Stephen will
take place tonight at the town library. The event may have been
pitched as a forum for discussion between the Republican First
Congressional District candidates, but there is bound to be no
shortage of debate. Fresh off a debate in Newington on June 9,
both Jeb Bradley and John Stephen will also be accompanied by
fellow candidate Geoff Michael of Merrimack. The event is slated
to begin at 7 p.m. in the Macomber Room of the New Castle Town
Library and is sponsored by the New Castle Republican
Committee...
Stephen: Offshore drilling would have immediate impact on gas
prices
By Rebecca Correa
Lawrence Eagle-Tribune
July 15, 2008
DERRY — Republican congressional candidate John Stephen knows
the price of gas is hurting most families, which is why he
agrees with President Bush's decision yesterday to lift the
executive ban on offshore oil drilling...
CD-02
Clegg congressional campaign to list donors
By Kevin Landrigan
Nashua Telegraph
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
CONCORD– Republican congressional candidate Robert Clegg, of
Hudson, is revealing today that 238 new donors helped him raise
about $60,000 during the past three months, according to
campaign officials...
STATE
SENATE
Knytych preparing to kick-off campaign
By Brian Lawson
Politicker NH
July 14, 2008
State senate candidate Greg Knytych (R-Laconia) will launch his
campaign with a free BBQ on July 20. Knytch is a Laconia city
councilor challenging state Sen. Kathleen Sgambati (D-Tilton)
for the senate district four seat...
BILLY
SHAHEEN
Billy Shaheen to speak at Dems office opening
By Brian Lawson
Politicker NH
July 14, 2008
Billy Shaheen will be speaking at the official opening of the
headquarters for various Granite State Democratic campaigns.
Billy Shaheen, often a fixture on the campaign trail, has rarely
been seen at events since he resigned as co-chair of U.S. Sen.
Hillary Clinton's New Hampshire campaign in December. Shaheen
will be representing, his wife, Jeanne Shaheen's (D-Madbury)
U.S. Senate campaign. The event will celebrate the opening of
the offices for the Manchester Democratic Committee, the New
Hampshire Democratic Party, the House and Senate caucuses and
U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter...
MERRILL
State's agriculture chief has farming in her blood
By Paula Tracy
New Hampshire Union Leader
Monday, July 14, 2008
STRATHAM – New Hampshire's agricultural leadership continues
down on the farm. Just as retired Agriculture Commissioner Steve
Taylor of Plainfield was known for milking the cows before
heading to Concord, new Commissioner Lorraine Merrill begins
each day on the only remaining dairy farm in this Seacoast
town...
DODDS
Decision on Dodds release expected this week
By Aaron Sanborn
Foster's Daily Democrat
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
DOVER — Authorities at the Strafford County House of Corrections
will decide this week if Gary Dodds' stay in jail will extend
beyond the week. On Monday, Superior Court Judge Steven Houran
imposed two previously suspended, 12-month sentences from Dodds'
conviction involving a staged car crash in April 2006...
Jail time for Dodds: Judge calls letters found in home 'deeply
disturbing'
By Jason G. Howe
Foster's Daily Democrat
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
DOVER — Gary Dodds clutched a cluster of envelopes as he
shuffled silently from Strafford County Superior Courthouse
Monday, jail bound. Tucking his chin into his chest, Dodds
refused to comment on a judge's order that will send him to jail
for up to a year for violating bail conditions on July 3, when
he allegedly detained and assaulted his wife, Cindy, at Cutts
Mansion, a historic rental property in Portsmouth owned by the
couple...
Dodds' bail revoked
By Jason Schreiber
New Hampshire Union Leader
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
DOVER – Former congressional candidate Gary Dodds could spend
the next year behind bars after a judge yesterday revoked his
bail amid allegations that he assaulted his wife and held her
against her will in a confrontation earlier this month...
Bail is revoked for Dodds in crash
Returns to jail to serve sentence
Associated Press
July 15, 2008
DOVER, N.H. - Bail was revoked for former congressional
candidate Gary Dodds after prosecutors said he assaulted his
wife. Dodds had been out on bail following his February
conviction for faking his disappearance after a crash on the
Spaulding Turnpike in 2006. Police said Dodds assaulted his wife
last week by grabbing her arm and briefly detaining her at a
rental property they own. The bail revocation means Dodds was
sent back to Strafford County Jail to serve out the 20 days in
jail he was originally sentenced to in April. Officials said he
has five days left on the sentence because of credit for time he
has served...
