Senator Obama has a specific plan that will reduce our dependence on foreign oil, grow our economy, and tackle climate change. Senator Obama's New Energy for America Plan will invest $150 billion over the next ten years to encourage private efforts to develop clean energy technologies in a clean energy future. Not only is it Obama's intention to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050, but his plan should create millions of new green jobs.
In Maine, the Republicans for Obama group is headed by former Maine Republican Party Chairman Robert Monks and former Republican state Rep. Sherry Huber. The Portland Press-Herald reported that Monks said he was impressed by Obama's positions on energy policy, conservation and retirement funding. "Obama is good for Maine businesses," he said. A number of high-profile Republicans have come out in support of Obama. Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of Republican former president Dwight Eisenhower, is voting for Obama because:
We want to have the strongest country we can and also the most prosperous … and I think Senator Obama brings to this race a little capacity to engage people not only across the aisle, but across generations and across racial divides and I think he has his eyes firmly set on the long-term strategic picture.
Here is a video of a few of the Republicans for Obama in Indiana:
If you are a Republican who’s ready for a change, and ready for an administration that works across party lines for all Americans, join Republicans for Obama today.
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Democrats post big gains in voter registration . . . The epic nomination battle between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton helped put millions more Democrats on the voter rolls while Republican registration declined. . . . . . Since the last federal election in 2006, volunteers like Graham combined with the enthusiasm generated by the Obama-Clinton struggle to add more than 2 million Democrats to voter rolls in the 28 states that register voters according to party affiliation. The Republicans have lost nearly 344,000 thousand voters in the same states. . . . Both Obama and his Republican rival, John McCain, are fighting for independent swing voters, and many of the new Democrats had been unaffiliated voters. The number of unaffiliated voters dropped by nearly 900,000 since 2006. Many joined the Democratic Party to take part in the primaries and caucuses, and now they will now be targeted by an aggressive get-out-the-vote campaign. . . . Nationwide, there are about 42 million registered Democrats and about 31 million Republicans, according to statistics compiled by The Associated Press. The Democrats have posted big gains in many competitive states, including Nevada, New Hampshire, Iowa, Colorado and Florida. They have also been targeting historically Republican southern states. Since 2006, the Democrats have added 167,000 voters in North Carolina, while the Republicans have added 36,000. The Democrats' biggest voter registration goal is in Georgia, where the Obama campaign hopes to register 500,000 voters before the election, said Dean, who has spent the past month traveling the country on a voter registration bus tour. . . . In Pennsylvania, the Democrats have added 375,000 voters since 2006 while the Republicans have lost 117,000. . . .
Palin did not ask for a medical OK to fly, the doctor said.
"You can't have a fish picker from Texas."
PREMATURE RUPTURE OF MEMBRANES (AT TERM) . . . The neonatal risks of expectant management of PROM include infection, placental abruption, fetal distress, fetal restriction deformities and pulmonary hypoplasia, and fetal/neonatal death. Fetal death does occur in approximately 1% of patients with PROM who have been expectantly managed. The primary determinant of neonatal morbidity and mortality is gestational age at delivery, again stressing the importance of conservative management when possible. In general, prognosis is good after 32 weeks' gestation as long as no other complicating factor, such as congenital malformation or pulmonary hypoplasia, exists. PREMATURE PRETERM RUPTURE OF MEMBRANES PPROM occurring from 24-37 weeks' gestation is far more difficult to manage than PROM at term. Several issues need to be considered in formulating a plan of management. Prematurity is the principal risk to the fetus, while infection morbidity and its complications are the primary maternal risks. All plans for management of PPROM remote from term should include the family and the medical team caring for the pregnancy, including the neonatal and maternal medical team. Remote from term, PPROM should only be cared for in facilities where a NICU is available and capable of caring for the neonate. Because most PPROM pregnancies deliver within a week of ROM, transfer of the pregnant mother to a qualified facility is urgent and should be facilitated immediately upon diagnoses. . . .
Link FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 4, 2008 Contact: Deirdre A. Cronin Executive Director 907-339-4203 “Covenant House Alaska is a multi-service agency serving homeless and runaway youth, including teen mothers. The majority of the agency’s annual operating budget is privately raised, with no more than 10 to 15 percent of funds coming from state grants in any given year. We are grateful for the support we have received from Governor Sarah Palin, the Alaska legislature and our Congressional delegation over the years. Despite some press reports to the contrary, our operating budget was not reduced. Our $3.9 million appropriation is directed toward a multi-year capital project and it is our understanding that the state simply opted to phase in its support for this project over several years, rather than all at once in the current budget year.” Covenant House Alaska is Alaska’s largest private non-profit adolescent care agency serving homeless, runaway and at–risk youth between the ages of 13 and 21. With particular expertise in helping some of the most hopeless teens grow into independent, successful and productive adults. -END
