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THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
WHO IS BEN LABOLT? OBAMA'S PRESS SECRETARY. WHAT' S HE EVER DONE TO MERIT SUSPICION? THIS (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES): Last year, Obama's Senate press secretary, Ben LaBolt, was the spokesman for the Brown campaign and roomed with de Vellis in an Ohio apartment. LaBolt only would echo the statement released by the Obama team: "The Obama campaign and its employees had no knowledge and had...
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Michael Goldfarb - The Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
... as the Office of the Vice President, has been less than forthcoming with details. "Spokesman Ben LaBolt wouldn’t even say whether Sen. Obama threw out his copy or lost it." At an earlier date, an aide actually told the New Republic the junior senator couldn't recall what he had written about, but as that editor notes, "who doesn't remember their senior thesis?" To get the inside scoop, MSNBC...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
... hearts to forgive him and move on.” Obama accepted Jackson’s apology last week. Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt said Wednesday the senator had no additional comment. The latest development is all the more shocking given Jackson’s history, not just as a civil rights leader in general but as a crusader against use of that specific word in particular. A preacher devoted to the idea that language...
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Indian Express (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
... was nowhere to be found, and Obama aides didn’t express any disappointment. Obama spokesman Ben Labolt said in an e-mail that Obama “greeted Chatwal very briefly on a rope line” at the Mayflower in Washington, but there was no discussion of the projected $10 million. What’s more, Labolt’s statement emphasised that Chatwal “does not sit on a fundraising committee, he has not fundraised...
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Lynn Sweet (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
I just heard from Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt....regarding presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) not appearing before the Democratic Leadership Council, holding a big meeting in Chicago...Obama's absence has "absolutely" nothing to do with a DLC honcho being Clinton...
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Barack Obama and John McCain are at odds over a California ballot initiative that would amend the state's Constitution to ban same-sex marriage.
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Townhall.com (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
The Washington Post story “,” drew some attention this week -- no doubt due to the fact that other prominent Democrats have recently been scandalized for having received special mortgage deals.Today, the that, “anyone with the Obamas’ financial profile could have gotten the same rate on that mortgage.”Obama's spokesman Ben LaBolt went on to say that,... the Obama family was flush with cash at...
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The Two Malcontents (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
... the time in Chicago, Obama’s rate could have saved him more than $300 per month. Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt said the rate was adjusted to account for a competing offer from another lender and other factors. "The Obamas have since had as much as $3 million invested through Northern Trust," he said in a statement. Modest adjustments in mortgage rates are common among financial institutions...
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JammieWearingFool (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
... the time in Chicago, Obama's rate could have saved him more than $300 per month. Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt said the rate was adjusted to account for a competing offer from another lender and other factors. "The Obamas have since had as much as $3 million invested through Northern Trust," he said in a statement. Modest adjustments in mortgage rates are common among financial institutions...
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LA Times (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
... at the time in Chicago, Obama's rate could have saved him more than $300 per month.Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt said the rate was adjusted to account for a competing offer from another lender and other factors. "The Obamas have since had as much as $3 million invested through Northern Trust," he said in a statement.Modest adjustments in mortgage rates are common among financial institutions...
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Liberally Conservative (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
... Muslim women wearing head scarves to appear behind Mr. Obama at a rally in Detroit. Then we have Ben LaBolt, a campaign spokesman for Obama who says: “Our campaign has made every attempt to bring together Americans of all races, religions and backgrounds to take on our common challenges.” Except when it’s inconvenient we ignore the facts, tell a little spin story to relieve the pressure...
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The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
... to bring together Americans of all races, and backgrounds to take on our common challenges, Ben LaBolt, a campaign spokesman, told the newspaper. (c) UPI
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Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
... to Obama’s general election campaign. “It’s two totally different things,” says Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt . Still, the gestures may be worth even more in political capital, especially if they help convince voters that the two candidates are ready to put the intense primary behind them and join efforts to defeat John McCain . Clinton aide Jamie Smith says former first daughter Chelsea Clinton...
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Queerty (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Barack Obama’s campaign simply can’t resist the gays! Deputy campaign chairman Steve Hildebrand and communications director Ben LaBolt hosted another gay outreach call today to announce that Dave Noble will head up the team’s LGBT Vote campaign. This is the second homo-related call in less than a week. Noble, previously director of the National Gay and [...]
