Massachusetts: Al Gore

August 5, 2009 - 09:39 am
NEWS FEED: Boston Globe

Clinton, Gore welcome home journalists

Bill Clinton and Al Gore reunited this morning for a happy occasion -- the return of two journalists, whose release was negotiated by the former president and who worked for his former vice president. Gore praised Clinton for "performing so...

January 28, 2009 - 03:40 pm
NEWS FEED: Boston Globe

Gore urges action on climate change

Former Vice President Al Gore urged Congress this morning to take decisive action on climate change this year, despite the distraction of the worsening economic crisis. Gore, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 for his advocacy on the...

Mon, 11/03/2008 - 15:54

Analysts chime in: Setting expectations

With polls opening in less than 16 hours, PolitickerMA.com asked the local punditry to handicap the state's top of the ballot races. Here's a breakdown of what they said.

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Thu, 09/25/2008 - 11:40

Poll: Obama up 16 over McCain in Mass.

A new poll released Thursday shows Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama holding a significant 16 point lead of GOP nominee John McCain.

The SurveyUSA/WBZ-TV poll, conducted Monday and Tuesday, found that 55 percent of 679 likely voters in the Bay State are supporting the Illinois Democrat while 39 percent are backing the Arizona Republican. Three percent chose to support an alternative candidate and two percent are undecided.

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Wed, 08/27/2008 - 23:43

Today's convention schedule

The fourth and final day of the Democratic National Convention will be called to order at 5:00 PM EST on Thursday, with a theme of "Change You Can Believe In."

The final day's events will take place at INVESCO Field at Mile High, where over 70,000 people are expected to attend.

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Mon, 08/25/2008 - 19:28

Poll: Kennedy has 50% national approval rating

[img_assist|nid=839|title=U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Hyannis Port)|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=206]As the Democratic National Committee Convention prepares to pay tribute to U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, a new Rasmussen Reports poll finds him to be one of the most popular members of his party with the entire American public.

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Mon, 08/25/2008 - 17:10

Gore cuts ad for Kerry

If you turn on your television set and to hear Al Gore's voice, creeping piano and flashing images of the environmental crisis, you're either watching one of two things: his Academy Award winning documentary 'An Inconvenient Truth' or the newest re-election commercial in U.S. Sen. John Kerry's re-election campaign.

In an ad unveiled today, former Vice President Al Gore makes a rare down-ticket appearance for his longtime friend and onetime Senate colleague by calling Kerry (D-Boston) "a champion of the environment."

Sun, 08/03/2008 - 14:59

Kerry calls McCain ad 'character assassination,' while Lieberman says Obama response is 'exploitation'

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