Obama tells governors they’ll have a ‘partner in the White House’ on clean energy
President-elect Barack Obama has some bipartisan words of praise for governors he says are working "to combat global warming" and develop clean energy in a video that's being played this morning at the Bi-Partisan Governors Global Climate Summit in Los...Factcheck: McCain ad on coal, Obama ad on stem cell research both are false
September 30th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Ads, Democrats, Energy, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
The non-partisan watchdog group Factcheck.org says Republican John McCain is running a false radio ad in four swing states. The ad, on stations in Colorado, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia, says Democrat Barack Obama opposes clean coal technology. The ad rests...Obama preferred to handle financial crisis, Biden gaffe on coal, new ad on McCain’s 13 cars
September 23rd, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Ads, Democrats, Economy, Energy, Polls, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
Late tidbits from today: Polls from the Pew Research Center and Bloomberg-Los Angeles Times come to opposite conclusions on whether Americans support the Wall Street bailout -- but both find pluralities think Democrat Barack Obama would do a better job...Palin parts ways with McCain on some energy points
"Sarah Palin may toe John McCain's line on national security issues, but when it comes to global warming and drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the running mates will 'agree to disagree,' ABC News reports as it...McCain: Obama is ‘wrong’ about drilling and Americans know it
August 19th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Energy, In their own words, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
According to excerpts sent to reporters by his presidential campaign, Republican John McCain will speak today on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico about why he believes Democrat Barack Obama is wrong to generally oppose more offshore drilling...T. Boone Pickens: McCain seemed interested in the ‘Pickens Plan’
Billionaire oil man T. Boone Pickens, who is now trying to get the nation behind his plan to get off foreign oil and switch to natural gas and wind as energy sources, sat down with Republican presidential contender John McCain...Watchdog group says McCain gets more oil money, but Obama gets more from big producers
August 7th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Energy, Money in politics, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
The Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan group that tracks political giving, adds another wrinkle to the presidential campaign conflict over who's closer to the oil industry. Republican John McCain gets "considerably more" money from people associated with the "unpopular"...Gas station TV network refuses Obama ads
It seemed like a brilliant idea from Democrat Barack Obama's campaign: Show an energy ad across Florida on Gas Station TV, those TV monitors on gas pumps. But the network refused the ad, which accuses Republican John McCain of failing...Obama to again target McCain on energy issues today
August 5th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Ads, Democrats, Energy, In their own words, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
At a townhall meeting in Youngstown, Ohio, and in another TV ad, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama today will again criticize his Republican opponent for offering "four more years of the same" on energy policy. Obama's campaign has sent reporters...