THE
BROWNS
Feds keep Brown on the move
By Kristen Senz
New Hampshire Union Leader
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
PLAINFIELD – Former Plainfield resident Edward Brown has been
transferred to at least five different federal penitentiaries
since his capture less than a year ago, most recently moving to
a facility in Illinois...
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John DiStaso's Granite Status: Shea-Porter's campaign has about
$750K
By John DiStaso
New Hampshire Union Leader
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
TUESDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE (UPDATED): First District U.S. Rep.
Carol Shea-Porter raised more than $260,000 from 2,589
contributors from April 1 to June 30 and ended the second
quarter with about $750,000 on hand...
MONDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE: Barack Obama’s presidential campaign
will announce its press team for New Hampshire later today...
Press Release (not available online)
Portside for July 17th
Is there a possible therapeutic benefit of using LSD? Is
America finally starting to emerge from the dark ages of the
drug war? On Thursday's Portside, Burt Cohen speaks with author
Charles Shaw regarding new scientific inquiries into possible
psychological benefits of the controlled use of LSD and other
psychedelic drugs. Tune in and turn on your radio Thursday July
17th, noon to one, streaming live at
portsmouthcommunityradio.org. And then from one to two, turn
off your mind, relax and float downstream with DJ Burt Cohen on
Fine Aged Rock, again at
portsmouthcommunityradio.org.
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Editorial: Methadone clinics under fire again
What authority should communities have in the clinics' location?
Foster's Daily Democrat
Monday, July 14, 2008
The licensing of methadone clinics in New Hampshire is coming
under review. It comes following a request by the board of
selectmen in Conway that the state not license any new clinics
until host communities are given more authority over where they
are located. It is not the first time the location of methadone
clinics has come under fire by communities or their residents.
It's a hot-button development issue — a not-in-my-back-yard
one...
Editorial: Bush veto on Medicare defies logic
Portsmouth Herald
July 16, 2008
For reasons that can most charitably be described as stubbornly
ideological, President Bush vetoed a bill Tuesday designed to
protect doctors from a 10.6 percent cut in their reimbursement
rates when treating Medicare patients...This is legislation that
initially passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in the
House (355-59) and the Senate (69-30). So when measuring what
the president called a "wrong," we are left wondering just how
Bush and New Hampshire's own Republican Sens. John Sununu and
Judd Gregg — who both voted against the bill twice in the past
two weeks — measure the overall public good...
Editorial: Drill now! Congress blocks the bit
New Hampshire Union Leader
July 16, 2008
ON MONDAY, President Bush lifted the 18-year-old executive order
banning oil drilling off of America's coastline. Now all that
blocks the drill bits are Democratic congressional leaders and
their knee-jerk anti-drilling lapdogs like Carol Shea-Porter and
Paul Hodes...
Editorial: Congress excuses the phone companies from spying on
us illegally
Keene Sentinel
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
It didn’t exactly signal the death of the Fourth Amendment, as
some people have suggested, but last week’s U.S. Senate vote
giving telephone companies retroactive immunity for violating
citizens’ privacy rights was an indication that constitutional
principles don’t carry much weight in Washington these days...
Speaking of future administrations, Barack Obama voted for this
bill, although he had said: “I strongly oppose retroactive
immunity in the FISA bill. No one should get a free pass to
violate the basic civil liberties of the American people — not
the president of the United States, and not the
telecommunications companies that fell in line with his
warrantless surveillance program.” That turned out to be just so
much piffle. John McCain, who didn’t vote last week, also
supported the bill. To her credit, Hillary Clinton voted against
it, as did New Hampshire’s two members of Congress, Paul Hodes
and Carol Shea-Porter, when the measure was in the House.
Senators Judd Gregg and John Sununu voted for the bill. And both
made a strange point about it...
Editorial: Our view: Rail service bills many to benefit a few
Lawrence Eagle-Tribune
July 15, 2008
Where are the private investors ready and willing to build a
rail line from Lawrence to Londonderry, N.H., and operate the
trains that would run on it? There are none. Why? Because laying
track and running a train system is a hugely expensive
proposition. And there isn't one thin dime to be made on such a
venture...
State borrow-and-spend budgeting is worse than we thought
By Charles M. Arlinghaus
New Hampshire Union Leader
July 16, 2008
THE STATE government's version of a credit card spending spree
is the most serious threat to New Hampshire's traditional fiscal
stability. The recent effort to borrow $80 million to help
address a potential $200 million revenue shortfall has been in
the news. Less widely known is that the state's highway trust
fund is only balanced in the current budget because it borrowed
another $60 million to pay operating expenses...
