Healthcare Reform: Hillary Gets It Like No One Else
As the Democratic primaries approach, the candidates are still going at it over issues that were raised during the debate last Thursday night (transcript). In watching the debate, I was struck by...
View ArticleBarack's PAC Attack- Business as Usual, or Cause for Concern?
The Washington Post broke the story this morning- Barack Obama's political action committee, Hopefund, has been handing out money to political candidates in the early primary states of New Hampshire,...
View ArticleHillary Won the Debate- Kossacks Say So
The post-debate poll put up this afternoon had predictable results- Barack Obama won with 37%, followed by John Edwards with 27% and Hillary Clinton with 12%. Of course, that tells me a lot more about...
View ArticleEarth to Obama - Unions MADE this Party
Senator Barack Obama’s advisors had a major brainfart and apparently forgot what party they're supposedly members of with their latest stunt. Not only are they highlighting his failure to gain the...
View ArticleIn Defense of John Lewis
I never thought I'd see the day on a progressive blog where I'd have to defend John Lewis, a hero of the Selma Bloody Sunday march, and one of the "Big Six" in the civil rights movement. John Lewis...
View ArticleGallup Poll: Hillary Most Admired Woman
Not a lot of text out yet on this from Gallup, but Hillary won Gallup's most admired woman poll- AGAIN - for 2007. There's a video up on the Gallup website, but no text article yet. CNN has a blurb up...
View ArticleHillary- No Woman is Illegal
Hillary Clinton was going door to door in Las Vegas with state Assemblyman Ruben Kihuen, visiting Hispanic and black neighborhoods. From the Las Vegas Review Journal article, they stopped in on...
View ArticleHillary wins Pennsylvania straw poll
Looks like things have settled back into where they were before Iowa and New Hampshire, and the national CNN poll has suggested. A straw ballot at the Pennsylvania state Democratic committee meeting...
View ArticleFlorida doesn't count? Hillary comes through for Florida Dems.
In a memo released Tuesday, Barack Obama's campaign made it clear that "Florida doesn't count" in the candidate selection process. Our position and the position of the DNC is clear – neither the...
View ArticleGod Must Love Hillary Supporters- He Made So Many of Them
Jay Cost at RealClearPolitics is looking at the Nevada entrance poll data, and has noticed some interesting trends, particularly in comparison to Iowa and New Hampshire results. Jay's looking at...
View ArticleFlorida Heats Up: Game On in the Sunshine State
After aggravating more than a few Floridians with a "Florida plays no role" press release, Obama had a change of heart (after being compared to Katherine Harris) and "accidentally" made a national...
View ArticleHillary - "I am willing to go to the mat" for Universal Health Care
Any lingering mystery about where Hillary stands on universal health care was dispelled in last night's debate. She laid it out. Here are her words:If you don't start out trying to get universal...
View ArticleNo More Disenfranchisment- Thank You, Hillary!
Hillary's website posted a news release this afternoon clarifying her position on the seating of delegates from Michigan and Florida at the convention: "I hear all the time from people in Florida and...
View ArticlePrimary in Florida- A State that Looks Like America
After caucuses and primaries in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina, the Democratic nomination contest moves to Florida. I know, I know, we were bad and we don't get any delegates (for...
View ArticleAxelrod: Obama was Doing Hillary a Favor by Snubbing Her
When faced with irrefutable evidence of boorish behavior by his candidate, David Axelrod claims that Barack Obama was sparing Hillary's feelings by turning his back on her. Here are his words on...
View ArticleBREAKING! Hillary to Announce Huge Fundraising Day
Some of you might have gotten an email from Hillary’s campaign today announcing a fundraising effort. They want to raise $3,000,000 in just 3 days. Pretty lofty goal right?Well guess what? They’ve...
View ArticleHillary Raises Ten Million Dollars
It's splashed on the front of her website now... no press release yet. But there's not a lot to tell. The numbers speak for themselves.TEN MILLION DOLLARS SINCE SUPER TUESDAY. ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND...
View ArticleHillary Un-Debate Watch Party
Welcome to the un-debate between Hillary Clinton and.... nobody. Hillary accepted the invitation to appear with Barack Obama from WJLA-TV ABC7 and News Channel 8 in the Washington, DC metropolitan...
View ArticleFlorida Selects Delegates for the Convention
Florida Democratic State Chair Karen Thurman meant it when she said it:"There will be no other primary. Florida Democrats absolutely must vote on January 29th... The nation will be paying attention,...
View ArticleWhither Obama? World Tour?
There are some strange suggestions from inside the Obama camp being floated in Jonathan Weisman and Shailagh Murray's WaPo piece today... but formidable challenges call for drastic measures. The...
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