Archive for July 13th, 2010

url='http://www.emilymillerdc.com/2010/07/13/david-vitter-defends-knife-wielding-staffer-faces-new-gop-primary/';size='small';username='@EmilyMillerDC';Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) is not only facing a GOP primary challenger this week, he’s also defending keeping a long-time aide on staff after pleading guilty to domestic violence. Photo – NOLA.com Former Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Chet Traylor announced Friday that he is running against Vitter for the Republican nomination. Traylor made the last-minute...
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url='http://www.emilymillerdc.com/2010/07/13/david-axelrod-offending-black-men-on-streets-of-d-c/';size='small';username='@EmilyMillerDC';Obama advisor David Axelrod and attorney Donald Edmond walked past each other on a downtown street in D.C. on Sunday afternoon. Edmond was on his way to his law firm’s office when Axelrod “tried to greet me.” Axelrod was walking along N Street toward 15th with a “young, slender, tan brunette woman” around 2:40pm. Photo –...
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url='http://www.emilymillerdc.com/2010/07/13/obama-play-golf-or-save-the-gulf/';size='small';username='@EmilyMillerDC';The Republican Party has been very careful not to politicize the Gulf oil spill and President Obama’s reaction to it, letting the American people judge based on his actions alone. But even without politicization, Obama’s poll numbers have fallen, and even Democratic party leaders James Carville and Terry McAuliffe have criticized his response. RNC spokesman Doug Heye tells...
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