Offshore drilling's amazing safety record
By Andrew Cline
New Hampshire Union Leader
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
ON THE MORNING of Jan. 28, 1969, a Union Oil drilling site six
miles off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif., sprang a leak. The
ensuing spill stretched for miles, killed thousands of birds,
and gave America the image of wildlife and shorelines covered in
black crude. That spill is widely considered to have conceived
the modern environmental movement. A year later, the first Earth
Day was held, followed by passage of the Clean Air Act and Clean
Water Act...
Vote to certify a new union should continue to be by secret
ballot
By Jim Roche
Concord Monitor
July 15, 2008
Organized labor has a proud history of protecting and advancing
the rights of working men and women. From establishment of the
federal minimum wage to creation of the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, labor unions have helped ensure that
employers treat their employees with dignity, respect and
compensate them fairly for a fair day's work. So it seems
inconsistent at best, hypocritical at worst, that the No. 1 goal
of organized labor today is to overturn another proud and
important tradition in this country: the right to cast a
confidential, private ballot...
We need true citizen representation in Congress
By
Jennifer Horn
New Hampshire Union Leader
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
CONGRESS is failing the American people, and the people know it.
According to a recent Rasmussen poll only 9 percent of Americans
approve of the job Congress is doing. It's not hard to
understand why. Gas prices continue to skyrocket, people are
losing their homes and the economy is in disarray. Personal gain
and political gamesmanship have replaced public service as
motivation for serving in public office. Government no longer
works for the people it was created to serve; special interests
win over the average voter every day...
Straight-Ticket Voting: Some Numbers
By elwood
Blue Hampshire
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
For the 2006 election the Secretary of State's office
published on the web, for the first time, the number of
straight-ticket votes cast in each party. The straight ticket
option was eliminated since then: in the future, voters will
have to explicitly mark a choice for each office. Here are two
widely-held beliefs about straight ticket voting:...
The "Artful Dodger" strikes again. Jeanne Shaheen and her human
campaign shields...
By Doug
GraniteGrok
July 15, 2008
In what is an interesting story, given their oft-stated claims
to the contrary, these videos demonstrate that the Democrats
aren't "holier than thou" when it comes to the filming of their
candidates at meetings. Recall that Republicans have
received flak on more than one occasion for seeking to ban
members of the opposition party from meetings, including one
occasion right here in our own neck of the woods. As
reported by the Citizen newspaper back in May:...
Required reading for Jeanne Shaheen
By Drew Cline
New Hampshire Union Leader Blog
Monday, July 14, 2008
Jeanne Shaheen still thinks speculators are behind the rise in
oil prices. Obviously, she doesn’t read The Wall Street Journal
or other financial publications. Nor has she seen recent reports
in which experts in the commodities markets have discounted that
theory. Here, for her education, are links to a few op-eds and
articles that should disavow her of this mistaken theory:...
Bush, Sununu, Gregg: Privateers Overridden by Change
By Dean Barker
Blue Hampshire
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
A rare, golden, happy sight - Bush's perverse Medicare bill veto
today was overridden. First in the House, by 383-41.
Three hundred and eighty-three to freaking forty-one. The
Senate followed suit an hour later, passing it with a huge
bi-partisan majority of 70-26. So, who thought it would be
better to stand with George Bush and the private health
insurance industry rather than with seniors and doctors?...
Sununu getting attacked by stealth Universal Healthcare
advocates
By Skip
GraniteGrok
July 15, 2008
You just KNOW they aren't going to like this one little bit.
Liberals HATE to be challenged on anything as they believe that
they, and only they, possess the superior knowledge for us all
(our opinions / needs / wants / desires don't count - after all,
they are our betters, right?). So, when I saw this at
PolitckerNH, I just couldn't let it go (just wish I had had
the time to fisk it earlier). Sure thing, Ms. Hawkins. Let's
see what's up, shall we?...
Billy
By Doug
GraniteGrok
July 14, 2008
I was thrilled indeed to read the headline at Politicker.com:
Billy Shaheen to Speak at Dems Office Opening...
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She's singing Obama's praises
King encourages transition from Clinton
By Lauren R. Dorgan
Concord Monitor
July 16, 2008
Legendary songstress and political activist Carole King tapped
her songbook yesterday in support of presumptive Democratic
presidential nominee Barack Obama, asking a Concord crowd to
make the "Earth move" for Obama. A former supporter of Hillary
Clinton's candidacy, King was billed by the Obama campaign as a
speaker on women's issues. After brief remarks at Gibson's
Bookstore, King took time to sympathize with another former
Clinton supporter who took her candidate's loss so hard that she
cried for three days...
