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The Commentary on Steve Cohen’s Win Continues
Weeks after Tennessee State Senator Steve Cohen won the Democratic nomination for the state’s ninth district congressional seat, negative sentiment about his win is still coming from the African-American community. The Tri-State Defender, a monthly African-American newspaper, has run an article about the race, as reported by local TV station WMCTV. Rev. Dwight Montgomery with…
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Wedding Bells for Rep. Steven Rothman
Here’s the wedding announcement from his office: On Friday, August 18, 2006, Congressman Steven Richard Rothman was married to Jennifer Anne Beckenstein, in an afternoon ceremony performed by Rabbi Elyse D. Frishman. Attending the service was a small gathering of family and friends including Congressman Rothman’s two teenage children, John and Karen Rothman, and Ms….
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Ned Lamont Dines With Shimon Peres
Despite his repeated public statements in support of Israel, the pro-Israel bona fides of Ned Lamont, Connecticut’s Democratic Senate nominee, have been a continual source of debate throughout the campaign – in part because of the company (Maxine Waters, Marcy Kaptur) that he keeps. Now, it looks like Lamont has a new friend: Israeli Deputy…
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The Sen. Joe Media Blitz Continues…
.. He’ll be on CNN’s Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, today at 5:30, and on MSNBC’s Imus in the Morning, tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. Meanwhile, Democratic nominee and rival Ned Lamont is scheduled to be at a Move-on fundraiser in NYC on Thursday evening.
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Poll: Joe and Ned Necking
This poll has Lamont and Lieberman in a virtual tie.
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Rep. Ben Cardin Picks Up Endorsement
Democratic Rep. Ben Cardin of Maryland got a boost today from The Washington Post editorial board, which praised his “proven competence, integrity and depth” as a legislator and endorsed him for U.S. Senate. Cardin is in a close primary race for the U.S. Senate seat being left open by the retiring Sen. Paul Sarbanes. His…
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Young and the Restless
It doesn’t look like an apology is going to get former Atlanta mayor Andrew Young off the hook for saying that Jewish, Korean and Arab store owners have been “overcharging” blacks and selling them “stale bread, and bad meat and wilted vegetables.” The ADL issued a statement calling the statements “offensive, hurtful and shameful” and…
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Two Heads Better Than One?
In America, all politics is local — but in Israel, Election Day is almost always about the peace process. The result is a political system that tends to neglect many domestic issues and marginalizes many leaders who might have a clue about how to address issues such as transportation, poverty, education, etc. But now economist…
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Jimmy Carter is Wrong on Lebanon
According to none other than his son, Jack Carter, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Nevada. In a statement released on Friday, the younger Carter said he disagreed with his father’s criticism in the German newspaper Der Spiegel, which included the claim that Israel does not have “any legal or moral justification for their massive…
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Harold Ford Jr. Gaining in Tennessee
Recent poll numbers suggest that Democratic Rep. Harold Ford Jr. of Tennessee may succeed in his campaign to become the first black U.S. senator from the former Confederacy since the Reconstruction period. Ford Jr. currently trails Republican opponent Bob Corker 48% to 42%, an improvement over the 12-point deficit he had before winning his Democratic…
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Bush Riles Muslims With ‘Islamic Fascist’ Remark
WASHINGTON — After British authorities broke up a plot to blow up 10 trans-Atlantic passenger planes, President Bush declared that America is at war with “Islamic fascists.” Al Jazeera took it from there. The pan-Arab satellite television channel has been repeatedly airing a short clip of the August 10 remark, which was widely perceived by…
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