Latest Press Releases
Senator Murray Delivers the Democratic Radio Address
"Good morning, this is United States Senator Patty Murray."Released on Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 11:00 AM
DNC Memo: Week Two of the Relaunch - More McCain Misfires
Two weeks into the latest "relaunch" of his campaign and it's more of the same for John McCain: more of the same bad news, bad reviews and campaign chaos. While the elevation of Steve Schmidt was supposed to tighten McCain's message and organization, McCain was under fire from all sides this week - taking hits on everything from his incoherent foreign policy agenda and the lack of an economic plan, to his double talk on transparency and accountability, to the lack of enthusiasm for his campaign among key constituencies. Even his sense of humor became a liability for McCain.Released on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 04:47 PM
McCain Watch: The Economy: John McCain is Not What America Signed Up For
Washington, DC--Last week, John McCain's top economic advisor, Phil Gramm, echoed McCain's comments that America's economic problems were "psychological" by saying Americans are in a "mental recession" and that America had become a "nation of whiners." While McCain distanced himself from Gramm at the time, Gramm is now back on board as McCain's top economic adviser. Now, John McCain is in Michigan, a state that has been devastated by the Bush-McCain economy. Instead of offering a plan for how to create more and better jobs here at home and keep the ones we have, John McCain, with the help of out of touch campaign advisers like Phil Gramm, promises four more years of failed Bush economic policies that have hurt America including more unfair trade deals that will ship jobs overseas.Released on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 12:10 PM
DNC to Hold Over 1,000 Platform Meetings In All 50 States
Last week the Democratic National Committee and Obama for America unveiled Listening to America: The Democratic Platform for Change, a bold new initiative to involve the American people in the development of the Democratic National Platform, giving Americans the opportunity to organize and engage in Platform Meetings in all 50 states. Just a week after the launch of this ambitious platform program, interest is through the roof and in the last eight days alone, 1,300 platform meetings in all 50 states--including town hall-style meetings, radio call-ins, and web chats--have been scheduled.Released on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 11:10 AM
McCain Watch: Iraq: McCain Has Been Wrong From the Start -- Just Like Bush
Today, more McCain surrogates and a web video attacking Barack Obama which could have been produced on "Fantasy Island," will be trotted out in an effort to distract attention from John McCain's real record on Iraq--a record of being inconsistent and being wrong, just like President Bush.Released on Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 12:08 PM
Statement by Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman in Response to John McCain's Remarks to the NAACP
The Democratic National Committee today released the following statement from Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman in response to John McCain's speech at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.Released on Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 11:24 AM
Dean to Lead National Voter Registration Effort
Governor Howard Dean will lead a national grassroots voter registration effort. The cross country bus tour, "Register for Change," will build on the overwhelming enthusiasm and voter turnout seen during the primaries as Democrats mobilize and organize voters for the fall election.Released on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 11:30 AM
McCain Watch: Education: John McCain's Record Nothing to Brag About
Washington, DC--Today John McCain will speak at the NAACP Convention in Ohio. According to accounts, Senator McCain will focus on education, but the truth is, McCain offers more of the same Bush policies on education that have failed so many of America's children.Released on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 11:11 AM
Democrats Highlight McCain's Plan to Privatize Social Security in New Campaign
The Democratic National Committee today launched a new web video called "Absolute Disgrace" that shows John McCain calling the current mechanism for funding Social Security an "absolute disgrace" and demonstrates his preferred alternative: President Bush's failed plan to privatize Social Security. The DNC also announced that it will be shipping to state parties thousands of signs that say "Hands Off My Social Security" on one side and "My Social Security Is Not a Disgrace" on the other as part of a nationwide program of activities aimed at highlighting the threat that McCain's position on Social Security poses to the most successful government program in our nation's history.Released on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 11:10 AM
DEAN TO LEAD NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORT
The Democratic National Committee announced today that Governor Howard Dean will lead a national grassroots voter registration effort. The cross country bus tour, "Register for Change," will build on the overwhelming enthusiasm and voter turnout seen during the primaries as Democrats mobilize and organize voters for the fall election. The bio-diesel bus, flagged in red, white and blue with the Register for Change message, is 45' long, 13'4" high and 8.5' wide and will also serve as a mobile campaign office.Released on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 02:34 PM