By Ben van der Meer
A new Field Poll shows that California residents are more likely to vote for Democrats than Republicans in congressional races this fall, though neither party engenders overwhelming support.
Of those polled, 54 percent held a positive view of Democrats, while just 31 percent responded that way for Republicans.
In fall congressional races, 48 [...]
By Elana Schor guardian.co.uk
The row over US inaction on carbon emissions reached new heights yesterday after the White House allowed Congress to look at last year’s government proposal to officially deem climate change a threat to public health – a plan that aides to George Bush refused to acknowledge or read.
The climate plan was finished [...]
By Evan Brown
The Arizona Democratic Party is attacking presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain over his recently-stated support of the Arizona Civil Rights Initiative, the anti-affirmative action ballot initiative backed by Ward Connerly. Democrats say his backing of the initiative represents a “reversal” of the position he held a decade ago.
In an appearance on ABC’s [...]
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By DAVID STOUT
The New York Times
Published: July 31, 2008
WASHINGTON — Democrats on both sides of the Capitol assailed the administration’s handling of the Justice Department yet again on Wednesday, and a House committee recommended contempt charges against Karl Rove, who was President Bush’s top political adviser.
The House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines, 20 to [...]
M. Spencer Green / Associated Press
IN 2004: Barack Obama prepares to give his keynote address to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. He won most of Illinois’ southern counties in his Senate race that year.
‘Southern Illinois is the South,’ the Democratic presidential candidate has often said — a nod to his belief that gains made [...]
Reuters Published: Friday, August 01, 2008
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is mobilizing U.S. store managers to lobby against Democrats in November’s presidential election, fearing they will make it easier for workers to unionize, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
In recent weeks, thousands of Wal-Mart managers and department heads have been summoned to mandatory meetings [...]
Democrats on the crucial House committee that oversees the Department of Homeland Security as well as the Justice Department have joined illegal immigrant advocates in calling for an end to federal raids at businesses that knowingly hire large numbers of illegal workers.
Although the House Judiciary Committee is charged with overseeing the administration of justice within [...]
In the latest salvo over John McCain’s much-dissected TV ad comparing Barack Obama to such lightweight celebrities as Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, the Democratic National Committee posted a web ad today that suggests McCain is violating a pledge to run a civil race.
The ad uses footage of McCain at a town hall meeting in [...]
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The Associated Press August 1, 2008, 11:14AM ET
LAS VEGAS
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has launched a Web site attacking a conservative political group backed by casino mogul Sheldon Adelson.
The site, launched Thursday, calls Freedom’s Watch — a nonprofit aimed at defeating Democrats in House races — the “biggest threat” to congressional candidates this election [...]
By Patrick Yoest
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–While new U.S. unemployment figures were not as grim as many economists expected, Democratic lawmakers insisted the figures show a need for a new fiscal measure to revive the flagging economy.
The Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment rate rose 0.2 [...]
