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Angelenos call: Good jobs, dignity, elect Obama
September 5, 2008LOS ANGELES — “From Labor Day to Election Day we are in the final stretch of our Fight for Good Jobs campaign and we must sprint to the finish on Nov. 4” with a voter turnout...
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Running from their record on hurricanes
September 5, 2008As hurricanes Hanna and Ike threatened the East and Gulf Coasts, respectively, after Gustav slammed into Louisiana, critics charged that the GOP is trying to draw attention away from John McCain’s support for government neglect of...
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McCains far-right VP stirs sharp opposition
September 5, 2008John McCain’s choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate stirred sharp opposition from women’s organizations, the labor movement, environmental groups and others. Many see it as plunging the McCain campaign further into the...
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Registering 8 million Black voters could make the difference
September 4, 2008Although voters across the country came out in record numbers during the intense and historic Democratic presidential primaries, there are still eight million unregistered African American voters, according to Rick Wade who is the African American...
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Sarah Palin: The view from Alaska
September 3, 2008One of my favorite characters in Alaska politics is Mike Doogan. He is a solid Democratic state representative from Anchorage, and a former columnist for the Anchorage Daily News. In addition he is a darn good...
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