Editorial: Parlez vous stupide?: You embarrass Obama
New Hampshire Union Leader
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
MONSIEUR Barack Obama said last week that it was "embarrassing"
that Europeans speak more languages than Americans do. He said
we should all teach our children Spanish. Well, maybe. But
there's a reason Europeans speak more languages than we do: they
have to; we don't...
OTHER
NEWS AND VIEWS
Obama takes show onto global stage
His foreign-policy credentials will likely be tested as he
travels abroad.
By Peter Grier
Christian Science Monitor
July 16, 2008
Barack Obama is about to embark on high-profile foreign travel
that could have a powerful influence on how US voters judge his
ability to act as the nation's commander in chief. The question
is, what sort of presumptive Democratic candidate will his
domestic audience see? Will it be someone reminiscent of John F.
Kennedy – cool, articulate, and the center of cheering foreign
crowds? Or will it be a traveler more like candidate Jimmy
Carter – an inexperienced, provincial politician on a learning
tour?...
Obama stands by timetable for Iraq
The Democrat offers a plan for the U.S. to reorient its national
security priorities. He maintains he hasn't changed positions.
By Peter Nicholas and Robin Abcarian
Los Angeles Times
July 16, 2008
WASHINGTON — As he prepares for an extensive trip overseas,
Barack Obama delivered a sweeping foreign policy address Tuesday
in which he sought to reassure his supporters that he remains
committed to ending the war in Iraq. Obama, who has been trying
to counter perceptions that he has softened his position since
he locked up the Democratic presidential nomination, said the
nation's future hinged on reorienting its national security
priorities so that Iraq is no longer the central thrust of the
U.S. military...
Europe awaits Obama with open arms
The continent's leaders and ordinary citizens are enthusiastic
about Obama, but they recognize that their embrace could
backfire in the U.S.
By Geraldine Baum
Los Angeles Times
July 16, 2008
PARIS — From prime ministers to college students, Europeans want
to cloak Barack Obama in a warm embrace when he arrives on the
continent next week. But they're also aware that anything that
looks or smells like elitist Old Europe could hurt the
Democratic contender with voters back home. Obama has yet to
finalize his itinerary for Europe. However, he is already set to
skip Brussels, the capital of the modern united continent, for
the traditional symbols of economic and military power: London,
Paris and Berlin...
Obama says Iraq war must end
By Mike Allen
The Politico
July 15, 2008 12:30 PM EST
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) vowed to quickly end the war in Iraq
and shift the focus of the war on terror to Afghanistan and
Pakistan, declaring in an address today that the “single-minded
and open-ended focus" on Iraq "distracts us from every threat
that we face and so many opportunities we could seize”...
Obama re-admonishes African Americans
The Democrat's message appears to resonate with, rather than
alienate, black voters.
By Peter Nicholas and Michael Finnegan
Los Angeles Times
July 15, 2008
CINCINNATI — Unswayed by the Rev. Jesse Jackson's disapproval,
Sen. Barack Obama pressed his message Monday that African
Americans needed to take more responsibility for their lives and
families, a theme that had angered one of the icons of the civil
rights movement. Obama got a standing ovation at the annual
NAACP convention here, presenting himself as a symbol of the
political power that earlier black leaders had won. Touting the
sacrifice of these activists, Obama said their courage had
allowed him to "stand before you tonight as the Democratic
nominee for president of the United States of America"...
Obama strategy: Equal pay, not abortion
By Avi Zenilman and Carrie Budoff Brown
The Politico
July 15, 2008 1:18 PM EST
Move over, Jane Roe. Lilly Ledbetter has taken her place as the
name on the tongue of Democrats courting female voters. On June
23, Barack Obama kicked off a “discussion for working women”
with a speech directed at working mothers that criticized John
McCain for his support of conservative judges, decisions and
legislation. But he didn’t once mention or even allude to
abortion or Roe v. Wade. Instead, he keyed in on Ledbetter, the
woman whose suit against Goodyear for pay discrimination was
thrown out by the Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision last year
delivered by Justice Samuel Alito...
Hill Democrats miffed at Obama
By John Bresnahan
The Politico
July 15, 2008
After a brief bout of Obamamania, some Capitol Hill Democrats
have begun to complain privately that Barack Obama’s
presidential campaign is insular, uncooperative and inattentive
to their hopes for a broad Democratic victory in November. “They
think they know what’s right and everyone else is wrong on
everything,” groused one senior Senate Democratic aide. “They
are kind of insufferable at this point.” Among the grievances
described by Democratic leadership insiders:...
