Obama seeks Latino vote with $20 million effort (AP)

Talking Points Memo | Big Union Targets Swing States With Massive Obama-Not-Muslim Mailer Blitz
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 7/29/2008 — In a sign that the big labor unions are about to ratchet up efforts to woo Rust Belt union Dems towards Obama, the AFL-CIO is set to blitz four swing states with a pair of mailers targeted directly at blue collar swing voters. The first one is the ...

From the Fact Check Desk: Did Obama Say During the Debate Over the Surge That "There's No Doubt that Additional U.S. Troops Could Temporarily Quell the Violence?"
blogs.abcnews.com 7/29/2008 — Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, on January 10 2007 predicted (watch HERE) that the surge of troops in Iraq would fail. "I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq is going to solve the sectarian violence there," he told...

Editorials, Political Cartoons, and Polls from Investor's Business Daily -- Barack Obama's Stealth Socialism
ibdeditorials.com 7/29/2008 — INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Monday, July 28, 2008 4:20 PM PT Election '08: Before friendly audiences, Barack Obama speaks passionately about something called "economic justice." He uses the term obliquely, though, speaking in code — socialist ...

Overreading
matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com 7/29/2008 — Chris Bowers proclaims that if Barack Obama picks Tim Kaine as his VP nominee that "would also signal that Obama has no intention to govern as a progressive" whereas "by contrast, Obama / Sebelius would be fine, and Obama / Dodd would be exciting." ...

Talking Points Memo | Another Poll Shows Very Close Race In North Carolina
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 7/29/2008 — Another poll shows a very close race in North Carolina, a state that hasn't voted Democratic since 1976 -- suggesting yet again that Barack Obama could be on the cusp of dramatically expanding the map for Dems. The new numbers from Public Policy ...

Another Poll Shows Very Close Race In North Carolina — TPMDC

Obama, DNC Reserve $20 Million to Target Hispanic Voters — MoJo Blog Posts: mojo

Congress Next Year — Swampland

Obama launches massive Latino voter drive — Politico Live's Blogs

Major DNC Donor In Letter To Party Treasurer: 'Obama Is A Bad Investment ' — Hyscience

Battleground watch: Hispanic outreach — First Read 7/29/2008
Compiled by NBC/NJ’s Carrie Dann…The Washington Post reports that the DNC and the Obama campaign will pour $20 million into Hispanic outreach in battlegrounds with high Latino populations. "Targets will include Florida; Western states such as ...

Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 7/29/2008
AP - Economic and international issues draw Obama's attention amid a day of private meetings ... Va. Gov. Tim Kaine won't discuss whether Obama is considering him for running mate ... McCain steps back from 'no new tax' pledge, gets rebuked by ...

Dems seek to mobilize Latino vote — msnbc.com: Politics 7/29/2008
Barack Obama and the Democratic National Committee are setting aside $20 million to target and mobilize Hispanic voters in the presidential election this fall, the Obama campaign said Tuesday.

Dems launch Latino outreach effort — First Read 7/29/2008
From NBC's Katie Mulhall and Alex WallThe Democratic National Committee announced today that it will team up with the Obama campaign for an unprecedented $20 million effort to organize and mobilize Latino voters. Frank Sanchez, the chairman of the ...

Obama, DNC Plan $20 Million Hispanic Voter Outreach Effort — WSJ.com: Washington Wire 7/29/2008
Susan Davis reports on the presidential race. Barack Obama ’s presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee announced an “unprecedented” $20 million joint outreach effort today to mobilize Hispanic voters heading in to the fall. ...