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Iorio endorses Obama at rally in Tampa listen

05/21/08 Seán Kinane
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Tags: Barack Obama, Bush, Election Reform, Energy conservation, Iraq war, affordable housing, elections, labor, politics

Sen. Barack Obama claimed a major milestone with his win Tuesday in Oregon, wrapping up a majority of the Democratic Party’s pledged delegates. WMNF’s Seán Kinane reports from a crowded Obama rally at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa that kicks off a three-day Florida tour.

During his first campaign stop since last fall in the country’s largest swing state, Obama all but claimed victory and the Democratic Party’s nomination for president.

Before he took the stage, Obama was endorsed ...

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McCain blasts Obama on Cuban policy listen

05/20/08 Mitch E. Perry
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Tags: John McCain, Politics, Foreign Policy

John McCain was in Miami today, where he hit Barack Obama hard on foreign policy, this time regarding Cuba.

McCain said he would press the Cuban regime to legitimize all political parties, labor unions and free media, and to schedule an internationally monitored election. He also said it is time for the U.S. to embrace the common geography and destiny that it shares with its neighbors to the south in Latin America.

The Arizona senator extolled the virtues of trade agreements like NAFT...

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What are Obama's chances in Florida in November? listen

05/19/08 Mitch E. Perry
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Tags: Election, Politics, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain

The HBO film Recount airs later this week and is a reminder of how Florida used to be the swing state in presidential elections. But in 2004, Ohio was the state that decided the election, as George Bush beat John Kerry by 5 full points here in the Sunshine State.

Florida comes back in the spotlight this week when Barack Obama makes his first appearance in the state this year, including a noontime rally in downtown Tampa on Wednesday. If Obama is the nominee, he will be facing an opponent...

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Brian Moore, Socialist for president

05/07/08 Robert Lorei
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Tags: Barack Obama, Bush, Election Reform, Energy conservation, Iraq war, affordable housing, elections, labor, politics

Spring Hill resident Brian Moore is running for president under the Socialist Party USA ticket. He's a former health care consultant and has run for U.S. Congress twice and the U.S. Senate in 2006.

This is his first run as a socialist. In this interview with WMNF, he discussed socialism, capitalism, health care reform, the invasion of Iraq, tensions between the U.S. and Iran, the impact of military spending on the economy, the other presidential candidates and how he would transform socie...

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Democrats take voter registration lead in Pinellas listen

05/02/08 Mitch E. Perry
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Tags: Democrats, Politics

In recent elections, the former GOP stronghold of Pinellas County has skewed more Democratic. And, at least as of today, they are now once again the dominant party there.

Pinellas County Democratic Executive Committee head Toni Molinaro said she had been speaking with the St. Pete Times all week on this development.

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Reporter discusses Pennsylvania primary listen

04/18/08 Mitch E. Perry
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Tags: Politics, election, Democrats, Barack Obama

Last night on the Evening News, we spoke with Philadelphia Daily News reporter Will Bunch about Wednesday night’s Democratic Presidential Debate. Bunch blasted the moderators for the questions they asked of the candidates.

We mentioned that Bunch asked Barack Obama about high Bush Officials being accused of breaking laws, would he aggressively prosecute them? Here’s part of the Q&A that occurred at an editorial meeting at the Daily News earlier this week with Will Bunch and Barack Oba...

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Blogger: Debate didn't give Pa. voters answers listen

04/17/08 Mitch E. Perry
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Tags: Election, Politics, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton

In the aftermath of last night's presidential debate, several media critics have bashed ABC News and moderators Charles Gibson and George Stephanopolous.

In the Guardian of London, reporter Niall Stanage’s column was entitlted, The Dumbest Debate in America?, and he lambasted the questions as being "superficial and disingenuous."

David Brooks of the New York Times blogged last night that he understood the complaints, but thought the questions were excellent. “The journalist...

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Democratic surrogates mix it up in Tampa listen

04/08/08 Mitch E. Perry
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Tags: Politics, election, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama

It’s two more weeks before Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton compete in another primary, but today in Tampa, surrogates for the candidates battled it out among fellow Democrats.

Frank Sanchez was named just last week as the National Latino Fundraiser for the Barack Obama campaign. Speaking at the Democratic Professionals Council luncheon, Sanchez was asked how long did he thought the campaign would continue.

Representing the Hillary Clinton campaign was Alan Clendenin, who is a pledged d...

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Journalist: GOP hypocritical about McCain listen

04/07/08 Mitch E. Perry
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Tags: John McCain, Politics

Some prominent conservatives who bashed John McCain before he became the nominee for president for the Republican Party have now embraced him.

According to Nation magazine contributor Rick Perlstein, some of the GOP’s hypocrisy on McCain is indicative that what represents true conservatism these days is more of attitude, an affect, than a true philosophy.

Perlstein is a senior fellow at the Campaign For America’s Future and the author of *Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Un...

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Voting experts discuss bid to eliminate Electoral College listen

03/28/08 Mitch E. Perry
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Tags: Election Reform, Politics

As we reported yesterday, Sen. Bill Nelson intends to introduce legislation in Congress soon that includes abolishing the Electoral College.

Such a plan would not be the first time. Opposition to the electoral college has been present throughout the country’s history, but particularly after the 2000 Presidential election, in which Al Gore won the popular vote by more than 500,000.

To get rid of the Electoral College would require a Constitutional Amendment, always a formidable challenge...

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