Archive for November, 2010

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• When Obama Talked Biden Out of Running for President (Edward-Isaac Dovere/The Atlantic)
  Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic: When Obama Talked Biden Out of Running for President  —  Barack Obama stood in the Rose Garden, watching Joe Biden announce that he wasn't going to run for president—exactly what he wanted and had helped make happen.  —  Four years later, the president has come a long way on his views of a Biden run.
• 'Racism and sexism': Women of color slam white male tilt of Dem primary (Laura Barrón-López/Politico)
  Laura Barrón-López / Politico: ‘Racism and sexism’: Women of color slam white male tilt of Dem primary  —  Elizabeth Warren shines at an event that provided a snapshot of building frustrations among many Democratic women.  —  HOUSTON — The women of color who packed into a university auditorium here Wednesday …
• How Does Joe Biden Fit Into a Changing Democratic Party? (Nate Cohn/New York Times)
  Nate Cohn / New York Times: How Does Joe Biden Fit Into a Changing Democratic Party?  —  There's a divide between older moderates and a growing group of progressive and diverse voters.  —  When Joe Biden first ran for Senate in 1972, 40 percent of Democrats believed that whites had a right to segregate neighborhoods.
• U.S. incarceration rate drops 10 percent over decade to hit lowest level in 20 years (Pete Williams/NBC News)
  Pete Williams / NBC News: U.S. incarceration rate drops 10 percent over decade to hit lowest level in 20 years  —  Department of Justice statistics also showed that “noncitizens made up roughly the same portion of the U.S. prison population, 7.6 percent, as of the total U.S. population.”
• Biden makes his opening bid: It's all about the president (Dan Balz/Washington Post)
  Dan Balz / Washington Post: Biden makes his opening bid: It's all about the president  —  Joe Biden joined the presidential race with a message strikingly different than that of his rivals for the Democratic nomination.  In words and images reflecting a sense of national urgency, the vice president defined the election …
• Tulsi Gabbard Is Running a Presidential Campaign on Freelancers (Sam Stein/The Daily Beast)
  Sam Stein / The Daily Beast: Tulsi Gabbard Is Running a Presidential Campaign on Freelancers  —  The Hawaii Democrat lists only one person as being on payroll in the first quarter of 2019.  —  Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's Democratic presidential campaign had just one full-time employee in the first three months of the year.
• NYC To Ban Hot Dogs and Processed Meats To Improve Climate (Deanna Moore/Radio 104.5)
  Deanna Moore / Radio 104.5: NYC To Ban Hot Dogs and Processed Meats To Improve Climate  —  New York City is the first city in the United States to eliminate processed meats.  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio approved an ambitious $14 billion Green New Deal on Monday, April 22, to combat climate change.
• Joe Biden Announces 2020 Run for President (Alexander Burns/New York Times)
  Alexander Burns / New York Times: Joe Biden Announces 2020 Run for President  —  Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. announced Thursday that he would seek the Democratic nomination to challenge President Trump in 2020, marshaling his experience and global stature in a bid to lead a party increasingly defined …
• Joe Biden could be the best bet to beat Trump. If he gets that far. (Karen Tumulty/Washington Post)
  Karen Tumulty / Washington Post: Joe Biden could be the best bet to beat Trump.  If he gets that far.  —  By launching his 2020 campaign with shameful images of what happened in Charlottesville 20 months ago, former vice president Joe Biden has put the focus on what should be the central question of the 2020 election.
• Pentagon watchdog clears acting defense secretary of favoring Boeing (Elizabeth McLaughlin/ABC News)
  Elizabeth McLaughlin / ABC News: Pentagon watchdog clears acting defense secretary of favoring Boeing  —  The Defense Department's internal watchdog has cleared acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan of favoring his former employer, Boeing while serving at the Pentagon.  —  The Pentagon's inspector general found …