Fishbowl America Round-Up #7

July 8, 2008 in Alabama, Humor, International, LGBT, News & Opinion, Politics & Government, Pop Culture, Religion, Science & Technology, Sports, Style, Video
Tags: ABC, Access, Ad, Arizona, attack, Barack, Blumenthal, Caillat, CBS, Christians, Colbie, commercial, Convention, Dance, DNC, Edwards, for, Gay, GOP, Hagee, High, Hollywood, interview, invesco, Israel, Jason, Jim, Joe, John, Lieberman, Love, Malia, Maria, Max, McCain, Menounos, Michelle, Mile, Mraz, NBC, Obama, president, Sasha, Sing, speech, Steal, Things, United, veep, Veepstakes, vice, Video, VP, We, Webb, YouTube

Fishbowl America Round-Up for July 8th:

• Edwards Would ’Seriously Consider’ VP Offer – John Edwards said Tuesday that if he were asked to accept the vice presidential slot or a cabinet position in a potential Barack Obama administration, he would “seriously consider” whatever the Illinois senator asked him to do.
• John McCain’s “Love” Doubles As Obama Attack – John McCain may be the supportive subject of this new campaign ad, called “Love,” but Barack Obama definitely provides the thrust of the message. Or, rather, takes the brunt of the message.
• Hagee’s Revenge? Videos Of Controversial Pastor Removed From YouTube – Late last week, with no prior notification, lawyers for the controversial evangelist John Hagee had a series of videos concerning the pastor removed from YouTube. The clips spanned from the contentious to the mundane; some included footage lifted from ser
• Barack Obama And Family Chat With Maria Menounos – In an Access Hollywood exclusive interview, Senator Barack Obama and his wife Michelle, along with daughters Malia, 10 and Sasha, 7 open up about rules, what it is like for friends to meet dad, communicating on the trail, potential plans for moving into t
• Obama’s Shift To Mile High Stadium May Limit Networks – Senator Barack Obama will accept his party’s nomination in a Denver football stadium that seats more than 75,000 people, campaign officials said Monday, a late change in plans intended to take advantage of the candidate’s ability to draw huge crowds.
• Webb Quits Veepstakes; House GOP Conference Chair Predicts Losses; Problems for Arizona GOP Hopeful – US Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) removed himself from the Veepstakes race, after the Obama campaign search committee informed him last week he was one of the contenders. “Last week I communicated to Senator Obama and his presidential campaign my firm intention
• He Loves Hats and We Love Him: Jason Mraz – In his new album, We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things, Jason Mraz has continued to refine his writing style from the cheerful guitar-driven pop of his first album. How can people NOT fall in love with a guy who writes such songs? I said it before and I’m

Fishbowl America Round-Up #2

July 6, 2008 in Alabama, Humor, International, LGBT, News & Opinion, Politics & Government, Pop Culture, Religion, Science & Technology, Sports, Style, Video
Tags: 1960, 2008, AC360, ACLU, Ad, affairs, Anderson, anti-gay, As, Barack, bigot, cable, California, Carolina, Celestino, center, chancellor, CNN, College, conservative, Convention, Cooper, denver, DNC, Eau-Claire, facebook, Fox, Gant, Gay, GLBT, Good, Greta, Hands, Harvey, Helms, HRC, invesco, Jesse, John, Keith, Kennedy, LGBT, Limas, marriage, McCain, Mike, MSNBC, News, NGLTF, North, Obama, Olbermann, oratory, outdoor, pepsi, PFLAG, Rogers, SLDN, speech, stadium, Staver, student, Susteren, university, Van, wars, Washington, Wisconsin, You

Fishbowl America Round-Up for July 6th from 01:20 to 02:00:

