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- Black delegates down sharply since 2004, think tank reports
- ST. PAUL -- There are 36 black delegates at the Republican convention here -- fewer than 2% of the total and a sharp drop-off from 2004, a think tank reports. The GOP record was set with 6.7% black delegates in 2004. The...
- Research articles 2008-09-02
- Interview of the First Lady by ABC News, "Good Morning America"
- ST. PAUL, Minn. -- 7:07 A.M. CDT Q Always a pleasure, Mrs. Bush, to spend some time with you. MRS. BUSH: Thanks, Robin. Q We heard Martha Raddatz talk about your husband is heading to Texas to be able to spend some time with evacuees and emergency...
- Research articles 2008-09-01
- A night for history
- DENVER -- It was a scripted scenario, the outcome never in doubt. But when history arrived on the floor of the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday afternoon, it came with the full force of emotion. After an especially long primary season, after private wrangling and public...
- Research articles 2008-08-28
- Teenaged Democrats flock to Obama's side
- DENVER, Colorado AFP — Some of them aren't even old enough to vote yet, but impassioned by the message of hope preached by Barack Obama they have flocked here to help crown their idol the Democratic standard-bearer. These students and high-school pupils are the youngest delegates to the Democratic...
- Research articles 2008-08-27
- Companies stump their stuff in Denver
- The political partying has started. The Democratic National Convention opened Monday in Denver. Next week, the Republicans get underway in St. Paul. And marketers -- seeing a chance to reach tens of thousands of delegates, government and party officials, volunteers and spectators -- are putting on...
- Research articles 2008-08-26
- Northwest Airlines agrees to join the Green Delegate Challenge
- AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Northwest Airlines (NYSE:NWA), a US airline headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota, reported on 22 August that as part of the Green Delegate Challenge it will be sponsoring the carbon offsets of the delegates from Tennessee, Michigan and Minnesota, the airlines' hub states. The...
- Research articles 2008-08-25
- Conference splits over deforestation emission cut
- ACCRA AFP — Trading carbon emission rights between developed and developing nations caused a split Sunday between delegates at protracted international climate change talks in Ghana. "The issue of reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries under the carbon market mechanism has been a stormy one among delegates and...
- Research articles 2008-08-24
- Delegates converge on Denver
- Some want to help end the war. Some want to change the direction of America. Some want to improve America's image abroad. Some want to help improve the economy. These are among reasons that Utah's delegates to the Democratic National Convention say they want to help nominate Barack...
- Research articles 2008-08-23
- Obama wants Florida, Michigan restored in full
- WASHINGTON AFP — Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama, now safely secure in the party nomination, called Sunday for the renegade states of Michigan and Florida to be restored with full voting power. His call represents an olive branch to Democratic officials and voters in two states that will...
- Research articles 2008-08-03
- Summoning superdelegates: the importance of superdelegates in this presidential election has been repeatedly referenced. Learn who these superdelegates are and how they are chosen
- Before Sen. Barack Obama secured enough delegates to assure his nomination for president, it appeared that the contest between Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton, the early favorite of the Democratic party establishment, might be decided by the nearly 800 unelected "superdelegates," who make up roughly 20 percent of all delegates...
- Research articles 2008-07-07
- Defiant Serbs inaugurate Kosovo 'parliament'
- KOSOVSKA MITROVICA AFP — Kosovo's Serbs inaugurated their own assembly Saturday in defiance of the United Nations and Kosovo's Albanian majority who proclaimed independence four months ago. The Serb "parliament" draws its membership from delegates elected in Serbia's general and municipal election in May -- a crossover denounced as...
- Research articles 2008-06-28
- "The organic law of a great commonwealth": the framing of the South Dakota constitution
- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Legal scholars have criticized the "poverty of state constitutional discourse" caused by its limited historical depth and by the absence of historical research into the people and events surrounding the framing of state constitutions. (1) James Gardner has found a "general unwillingness among state supreme courts to...
- Research articles 2008-06-22
- Q and AExplaining 'super' in delegates
- Question: Several of us were talking about the superdelegates during the recent elections and we came up with some questions we'd like to ask: Who elects them? And how? Where did they meet? Why do we need them? Any thing else about them we should know? - A.K., Horton. ...
- Research articles 2008-06-20
- Pensioners may well have the last laugh; A SENIOR MOMENT Our politicians ignore the pensioners' campaign for improvements to the state pension at their peril. That was a message that rang out from the Pensioners' Parliament in Blackpool, as JEAN LORRIMAN,
- Byline: JEAN LORRIMAN HUDDERSFIELD and District Pensioners Organisation attended this month's 16th Pensioners' Parliament in Blackpool. The visit was organised by the chairman Mrs Noreen Logan and free transport was provided by Taylor's of Cowlersley. It was a great experience! The event began with a march from...
- Research articles 2008-06-20
- TakingITGlobal and Partners Launch 4th World Youth Congress
- TakingITGlobal joined several partners and supporters in unveiling the program for ReGeneration 2008: 4th World Youth Congress today at Laval University. Executive Director and co-Founder Jennifer Corriero joined Peace Child International President David Woollcombe and Congress Director Christian Robitaille in launching this event which will see 600 young leaders from...
- Research articles 2008-06-11
- ReGeneration 2008-4th World Youth Congress Celebration; Building Skills; Taking Action!
- This summer, 600 participants aged 18 to 30 will gather in Quebec City from August 10th to August 21st for the 4th in the Series of World Youth Congresses exploring the theme of Youth-led Development. Honorary patron of the congress, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaelle Jean, Governor General of...
- Research articles 2008-06-11
- Letters: One Reader's View
- "Every vote must count!" was the refrain of disgruntled Gore supporters in the controversial 2000 presidential election. But when it suited the establishment of the Democratic party to disregard the will of the voters, it did so, leaving the presumptive candidate's legitimacy to be questioned. Ironically, Florida is again part...
- Research articles 2008-06-05
- Obama goes against McCain after historic win over Clinton
- WASHINGTON AFP — Democrat Barack Obama plunged Wednesday into a five-month election battle with Republican John McCain after making history by becoming the first black presidential nominee of a major US party. The Illinois senator's giant-killing win over Hillary Clinton came at the climax late Tuesday of the longest,...
- Research articles 2008-06-03
- Obama on brink of history, Clinton refuses to quit
- WASHINGTON AFP — Barack Obama was poised to make history Tuesday by becoming America's first black presidential nominee, as a flow of Democratic Party support thrust his rival Hillary Clinton towards defeat. Democratic officials or superdelegates leapt onto 46-year-old Obama's bandwagon, as Montana and South Dakota closed out a...
- Research articles 2008-06-03
- Florida, Michigan delegates get half a vote
- WASHINGTON -- After hours of emotional testimony and sometimes contentious debate, Democratic Party officials agreed Saturday on a pair of compromises to seat Florida's and Michigan's delegations to their national convention. But a part of the deal drew an angry reaction and the threat of a subsequent challenge from the...
- Research articles 2008-06-01
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