http://www.american-election.com United States Election Coverage of the 2008 Presidential Election Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:00:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden officially announced key members of their national security team today: nominating Senator Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, selecting Defense Secretary Robert Gates to remain as Secretary of Defense, nominating Eric Holder as Attorney General, nominating Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano as Secretary ... http://www.american-election.com/2008/12/01/president-elect-obama-and-vice-president-elect-biden-announce-key-members-of-their-national-security-team/ Today's "Monday Message" is primarily one for President-Elect Barack Obama.  Though the Bush administration, which has undoubtedly been one of the worst in American history, will be leaving office on Jan. 20, there is little room for celebration as Obama looks to take over as commander-in-chief.  read more A Message ... http://www.american-election.com/2008/12/01/a-message-to-obama/ Libertarian National Committee, Inc. December 6-7, 2008 Meeting Agenda San Diego, California Saturday, December 6, 2008 & Sunday, December 7, 2008     Call to Order    8:00 AM read more December LNC Meeting Agenda http://www.american-election.com/2008/12/01/december-lnc-meeting-agenda/ Not everyone is born a freedom-loving Constitutionalist.  If they were, there would be no need for the Libertarian Party. Unfortunately, the fight for less government is as much a legislative process as it is an education process.  In fact, the legislative process is much easier when there is an educated electorate, ... http://www.american-election.com/2008/12/01/free-market-heroes-vol-3-john-a-allison/ Hillary gave the following remarks this morning at a press conference announcing her nomination to be Secretary of State.   Mr. President-Elect, thank you for this honor. If confirmed, I will give this assignment, your administration and our country my all. ... http://www.american-election.com/2008/12/01/hillary-is-nominated-to-be-secretary-of-state/ Today President-elect Obama released a video statement to mark the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day:In the statement, he explained: Too many people are unaware that while HIV/AIDS is incurable, it is 100 percent preventable. And far too many people have become infected because they lack basic information about how ... http://www.american-election.com/2008/12/01/president-elect-obama-commemorates-20th-annual-world-aids-day/ With a low proportion of the nation\'s growing Hispanic population represented in the American military, recruiters are trying to enlist more Latino youth. Martin Terrones reports on controversial tactics surrounding the recruitment of high school students and promises of eventual citizenship for immigrant soldiers. Military Recruitment Called into Question Over ... http://www.american-election.com/2008/12/01/military-recruitment-called-into-question-over-promises-methods/ On November 4th the three-way race for the Georgia U.S. Senate seat between Jim Martin, incumbent Saxby Chambliss and Allen Buckley ended with none of the candidates having reached 50% of the total vote. Under Georgia law, a special runoff election has been scheduled for December 2nd between Martin and ... http://www.american-election.com/2008/11/30/one-more-time/ photo: Denver, Colorado Oct. 26, 2008 Open Thread http://www.american-election.com/2008/11/29/open-thread-152/ President-elect Barack Obama released a preview of the Weekly Democratic Radio Address today, in which he discusses the meaning of the Thanksgiving holiday in this challenging time. He underscores that the spirit that binds us together as Americans is the same spirit that will lead us out of this economic ... http://www.american-election.com/2008/11/27/video-president-elect-barack-obama-discusses-the-meaning-of-thanksgiving/ Below is a statement from the Obama Transition Chief National Security Spokesperson Brooke Anderson on the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India:President-Elect Obama strongly condemns today's terrorist attacks in Mumbai, and his thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families, and the people of India. These coordinated attacks on innocent ... http://www.american-election.com/2008/11/26/obama-transition-statement-on-mumbai-terrorist-attacks/ Open Thread http://www.american-election.com/2008/11/25/open-thread-151/ Today, David Plouffe announced plans for a series of coordinated house meetings to be held on December 13th and 14th, in which grassroots supporters are being invited to help plan the future of this movement. This week, President-elect Barack Obama is announcing the key members of his White House economic ... http://www.american-election.com/2008/11/25/december-house-meetings-change-is-coming/ This morning, David Plouffe sent out the following message about President-elect Obama's new economic team: Today and yesterday, President-elect Barack Obama announced key members of an economic team tasked with creating jobs, stabilizing the economy, and getting our country back on track. Barack is bringing ... http://www.american-election.com/2008/11/25/message-from-david-plouffe-on-president-elect-obamas-new-economic-team/ President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden officially announced key members of their economic team today, naming Timothy Geithner as Secretary of the Treasury and Lawrence Summers as Director of the National Economic Council. Obama and Biden also named Christina Romer Chair of the Council of Economic advisors, and ... http://www.american-election.com/2008/11/24/president-elect-barack-obama-and-vice-president-elect-joe-biden-announce-key-members-of-economic-team/ "The 1930s recession became the Great Depression because policymakers didn't take the necessary actions," said Democratic economic adviser Jared Bernstein in a recent Washington Post article. read more Obama's new "Raw Deal" http://www.american-election.com/2008/11/24/obamas-new-raw-deal/ Remember Andy? Throughout the summer, we brought you stories from some of the Obama Organizing Fellows, volunteer organizers who spent six weeks working in states across the country in conjunction with grassroots leaders and campaign staff to help build the foundation of our general election campaign.  Many of the Fellows, ... http://www.american-election.com/2008/11/23/andy-in-ohio-i-knew-the-work-we-did-would-have-made-my-stepfather-proud/ Open Thread http://www.american-election.com/2008/11/23/open-thread-150/ President-elect Barack Obama delivered the Democratic Radio Address this morning, discussing his plans to put people back to work and get our economy moving again. Obama has directed his economic team to assemble an Economic Recovery Plan that will save or create 2.5 million more jobs by January of 2011.In ... http://www.american-election.com/2008/11/22/video-president-elect-obamas-weekly-democratic-radio-address-25-million-jobs/ Below is a message from Campaign Manager David Plouffe to the millions of supporters who helped fund this campaign over the last two years: I have a special request for you. The Obama-Biden Transition Project is a nonpartisan entity whose purpose is to facilitate the transition to a new ... http://www.american-election.com/2008/11/21/message-from-david-plouffe-the-presidential-transition/