Family Research Council ad takes aim at Obama on abortion
October 14th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Abortion, Ads, Democrats, Interest groups, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
The conservative Family Research Council says it will spend $100,000 on an ad campaign in the key states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Colorado, and Michigan, and that the effort will include this TV spot: To see Obama talk about his thinking...Biden and Palin on Supreme Court decisions, freedom of religion
October 1st, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Abortion, Democrats, History, Presidential race, 2008, Religion, Republicans
11:55 p.m. ET: Since we first posted some of the transcript, CBS Evening News has made its video available. So we'll add that here. Scroll down if you want to read along. And a reminder -- Democratic vice presidential nominee...McCain radio ad says Obama’s charges about stem cell research aren’t true
September 29th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Abortion, Ads, Democrats, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
Radio ads run by Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's campaign that claim Republican John McCain opposes stem cell research have been ruled "false" by the nonpartisan PolitiFact.com. Now the McCain campaign is pointing out the problems with the Obama ads...Planned Parenthood fires at McCain with ad; says he’s ‘twisting facts’
September 12th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Abortion, Ads, Democrats, Interest groups, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
Planned Parenthood says it is putting this TV ad on the air in Pittsburgh and Denver to counter an ad released this week by Republican presidential nominee John McCain's campaign: The script: Narrator: "Every eight minutes a child is sexually...McCain: Obama’s views on abortion should be of ‘grave concern’
August 23rd, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Abortion, Democrats, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
In his weekly "radio" address, Republican presidential contender John McCain takes aim at Democrat Barack Obama on the issue of abortion. "For a man who talks so often about 'hope,' " McCain says, "Senator Obama doesn't offer much of it...Giuliani says GOP would support a ‘pro-choice’ VP
"The Republican Party is not, as far as I can tell ... a one-issue party," former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani told reporters this afternoon. And, he said, if John McCain chooses a "pro-choice" running mate, "the party will...‘See’ the candidates answers on abortion
August 18th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Abortion, Democrats, In their own words, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
As USA TODAY religion writer Cathy Lynn Grossman notes in a story this morning, one of the most distinctive differences drawn between the major presidential contenders during Saturday evening's "civil forum" at Pastor Rick Warren's Saddleback Church was on the...Abortion foe Casey to speak at Dem convention
Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey will speak at the Democratic convention in Denver this month. The move comes 16 years after Casey's late father, then governor of Pennsylvania, was denied a slot at the convention that nominated Bill Clinton. The father...Democratic women: McCain out of touch, time to support Obama
June 11th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Abortion, Democrats, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
Women leaders who supported Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign started a full-court press today to define Republican John McCain as damaging to women on economics, abortion and other issues. They urged women to vote for Democrat Barack Obama. The group started...