Barack Obama

Debate: contempt

McCain has not looked at Obama once. Not a single time. Obama keeps talking to him, trying to engage, and McCain won’t condescend to offer him a single glance. Don’t know how it will play, but it’s pretty astonishing.

McCain bashes bear earmark, though Palin asked for similar one for seals

John McCain called a $3 million federal earmark to study DNA of bears in Montana “criminal” (he’s criticized this particular earmark in the past, too). His running mate, however, asked for $3.2 million in federal funds to study the “genetics of harbor seals” earlier this year, among nearly $200-million worth of earmark requests. Bears? Criminal. […]

McCain accuses Obama of not being pro-nuclear power

The candidates had a short back and forth on energy policy. Obama mentioned while he wants to “make sure we’re investing in energy … to solve this problem,” there “may be individual components we can’t do” because of a tighter budget. Then McCain talked up his own energy ideas: “We have to have offshore drilling […]

Debate: Very Serious spending cuts

Ugh. I hate this. Lehrer is pushing the Very Serious Pundit’s favorite point: cutting spending is a sign of Seriousness. What will you cut? What will you cut? Again: only new spending will get this economy going again. Obama should stop conceding this ridiculous point.

Debate: climate change

McCain is the first to mention climate change. Of course it’s in the context of cheerleading nuclear power, but still …

Debate: another spending hit

Ooh, and now he tagged Obama for ethanol subsidies. Another legitimate point! This is making me wince.

Debate: McCain tags Obama for ’05 energy bill

McCain just nailed Obama on the 2005 energy bill, using it as an example of Obama’s support for excess pork spending. Ouch. Thing is, McCain didn’t really vote against the bill because it had pork in it. But Obama did vote for it because of the pork for ethanol and renewable energy. It’s a legitimate […]

Obama/Biden campaign releases science and innovation plan

The Obama campaign released a policy outline [PDF] today on science and innovation, pledging to double federal funding for research over 10 years.   An Obama-Biden administration, they say on their website, would change “the posture of our federal government from being one of the most anti-science administrations in American history to one that embraces […]

Via satellite, Obama talks to CGI about climate change and energy concerns

Barack Obama also addressed the crowd at the Clinton Global Initiative today, via satellite, outlining four issues he’ll address should he win the November election. The first global challenge he pledged to address is the combined challenges of energy and climate change.   “No single issue sits at the crossroads of as many currents as […]