http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aqx_-fIcDwY Above, pro-immigration protesters at the Democratic Convention. (Rocky Mountain News) The Democratic National Convention wrapped up last night with very few mentions of immigration, even as the largest immigration raid in U.S. history was taking place in Mississippi. Though the New Democrat Network hosted a panel about immigration in Denver, there was no discussion [...]
Tag Archives: John McCain
Did Dems Ignore Immigration in Denver?
August 29, 2008 – 1:24 pm
By Amy Crawford
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Posted in Immigration: New Voters, Old Fears
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Also tagged anti-immigration, Barack Obama, Columbia, Democratic National Convention, Immigration
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New Spanish-Language Ad Touts McCain’s Immigration Record
August 26, 2008 – 12:09 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u63lBz6k6m4 While polls show Latino voters are leaning toward Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, John McCain’s campaign is making a play for Latino votes with a new radio ad, to be aired during the Democratic convention this week. The ad reminds Latinos that McCain worked with Democrats on comprehensive immigration reform, which ultimately failed due [...]
By Amy Crawford
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Posted in Immigration: New Voters, Old Fears
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Also tagged Barack Obama, Columbia, Immigration, immigration reform, Latino vote
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McCain Trying to Take Advantage of Brown-Black Divide?
August 12, 2008 – 12:52 pm
Republican presidential candidate John McCain is running a new ad that seems to pit Latino interests against the Democratic candidate. In Spanish text and voiceovers, the ad notes that Obama neglected to mention a single Latin American country during his “citizen of the world” speech in Berlin. (Read more on Huffington Post) Will this ad [...]
By Amy Crawford
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Posted in Immigration: New Voters, Old Fears
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Also tagged Barack Obama, Columbia, immigrants, Latino vote
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Asian Vote Turning Blue?
August 12, 2008 – 12:28 pm
With the continuing shift of Asian Americans to the Democratic Party, and as more Asian Republicans and independents become disillusioned with the status quo, does Barack Obama has the potential to capture a large majority of these voters? That’s what I found through extensive interviews with Asian voters in Southern California and discussions with political [...]
By Mira Jang
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Posted in Immigration: New Voters, Old Fears
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Also tagged Asian Americans, Asian vote, Barack Obama, Columbia, Democratic Party, Mira Jang, News21, presidential election, Republican Party
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Founder of Chicago Climate Exchange says cap and trade is coming
August 7, 2008 – 3:08 pm
(Photo by Rob Runyan) Richard Sandor is founder and CEO of the Chicago Climate Exchange, the first voluntary but legally binding market for trading emissions in North America. By Frank Carlson/Medill As U.S. Senators Barack Obama and John McCain begin their long descent into tit-for-tat rhetorical games, it’s easy to forget key issues the two [...]
By fcarlson
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Posted in Politics and The Environment
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Also tagged attack, auction, Barack Obama, cap and trade, carbon, CCX, chicago climate exchange, Clean Air Act, emissions, global warming, market, Richard Sandor, terrorist
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Water resources finally get their day in Congress
July 23, 2008 – 2:09 pm
Ethanol plants like this Adkins Energy LLC plant in Lena, Ill. use an average of four gallons of water per gallon of fuel they produce. When irrigated corn is used that number can balloon to nearly 1,000 gallons of water. (Photo by Rob Runyan) By Rob Runyan/Medill Watergy No, it’s not the newest vitamin-enhanced thirst [...]
By Rob Runyan
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Posted in Politics and The Environment
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Also tagged Barack, Barack Obama, Bart Gordon, Committee on Science and Technology, Congress, corn, corn prices, Election 2008, Energy, energy independence, energy security, ethanol, policy, renewable energy, Renewable Fuel Standard, RFS, Rick Perry, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, Texas, The National Water Research and Development Initiative, water, watergy
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Obama Talks Health at Latino Convention
July 14, 2008 – 11:18 am
By Rebecca Ford, USC SAN DIEGO, Calif.–During a speech emphasizing his shared values with the Latino community, Barack Obama unveiled another aspect of his health care plan at the annual convention of the National Council of La Raza, the largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States. Obama announced yesterday that his [...]
Obama, McCain Skirt Iraqi Refugee Issue
July 14, 2008 – 11:15 am
Every couple of weeks an email from Baghdad pops up in Iraq War veteran Joey Coon’s inbox at his home in Washington, D.C. It’s Coon’s 23-year-old Iraqi interpreter, nicknamed Dash, pleading for help to get out of Iraq and into the United States. Dash feels in constant grave danger that he and his family will [...]
By Hanna Ingber Win
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Posted in Uncategorized
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Also tagged Barack Obama, Iraq War, refugees
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McCain Not Fighting For California
July 12, 2008 – 6:55 am
If you were a campaign’s field director and learned that 18,000 people eager to vote for the first time were gathering in one spot, you’d probably show up with at least a few clipboard-wielding volunteers to register them, right? Yet John McCain’s supporters were nowhere to be found Friday morning as the first of three [...]
By rjrivera
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Posted in The Western Edge
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Also tagged California, citizenship, voter registration
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McCain Fighting for California
July 11, 2008 – 10:22 am
John McCain opened his California campaign headquarters in Torrance on Wednesday, sending a first signal that he does not intend to concede the traditionally Democratic-leaning state. McCain’s California campaign chair, Bill Jones, addressed a crowd of about 50 volunteers and elected officials to drive home that message. “It is important to understand that California is [...]
By Sonata
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Posted in Uncategorized
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Also tagged California, Campaign 2008, Election 2008, Republicans
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