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October 22, 2008
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usdemocrats.com political news weblog
October 22, 2008
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Iraq seeks changes to wording
not backbone of pact -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSLM44443120081022 |
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Obama says economy, security
linked -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “We often hear about two debates — one on national security and one on the economy — but that is a false distinction,” he told reporters following a meeting on national security policy. “We can’t afford another president who ignores the fundamentals of our economy while running up record deficits to fight a war without end in Iraq.” Obama charged that Sen. John McCain would continue “the policies that have put our economy into crisis and endangered our national security.” Obama’s remarks come as the Democrat
holds his biggest lead yet, according to CNN’s latest average
of national polls. He is ahead of McCain by 9 points — 51
percent to 42 percent. |
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Mass layoffs highest since
9/11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There were 2,269 mass layoff actions, up 497 from August, according to statistics released by the Labor Department. “At large firms, basically what I see is an across-the-board, shotgun approach,” said Paul Sarvadi, CEO of human resources outsourcing firm Administaff in Houston. “If they anticipate revenues going down, then they see how much need to cut to reach operating targets, and equate that cost to a number of people.” http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/22/mass-layoffs-highest-since-911/ |
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German bank raided over Lehman
payments -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Investigators from Germany’s Federal Criminal Office and the state prosecutor’s office conducted the raid and searches at the Frankfurt offices of Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau (Credit Agency for Reconstruction), or KFW, spokesman Wolfram Schweickhardt said. The government-owned KFW bank group had transferred 319 million euros ($412 million) to Lehman Brothers after the U.S. bank filed for bankruptcy last month. The investigation is into possible embezzlement
in connection with the payments made to Lehman, he said. |
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Senate Democrats subpoena
Mukasey over detainees -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j-dqV3GFdDYM0w4NYNDYTI_fLPXQD93V3NR84 |
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Senate Race Roundup -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/qkB4GNFXaKs/638005 |
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Victory '08: Harvard Democrats
Election Night Party! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Democrats set to dominate
Senate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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I can tell you right now who's
going to win this election -- the campaign that steps up its
ground game in the final days. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The race is deadlocked in a number of crucial battleground states, including Ohio, Missouri, and Indiana. And we're neck-and-neck in Florida, North Carolina, and Nevada. We have to make our final, tough decisions about where to fight and how strong we can make our team. And those choices will depend on the financial resources we have tomorrow at midnight. If you make a donation of $10 or more before the deadline, you'll receive a limited edition Obama-Biden car magnet.
You can also receive an Obama-Biden T-shirt with a donation of $30 or more. The margins of victory in this election will be slim, and it's going to be decided in the field. We're up against the Republicans' proven get out the vote push -- which delivered victories for George Bush in 2000 and 2004. We can't fall short. There's too much at stake in this election. This campaign has contacted 11 million voters since the convention. But to hit our targets, we need to contact three times that number of voters between now and Election Day. The more resources we have on hand, the more voters we can reach. From the start, our field program has been in your hands. It depends on your time, your energy -- and your generosity. You decide how big we can go. The deadline is midnight tomorrow, October 23rd. Please make a donation of $10 or more right now and receive your Obama-Biden car magnet: https://donate.barackobama.com/deadlinemagnet With your support, Barack could win in a number of closely contested battleground states. We need to do everything we can to extend our reach -- we can't afford to look back on November 5th and say we could have done more. Thanks for your commitment to building the best field program in the history of presidential politics, Jon Jon Carson |
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C-SPAN Daily Alert -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C-SPAN Highlights Tonight: Tomorrow: ********************************************************************** Tonight: Tomorrow: ********************************************************************** Tonight: Tomorrow: ********************************************************************** Tonight: Tomorrow:
********************************************************************** * Road to the White House - Sunday on C-SPAN
at 6:30pm ET * Newspaper Articles & Viewer Calls * House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman on Wednesday accused credit rating agencies of “colossal failure” in their assessments of the quality... - Full Story at www.c-span.org/capitolspotlight/ * Who was the first presidential candidate
to top 50 million votes? - Answer at www.c-span.org/capitolspotlight/
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