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Obama's strong response to negative book carries risks
It makes sense for Barack Obama to slug it out with Jerome Corsi, whose new book paints the presumptive Democratic nominee as a dangerous radical, analysts said Friday.
But Obama's strategy also carries some risks.
"The old saying is that when you get in the gutter, everybody gets dirty," said Kevin Wagner, an assistant professor of political science at Florida Atlantic University, particularly with information flying across the Internet.
Corsi's book, "Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality," is number one on The New York Times hardcover nonfiction bestseller list. The Obama camp responded Thursday with a 41-page, point-by-point refutation of the key charges.
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McCain Declines to Condemn Corsi Book
Just before a private meeting in Aspen, Colo. with oilman-turned-wind energy advocate T. Boone Pickens -- who was, ironically, a principal financier of the "Swift Boat" attacks on Sen. John Kerry -- Sen. John McCain received a question from a reporter about his response to the new book from author Jerome Corsi smearing Sen. Barack Obama. Corsi also co-authored "Unfit For Command" in 2004, which attacked Kerry's military service in Vietnam. From CBS News:
A reporter tried to ask McCain about a new anti-Obama book, to which McCain responded cryptically "gotta keep your sense of humor."
McCain staffer Brooke Buchanan then stretched her arms in front of her boss, saying “we’re not doing that,” and escorted reporters to the door.
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Dems' Deal: Hillary Gets Convention Vote
A deal has been brokered between Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton that will allow Clinton's name to be placed in nomination at next week's Democratic nominating convention.
The former rivals announced the agreement today in a joint statement, shedding light on a hushed negotiation between the Clinton and Obama camps over how to recognize Clinton and her supporters without overshadowing or detracting from a convention designed to nominate Obama as the party's presidential candidate.
Obama and Clinton "are both committed to winning back the White House and to ensuring that the voices of all 35 million people who participated in this historic primary election are respected and heard in Denver," the statement read in part. "To honor and celebrate these voices and votes, both Sen. Obama's and Sen. Clinton's names will be placed in nomination."
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6:00 p.m. at the Dem's office, 417 N. Pearl in Centralia. Enter off Center Street.
Location TBA. 6:00 p.m. for dinner, business meeting at 6:30 p.m.
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Gunman Kills Democratic Official in Arkansas
Bill Gwatney, the chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party, was shot in his office in Little Rock Wednesday morning and died a few hours later, police officials said.
The officials said a single gunman fired three shots at Mr. Gwatney, a former state legislator, in the party’s headquarters a few blocks from the state Capitol and then drove away.
Obama team warming up Washington action
Strategists with the Obama for president campaign told Northwest reporters this morning that they plan an all-out “neighbor-to-neighbor” effort to get out the vote this fall in Washington, including the community campaign offices they’ve opened in 18 cities including Olympia and Tacoma
Help Our Veterans Vote
WHAT is the secretary of Veterans Affairs thinking? On May 5, the department led by James B. Peake issued a directive that bans nonpartisan voter registration drives at federally financed nursing homes, rehabilitation centers and shelters for homeless veterans. As a result, too many of our most patriotic American citizens — our injured and ill military veterans — may not be able to vote this November.
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