• College is what you make of it – Opinion –
• Changing college courses can also change the course of lives – Lumina Foundation: Helping People Achieve Their Potential –
• Candidate stressed student involvement – News – Wrapping up a series of four visits by candidates for vice chancellor of student affairs and dean of students, Celestino Limas outlined his goals for the position Monday afternoon in Davies Theatre.
• DemConWatch: A look back at the last outdoor speech – As Oreo noted below, this “give a speech outdoors” thing has been done before – by John F. Kennedy in Los Angeles in 1960. Here are two articles from the NY Times. The first notes the venue was planned more than a year in advance, but it may not have help
• LA Times: Obama Invesco Speech Confirmed – The LA Times is the first to just say that Barack Obama’s acceptance speech at the 2008 Democratic Convention in Denver will be moved from the Pepsi Center to Invesco Field at Mile High, as opposed to it being just under consideration:
• Obama Campaign Not Happy With Convention Preperations – Oh dear. The NY Times reports that the Obama campaign is not pleased with what they’ve found in Denver:
• Ding Dong… Jesse Helms Still Dead – <object width=”425″ height=”344″><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/KIyewCdXMzk&hl=en&fs=1″></param><param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”></param><embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/KIyewCdXMzk&hl=en&fs=1&#8243; type=”application/x-shockw
• In a perfect world, it’d be Mr. Staver who’s encouraged to stay out of court – Speaking about the memo released by nine national LGBT groups encouraging folks to cool their jets before taking their newly-minted California marriage licenses back to their home states and fighting in the courts to have their unions recognized, one of t
• TIME TO KEEP CNN HONEST!! – Greta Van Susteren, worst news anchor ever, bad mouths Coop about “keeping them honest”
• Facebook the Fishbowl – Pretty please?
• McCain works hard to polish skills as orator – While unveiling his energy plan here recently, Sen. John McCain was performing relatively smoothly.

National Push by Obama on Ads and Turnout

June 22, 2008 in Alabama, International, LGBT, News & Opinion, Politics & Government, Sports
Tags: 50-state strategy, ads, Barack Obama, David Plouffe, DNC, John McCain, Obama, RNC, turnout

New York Times: Senator Barack Obama is drawing up plans for extensive advertising and voter-turnout drives across the nation, hoping to capitalize on his expected fund-raising advantage over Senator John McCain to force Republicans to compete in states they have not had to defend in decades.

With his decision to give up public financing and the spending limits that go with it, Mr. Obama has added several seasoned hands to his advertising team, a harbinger of a multifaceted television campaign that people inside and outside Obama headquarters said would grow well beyond its already large presence in 18 states. CONTINUE READING

Wisconsin Dems Vote to Replace Delegate Who Endorsed McCain

June 16, 2008 in Elections, International, McCain, Obama, Politics, Religion, Veepstakes
Tags: Bartoshevich, Clinton, Convention, Debra Bartoshevich, delegate, denver, DNC, Elections, McCain, Obama, Politics, superdelegate, Wisconsin

AP: The Wisconsin Democratic Party is trying to strip a woman of her position as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. That’s after she told a newspaper she would vote for Republican Senator John McCain for president in November.

…When Clinton bowed out of the race last weekend, she urged her supporters to do all they can to elect Obama. But Bartoshevich told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that Clinton was treated unfairly by the party and she has deep reservations about Obama’s experience, so she’ll vote for McCain.The report caused quite a stir at the state Democratic convention. The party members voted to ask the national party’s credentials committee to refuse to seat her at the convention.

Obama Moves DNC Operations To Chicago

June 12, 2008 in Elections, McCain, Obama, Politics, Veepstakes
Tags: Barack Obama, campaign, Chicago, Dean, Democratic, DNC, Elections, headquarters, Howard Dean, Obama, Politics

Politico: In a major shakeup at the Democratic National Committee — and a departure from tradition — large parts of the committee’s operations are relocating to Chicago to be fully integrated with the Obama campaign.

The DNC’s political department, housed in Washington, D.C., will be dramatically rebuilt, with staffers offered a choice of moving to Chicago, joining state operations, or staying in Washington, DNC spokeswoman Karen Finney said.

But the power will clearly be shifting to a centralized Chicago hub.

The DNC’s key role in coordinating political operations with state parties is expected to largely be taken over and overseen by Obama’s senior staff in Chicago, state party officials said.

Obama Kicks Off “Change That Works For You” Tour In Raleigh

June 10, 2008 in Alabama, Elections, International, McCain, Obama, Politics, Veepstakes, Video
Tags: Barack Obama, Change, Democratic, DNC, John McCain, McCain, North Carolina, Obama

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Obama Kicks Off “Change That Works For You” Tour In Raleigh

June 10, 2008 in Alabama, International, Politics & Government, Video
Tags: Barack Obama, Change, Democratic, DNC, John McCain, McCain, North Carolina, Obama

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Obama Kicks Off “Change That Works For You” Tour In Raleigh

June 10, 2008 in Alabama, International, Politics & Government, Video
Tags: Barack Obama, Change, Democratic, DNC, John McCain, McCain, North Carolina, Obama

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The Democratic Primary Season in 8 1/2 Minutes

