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Subscribe to RSSIn today's batch of ads, political newcomers continue to slam entrenched incumbents, while Jerry Moran plays up his support of the Bush tax cuts.
SD HOUSE, Hereth Sandlin, “A Lot’s Changed”
7/12
"[archival clip: I'm Stephanie Herseth and no political party has a monopoly on good ideas. It's why I'll always vote to do what's right for South Dakota.] That was six years ago when you first sent me to Congress and I'm as determined to be an independent voice for South Dakota today as I was then. It's why I voted against the bailouts and a trillion-dollar healthcare plan, but for expanding renewable energy and improving veterans benefits. I'm Stephanie Herseth Sandlin and I approve this message because a lot's changed since then, but not how I stand up for South Dakota."
AK SEN, “Joe Miller for U.S. Senate”
7/14
I’m Joe Miller. And I’m running for U.S. Senate because we have little time to change the course of our nation. We face a leadership crisis in D.C. Our elected officials are spending us into oblivion. We owe a staggering 13 trillion dollars to our creditors. Future unfunded obligations may exceed a hundred trillion dollars. This is intolerable. The incumbent's gotta go. Join with me to shake up D.C. ANNCR: Vote Joe Miller for U.S. Senate.
CO GOV, anti-Hickenlooper, “39,000”
7/15
39 thousand Denver jobs lost under John Hickenlooper’s high tax policies. Frontier airlines, a hometown company, told Hickenlooper taxes were too high. But Hickenlooper stuck to his high-tax agenda, forcing Frontier to move 200 jobs to Wisconsin. 140 more to Indiana. Just part of Denver’s 39,000 jobs lost under John Hickenlooper’s job-killing policies. John Hickenlooper, Bill Ritter. Politicians of the same stripe, raising taxes and killing jobs.
KS SEN, Moran, "No Interest"
7/15
MORAN: I've worked hard to make sure farmers and ranchers in Kansas have success. I voted to reduce or eliminate capital gains taxes and estate taxes - I've been a supporter of the Bush tax cuts and almost everything President Obama has opposed, I have been against. I have no interest in giving terrorists constitutional rights in the United States. Have opposed bringing terrorists to the United States for any reason, and don't believe under the constitution have constitutional rights.
NV SEN, anti-Reid (New Leadership for America PAC), "Reid"
7/15
ANNCR: Seen Harry Reid's latest TV ad? It's desperate, it's dirty, and worst of all, it's a lie. Sharron Angle won't phase out Social Security but she will end the way Congress raises Social Security to pay for their reckless spending. ANGLE: I want to save Medicare and Social Security. ANNCR: Sharron Angle will protect Social Security and Medicare so the government can't keep raiding it. So the next time you see Harry Reid's desperate negative ads, you'll know he's lying
NV SEN, Reid, “City Center: Sharron Angle Wouldn’t Have Fought to Save 22,000 NV Jobs”
7/14
"[Reid voiceover] I'm Harry Reid and I approve this message. [voiceover] City Center was in trouble. It was so dire the company had purchased fencing to shutter the project. Then, Harry Reid called the banks and they made their loans. Reid saved 22,000 jobs, but Sharron Angle wouldn't have saved City Center. [audio clip of Angle on the Alan Stock Radio Show: Would you have saved City Center? Angle: No, I would not.] 22,000 jobs and she wouldn't have lifted a finger. [Angle clip: As your U.S. Senator, I'm not in the business of creating jobs.] Sharron Angle's just too extreme."
WA SEN, Murray, "Never Forgotten"
7/14
Her dad was a disabled veteran. She asked to be on the Veterans Committee. Patty Murray passed the New GI Bill. So I could go to college. She improved medical care for military families. And increased military pay. Senator Murray stopped the VA from closing three hospitals. She got new vets clinics. And expanded veterans services all across the state. Patty Murray has never forgotten us vets. MURRAY: I’m Patty Murray and I sponsored this ad to make sure our vets are treated right.
WI SEN, Johnson, “Feingold Mud”
7/14
28 years in politics and Russ Feingold’s stuck in the mud. Feingold started his campaign slinging mud at Ron Johnson. Ron Johnson opposes drilling in the Great Lakes, and Russ Feingold knows it. Drilling is already illegal in the Great Lakes, and Feingold knows that too. Because he voted against the law that protected our lakes. That’s right. Feingold was the only Great Lakes senator to vote no. Feingold played politics. Partisan politician Russ Feingold. Stuck in the mud.
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YEA, right Stephanie Herseth Sundil voted against the bailouts and the healthcare plan.
Open secrets says she got Insurance
$35,250
donations.