In Obama's Circle, Chicago Remains The Tie That Binds
By Shailagh Murray
Washington Post
Monday, July 14, 2008; A01
For once, Barack Obama left his iPod and stack of news clips at
his seat and worked the front cabin of his campaign's chartered
plane, laughing and reminiscing with the people who know him
best. The senator from Illinois does not typically travel with
an entourage, instead spending his time on the plane reading,
working or listening to music. But this was a special occasion
-- the night last month when he was claiming the Democratic
presidential nomination. Joining him and his wife, Michelle, for
the flight from Chicago to St. Paul, Minn., were half a dozen of
their closest friends, a biracial cross section of the city's
business and professional elite: Martin Nesbitt, a parking lot
magnate; Valerie Jarrett, a prominent businesswoman; Eric
Whitaker, an executive at the University of Chicago Medical
Center; and John Rogers, the founder of an investment fund...
Obama Camp Hits McCain On Confusions
By Marc Ambinder
The Atlantic Blog
July 15, 2008
Here's a memo from newly titled "senior strategist for
communications and message" Robert Gibbs painting McCain in the
deep purple of confusion...
David Axelrod: architect of Obama's unlikely campaign
Barack Obama's chief strategist grew up loving the political
fight while holding to the ideals in the message.
By Amanda Paulson
Christian Science Monitor
July 15, 2008
These days, it's hard to remember a time when Barack Obama
wasn't a front-runner for the Democratic nomination. But last
fall, Sen. Obama was down 33 points in one national poll,
Hillary Rodham Clinton was the presumptive nominee, and Obama's
campaign staff was under enormous pressure to shake things up
and try a different tactic. They didn't...
Life in the catbird seat for Obama
Democrats have watched leads disappear before, especially when
they sub "more of the same" for "change."
By Walter Shapiro
Salon
July 15, 2008
Timing may matter more in presidential politics than on a flying
trapeze under a circus big top. Instead of silly-season carping
at a New Yorker cover (oh, for the summer days when the magazine
would run dainty watercolors of beach scenes), Barack Obama
might have had a real scandal on his hands this week. With
Fannie Mae needing a federal bailout, Obama might be spinning
madly to defend his maladroit choice of Washington "wise man"
Jim Johnson, the lavishly compensated former chief executive of
the mortgage giant, as the head of his vice-presidential
selection team...
Barack Obama and the necessities of nuance
By Dick Polman
Dick Polman’s American Debate
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
I don't buy the notion, advanced by the McCain campaign, that
Barack Obama has been flip-flopping on Iraq, that he has been
cutting and running from his long-held antiwar convictions. And
I will shortly demonstrate how he has remained broadly
consistent. Having said that, however, there's no doubt that
Obama is currently doing some nuancing. Indeed, the facts on the
ground in Iraq require that he do so. Domestic political
realities also require that he do so...
Purity and political suicide
By Dick Polman
Dick Polman’s American Debate
Tuesday, July 14, 2008
As a classic illustration of how liberals so often seem drawn to
the rituals of political hari-kari, consider the comments of one
Martha Slade, an Oregon artist, who declared in the press
yesterday that Barack Obama has flunked her purity test, thus
rendering him totally unacceptable: "I'm disgusted with him. I
can't even listen to him anymore. He had such an opportunity,
but all this 'audacity of hope' stuff, it's blah, blah, blah.
For all the independents he's going to gain, he's going to lose
a lot of progressives." The liberal blogosphere has been crying
betrayal in the wake of Obama's gravitation to the center...
BAYH
By the Bayh
By Dean Spiliotes
NHPoliticalCapital
July 15, 2008
A brief
scheduling item caught my attention earlier today. Barack
Obama will travel to Indiana tomorrow to convene a national
security summit at Purdue University. What is of particular
interest to me is that this will be the first joint appearance
for Obama and Indiana Senator Evan Bayh, since Bayh strongly
backed Hillary Clinton in her narrow win in the Indiana Primary
on May 6th. Bayh has been mentioned as a potential
Democratic vice presidential running mate as far back as 1992,
when (at age 37) he was already finishing his first term as
governor of the state. So this will be our first opportunity to
see what a potential Obama-Bayh ticket might look like...
CLINTON
Clinton Diehards Want Convention Vote
By Shawn Zeller
CQPolitics.com
July 13, 2008
She may have given up, but a few of Hillary Rodham Clinton ’s
people haven’t. The senator from New York is said to be
negotiating a respectful presence followed by a graceful exit
from next month’s Democratic convention, and last week the party
announced that Barack Obama would formally accept the party’s
nomination in the stadium built for the Denver Broncos. But
there are Clinton supporters clinging to the hope that if her
name is placed in nomination and the roll call of the states is
conducted, she might — might — still win...
