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Posted By alexgarciainseattle 1 year, 9 months ago in NewsNew York Times examines Obama's relationship with one of his top-ten contributors, Exelon Corp.
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agentX1 year, 9 months ago
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Hmmm, I don't see anything illegal here.
He encountered a problem, ran into a huge roadblock, and managed to get at least something passed it.
Maybe he should not have stated that he "passed it" when it hasn't gotten that far.
But there's hardly anything here that's damning; although it does make the Nuclear Power Industry argument "It's safe" look less and less true.
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Klarissa1 year, 3 months ago
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ince 2003, executives and employees of Exelon, which is based in Illinois, have contributed at least $227,000 to Mr. Obama's campaigns for the United States Senate and for president. Two top Exelon officials, Frank M. Clark, executive vice president, and John W. Rogers Jr., a director, are among his largest fund-raisers.
Another Obama donor, John W. Rowe, chairman of Exelon, is also chairman of the Nuclear Energy Institute, the nuclear power industry's lobbying group, based in Washington. Exelon's support for Mr. Obama far exceeds its support for any other presidential candidate.
In addition, Mr. Obama's chief political strategist, David Axelrod, has worked as a consultant to Exelon. A spokeswoman for Exelon said Mr. Axelrod's company had helped an Exelon subsidiary, Commonwealth Edison, with communications strategy periodically since 2002, but had no involvement in the leak controversy or other nuclear issues.
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Raiderwall1 year, 9 months ago
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Say what you will about Hillary, but I believe she's cares about health care, national security, and the economic viability of the middle class.
I don't know what Obama's passions are, beyond making history, and creating ""Change". He says he can bring Republicans into the fold. What is he willing to trade to bring them on board? Given how the GOP feels about taxes, the military, and "socialized medicine" where will a President Obama make the concessions, just to get something passed?
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Klarissa1 year, 3 months ago
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http://www.gopusa.com/theloft/?p=707
Just how much Senate experience does Barack Obama have in terms of actual work days? Not much.
From the time Barack Obama was sworn in as a United State Senator, to the time he announced he was forming a Presidential exploratory committee, he logged 143 days of experience in the Senate. That's how many days the Senate was actually in session and working.
After 143 days of work experience, Obama believed he was ready to be Commander In Chief, Leader of the Free World, and fill the shoes of Abraham Lincoln, FDR, JFK and Ronald Reagan.
143 days -- I keep leftovers in my refrigerator longer than that.
In contrast, John McCain's 26 years in Congress, 22 years of military service including 1,966 days in captivity as a POW in Hanoi now seem more impressive than ever. At 71, John McCain may just be hitting his stride.
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