Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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NATIONAL POLLSTER COMING TO STOUGHTON: Former presidential pollster Patrick Caddell will be speaking on issues of national security and the Middle East at the Ahavath Torah Congregation on Monday, January 28th, as part of the Irwin M. and H. Ethel Hausman Memorial Free Speech Speakers’ Series. This event is held in conjunction with "Secure America Now," which helped obtain Mr. Caddell’s commitment for this event on short notice. Pat Caddell has worked for Democratic presidential candidates George McGovern in 1972, Jimmy Carter in 1976 and 1980, Gary Hart in 1984, Joe Biden in 1988, and Jerry Brown in 1992. He also worked for Colorado Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff in 2010. He taught at the US Military Academy, University of California…
Friday, October 12, 2012
Vice President candidates Joe Biden and Paul Ryan squared off in the VP debate on Thursday, Oct. 11, a week after presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney had their first debate. Here's how Massachusetts Republicans and Democrats reacted.
Massachusetts Democrats were more enthusiastic about Joe Biden's vice presidential debate performance than Bay State Republicans were about Paul Ryan's performance: that's the major finding of the Red and Blue Commonwealth flash polls sent out to local politicos immediately after the debate ended on Thursday night. Biden and Ryan faced off on Thursday, Oct. 11 at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, with ABC News' Martha Raddatz moderating the debate that covered both domestic and foreign policy. Of the 14 local influential Democrats who took the survey, 12 of them (85.7 percent) voted that Biden won by a large margin, with one voting that the current vice president won by a slim margin and one voting "neutral." Meanwhile, of the 25 …
The sole vice-presidential debate is done; did either candidate change your mind?
With ABC'-TVs Martha Raddatz moderating, Vice-President Joe Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan tackled issues and each other's positions in a brisk debate Thursday night. As the three of them sat around a table, issues touched on ranged from the deficit and taxes to the war in Afghanistan and abortion. On Friday, we'll hear from Republican and Democratic leaders and activists in Massachusetts about what they think about the debate. But first, now, we want to hear from you. What did you think?
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Get the details on the debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan airing Thursday night, October 11.
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
The vice presidential debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan is set for 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11. Check below for more information on that debate and the remaining debates leading up to Election Day. AOL will provide a live stream of the debate. TV Channels Broadcasting Live: ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and more, including CNN Espanol. Live Streaming Online: YouTube's Election Hub, AOL. Below is more detailed information on Thursday night's debate, as well as the schedule for upcoming debates: The debate will cover both foreign and domestic topics and be divided into nine time segments of approximately 10 minutes each. The moderator will ask an opening question, after which each candidate will have …
D. B. Cooper
12:28 am on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
I stand corrected, I was wrong in saying that there were 41 MILLION on food stamps. "Record High Enrollment for Food Stamps: 46,681,833 Million." (USDA) One must never be afraid to admit if he was wrong. I stand corrected. more ›