Politico
By Ben Smith,
7-16-08
Planned Parenthood Action Fund is launching a
televised campaign against Senator John McCain on cable in some swing states
today.
The ad uses McCain's evident discomfort with a question about whether it's
"unfair" that some insurance companies cover Viagra but not birth control to
raise doubts about the candidate with women voters.
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7/9/08
WASHINGTON (AP) — The AFL-CIO is mobilizing union members who are military
veterans to work against Republican presidential candidate John McCain and other
office seekers it opposes, officials said Thursday.
John Sweeney, the president of the labor federation, planned to announce the
creation of a Union Veterans Council in a teleconference Thursday. The union,
which endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president last month, plans to form
state councils of union veterans in key election battlegrounds, including
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado, Ohio and West Virginia. Later, it plans to
organize in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Virginia.
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washingtonpost.com's Politics Blog
The AFL-CIO is preparing to launch television ads in six battleground states tomorrow that take direct aim at separating John McCain's military service from his service and record in the U.S. Senate.
"Every vet respects John McCain's war record," says Jim Wasser, a Navy combat Vietnam veteran. "It's his record in the Senate that I have a problem with."
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New York Times' The Caucus
July 2, 2008, 4:07 pm
By Michael Falcone
The two-million-member Service Employees International Union will be focusing its substantial resources – it has set aside more than $75 million between now and November – on states that have not been traditional battlegrounds.
The union’s secretary-treasurer Anna Burger said the S.E.I.U. would devote money and staff to Colorado, North Carolina and Virginia. The union’s strategy appears to dovetail with the Obama campaign’s plans to compete in those states, all three of which President Bush won in 2004.
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Huffington Post
By Steve Phillips
Posted June 17, 2008 | 02:25 AM (EST)
Contrary to earlier reports about the demise of independent efforts this cycle, the work in 2008 will be robust, vibrant, and more coordinated than ever before. In 2008, the progressive movement is taking on an unprecedented collaboration of grassroots groups to raise $100 million that will mobilize millions of new voters and engage them in effective organizations that will be around long after November 4.
Major donors across the country are as inspired as everyone else about this important moment, and significant investments are being made to make the most of this opportunity. In addition to widespread non-partisan work, many of these efforts will support progressive candidates up and down the ticket, helping elect Barack Obama, picking up Senate seats, flipping state legislatures and permanently reshaping the electoral landscape in key states across the country.
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GOP cranking up suppression efforts
By: Martin Frost
May 27, 2008 01:05 PM EST
Voter suppression in the minority community has always been high on the Republican agenda. It's done in the name of protecting the sanctity of the ballot. It's really about keeping black, Hispanic and elderly voters away from the polls.
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