http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics The latest news brought to you by MySpace! Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:30:59 GMT http://newscdn.myspace.com/web.2.24/content/springwidget/generalpolitics.xml http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19053211 ST. LOUIS — Barack Obama celebrated "active faith" as an obligation of religious Americans and a chief agent of societal change while speaking Saturday to a nearly all-black roomful of churchgoers, but hoping to reach far beyond them. Obama, who has The Huffington Post Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:39:52 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19053211 http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/05/campaign.wrap/index.html?eref=rss_politics Sen. Barack Obama, speaking on board his campaign plane as it headed to St. Louis on Saturday, continued to defend his position on Iraq -- and questioned reporters' parsing of his words. Sen. Barack Obama speaks on his Iraq policy aboard his campaign plane CNN: Inside Politics Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:43:32 GMT http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/05/campaign.wrap/index.html?eref=rss_politics http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19053168 Barack Obama told reporters he was “puzzled” by the press coverage he received on Thursday when he held two separate press conferences to explain his plan to withdraw U.S. Reporters immediately jumped on the comments that showed that Obama’s expressed ABC News: Political Radar Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:36:46 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19053168 http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19052903 BUTTE, Montana (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama mixed presidential politics with parades and barbecue on Independence Day on Friday, celebrating his daughter's birthday with a picnic and fireworks in Montana Reuters: Politics News Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:12:35 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19052903 http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19054943 Jed has details on the latest attack piece from the Associated Press's Jennifer Loven on Obama: How bad was Loven's hit piece? The Washington Post's David Broder told his fellow pundits and reporters that McCain is off-limits: McCain benefits from a AmericaBlog Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:51:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19054943 http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19053937 Investigators are seeing more signs that the salmonella outbreak blamed on tomatoes might have been caused by tainted jalapeno peppers Anyone taking bets on who’s going to eat the tomato industry’s estimated $100M losses? The tomato growers or the government you and me? The growers or Daily Pundit Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:19:01 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19053937 http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19050836 It seems that back in 1998 when Osama bin Laden was outlining his objectives one of them was that oil should cost $144 a barrel just like it does now. Of course one assumes OBL had real rather than nominal prices in mind, so we still do have a bit of a ways to go. By using this service you agree The Atlantic.com: Matthew Yglesias Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:03:15 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19050836 http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19053742 Lakshmi: I read Carl Sferrazza Anthony's wonderful biography of Florence Harding last summer and I plan to continue going down the First Lady route by checking out Sylvia Morris's Edith Kermit Roosevelt: Portrait of a First Lady. Also on my list is the young TPMCafe Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:49:56 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19053742 http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19049649 Labour MSP Margaret Curran has announced she will stand as a candidate for the Glasgow East by-election after the frontrunner dropped out. However, the party faces a tough fight after disastrous by-election results at Crewe and Nantwich and Henley, as well as BBC News: Politics Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:41:10 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19049649 http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19052145 The release was followed by an 90 minute interchange on MyBarackObama.com between campaign officials and supporters (though as far as I could tell, the campaign officials made no comments themselves but just read the comments being made, leaving it unclear AlterNet: Rights and Liberties Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:00:01 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19052145 http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19051117 With the Denver convention less than two months away, problems range from the serious - upwardly spiraling costs on key contracts still being negotiated - to the more mundane, like the reluctance of local caterers to participate because of stringent rules on what delegates will be eating, down to Blue Mass Group Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:07:27 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19051117 http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/05/sundays-breakfast-menu-july-6/ NBC’s “Meet the Press” isn’t even on – thank the Wimbledon tennis tournament - CNN’s “Late Edition” has a retrospective for its 10-year anniversary, and “Fox News Sunday” has a media panel. “This Week” features Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, the Connecticut NYTimes: The Caucus Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:15:10 GMT http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/05/sundays-breakfast-menu-july-6/ http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19053753 The WSJ reports, “In another sign of the harsh toll being exacted by the economic downturn, the number of Americans unemployed for six months or more has risen sharply over the past year and is likely to increase even more.” According to new Labor Department data, the number of people Think Progress Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:00:39 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19053753 http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19049116 The first major independent advertising benefiting Senator McCain will begin next week when VETS FOR FREEDOM, a 20,000-member, non-partisan organization established by combat veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, launches a $1 million + TV campaign. The Politico: Jonathan Martin's Blog Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:35:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19049116 http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_politicalticker/~3/327586160/ Sen. Barack Obama speaks on his Iraq policy during a news conference Thursday in Fargo, North Dakota. Barack Obama, speaking on board his campaign plane as it headed to St. Louis on Saturday, continued to defend his position on Iraq — and questioned CNN Political Ticker Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:21:23 GMT http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_politicalticker/~3/327586160/ http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19051980 Jesse Helms was a kind, decent, and humble man and a passionate defender of what he called "the Miracle of America." So it is fitting that this great patriot left us on the Fourth of July. I guess Bush must figure that even 10% of the black vote is 10% more than the GOP needs. This should just Washington Monthly Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:23:12 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19051980 http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19041041 Jesse Helms: Polarizer, not a compromiser Conservative senator remembered as man who relished 'No'; he was 86 •Jesse Helms dies at 86 July 4: Former Republican Senator Jesse Helms has died. Jesse Helms screamed in a 1959 editorial that captured what MSNBC: Politics Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:30:31 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19041041 http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19049153 Two hundred and thirty-two years ago, our Founding Fathers came together in Philadelphia to proclaim that all men are created equal and that they are endowed by their Creator with unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. On FOXNews.com: Politics Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:47:34 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19049153 http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19048217 This week, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers asked the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to water down the fuel economy improvements Congress mandated in December’s energy bill. And in April, when NHTSA unveiled its proposed The Hill's Congress Blog Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:00:31 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19048217 http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19047111 Joel Hunter , pastor of a Florida mega-church and a Republican who voted twice for George W. Bush , was among 30 religious leaders invited to a private meeting with the 2008 presidential nominee. After decades of the Democratic Party writing off evangelical Christians, Barack Obama is making an MiamiHerald.com: Naked Politics Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:34:43 GMT http://news.myspace.com/politics/generalpolitics/item/19047111