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During their convention, which ended on August 28, 2008, the Democratic National Committee presented a platform that includes the endorsement of a National Catastrophe Fund. The platform specifically calls for "a National Catastrophic ... for high-risk catastrophes that no single private insurer can cover by itself for fear of bankruptcy." The establishment of National Catastrophe Fund, the party says, would "allow states to deal comprehensively with the economic dislocation of natural disasters." ...

Eleventh Circuit rejects Tampa political consultant's contention that his constitutional rights were violated when the Democratic National Committee stripped Florida of its delegates: You can access today's ruling in DiMaio v. Democratic National Committee at this link. The appeal was argued on Monday, and The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported on the oral argument in its Tuesday edition in an article headlined "Florida voter lawsuit gets hearing in Atlanta; ...

From a DNC press release: The Democratic National Committee today filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in D.C. to compel the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to investigate John McCain's decision to unilaterally withdraw from the FEC's matching funds program...

"This book tour has only reinforced the tabloid aspects of her profile, wasted a platform to add substance, driven deeper the schisms in the Republican party and sucked the oxygen out of the room for anyone else to emerge. So, God bless." They're entitled to their spin. The question is whether it makes them look worse and whether local reporters lap up what they've been spoonfed. At the link is a list of 22 Sarah Palin "lies," such as "Palin Implies She Is The Only One To Get Questions On Her ...

... . earlier this week. The Senate Democratic Policy Committee held a two hour hearing on soldiers' exposures to sodium dichromate at Qarmat Ali in 2003. Here is a link to the webcast of the hearing . Oregon National Guard member Rocky Bixby represented ... people are owed thanks and recognition for their efforts., including all the senators who attended. Senator Dorgan, who chairs the committee, has been a force for change on this matter. Senators Bayh, Rockefeller, Reid, Whitehouse, Udall, and Wyden ...

... Bloggers, video-loggers, and even party delegates themselves are promising to provide their take on the events at the Democratic National Convention. This could be the most blogged, v-logged, and photographed convention in the nation's ... create its convention hub.) The hub is also aggregating blog and Twitter postings about the convention. The Democratic National Convention Committee is itself encouraging independent-spirited coverage of its convention. Its providing video-uploading stations for v ...

Politico reports. Chairman Michael Steele has said that this "will accomplish little than to give the media and our opponents the opportunity to mischaracterize Republicans," but the answer to that is - per Politico - "Who cares?"

... go into effect until after the 2008 primary on June 3. The reason cited was the Democratic National Committee's Rules & Bylaws Committee requires a 30-day comment period to amend the 2008 Delegate Selection Plan for ... the proposal impractical for now. In order to eliminate confusion, the proposal was tabled. It will not be considered at the next State Central Committee, scheduled to coincide with McGovern Day in Sioux Falls on Saturday morning, April 19. The open primary proposal will be ...

... of McCain's presidential campaign consultants served simultaneously as an adviser to a particular kind of lobbying group devoted to defeating the Democratic presidential candidates. Co-ordination between political candidates and such lobbying groups is illegal. ... after bloggers called them out on their membership of the organization. The video footage came courtesy of the Democratic National Committee, which late last year launched a project called FlipperTV. The project collects amateur video ...

The Democratic National Committee on Monday launched a new fusillade online against John McCain, the Republican party's presumptive presidential nominee, with a new software-enabled compendium of opposition research. The DNC's McCainpedia ... (Republican National Committe) and the DNC try new technologies, they're really scared," he says. "The problem is that the Democratic party is the same as any other party -- they want to control the message." "The whole point of this is to centralize opposition ...