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Robert Naiman: We Need a Clean Vote Now on Afghanistan Escalation

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:22:07 GMT

"Congress must push the Obama administration to outline firm benchmarks and a binding timeline to bring all of our troops home from Afghanistan as soon as possible."
Source: Huffington Post

Hannity falsely suggested "mainstream media" did not cover "General Betray Us" ad

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:38:45 GMT

HANNITY: Look at, for example, MoveOn.org. Look at how ugly this got. Here's a guy that has dedicated his life -- General [David] Petraeus -- to saving his country: "General Petraeus or General Betray Us?"
Source: Media Matters for America

Liberals Distance Themselves From Obama

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:41:01 GMT

By Peter Wallsten Barack Obama's new Afghanistan strategy has opened the biggest divide yet between the Democratic president and the liberal base that swept him into office.The 30,000-troop surge announced Tuesday night marks Mr. Obama's most pointed...
Source: Wall Street Journal

MoveOn.org Gets Grumpy with Obama over Afghanistan

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:05:30 GMT

Dear MoveOn member, Last night, President Obama announced that he will send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan—on top of the 68,000 who are already there.
Source: Moonbattery

Hamsher leads left away from W.H.

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:51:25 GMT

Jane Hamsherâs blog Firedoglake uses the nifty online phone banking tools that helped power Obama's campaign to put a scare into House Democrats.
Source: The Politico

MoveOn polls war policy

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:20:48 GMT

President Obama just announced that he's sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan and that we'll keep roughly 100,000 troops in Afghanistan until at least July, 2011. You can read his speech explaining his decision here. Do you favor or oppose the U.S.
Source: Political Animal

Despite Speech, Majority Of MoveOn Members Still Against War, Poll Says

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:18:55 GMT

Here’s the first concrete indication we have that Obama’s Afghanistan escalation speech is not going over well, to put it mildly, with the Democratic base: MoveOn has polled 50,000 members after the speech and found that a solid majority of them still...
Source: The Plum Line - Who Runs Gov

Politics Today: Skepticism from the Left and Right on Obama's Afghan Plan

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:11:20 GMT

Politics Today is CBSNews.com's inside look at the key stories driving the day in politics, written by CBS News Political Director Steve Chaggaris: ** Bipartisan support needed to fund buildup could hard for Obama to find...
Source: CBS News

Quoted in 'The Brief: December 2, 2009'

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:17:58 GMT

said in Texas Tribune:

My concern is that this is more of a political plan than a war plan. The President appears to be trying to meet his campaign pledge to fight the war in Afghanistan, while placating the MoveOn.org demand to withdraw at the same time.

Quoted in 'Liberal Blog Buzz: Cheney pushback'

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:14:08 GMT

said in MSNBC:

Two years ago, Republicans got most Democrats to denounce MoveOn.org when it attacked Gen. David Petraeus’s credibility on Iraq. This isn’t a new playbook.

Photo from AP Photo

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2009, file photo Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La. , brushes past reporters anxious for a comment as she heads to the weekly policy luncheons on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Track Meet

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:56:00 GMT