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Senator John McCain 20 Jun 2008 20:50 Africa/Lagos DNC Files FOIA Request Over McCain's Latest Campaign Impropriety McCain Campaign Event in Ottawa Runs Afoul of Hatch Act WASHINGTON, June 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Democratic National Committee today filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the U.S. Department of State seeking information about possible violations of the Hatch Act in connection to John McCain's events in Ottawa today. The FOIA request follows reports that McCain campaign officials requested assistance in arranging a $100-a-plate luncheon speech from U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080519/DNCLOGO ) According to reports, Senator Lindsey Graham, a McCain campaign co-chair, asked Ambassador Wilkins "for advice about logistics, venues and cities" for the event. Ambassador Wilkins also reportedly contacted a Canadian business leader to help sell tickets to the event. McCain's appearance i...

Howard Dean 4 Jun 2008 20:40 Africa/Lagos A Statement by Democratic Leaders on the End of the Presidential Primary Process WASHINGTON, June 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, DGA Chairman Joe Manchin and DNC Chairman Howard Dean today issued the following statement: (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080519/DNCLOGO ) "We have come to the end of an exciting primary and caucus process -- the voters have spoken. As the Democratic leaders of the Senate, House of Representatives, the Governors and the Democratic National Committee we commend all of the participants of the 2008 primary process, especially Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, for making this such a transformational election. Because of the enthusiasm our candidates have inspired, our party has brought record numbers of voters to the polls, gained millions of newly registered Democrats and now has advantages in states many thought were difficu...

Howard Dean 6 Mar 2008 00:37 Africa/Lagos Dean's Statement on Florida and Michigan WASHINGTON, March 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement on Florida and Michigan : "We're glad to hear that the Governors of Michigan and Florida are willing to lend their weight to help resolve this issue. As we've said all along, we strongly encourage the Michigan and Florida state parties to follow the rules, so today's public overtures are good news. The rules, which were agreed to by the full DNC including representatives from Florida and Michigan over 18 months ago, allow for two options. First, either state can choose to resubmit a plan and run a party process to select delegates to the convention; second, they can wait until this summer and appeal to the Convention Credentials Committee, which determines and resolves any outstanding questions about the seating of delegates. We look forward to r...

6 Mar 2008 17:49 Africa/Lagos DNC: John McCain Doesn't Understand the Challenges America's Families Face WASHINGTON, March 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With oil prices hitting a new record high today, people across the country are feeling the pinch. America's working families are struggling with skyrocketing health care, energy, and college costs, stagnant wages, and a foreclosure crisis that has many Americans struggling to pay their mortgages. But John McCain just doesn't understand the challenges working families face and is offering nothing more than a third Bush term on the economy that will leave America worse off. The candidate who himself admitted "[t]he issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should" and said that the economy is strong has shown time and time again he just doesn't understand the challenges confronting the American people. Asked this week what short-term relief he would offer, all he could come u...

Newt Gingrich A Conservative Declaration of Independence and the Democrats' Dilemma 'If We Want to Get Competitive, We Had Better Change, and We Had Better Change Now' The Coming Democratic Train Wreck Compounding the Democrats' Dilemma: The Super (Politician) Delegates The Answer: Hold New Primaries in Michigan and Florida For Those Who Still Doubt: The Director of National Intelligence Speaks A Success Story of Real Change House Republicans Seize the Moment of Change E-mail Your Friends About Real Change This weekend, I had the opportunity to address CPAC -- the Conservative Political Action Conference. This is the same group to which Ronald Reagan delivered his historic " bold colors, not pale pastels " speech in 1975, sparking a new center-right coalition that would become the ground troops of the Reagan Revolution. In my speech, I called for a conservative "declaration of independenc...