Big-time Scotus rulings and Obama-Nader back-and-forth at Horse's Mouth

Big-time Scotus rulings and Obama-Nader back-and-forth

Published by Sally on Jun 26th, 2007 in Uncategorized with No Comments

First we get some reactions to big-time SCOTUS rulings, then we parse the highlights from the Obama-Nader back-and-forth:

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says the Supreme Court ruling on the D.C. gun ban is a throwback to “the old West” (Courtesy: WBBM) (:14)

Barack Obama says he disagrees with SCOTUS’ decision to ban the death penalty in child rape cases (:08)

Ralph Nader says Obama is avoiding issues that might help poor African-American voters, in an attempt to “talk white” (Courtesy: Rocky Mountain News) (:07)

Nader lists issues Obama should address because they’re important to poor Americans (Courtesy: Rocky Mountain News) (:13)

Nader says Obama is being deceitful when he says he doesn’t take money from lobbyists (Courtesy: Rocky Mountain News) (:17)

Nader says the health care industry has “poured money” into Obama’s campaign (Courtesy: Rocky Mountain News) (:07)

Nader alleges that Obama is taking more donations from big corporate groups than McCain (Courtesy: Rocky Mountain News) (:12)

Obama says Nader is wrong when he says Obama has avoided topics like exploitation in the ghettos (:15)

Obama says Ralph Nader is just trying to generate publicity for his own political campaign, with his race-based remark (:14)

Finally, McCain gave another speech on energy policy in Vegas:

McCain says the U.S. should be putting dozens more nuclear power plants online (:15)

John McCain says the way to lower fuel prices, and make the nation safer, is to drill domestically (:11)

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