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• Democratic National Committee - Press Releases
• May 9, 2008 Dean: Land Deals for Donors Show McCain's Real Priorities, Blatant Hypocrisy On the same day John McCain gave a speech aimed at repositioning himself as a "moderate" for the general election by claiming to be a "conservationist," the Washington Post highlights Senator McCain's true priorities.  According to the report, Senator McCain reversed himself and backed...     Democratic National Committee - Press Releases        more   
• May 9, 2008 McCain Myth Buster: John McCain and Spending John McCain says he wants to spend the American people's "hard earned money wisely" and that "[e]armarks restrict America's ability to address genuine national priorities." But the truth is, McCain's economic proposals have been anything but responsible and have...     Democratic National Committee - Press Releases        more   
• May 8, 2008 DNC Calls on McCain Campaign to Release Cindy McCain's Tax Returns On the Today Show this morning, Cindy McCain defended the McCain campaign's decision to withhold her tax returns, saying they would never make her tax returns public--not even if she becomes First Lady. [See it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXDV2kZX_MU] Despite the accountability...     Democratic National Committee - Press Releases        more   
• May 8, 2008 McCain Myth Buster: John McCain and the Republican Party On the campaign trail John McCain likes to call himself a maverick Republican who bucks the Party line whenever possible. But the fact is, McCain is far from a moderate. In the same week that we found out that McCain has never voted against a Republican judicial nominee during his entire time in...     Democratic National Committee - Press Releases        more   
• May 7, 2008 McCain Myth Buster: John McCain and Jobs John McCain says that "[j]ob security may well be the most pressing problem confronting Americans." But when he had the chance to fight for jobs here at home, McCain instead helped ship tens of thousands of defense jobs overseas. Reports show that McCain helped steer a $35 billion Air...     Democratic National Committee - Press Releases        more   
• Molly Ivins
• Jun 21, 2007 Molly Ivins: Molly Ivins AlterNet Archive An archive of the great progressive columnist's writings.     Molly Ivins        more   
• Jan 12, 2007 Molly Ivins: Stand Up Against the "Surge" We are the people who run this country. We are the deciders and we need to raise hell.     Molly Ivins        more   
• Washington Post
• May 11, 2008 Environmental Stances Are Balancing Act For McCain In December 2005, Republicans were poised to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling, an achievement they had sought for decades. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) had attached the provision to a must-pass defense spending bill and threatened...     Washington Post        more   
• May 11, 2008 Education-Benefits Plan Could Face Math Test Three months after President Bush raised the idea of allowing U.S. troops to transfer education benefits to relatives, the White House has finally sent a formal proposal to Capitol Hill.     Washington Post        more   
• May 10, 2008 In W.Va., Clinton's Disciples Persevere SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. -- They traveled here from New York, Pennsylvania and Indiana last week to stand in the rain on a rural street corner, at a four-way intersection of winding mountain roads. One woman, a doctor, took vacation time from her job to make the trip. Another, a mother of three,...     Washington Post        more   
• May 10, 2008 Memo Shows Frustration With Special Counsel Last September, career investigators at the U.S. Office of Special Counsel opened a probe into whether partisan politics were a factor in the Justice Department's prosecution of former Democratic Alabama governor Don Siegelman on corruption charges in 2006.     Washington Post        more   
• May 10, 2008 The Talk Shows Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:     Washington Post        more   
• May 10, 2008 So, Candidates, Who's It Going to Be? Sen. Barack Obama's victory in North Carolina and near-miss in Indiana last week remove much of the doubt about whether he will win the Democratic nomination for president. With Obama the likely Democratic nominee and Sen. John McCain long his party's presumptive nominee, the search for their...     Washington Post        more   
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