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Selling Sotomayor online
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Obama records a message for his email list.
Obama Rallies the Base on His Supreme Court Choice
The Caucus —
Whether there’s an intense battle over the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court remains to be seen. But the president isn’t waiting for rockets to launch. Using the huge e-mail list accumulated during his campaign that now resides at Organizing for America, a part of the Democratic National Committee, and the party’s own lists, Mr. Obama has cut a video appealing for support for his candidate. The e-mail message includes this directive from Mr. Obama to share his views via Facebook, Twitter and other Web connections: “This decision affects us all — and so it must involve us all. I’ve recorded a special message to personally introduce Judge Sotomayor and ...
Sotomayor E-Mail Wars
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
After President Obama sent an e-mail and video to supporters yesterday introducing Sonia Sotomayor, Mike Huckabee is using the nomination to raise money for his PAC: the former governor sent an e-mail to Huck PAC supporters this morning asking them to "Please make a contribution today in support of our efforts to elect Republicans to the Senate. While we may not be able to block liberal Judge Sotomayor, we must be prepared for future nominations. Electing more Republicans to the Senate then is critical." Huckabee won inroads with social conservatives in the '08 campaign, and criticized Sotomayor's nomination soon after it was announced yesterday, warning that ...
Housekeeping Note: We've Added Apture Multimedia Embeds
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You might notice that some links on the site are now prepended by some cute little icons, like this, this, this, or this. That's Apture. You can read all about how it works on the company site, but clicking on one or two of those links will give you the gist. Neat, right? We're hopeful that offering up one-click access to video, documents, and more without ever having to leave the page, you'll get a richer experience during the time we're grateful you spend with us here. Hope you enjoy. ...