June 9, 2008 in Alabama, Elections, Gay, Humor, International, Lost, McCain, Music, Obama, Politics, Random, Religion, Veepstakes, Video
Tags: 2008, Alabama, Biden, Clinton, delegates, Democrat, Democratic, Democrats, denver, DNC, Dodd, Edwards, Elections, Guiliani, International, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kucinich, Lost, McCain, Michelle Obama, New Hampshire, nomination, Obama, Politics, Richardson, South Carolina, spoof, Super Tuesday, superdelegates, terrorism, will.i.am., yes we can

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Obama Campaign Names Convention Manager

June 8, 2008 in Alabama, Elections, McCain, Obama, Politics, Veepstakes
Tags: 2008, Barack Obama, Convention, Democratic, denver, DNC, Matthew Nugen, Obama

Democratic Convention Watch: Senator Barack Obama today appointed Matthew Nugen, the campaign’s political director, to serve as his designee to the Democratic National Convention Committee. Nugen will arrive in Denver on Monday to begin working with DNCC staff and the Host Committee.

As the campaign’s political director, Nugen served as chief liaison to elected officials, labor groups, and political leaders over the course of the16-month primary. In his new role, he will be responsible for coordinating convention operations for Senator Obama, our Party’s presumptive nominee.

Obama.

June 4, 2008 in Elections, International, McCain, Obama, Politics, Veepstakes
Tags: Barack, Barack Obama, Clinton, Democratic, DNC, McCain, nomination, Obama, president

CNN: Sen. Barack Obama has clinched the Democratic nomination for president, according to CNN estimates, making him the first African-American in U.S. history to lead a major-party ticket.

MSNBC: Projects Clinton victory in South Dakota, Obama wins Montana.

MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell: Hillary wants to meet face-to-face with Obama to discuss what’s next.

MSNBC’s Tim Russert: According to sources close to Bill Clinton, Hillary wants to be on the ticket.

Pawlenty: McCain Will Compete For Clinton Backers

June 3, 2008 in Alabama, Elections, McCain, Obama, Politics, Veepstakes
Tags: 2008, Barack Obama, Clinton, Convention, DNC, Elections, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, McCain, Minnesota, nomination, Obama, Pawlenty, Politics, president, RNC, speech, Veepstakes, vice, VP

Politico: John McCain portrayed her as a trailblazing model for aspring female politicians yesterday and now one of his top surrogates and vice-presidential prospects is taking the next natural step and promising that they’ll compete for Hillary Clinton’s supporters.

“I think many of those voters are going to consider and support Senator McCain,” said Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty in an afternoon conference calldesigned to prebut Obama’s speech tonight in St. Paul.

Pawlenty even compared the two senators, saying they shared important traits of experience and tenacity.

“They see and saw in Senator Clinton somebody they value experience in and, in many cases — in terms of her personal characteristics — her persistence and strength,” the governor said of Clinton’s backers. “Many of those same characteristics and more are in Senator McCain. So we think he’s going to be able to compete for Senator Clinton’s supporters to a significant degree when and if she terminates her campaign.”

Superdelegate Flood Coming?

June 3, 2008 in Elections, McCain, Obama, Politics, Veepstakes
Tags: 2008, Clinton, delegate, DNC, Elections, Obama, Politics, superdelegate

2008 Democratic Convention Watch:

Reported upcoming endorsements: Sen Herb Kohl (WI), Rep. Jerry McNerney (CA), DNC Ralph Dawson (NY), Gov. Bill Ritter (CO), Sen Ken Salazar (CO), Gov. Brian Schweitzer (MT), Sen. Max Baucas (MT), Sen. Jon Tester (MT), Dennis McDonald (MT) and Margaret Campbell who endorsed Obama but had to back down due to her vice-chair position in the Montana Democratic Party.

Today’s latest endorsers:

