Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has been under fire for days because of his statement that small-town Americans “cling” to guns, religion and bigotry because they are “bitter” about their economic circumstances. But other candidates may be tested by Obama’s “bitter” comments, too.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee is trying to attach Obama’s words to Democratic Senate candidates Al Franken of Minnesota and Mark Warner of Virginia. The NRSC issued a video press release that all but dares them to endorse Obama.
The video releases also target Democratic convention “superdelegates” John Kerry of Massachusetts, Mary Landreiu of Louisiana, Mark Udall of Colorado and Tom Udall of New Mexico.
Categories: Virginia, Colorado, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, Producer's Picks, Gun Rights, Politics, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Religion, Tom Udall, Race, Mark Warner, Al Franken, Mark Udall
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With Senate Democrats vowing to force Republicans into a literal filibuster over the Iraq war rather than a procedural one, House Democrats apparently don’t want to miss out on all of the fun. The leadership in the lower chamber coordinated a series of “one-minute speeches” at the beginning of today’s floor debate.
The Gavel, the blog maintained by the staff of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., published video and pullout quotes of some of the speeches, and Pelosi’s office posted more of them to YouTube. Here are links:
Categories: Maryland, New York, California, Georgia, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, Tennessee, Iraq, Democrats, Steve Cohen, Keith Ellison, John Hall, Hank Johnson, John Sarbanes, Albio Sires, Russ Carnahan, Frank Pallone, Tom Udall, Zoe Lofgren
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Lawmakers returned to Washington today, and PoliticsTV was there to capture on video the rise of Democrats to control of Congress for the first time in 12 years.
The site has a whole series of video interviews with House Democrats. Rather than reposting the video segments here, I’ll link to the related PoliticsTV entries by member:
Categories: Maryland, Florida, House, California, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Producer's Picks, Jason Altmire, Charlie Wilson, 110th Congress, Tom Allen, Barney Frank, Chris Van Hollen, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Sander Levin, Russ Carnahan, Brad Miller, Frank Pallone, Steve Rothman, Adam Schiff, Tom Udall, Debbie Wasserman-Schulz
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