http://lifeinpolitics.com Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:37:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en TUCSON, July 11 (UPI) -- Research shows the circumstances of John McCain's birth don't pass constitutional muster for him to be U.S. president, a University of Arizona professor says.   A 1937 law granting citizenship to children of U.S. parents in the Panama Canal Zone came too late to apply to ... http://lifeinpolitics.com/2008/07/mccain-not-natural-born-citizen-prof-says/ SI.com has learned that for the first time in history, a major presidential candidate may sponsor a race car in NASCAR's premier series. According to sources, Barack Obama's campaign is in talks to become the primary sponsor of BAM Racing's No. 49 Sprint Cup car for the Pocono race on ... http://lifeinpolitics.com/2008/07/presidential-candidate-obama-to-sponsor-cup-car-at-pocono-race/ July 11 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil rose more than $4 to a record on concerns that Israel may be preparing to attack Iran, while a strike in Brazil and renewed militant activity in Nigeria threaten to cut supplies. Oil rallied to a record high of $145.98 a barrel after the Jerusalem ... http://lifeinpolitics.com/2008/07/crude-oil-rises-to-record-on-speculation-israel-may-attack-iran/ From NBC’s Domenico Montanaro McCain slammed economic adviser Phil Gramm for his “mental recession” and “nation of whiners” comment. He said he didn’t agree with him and even proposed a position in a McCain administration -- ambassador to Belarus, “though I’m not sure the citizens of Minsk would welcome that,” McCain said. “I ... http://lifeinpolitics.com/2008/07/mccain-rips-gramm/ WASHINGTON (AP) — Former White House adviser Karl Rove defied a congressional subpoena and refused to testify Thursday about allegations of political pressure at the Justice Department, including whether he influenced the prosecution of a former Democratic governor of Alabama. Rep. Linda Sanchez, chairman of a House subcommittee, ruled with backing ... http://lifeinpolitics.com/2008/07/rove-ignores-subpoena-refuses-to-testify-on-hill/ It is not just Senator Barack Obama’s advisers (see: Jackson, Jesse) who wander off the reservation. Former Senator Phil Gramm, a prominent economic adviser to Senator John McCain, the likely Republican presidential nominee, weighed in today with some not-so-well-considered remarks on the economy. Mr. Gramm, in an interview with the Washington ... http://lifeinpolitics.com/2008/07/obama-to-mccain-we-don%e2%80%99t-need-another-dr-phil/ The Washington Times reports that Phil Gramm, UBS AG (NYSE: UBS) vice chairman and senior economic advisor to John McCain (R.-AZ), thinks we're a nation of whiners. Gramm's UBS is a leader on three important fronts in the effort to destroy the U.S. economy: the $1.3 trillion subprime mortgage ... http://lifeinpolitics.com/2008/07/ubs-exec-and-mccain-advisor-phil-gramm-us-is-nation-of-whiners/ People would rather barbecue burgers with Barack Obama than with John McCain. While many are still deciding who should be president, by 52 percent to 45 percent they would prefer having Mr. Obama than Mr. McCain to their summer cookout, according to an Associated Press-Yahoo News poll released last week. As ... http://lifeinpolitics.com/2008/07/what-you-dont-know-about-the-presidential-candidates/   NEW YORK — In a break with tradition, Barack Obama will accept the Democratic presidential nomination at a football field rather than at the site of the party's national convention. Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean acknowledged the decision to move Obama's speech on the final night of the Aug. 25-28 convention ... http://lifeinpolitics.com/2008/07/obama-will-accept-nomination-at-football-stadium/ Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) might have flirted with the idea of idea of enlisting his Republican colleague John McCain as his running mate in 2004, but he sounded distinctly less enthusiastic about the Arizona senator today on CBS' "Face the Nation." Kerry, who is a strong supporter of presumptive Democratic nominee ... http://lifeinpolitics.com/2008/07/kerry-on-face-the-nation-calls-mccain-wrong-on-the-war/
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