– Added DNC Maria Chappelle-Nadal (MO) for Obama
– Added DNC Joyce Lalonde (MI)* for Obama
– Added Rep. John Olver (MA) for Obama
– Added Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (MI)* for Obama
– Added DNC Debbie Dingell (MI)* for Obama
– Added DNC Richard Wiener (MI)* for Obama
– Added DNC Jennifer DeChant (ME) for Obama
– Added DNC Joyce Beatty (OH) for Obama
– Added DNC Kwame Kilpatrick (MI)* for Obama
– Added Rep. John Spratt (SC) for Obama
– Added DNC Debra Kozikowski (MA) for Obama
– Added DNC Jon Ausman (FL)* for Clinton
– Added DNC John Perez (CA) for Obama
– Added Jimmy Carter (GA) for Obama
– Added DNC Tina Abbott (MI)* for Obama
– Switched DNC Ben Johnson (DC) from Clinton to Obama
– Switched DNC Kamil Hasan (CA) from Clinton to Obama
– Added DNC Diane Glasser (FL)* for Obama
– Switched Rep. Maxine Waters (CA) from Clinton to Obama
– Added DNC John Daniello (DE) for Obama
-Added DNC Harriet Smith-Windsor (DE) for Obama
– Switched DNC Rhett Ruggerio (DE) from Clinton to Obama
– Added Rep. Dennis Moore (KS) for Obama
-Added DNC Belkis (Bel) Leong-Hong (MN) for Obama.
-Added LA Rep. William Jefferson (LA) for Obama.
-Added WY DNC Cindy Nunley (WY) for Clinton.
-Added Rep. Bob Brady (PA) for Obama
-Added DNC Mike Tardiff (MI)* for Obama
-Added DNC Ray Buckley (NH) for Obama
-Added DNC Frank Dixon (OR) for Obama
-Added DNC Margaret Campbell (MT) for Obama
– Added DNC Muriel Offerman (NC) for Obama

AP: Obama Clinches Nomination Based on Tally

June 3, 2008 in Elections, McCain, Obama, Politics, Veepstakes
Tags: Barack Obama, Clinton, delegates, Democrat, Democratic, Democrats, DNC, Elections, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, McCain, nomination, Obama, Politics, superdelegates

The Associated Press is reporting:

Barack Obama effectively clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, based on an Associated Press tally of convention delegates, becoming the first black candidate ever to lead his party into a fall campaign for the White House.

Superdelegate Tracker: BHO +4.5, HRC +2

June 2, 2008 in Alabama, Elections, McCain, Obama, Politics, Veepstakes
Tags: Clinton, Clyburn, delegates, DNC, Elections, House, McCain, Obama, Politics, Senate, superdelegates

2008 Democratic Convention Watch:

06/02/08:

• DNC Jerome Wiley Segovia (VA) for Obama
• DNC Nancy DiNardo (CT) for Obama
• DNC Chris Whittington (LA) for Clinton
• DNC Brenda Lawrence (MI)* for Obama
• DNC Lu Battaglieri (MI)* for Obama
• DNC Irene Stein (NY) for Clinton
• DNC Janee Murphy (FL)* for Obama
• Rep. Jim Clyburn (SC) for Obama

MSNBC: 34 members of the House to endorse Obama tomorrow.

Donna Brazile: “My mama taught me to play by the rules”

June 1, 2008 in Humor, Politics & Government
Tags: Brazille, Clinton, DNC, Elections, Obama, Politics & Government

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Donna Brazile: “My mama taught me to play by the rules”

June 1, 2008 in Elections, Humor, McCain, Obama, Politics
Tags: Brazille, Clinton, DNC, Elections, Obama, Politics

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Donna Brazile: “My mama taught me to play by the rules”

June 1, 2008 in Humor, Politics & Government
Tags: Brazille, Clinton, DNC, Elections, Obama, Politics & Government

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Obama: I’m Yours

June 1, 2008 in International, Politics & Government, Religion, Video
Tags: Brazille, Clinton, Dean, delegates, DNC, Donna Brazille, I'm Yours, Ickes, Jason Mraz, McCain, McNamara, Mraz, Music, Obama, superdelegates, Video

With the DNC RBC seating of MI and FL delegates, I think its fair to say, considering the Chuck Todd math, that it is over, and the Dems have a nominee in Barack Obama. He’s ours.

PS: I love Jason Mraz and Chuck Todd. And isn’t Harold Ickes a dick? Props to Wexler, Levin, and Brazille, who I thought were outstanding. And a big time hug for the hardwork done by Phil McNamara at the DNC.

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Obama: I’m Yours

June 1, 2008 in Elections, International, McCain, Music, Obama, Politics, Religion, Veepstakes, Video
Tags: Brazille, Clinton, Dean, delegates, DNC, Donna Brazille, I'm Yours, Ickes, Jason Mraz, McCain, McNamara, Mraz, Music, Obama, superdelegates, Video

With the DNC RBC seating of MI and FL delegates, I think its fair to say, considering the Chuck Todd math, that it is over, and the Dems have a nominee in Barack Obama. He’s ours.

PS: I love Jason Mraz and Chuck Todd. And isn’t Harold Ickes a dick? Props to Wexler, Levin, and Brazille, who I thought were outstanding. And a big time hug for the hardwork done by Phil McNamara at the DNC.

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