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Barack Obama Watch: Invesco Field in Denver will Be Site for Nomination Acceptance
Invesco Field in Denver, Home of the Denver Broncos
Marc Ambinder says that the Democrats will announce the venue for Barack Obama’s acceptance of the party nomination for President tomorrow.For the day, August 28th the Democrats will move from the Denver Pepsi Center to Invesco Field. The field, the home of the NFL’s Denver Broncos seats around 75,000.
Invesco is an open air stadium with no retractable roof. This will make a pretty picture for television as the Democrats will pack the place but if it rains or there are thunderstorms……..August is the fourth highest average rainfall month for Denver.
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John McCain Watch: The RNC Kicks Off General Election Ads
Republican National Committee Ad on Energy, “Balance”The Republican National Committee has kicked off general election ads for John McCain focusing on energy. This ad will begin a 10 day and $3 million ad campaign targeting Barack Obama on energy.
The script:“Record gas prices, a climate in crisis. John McCain says solve it now. With a balanced plan — alternative energy, conservation, suspending the gas tax AND more production here at home. He’s pushing his own party to face climate change.
“But Barack Obama? For conservation, but he just says no to lower gas taxes. No to nuclear. No to more production. No new solutions. Barack Obama: Just the party line. The Republican National Committee is responsible for the content of this advertising.â€
The ad which started Saturday night, July 5th will air in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – all key battleground states for McCain.
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Team McCain Now Puzzled Over Obama’s Iraq War Policy
Barack Obama’s shifting or “REFINED†Iraq War PolicyBarack Obama on Saturday said he was “puzzled” over the reaction to his statement this week that he might “refine” his timetale for withdrawing U.S. combat troops.Now, Team McCain is questioning Obama’s words as to what he exactly means on Iraq War policy.
Sen. John McCain’s campaign said Sunday that Barack Obama’s remarks on Iraq “have left a significant question as to exactly what he intends.”
“He has held almost every conceivable position in the course of his relatively brief career in the Senate,” said Randy Scheunemann, McCain’s foreign policy adviser.
McCain’s campaign suggested Obama’s views could be becoming more in line with McCain’s Iraq policy.
“The position of [McCain’s] campaign is that words do matter, and Sen. Obama’s words have left a significant question as to exactly what he intends. If he is now joining Sen. McCain’s position and saying that the need to maintain peace and stability in Iraq is a prerequisite before responsible withdrawal, which is Sen. McCain’s position, we welcome his conversion to that position,” Scheunemann said Sunday in a conference call with reporters.
Barack Obama HAS flip flopped on his Iraq War position in moving away from his radical LEFT anti-war position. The LEFT WING of the Democrat Party may not like the change but it is change you can count on, no?
Maybe Obama will be able to clear up his ambiguous statements when he campaigns with Hillary Clinton to retire her campaign debt later this week.
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Why Sarah Palin Would Be the Best John McCain Vice President
Governor Sarah Palin prepares to sign two bills into law – SB 214 and HB 326 – which will benefit Alaska Guard members
This piece pretty much says it all – even without mentioning Palin. All of the other candidates in the GOP Veepstakes are flawed in some way or another.Let’s see. Governor Palin is:
- Young and energetic
- Conservative
- Pro-Life Woman with a family
- Experienced in Executive Government
Will Palin be a default McCain choice for Vice President or simply the BEST choice?
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Barack Obama Says He is “PUZZLED” Over Iraq War Flip Flop
Barack Obama’s shifting or “REFINED” Iraq War Policy
Why is Barack Obama puzzled? He flip-flopped on his Iraq War policy.Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Saturday his plan to end the Iraq war was unchanged and he was puzzled by the sharp reaction to his statement this week that he might “refine” his timetable for withdrawing U.S. combat troops.
“For me to say that I’m going to refine my policies I don’t think in any way is inconsistent with prior statements and doesn’t change my strategic view that this war has to end and that I’m going to end it as president,” Obama told reporters on his campaign plane.
Obama, who based his drive to capture the Democratic nomination on his early and ardent opposition to the war, said earlier this week he might alter his plan to bring combat troops home within 16 months of taking office if conditions on the ground changed.
The comment drew heavy coverage and sharp criticism from some on the left and the right, with Republicans saying it showed he was vacillating on Iraq.
“I was a little puzzled by the frenzy that I set off with what I thought was a pretty innocuous statement,” he said on a flight from Montana to St. Louis. “I am absolutely committed to ending the war. I will call my joint chiefs of staff in and give them a new assignment and that is to end the war.”
Spin, Spin Spin…..
Obama’s original Iraq War Policy that he sold to the left-wing zealots in the Democrat Party in order to beat Hillary Clinton in the primary elections and caucuses is untenable so he has provided himself so “wiggle” room.
This policy change moves Obama to the center and is a moderation of his anti-war rants of a year ago – not stuff for his left-wing supporters. But, Obama is being disingenuous in saying it is not a change in his basic Iraq War policy.
Remember, Senator, “Change You CAN Believe in.”
NOT “Change I CAN SPIN you.”
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Day By Day by Chris Muir July 6, 2008
The Democrats and Barack Obama arrogant, why would you say that?Could an example be having Barack Obama accept the Democrat Party nomination at Invesco Field in Denver so they could put on a massive show of support. But, you say Snerdly, that that Team Obama will MERELY bus in numerous union members and African Americans to pad the audience.
You don’t say?
The ONLY reason Jon McCain is close to Obama in the polls is that Obama is symbolism over substance. If McCain were to force them to propose actual real world solutions Obama and the Democrats will fade.
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links for 2008-07-06
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In early June, 22 percent of Clinton supporters polled said they would not vote at all if Obama were the party’s nominee, now close to a third say they will stay home.
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The group, Vets for Freedom, plans to launch its four-month campaign next week, called “Four Months, for Victory.â€
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Saturday his plan to end the Iraq war was unchanged and he was puzzled by the sharp reaction to his statement this week that he might “refine” his timetable for withdrawing U.S. combat troops.
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The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein’s nuclear program — a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium — reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossi
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American and Iraqi forces are driving Al-Qaeda in Iraq out of its last redoubt in the north of the country in the culmination of one of the most spectacular victories of the war on terror.
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Iran formally responded Friday to an international proposal of incentives aimed at resolving the impasse over the country’s nuclear program, but failed to address the central issue of whether it would halt its uranium enrichment activities…
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Iran’s nuclear program remains unchanged, a government spokesman Saturday, indicating that Tehran has no plans to meet a key Western demand that it stop enriching uranium