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McCain to hold town hall meeting
GOP candidate will speak on war, economy
By Michael McCord
Portsmouth Herald
July 16, 2008
ROCHESTER — For the third time since his nomination-launching
victory in January's New Hampshire presidential primary, Sen.
John McCain is returning to the Granite State. The presumptive
Republican presidential nominee will hold a town hall meeting at
the Rochester Opera House on Tuesday. The Arizona senator
visited Exeter in March after clinching the Republican
nomination and was in Nashua for a campaign stop last month...
McCain coming here
To hold Town Hall meeting at the Rochester Opera House
By Adam D. Krauss
Foster's Daily Democrat
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
ROCHESTER — Arizona Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign is
keeping things light ahead of his Town Hall meeting at the
Rochester Opera House next week. Asked why the campaign picked
Rochester — which has hosted McCain's Democratic rival, Illinois
Sen. Barack Obama, and Bill and Hillary Clinton before him — for
the Tuesday event, a top adviser quipped: "to announce Dick
Green as his running mate." Really? "I don't think he was
interested," said Senior National Adviser Mike Dennehy, who
recently spoke to Green, a city resident and former head of the
Pease Development Authority...
McCain campaign to make stop in Rochester
New Hampshire Union Leader
July 16, 2008
John McCain's visit to the state next Tuesday will include a
town hall meeting at the Rochester Opera House. The campaign
disclosed the stop in an email to supporters yesterday. Other
events are planned, both public and private, but details have
not yet been finalized. The Rochester event is open to the
public and no tickets are required, according to the McCain
campaign...
Measuring the McCain Effect, Part 1
By Dante Scala
Politicker NH
July 15, 2008
The minute U.S. Sen. John McCain clinched the Republican
nomination, conventional wisdom immediately congealed around the
assumption that the nominee would have the inside track in New
Hampshire for the general election because of his long-term
relationship with Granite State voters and activists. This
special relationship was held up as especially important, given
the recent decline of Republican fortunes in the state. It even
inspired GOP chair Fergus Cullen to unleash his inner Yoda and
describe McCain as his "only hope." Washington Post columnist E.
J. Dionne was impressed enough with the McCain mystique that he
labeled New Hampshire a "jump ball." All of this talk begs the
question: How much is McCain's "special relationship" worth in
the Granite State?...
Who are you calling old?
Believe me, McCain's campaign schedule is plenty rigorous
By Steve Duprey
Concord Monitor
July 13, 2008
In the June 29 Sunday Monitor, Katy Burns speculated that John
McCain's age might make him too old to serve as president, based
on the myth that McCain takes weekends off. I have a unique
perspective. I have known John McCain for more than 20 years...
OTHER
NEWS AND VIEWS
John McCain: The return of the reformer
By Kenneth P. Vogel
The Politico
July 16, 2008 12:18 AM EST
The Republican reformer is back. After a primary in which John
McCain sought to avoid talking about his fight to reduce the
role of money in politics — an issue that put him at odds with
many GOP activists — the Arizona senator is once again embracing
his campaign finance reform credentials. It’s a central part of
McCain’s political identity, the genesis of his national profile
as a reformer, a fact highlighted by the attacks he endured
during the nomination fight over the sweeping 2002 campaign
finance overhaul that bears his name...
McCain's turn before La Raza in San Diego
Vying with Obama for Latino votes, he addresses immigration,
education, economic issues and border security.
By Robin Abcarian and Nicole Gaouette
Los Angeles Times
July 15, 2008
SAN DIEGO — He didn't break into Spanish, nor did he back down
from his emphatic position that border security must be the
cornerstone of immigration overhaul. But Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)
continued his fervid courtship of Latino voters Monday, speaking
to about 2,000 people at the National Council of La Raza's
annual convention the day after his Democratic opponent, Sen.
Barack Obama of Illinois, came calling. In an indication of how
highly valued these voters are, this was the third time in the
last 15 days that each presidential candidate has appeared
before a major Latino political group...
McCain Names More Top Fund-Raisers, Including Lobbyists
By Michael Luo and Kitty Bennett
New York Times
July 16, 2008
Senator John McCain released an updated list of his top money
collectors on Tuesday, revealing that nearly a fifth of those
who have brought in the largest amounts for him, more than
$500,000 each, are lobbyists or work for firms that engage in
lobbying. Mr. McCain added more than 400 names to an existing
list of just more than 100 elite fund-raisers that his campaign
first posted on its Web site in April. The campaign had promised
to update the list regularly, but The New York Times reported
last week that both Mr. McCain, an Arizona Republican, and his
probable Democratic opponent, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois,
had not been living up to promises to fully disclose the
identities of those who “bundle” millions of dollars in campaign
contributions for them...
