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by Josh Kalven
11:35am
Tue Jul 8, 2008

Obama Takes Aim At The 2005 Bankruptcy Bill

Economy

As mortgage and medical costs skyrocket, unemployment rises, and
wages stagnate, it's not surprising that more families are falling into
the debt trap. In 2007, personal bankruptcy filings in the United
States jumped 40 percent and in the first six months of this year, ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
5:53pm
Mon Jul 7, 2008

Obama Plans To Double Campaign Presence In Indiana

White House '08

According to The Times (of Northwest Indiana), the Obama campaign will be doubling its number of offices in Indiana in the near future:

Obama began running a biographical ad here in late June, and last week the campaign added a second television spot in Indiana ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
9:39am
Mon Jul 7, 2008

Despite CHA Example, Public/Private Housing Can Work

Housing

After reading the well-reported, June 27 Boston Globe article on the deteriorating affordable housing units in Barack Obama's former state senate district, Josh asked
how public/private affordable housing partnerships could be improved
and what alternative federal ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
2:32pm
Thu Jul 3, 2008

Barack Obama Supports My New Bicycle

Barack Obama

Both the national and local press didn't think it merited mentioning, but it's pretty exciting (mind-blowing even) that Barack Obama met with 160 assembled cyclists three weeks ago, including representatives of most of the nation’s prominent bike transportation groups. ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
12:01pm
Wed Jul 2, 2008

It's All In The FICO Score

Barack Obama

So how'd the Obamas finance their $1.65 million Hyde Park home? Joe Stephens of The Washington Post says they did it through a "discounted" loan:

The freshman Democratic senator received a discount. He
locked in an interest rate of 5.625 percent on the 30...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
10:42am
Wed Jul 2, 2008

Obama's Orchestra

White House '08

At a campaign stop in March, Hillary Clinton famously opined that while she and John McCain had crossed "the commander-in-chief threshold," it was unclear whether or not Barack Obama could claim the same readiness for the White House. It was a biting dig at the ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
3:22pm
Tue Jul 1, 2008

Getting Faith-Based Initiatives Right

White House '08

Since the government began working with faith-based organizations,
there have been safeguards in place to protect the constitutionality of
such partnerships. For instance, tax dollars could only support secular programs and religious discrimination with public funds was
...

PI Original
by Mose Buchele
1:35pm
Tue Jul 1, 2008

Anti-Telecom Immunity Group Fourth Largest On Obama's Website

Barack Obama

Last Thursday progressive supporters of Barack Obama who disagree with his position on legislation before Congress to modify the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) started a group on MyBarackObama.com urging the candidate to "Get FISA Right." According ...

PI Original
by Mose Buchele
11:09am
Tue Jul 1, 2008
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Dick Morris Back To His Old Tricks On WIND

Taxes

Conservative author and political commentator Dick Morris was dropping more idiot bombs on WIND's John and Cisco in the Morning
yesterday. In the course of telling co-host Cisco Cotto why an Obama
presidency would mean an end to life as we know it, Morris offered up ...