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Hillary Clinton to be Named Obama's Secretary of State
The New York Times is reporting Hillary Clinton has decided to accept the position of secretary of state.
Two Clinton confidants tell the Times her...
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Canadian_Revolution |
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Harper in Washington for G20 Summit, He Talks to Bush, Officials Talk to Obama
With Prime Minister Stephen Harper waiting to sit down with the current U.S. president at the G20 summit meeting in Washington, his officials were bus...
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VanRW |
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Mayor Smoothie, Harper's Doozy, God Got Choosy (in Mediacheck)
And more Fast Rewind of a wild November. ...
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TheTyee.ca |
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MacKay: Obama Will Help Canada in Afghanistan
Al-Qaida's racist denunciations of Barack Obama are the figurative equivalent of splashing acid on defenceless schoolgirls, Defence Minister Peter Mac...
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Shane_B |
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First Presidential Debate Takes Place -- Instant Polls Show Obama as the Clear Winner
After a week of high political theatre and national uncertainty, Barack Obama and John McCain traded jabs Friday night over the financial crisis that ...
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Shane_B |
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Obama Shows His Age -- Buys Up Ad Space on XBox Live Games
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has made a play for online videogamers, placing campaign advertisements in a series of popular tit...
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VanRW |
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Canadians Prefer Obama.....Even More Than of Our Own Leaders...
From CTV.ca
A new poll suggests Canadians would prefer to vote for Barack Obama rather cast a ballot for their own political leaders, while 45 pe...
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Shane_B |
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Barack Obama Wins US Presidency in Crushing Landslide
Barack Obama's stunning U.S. election win Tuesday will be seen as a symbol of hope to a world that is largely jaded with U.S. leadership, says one exp...
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VanRW |
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Barack Obama Officially Accepts Presidential Nomination -- On 45th Anniversary of MLK's 'I Have a Dream' Speech
From the AP via The Huffington Post --
Surrounded by an enormous, adoring crowd, Barack Obama promised a clean break from the broken polit...
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Shane_B |
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Obama Jets Off to Afghanistan to Kick off Tour of Mid East and Europe
From the Huffington Post --
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama started a campaign-season tour of combat zones and foreign capitals, ...
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Shane_B |
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You Say You Want a (Green) Revolution
While the jury is still out on whether President-elect Barack Obama will prove able to usher in meaningful change during his time in office, his...
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The [Climate Policy] Change We Need
by Sheril Kirshenbaum Just a week ago, Barack Obama addressed the nation that had just elected him the 44th President of the United Stat...
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Al Gore: Enivornmental Solutions Equals Economic Solutions
When economy and environment are pitted against each other (a la Stephen Harper) we are manipulated into thinking that we must sacrifice one in order ...
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A Landslide Victory for Obama In Antarctica
Dear Mr. President-Elect, Greetings from Antarctica! I'm about to begin my mission to become the first American in history to reach the Sout...
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Obama triggers first environmental dividend
Canada moves to protect U.S. market for dirty oil The world enjoyed the first environmental dividend of an Obama presidency yesterday when a worried C...
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Tyee's Blog Will Host Global Voices on US Election (in Views)
How will world react? Check The Hook as people send dispatches from around the planet. ...
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TheTyee.ca |
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A 100 Day Climate Change Crash Course for the Next President
Of the many daunting challenges facing the next president, few loom larger than climate change. Though the languishing economy will likely dictate his...
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YouTube Shines Light on Dirty Politics (in Video)
How video vigilantes are outing whisper campaigns in US presidential campaign. ...
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TheTyee.ca |
active:5 weeks 6 days ago |
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Round 3 of the Debates: Who Wants Energy Independence More?
In what proved to be a doozy of a debate not so much for its substance as for its theatrics and sound bites (who will ever forget Joe the Plum...
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Climate Change and the Presidential Debate: The Topic that Dare Not Speak its Name
All eyes were fixed on Oxford, Mississippi, this past Friday where, after a week of tumultuous activity on Wall Street and Capitol Hill, the Universit...
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Obama vs. McCain: Where Do the Candidates Stand on Science Issues?
Prying answers out of the candidates about science-related issues this electoral season has proven almost as challenging as prying interviews out of S...
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Talking Politics in a Nevada Brothel (in Life)
In this desert outpost, Obama and McCain barely stand a chance. ...
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TheTyee.ca |
active:9 weeks 5 days ago |
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Tina Fey for Vice President (in Mediacheck)
If the election is a made-for-TV event, why not get a pro? ...
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TheTyee.ca |
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Dr. Laura "extremely disappointed" in Sarah Palin Pick but will Still Vote for McCain
After John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential candidate and claimed to have known in advance that her 17-year old daughter Bristol was ...
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Downtown Eastside Enquirer |
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What Sarah Palin Shows (in Views)
Sexism and racism alive and well in US politics. ...
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TheTyee.ca |
active:12 weeks 3 days ago |
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Senator John McCain the Oil and Gas Presidential Pick
The Washington Post has a story out today on the dramatic spike in campaign contributions to John McCain right after the Senator reversed his opposit...
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McCain and Obama Stand United on Canada's Oil Sands
Barack Obama made headlines across Canada last week over his proposed national low carbon fuel standard. Such a proposal, if implemented, would be a...
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Winning Cyberspace in '08 (in Mediacheck)
What we can learn from Obama's new digital politics. ...
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TheTyee.ca |
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Clinton Goes to the Poison Well (in Views)
Coded racism and faked populism. Can US politics ever pull free? ...
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TheTyee.ca |
active:31 weeks 4 days ago |
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Bill Blowing the Election (in Views)
Goodbye Billary, hello Obama. And more hunches. ...
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TheTyee.ca |
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Presidential Candidates Not Going Far Enough on Climate?
You may have noticed some tension here at DeSmogBlog lately over the Obama affair. I don't write to criticize, but because what has happened seems ind...
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Corn, Hogs and US Politics (in News)
The American presidential contest begins tomorrow in Iowa. ...
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TheTyee.ca |
active:47 weeks 5 days ago |
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Bali: Obama "Objection" Looks Like Defence of Status Quo
This statement, released by presidential hopeful Barack Obama yesterday, looks worryingly like a defence of the untenable and destructive Bush Adminis...
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Edwards tops Democratic poll with stand on emissions cuts
The former U.S. Senator and vice-presidential candidate John Edwards won the poll with about 33 per cent of the vote. Congressman Dennis Kucinich w...
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