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The Obama Campaign Makes History of a Different Kind
Barack Obama's fundraising is boggling the minds of political pros in both parties. He's on track to raise more money all by himself than the record of $700 million combined set by Bush and Kerry four years ago. We debate public financing today, update the early voting, and talk to a skeptic about the integrity of voting systems around the country. Also, oil prices heading back up, and Planet Earth and the "ecological credit crunch."
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenBarack Obama's fundraising is boggling the minds of political pros in both parties. He's on track to raise more money all by himself than the record of $700 million combined set by Bush and Kerry four years ago. We debate public financing today, update the early voting, and talk to a skeptic about the integrity of voting systems around the country. Also, oil prices heading back up, and comparing what human beings are doing to the Earth to the global economic recession.
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3 storiesOil and Gas Prices Heading Back Up?
After peaking at $147 a barrel in July, oil prices yesterday were at their lowest since 2007, $63 a barrel. Today, they started back up again. Neil King is International Energy reporter at the Wall Street Journal .
Read the story6 minMoney, the Campaign and Voting Integrity
In 2004, George Bush and John Kerry raised $700 million combined for their presidential campaigns. That was a record. A year ago, Barack Obama promised to limit himself to public financing, but changed his mind.
Read the story35 minOverextended on Our Ecological Credit Card
Just as the global economy is recklessly burning up wealth, the world's population is burning up natural resources. The World Wildlife Fund, the Zoological Society of London and the Global Footprint Network are reporting today that human demands on natural resources are over-reaching what Earth can sustain by almost a third. They call it a…
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