Maybe she met the lobbyist in a restaturent,
This Date In History - July 15, 2010
Keith Olbermann nominated for an Emmy Award in honor of his tribute to his late mother. Congratulations Keith. Your viewers are thrilled for you, especially considering all that happened in 2009.
http://www.emmyonline.tv/mediacenter/news_31st_nominations.html
New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- A highly anticipated test designed to measure pressure within BP's ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well finally began Thursday, and for the first time in nearly three months, oil stopped flowing into the Gulf.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/07/15/gulf.oil.disaster/index.html
Reporting from Baghdad —
The U.S. military handed over its last prison facility, Camp Cropper, to the Iraqi government Thursday, July 15, 2010 in a ceremony that all but ends America's role as a keeper of Iraqi detainees.U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jerry Cannon and Iraqi Justice Minister Dara Noureddin, included references to both nations' checkered record with Iraqi detainees, infamously at Abu Ghraib prison, where detainee abuse by U.S. personnel was revealed in 2004 and where inmates had been brutally treated in earlier years under Saddam Hussein.http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iraq-camp-handover-20100716,0,5890212.story
The event, presided over by
"Congress gave final approval Thursday, July 15, 2010 to the most ambitious overhaul of financial regulation in generations, ending more than a year of wrangling over the shape of the new rules and shifting the government's focus to the monumental task of implementing them."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2010/07/15/AR2010071500464.html
This Date In History - August 31, 2010
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/military/jan-june09/obamairaq_02-27.html
This Date In History - June 25, 2010
Rachel Maddow:
It turns out that a lot of things that have happened in the less than two years of this administration are the biggest or first or most important in generations. On the occasion of the Wall Street reform announcement today, Taegan Goddard at “CQ Politics” wrote, “Not since FDR has a president done so much to transform this country.” ... The list of legislative accomplishments of this president in half a term even before energy reform which he‘s probably going to get to is, to quote the vice president, “a big freaking deal.” Love this administration or hate it, this president is getting a lot done.
The last time any president did this much in office, booze was illegal. If you believe in policy, if you believe in government that addresses problems, cheers to that. Good night.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37974309/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/
Oh, I almost forgot!
This Date In History - July 15, 2010
President Obama - "Cuz no matter how long it takes, all of us know - that it's getting better, growing stronger, warm and wilder, getting better every day..."
Mama Cass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBnKP19RK8Y
I had not heard about Keith's nomination. His tribute to his mother was beautiful; he deserves it.
Odd that Pres Obama has achieved so many major pieces of legislation, more than in a generation, and literally brought the economy back from the brink but to listen to the media and the public--he hasn't done a thing. In Alter's book "The Promise" he talked about how the WH had accomplished saving the country from another depression but because total collapse did not happen, the public doesn't recognize how dire the situation was. He mentioned that WH staff were moving so fast, that nine month's of work was condensced to one week's effort. It really is a good book. Pres Obama made decisions he knew would be unpopular and that would hurt him politically but he did them despite it.
John Boehner and Michelle Bachman are up for re-election. Is there anything
we can do to help them lose? Roy Blunt wants to be my Senator. help!
"Odd that Pres Obama has achieved so many major pieces of legislation, more than in a generation, and literally brought the economy back from the brink but to listen to the media and the public--he hasn't done a thing. In Alter's book "The Promise" he talked about how the WH had accomplished saving the country from another depression but because total collapse did not happen, the public doesn't recognize how dire the situation was. He mentioned that WH staff were moving so fast, that nine month's of work was condensced to one week's effort. It really is a good book. Pres Obama made decisions he knew would be unpopular and that would hurt him politically but he did them despite it."
Well stated, Jody.
To Chuck Todd: Why do you think this is? Just curious of your opinion. Stories such as Mel Gibson's rant, Casey Anthony's trial, and Lindsey Lohan often get more coverage than important stories like the Financial Reform Legislation that just passed.
Also, I can't tell you how many times I've heard "Obama's numbers are down" repeated over and over, but will his success with passing Financial Reform (for example) get the same amount of airtime? (We all know the answer to that.) I know that good news doesn't 'sell', but some equity would be appreciated and deserved. Or at least some perspective. For example, when Obama's numbers are shown, what about showing the numbers for Boehner, Congress or (gasp) the fav/unfav on the media? In light of the unpopularity of anything 'government' related these days, I think Obama's numbers actually look pretty good.
This is the cynical side of me speaking, but my opinion is that the negative drip from Fox impacts the coverage from everyone else (i.e. they don't want to give the appearance that they are 'drinking the kook-aid').
I have this little 'game' where I turn on Fox and start a mental stopwatch to see how long it takes for a negative comment on Obama or the Democrats...I have yet to make it to the count of 10. Try it yourself.
Thanks for listening.