Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Texas oil fields pump no love for new president

Texas oil fields pump no love for new president
Honolulu Advertiser Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:51 AM PST
MIDLAND, Texas — Here in the heart of the Texas oil patch, where the presidential voting ran about 4-1 for John McCain, where the latest tourist attraction is President George W. Bush's boyhood home, and where, according to a recent report in the Midland Reporter-Telegram, the election has produced an unparalleled run on assault weapons by gun owners fearing new federal bans, the notion of a ...

Douglas Dispatch
The Daily Dispatch Tue, 23 Dec 2008 1:33 PM PST
SIERRA VISTA — Ensuring the San Pedro River survives gets down to federal dollars, but U.S. Sen. John McCain said that resource in Washington, D.C., “is scarce.”

Tina Fey Voted Entertainer of the Year, Thanks Her Lucky Stars for Sarah Palin
wowOwow Tue, 23 Dec 2008 8:00 AM PST
Tina Fey owes John McCain a big kiss. read more

Secretary Rice Rakes $316K In Foreign Gifts
WJXT Jacksonville Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:08 PM PST
John McCain and Barack Obama shake hands at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner on Oct. 16 as New York Archbishop Egan looks on. WASHINGTON -- President George W. Bush's foreign policies may be unpopular in the Middle East, but Arab leaders showered his top diplomat with jewelry worth far more than a quarter of a million dollars last year.

The prescription for healing
Daily Pilot Tue, 23 Dec 2008 4:43 AM PST
Democrats widened their majority in Congress, and Sen. Barack Obama was elected president last week, leading many conservatives to speculate how Republicans can get back on track. Considering that Sen. John McCain won Orange County by only a few percentage points and that Obama won Costa Mesa, what’s your prescription for what ails Republicans nationally and locally?

Campaigns work to bring NM voters to polls
Las Cruces Sun-News Tue, 23 Dec 2008 0:43 AM PST
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—"We're going to win!" was the handwritten message on an eraser board at John McCain's Albuquerque headquarters Sunday as volunteers phoned Republican supporters to urge them to vote on Election Day.

Obama's closer
Journal Inquirer Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:36 PM PST
Barack Obama gave his “closing argument” on five TV networks last night. John McCain derided it as a “gauzy infomercial.” Maybe it was, on one level. But there is no politician in his right mind who would not prefer it to reaction and derision.

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