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BREAKING NEWS MSNBC
Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois claimed the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday night, NBC News projected based on its tally of convention delegates. By doing so, he shattered a barrier more than two centuries old to become the first black candidate ever nominated by a major political party for the nation’s highest office.
“Tonight, [...]

Posted by nytexan June 3rd, 2008 | Category: Democrat, Election, Obama, President | Leave a comment

Bob Barr nominated Libertarian Presidential Candidate

Libertarian Party picks Barr as presidential candidate
DENVER (AP) — The Libertarian Party has picked former Republican Rep. Bob Barr to be its presidential candidate after six rounds of balloting.
Barr beat research scientist Mary Ruwart, who was the party’s presidential nominee in 1983 and vice presidential candidate in 1992. Barr left [...]

Posted by bosskitty May 25th, 2008 | Tags: Bob Barr, Democrat, Libertarian Party, Presidential Candidates, Republican | Category: Bob Barr, Congress, Constitution, Democrat, Elections, Electoral College, Founding Fathers, Freedom, Human Rights, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, National Debt, Politics, President, Primaries, Republican, White House, candidates, civil liberties, election reform | Comments (5)

Edwards rules out vice presidential run with Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former presidential contender John Edwards said on Friday he would not be Democratic front-runner Barack Obama’s running mate, but did not rule out taking a role in an Obama administration.

“Won’t happen,” Edwards told NBC’s “Today” program when asked if he would be Obama’s [...]

Posted by bosskitty May 17th, 2008 | Tags: Al Gore, Bloomberg, Edwards, Election, Jim Webb, Kathleen Sebelius, nominee, Obama, Presidential Candidates, Progressive, Vice President | Category: Al Gore, Barack Obama, Bloomberg, Commander In Chief Test, Edwards, Election, Jim Webb, Kathleen Sebelius, Obama, Politics, President, Primaries, Progressive, Vice President, candidates, polls | Leave a comment

WASHINGTON - Ralph Nader is launching a third-party campaign for president.

Last month, Nader began an exploratory presidential campaign and launched a Web site that promises to fight “corporate greed, corporate power, corporate control.”
Nader’s appearance on “Meet the Press” was announced Friday in an e-mail message from Nader’s exploratory campaign. The message from “The Nader Team” [...]

Posted by nytexan February 24th, 2008 | Category: Election, President, Ralph Nader | Comments (3)

Doggett for Obama
Obama Gets Front-Runner Treatment
U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) today endorsed Senator Barack Obama for President of the United States.
“When he stands up, all the world will know that America really has changed, that the disastrous policies of the last eight years have ended,” said Congressman Doggett, a superdelegate to [...]

Posted by bosskitty February 20th, 2008 | Category: Barack Obama, Election, Endorsement, Lloyd Doggett, President, Super Delegates, candidates | Comments (7)

It didn’t take Bill Clinton long to break his promise to not go after Obama on the campaign trail. Bill is back making false statements and again promoting his presidency. Recently in Tyler, Texas, Bill stated “Obama ‘literally not part of any of the good things’ from the 1990s.” I suppose you could say [...]

Posted by nytexan February 16th, 2008 | Category: Clinton, Democrat, Election, Obama, President, Texas, primary | Leave a comment

To me this is huge. No that that Edward and Patrick Kennedy endorsed another member of Congress but that Caroline Kennedy has endorsed Obama. In her Sunday NYT op-ed “A President Like My Father,” Caroline made it clear that Obama is a candidate like her father.

I’ve been deeply moved by the people who’ve [...]

Posted by nytexan January 28th, 2008 | Category: Caroline Kennedy, Endorsement, Obama, Politics, President, Ted Kennedy, primary | Comments (5)

In a short New York Timed Op-ed “A President Like My Father,” Caroline Kennedy throws her support behind Barrak Obama. To some this may be insignificant but I think otherwise. During elections candidates have been compared to both JFK and RFK on many levels but there is always something lacking for the candidate and that [...]

Posted by nytexan January 27th, 2008 | Category: Caroline Kennedy, Obama, President | Leave a comment

From the John Edwards For President web site.
What is the difference between media perception and reality? Well, for the better part of a year the media has focused on 2 celebrity candidates.
Even after beating one of the celebrity candidates in Iowa (hint, it was Hillary Clinton), the media focused on two. Even after poll after [...]

Posted by nytexan January 18th, 2008 | Category: Democrat, Edwards, Election, Media, President, primary | Comments (9)