Aug 1st, 2008 · The political parties are trying new methods for writing their platforms this year. The Republicans are going all digital, inviting comments via YouTube and message boards. Meanwhile, the Democrats have embraced the Obama camp's fondness for caucuses — they'll hold 1,400 platform-writing meetings in living rooms and community centers around the country. Both camps say they're making the platform-writing process more democratic — to an extent.
Keywords: Republicans · community · politics · Democrats · country · parties · platforms · embraces · digital · Obama · inviting · YouTube
Jul 25th, 2008 · Earlier this month, the Platform Committee for the Republican National Convention launched a Web site to bring participatory democracy to the platform-writing process. North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, one of the committee's co-chairs, talks about the process.
Keywords: committee · GOP · democracy · platforms · Republican National Convention · Platform Committee · Carolina Sen · Richard Burr
Jul 22nd, 2008 · Pastor Jeff Harlow intended to explain unity in his Sunday sermon in Kokomo, Ind., so he wheeled a motorcycle into church. He wanted to show how the rider becomes one with the bike. Instead, he lost control and the motorcycle shot off the platform and into the front pews.
Keywords: unity · riders · platforms · pastor · Motorcycle · indian · sermon · pews · Kokomo · Pastor Jeff Harlow
Jul 14th, 2008 · Lawmakers are considering lifting the 27-year ban on offshore drilling along much of the nation's coastline. Though the ban's supporters have said drilling would drive tourists away, some say that current production platforms off the coast of Alabama are benign fixtures.
Keywords: products · national · lawmakers · Alabama · Gulf · platforms · tourists · fixtures · Benigni · Coastlines
May 8th, 2008 · Softball player Jessica Mendoza won a gold medal in the 2004 Athens Olympics. The Olympics in China this year provide a great platform to discuss Human Rights, she says, but could the simple word "Darfur" cause her to lose a medal?
Keywords: politics · China · players · platforms · Darfur · gold · balance · Softball · olympic · Human Rights · Jessica Mendoza · 2004 Athens Olympics
Feb 15th, 2008 · Dr. Douglas Kamerow says all of the major presidential candidates omit a very important issue from their health care proposals. The former assistant surgeon general's search of the health care platforms of the candidates failed to find a single mention of the term "primary care."
Keywords: presidential · proposal · Health · candidate · platforms · surgeon · Douglas Kamerow
Jan 29th, 2008 · Advisers say New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg may make an independent run for president. It's hard to guess what issues would define his candidacy -- considering he's been a Democrat, a Republican and now an independent.
Keywords: Republicans · Democrats · president · independent · platforms · candidacy · Bloomberg
Jan 17th, 2008 · Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says one of the biggest threats to U.S. security may now come from within Europe. In an interview with the BBC, Chertoff says American authorities were becoming increasingly aware that Europe could become a "platform for terrorists".
Keywords: security · terrorist · Europe · Americans · terrorizing · BBC · interviews · platforms · Chertoff
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