Facing Criticism, McCain Clarifies His Statement on Gay Adoption
By Michael Cooper
New York Times
July 16, 2008
As several gay rights groups criticized Senator John McCain for
saying he opposed gay adoption, the McCain campaign issued a
clarification on Tuesday saying that he believed the issue
should be decided by the states, and that such adoptions should
not be subject to a federal ban...
McCain attacked over gay adoption
He says matter up to states; not seeking US ban
Associated Press
July 16, 2008
NEW YORK - Advocates for gay and lesbian families are denouncing
Senator John McCain, an adoptive father himself, for opposing
adoptions by gays, which prompted his presidential campaign to
clarify yesterday that he does not seek a federal ban on the
practice. Only one state, Florida, outlaws gay adoptions, which
have become commonplace in much of the nation. The presumptive
Republican nominee was asked for his views on the subject in an
interview published Sunday in The New York Times. "I think that
we've proven that both parents are important in the success of a
family so, no, I don't believe in gay adoption," McCain
replied...
Editorial: McCain Math
A budget-balancing plan that won't work
Washington Post
Monday, July 14, 2008; A12
SEN. JOHN McCain says that President McCain would balance the
federal budget by 2013. The plan is not credible...
McCain's Potential Problem on Gay Adoption
By David Brody
CBN
July 15, 2008
I’m confused. John McCain gave an interview to The New York
Times this week saying he was against gay adoption but then his
Communications Director sought to clarify those comments
afterwards by saying it was a ‘state issue” and that “caring
parental figures are better for the child than the alternative”
of abandoned children. Huh? That sound you just heard was a can
of worms opening up. More analysis below but first the facts:...
LIEBERMAN
Lieberman attacks Obama's principles
By Matthew E. Berger
First Read / MSNBC
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 4:40 PM
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) spoke for McCain Tuesday before the
Center for U.S. Global Engagement and said Obama’s foreign
policy plan “troubles” and “confuses” him. Lieberman said he
was unsure whether Obama supports a firm deadline for
withdrawing troops from Iraq, a more flexible goal...
ROMNEY
Romney Rises
By Marc Ambinder
The Atlantic Blog
July 15, 2008
Here's
First Read: ““I’m appreciative every time I see Mitt on
television on my behalf. He does a better job for me than he did
for himself as a matter of fact.” Bada bing. If McCain can start
joking about someone, you know they've made it into his mental
inner circle.” This is correct, I think...
Romney's Rationale
By Seth Gitell
New York Sun
July 15, 2008
The coming weeks will answer one very important question about
John McCain: does he want to be the Republican Party's
presidential nominee or does he want to be president?...
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Nader collecting signatures to gain ballot access
By Brian Lawson
Politicker NH
July 14, 2008
Presidential candidate Ralph Nader is in the process of
collecting enough signatures so his name can appear on the
November ballot in New Hampshire...
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Obama and McCain Duel Over Foreign Policy
By John M. Broder and Larry Rohter
New York Times
July 16, 2008
WASHINGTON — Senator Barack Obama said on Tuesday that the
addition of tens of thousands of combat troops to Iraq last
year had significantly reduced violence in the country. But
he said that positive developments there had not changed his
mind about the need to pull troops from Iraq so America
could focus more on the deteriorating situation in
Afghanistan...
Candidates Find Some Accord on Afghanistan
By Jonathan Weisman and Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post
Wednesday, July 16, 2008; A01
Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain shifted their foreign
policy focus yesterday from the future of U.S. military
involvement in Iraq to the deteriorating war in Afghanistan,
with both White House hopefuls pledging thousands of
additional troops and a large-scale infusion of aid for the
Afghan conflict. In doing so, the two men offered sharply
different assessments of the Iraq war and its impact on
Afghanistan, with Obama saying Iraq is a distraction from
the fight against terrorism and McCain calling it a proving
ground for tactics needed to beat back a resurgent
Taliban...
Candidates want Afghan buildup
Obama, McCain remain at odds on Iraq front
By Michael Kranish
Boston Globe
July 16, 2008
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama and John McCain both called
yesterday for significant surges in US troop levels in
Afghanistan as the two presumptive presidential nominees
competed for voters concerned about national security. But
they remained diametrically opposed on when to withdraw
troops from Iraq. Obama wants to draw down most of the
140,000 US troops from Iraq and shift at least 10,000
soldiers to Afghanistan, which he said is the key
battleground in the war on terror. McCain, who earlier in
the campaign suggested using more NATO and Afghan forces to
fight the resurgent Taliban, said for the first time that he
would support sending about 15,000 more troops to
Afghanistan, while not specifying how many would come from
the United States...
