Posts Tagged ‘Vice President’

Barack Obama’s Inauguration: Stories From The Mall

January 20, 2009

(Washington D.C.) – Today I along with a few other College Democrats joined the millions of Americans from every state stretching from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial. Within 5 feet were people from Florida, North Carolina, Connecticut, California, Kentucky and a multitude of other states. Even more impressive were the people from the Bahamas [...]

John McCain’s Campaign can’t Take the Heat

September 2, 2008

Remember a few years ago when John McCain would spend hours at a time sitting on the “Straight Talk Express,” explaining his policies in detail, answering whatever questions reporters had? McCain had a great relationship with the press–they loved him and he loved them back, when they would press him, he would answer and press [...]

Better Know a Vice President: Joe Biden

August 23, 2008

This is the first of the two part series “Better Know a Vice President” and in this installment we’re looking at Joe Biden.
Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. is the Senior United States Senator from Delaware. He’s been in office since 1973 when he was 30 years old.
He’s the chair of the Committee on Foreign Relations. He [...]

Joe Biden; your next Vice President

August 23, 2008

So it’s somewhat official. Joe Biden is Obama’s running mate.
CNN just confirmed around 12:45am EST that Joe Biden will be Barack Obama’s running mate. The official text that most of the country and the world is waiting for is supposed to go out in the early morning.
As of 12:51am Barackobama.com has no official word on [...]

Who is Chet Edwards?

August 22, 2008

Recently there have been rumors that Representative Chet Edwards from Texas is in the running for Obama’s VP list. But who is Chet Edwards?
Well he was a Texas State Senator between 1983 and 1990.
He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1990.
He endorsed Senator Obama in February for the Texas Primary in March.
He’s [...]

Naughty Naughty Edwards

August 8, 2008

Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me! Known as one of the, “good” lobbyists, John Edwards has proven to go down in flames as only politicians can.
Edwards admitted during an interview on Nightline last night that he was having an affair with one of his aides. Rielle Hunter [...]

Analysis that Doesn’t Really Matter: The Veepstakes

July 15, 2008

We’ve seen over and over again that it would be too difficult for the media (especially the cable TV “news”) to feature significant substance, so instead they focus on water cooler chatter. Big surprise. The topic that’s been swirling around ever since the Obama/Clinton saga ended has been who Sens. Obama and McCain would choose [...]