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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, flanked by other Democratic leaders at a Monday news conference, announced plans for a second economic stimulus plan. She said Democrats would be shaping the package — focused on infrastructure and aid to states and the poor — even before the Nov. 4 election.
“We have been working closely with the Obama campaign because we want to have an initiative that responds to the needs of the American people,” she said. Because Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama travels around the country, “he hears the concerns of the American people. He knows what the right thing is to go forward.”
What Democratic leaders “want is something that will have legitimacy because it will have consensus,” she said. She apparently was referring to consensus among Democrats. As for Republicans, all they have offered is “rejection,” she said.
So rather than worry about President Bush or other Republicans, including presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, Democrats are listening to Obama, she said. “We are working closely with him,” she said.
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McCain not tough enough, some backers say
As they waited for Sarah Palin at a Richmond rally, some backers of John McCain said he is not being sufficiently tough or aggressive enough on the campaign trail.
Take a look.
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Both sides: We won
Here’s a shocker. Both sides claimed total, overwhelming, indisputable victory in Tuesday night’s presidential debate.
From Jill Hazelbaker, McCain’s communications director:
“Tonight, John McCain won the debate. He was the only man who demonstrated he had the independence and strength to take on everything that’s broken in Washington and on Wall Street. John McCain had a clear plan for improving the lives of Americans - keeping them in their homes through his American Homeownership Resurgence Plan. From Barack Obama, we heard half-truths and contradictions between what he says and what he has done. He said he supported offshore drilling but has opposed it for months. He talked about tax cuts but he voted for higher taxes 94 times and promises increased taxes on small businesses. He talked about reducing the size of government but has proposed hundreds of billions of dollars in new government spending. Tonight, Barack Obama had an opportunity to level with the American people, but instead all we heard was more of the same.”
From Obama Campaign Manager David Plouffe:
“Barack Obama won a resounding victory in John McCain’s favorite debate format because he made the case for change that will rebuild the middle class. The American people asked tough questions tonight, and only Barack Obama was in touch with their struggles and offered clear and passionate answers about creating jobs, reducing health care costs, cutting taxes for 95 percent of working families, and responsibly ending the war in Iraq. John McCain was all over the map on the issues, and he is so angry about the state of his campaign that he referred to Barack Obama as ‘that one.’ Last time he couldn’t look at Senator Obama, this time he couldn’t say his name. The McCain campaign said, ‘if we keep talking about the economy, we’re going to lose,’ and John McCain definitely lost tonight.”
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Nashville debate scene
Around the campus at Nashville’s Belmont University prior to the Tuesday night presidential debate.
Shoes and Jews.
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The color of money
Moments before the House voted on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act on Friday, House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., each spoke on the floor. The two clash almost constantly, but on this occasion, they were in full agreement on the need for a financial-sector bailout bill.
Boehner urged passage, noting the bill was crafted by “members of both sides of the aisle.” Pelosi then declared that it was “my pleasure to work with Mr. Boehner.”
Their harmony may not last long. Pelosi made it clear that when Democrats return next year, they will begin pushing for passage of new regulations. “This crisis will lead to reforms,” she predicted. Republicans likely will oppose many of them.
But for the moment, they were on the same page. They even looked united. Boehner wore a green necktie and Pelosi wore a green pant suit — perhaps delivering a subliminal message that this vote was all about saving greenbacks.
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The VP debate spin room
Take a spin in the spin room after the vice presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis.
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Veep Debate Scene
See how the college kids kept themselves busy on vice presidential debate day at Washington University in St. Louis.
And check out the media meat.
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Twisting in the wind at VEEP debate
Some real “power voters” are twisting in the wind at Washington University in St. Louis in advance of tonight’s vice presidential debate.
Members of Power Vote, a non-partisan youth group whose goal is to promote renewable energy policies, are roaming the university’s campus with 9-foot model windmills to draw attention to the need for more renewable energy, “green jobs” and better policies to address global warming. The Power Vote group is asking students and other voters to sign a “power pledge” indicating their support for renewable energy policies from either candidate (the group doesn’t publicly endorse either presidential candidate).
The Power Vote crew erected a bunch of windmills at the University of Mississippi (that’s their photo) in advance of last week’s presidential debate. Spokeswoman Brianna Cayo Cotter said the group tried to do the same at Wash U, but campus authorities snuffed out that idea. Undeterred, members hoisted their makeshift windmills on their shoulders and began walking around campus at 5:30 a.m. Thursday.
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Veep debate video
Palin waffles on naps!
Biden says try the macaroni and cheese!
Check out what the candidates (or the Washington University students who stood in for them during a dry run in advance of the Thursday night debate) had to say about naps, scooters and their favorite TV shows.
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Florida Senators at Odds on Bailout
Florida’s senators took opposing stands on the proposed $700 billion bailout of the financial industry, speaking from the floor in the hour before the Senate was expected to approve the bill.
Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson broke with his party’s leadership to oppose the bill, while Republican Sen. Mel Martinez emphasized the need to send a strong message of support to the House, which voted down the bailout on Monday.
Nelson said the bill sends the wrong signal to Wall Street.
“This bill rewards the banks and leaves the little person with the short end of the stick. And that is not right,” he said.
He added, “The bottom line is this bill forces taxpayers to bail out investment banks that caused the crisis in the first place.”
Nelson said it “saddens” him to oppose so many of his colleagues, and that he had hoped for a “better, more targeted” solution to the mortgage crisis.
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