Terms of (Dis)Engagement
Obama and McCain Need to Debate the Postwar U.S. Role Debate
on Iraq Should Focus on What Happens After U.S. Troops
Withdraw
By Jackson Diehl
Washington Post
Monday, July 14, 2008; A13
Barack Obama has been teetering between two imperatives on
Iraq. He needs to adjust his withdrawal plan, drawn up more
than 18 months ago, to the dramatic changes on the ground
during the past year -- so that he will have the political
mandate to pursue a sensible policy if he becomes commander
in chief. But he also needs to keep his antiwar base happy
and not blur what looks like a big contrast between his
strategy and that of John McCain...
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Obama Leads by 8 Points In Poll
Economy Remains The Top Concern
By Dan Balz and Jon Cohen
Washington Post
Wednesday, July 16, 2008; A01
Sen. Barack Obama holds his biggest advantage of the
presidential campaign as the candidate best prepared to fix the
nation's ailing economy, but lingering concerns about his
readiness to handle international crises are keeping the race
competitive, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Overall, the Democrat has a lead of 50 percent to 42 percent
over Republican Sen. John McCain among registered voters
nationwide, lifted by a big edge among women, and he has also
regained an edge among political independents. But it is Obama's
19-point lead on the economy that has become a particularly
steep challenge for McCain...
Poll Finds Obama’s Run Isn’t Closing Divide on Race
By Adam Nagourney and Megan Thee
New York Times
July 16, 2008
Americans are sharply divided by race heading into the first
election in which an African-American will be a major-party
presidential nominee, with blacks and whites holding vastly
different views of Senator Barack Obama, the state of race
relations and how black Americans are treated by society,
according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. The
results of the poll, conducted against the backdrop of a
campaign in which race has been a constant if not always overt
issue, suggested that Mr. Obama’s candidacy, while generating
high levels of enthusiasm among black voters, is not seen by
them as evidence of significant improvement in race relations...
Women, Blacks Give Obama 9 - Point Lead Over McCain, Quinnipiac
University National Poll Finds; Men Are Split And Whites Tip To
Republican
Quinnipiac University Polling Institute
July 15, 2008 -
With commanding leads among women and young voters and near
unanimous support from black voters, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama
has a 50 - 41 percent lead over Arizona Sen. John McCain,
according to a Quinnipiac University national poll of likely
voters released today. Independent voters split 44 - 44 percent,
the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University poll
finds. Sen. McCain has a slight 47 - 44 percent edge among men
voters and a larger 49 - 42 percent lead among white voters...
New Poll Highlights: The War on the War
By Jennifer Agiesta
Washington Post Behind the Numbers
July 14, 2008
The new Washington Post-ABC News poll suggests that even with
broad public doubts about the nation's success so far in Iraq
and Afghanistan, managing the nation's military could be one of
Barack Obama's main hurdles in the race for the White House. Two
groups stand out in the crosstabs from the new poll:
independents and veterans. Independents are one of the main
groups needed to win the White House, while the views of
veterans reflect a group uniquely suited to assess the
candidates on military affairs...
Q-PAC Poll: Obama + 9
By Marc Ambinder
The Atlantic Blog
July 15, 2008
Again -- don't obsess about each individual poll; Newsweek had
Obama up four in the mid-forties. Quinnipiac's latest national
survey, out this morning, has Obama hitting 50% of a likely
voter sample, up nine, against McCain...
The Surprising Closeness of the Contest
By Chris Cillizza
Washington Post The Fix
July 14, 2008
Despite a general sentiment that John McCain's campaign has gone
through an extremely difficult -- and disorganized -- past
month, a series of recent polls suggest that the Arizona senator
remains within striking distance of Barack Obama with less than
four months remaining until the November election. The relative
closeness of the race between the two men has emboldened some
Republicans who believe that as long as McCain can stay a few
points back heading into the fall campaign -- when casual voters
begin paying serious attention to the race -- he has a chance to
pull off a major upset...
Interpreting The National Polls
By Marc Ambinder
The Atlantic Blog
July 14, 2008
Chris Cillizza writes that the "surprising closeness" between
Barack Obama and John McCain in recent poll has "emboldened"
some Republicans who believe that John McCain ought to be
trailing by double-digits. Should Republicans be so
emboldened?...
Real Clear Politics Poll Summary: General Election: McCain vs.
Obama
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