- Recent
- Popular
- Tags (0)
- Subscribers (1)
- Obama Backers Mobilize in Bid to Wrest State From Republican GripAugust 17 2008
-
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
Under a scorching sun, hundreds of people lined up recently in a parking lot here to pick up free back-to-school supplies being distributed by a local radio station. Bobbing among the shade umbrellas were a handful of workers for Senator Barack Obama, carrying clipboards and voter registration forms. On Monday night, others fanned out at a movie screening for surfers in Wrightsville Beach. They descended on a street festival in Asheville. When oil companies posted record profits, Obama supporters showed up at gas stations here with registration forms. Despite the relentless heat, and midsummer lull, the Obama campaign is mobilizing in North Carolina. The state is one of half a dozen once-solid Republican bastions, including Georgia, Indiana and Virginia, where Democrats now sniff opportunity to expand the electoral map.
Read the full article from The New York Times
- Obama talks about reviving economyAugust 8 2008
-
By Josh Weinhold
Sen. Barack Obama outlined his energy and economic policy in response to an audience question about tough economic times in the Elkhart area. In the short-term, Obama said an additional round of economic stimulus checks are needed. He also said the government should invest in "fast-track" infrastructure, including roads, schools, sewer lines and bridges. "That would put people back to work right away," Obama said. "But it would also spur on economic activity for people who supply contractors. In the long-term, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee said the country needs an entirely new economic engine. That includes investing in development of electric and hybrid cars, as well as wind turbines and solar panels.
- Obama pitches energy plan in Northeast OhioAugust 6 2008
-
By Colette M. Jenkins
Sen. Barack Obama continued presenting his proposal for the nation's energy crisis this morning at the Austintown Fitch High School gymnasium. A day after unveiling his ''New Energy for America'' plan in Lansing, Mich., the Democratic presidential hopeful told an Ohio crowd of more than 2,500 that the United States got to the point of $4-a-gallon gasoline because of our dependence on foreign oil. He said we need to increase fuel efficiency and increase renewable sources.Obama spent the first half of his hourlong campaign stop speaking about his energy plan before shifting to a town-hall format in which he took questions about education, the war in Iraq, treatment of veterans and infrastructure for interstate, high-speed, lightweight rail travel.
- Obama Links Economy to Foreign PolicyJuly 29 2008
-
By Ed O'Keefe
Ahead of a week of campaign appearances focused on the economy, Sen. Barack Obama suggested Sunday that there is a domestic economic benefit to improved U.S. relations with the rest of the world."When you think about the big problems we face here at home, they're connected to the problems we face abroad," Obama said before an audience of several hundred here at the quadrennial "Unity: Journalists of Color" conference. A broader international effort in Afghanistan and a drawdown of U.S. forces in Iraq, he added, have the potential to "free up money to keep folks in their homes" and provide funds for other domestic concerns.
- Obama urges Iran to accept EU nuke proposalJuly 26 2008
-
By Elaine Ganley
Democrat Barack Obama said Friday that Iran should promptly accept an international call to freeze its uranium enrichment program, which some nations see as a potential step toward obtaining nuclear weapons. The presidential candidate met with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris, where they discussed Iran, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, climate change and other issues. Speaking later at a news conference, Obama said Iran should accept the proposals made by Sarkozy and other Western leaders. He urged Iran's leaders not to wait for the next U.S. president to pressure them "because the pressure, I think, is only going to build." The United States and other Western nations accuse Iran of seeking to acquire nuclear weapons and demand that it freeze its uranium enrichment program. Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.