Drudge is calling Obama ‘the nominee.’ It’s not a done deal, but it now seems inevitable thanks to a decisive win in North Carolina and a near draw in Indiana. The aftermath though, will certainly focus more on last night’s loser.
Hillary canceled her media appearances this morning. Obviously had she not done that, she could [...]
When freedom hangs by a thread…
“We’re going to knock balls out of the country’s park,” [Hillary Clinton] says, standing in a minor-league baseball stadium, “for the home team, which is America”
[via MoJo and The Economist]
Aside from this being the worst sports analogy of all time, Hillary continues to wrap herself in the flag with this [...]
Republican John McCain was forced to clarify his comments Friday suggesting the Iraq war involved U.S. reliance on foreign oil. He said he was talking about the first Gulf War and not the current conflict.
Sure thing John, because everyone is talking about the Gulf War right now. And when you said that your energy policy [...]
Numerically the Democratic primary is over. I’ll spare you the minutia, but Hillary can’t catch up to Obama in delegates, which, unless we’re going to toss out the rules, is the only metric that counts.
Unlike some other rabid Obama supporters (yes, I’m talking about you, Keith), I’m not calling for Hillary to get out of [...]
Obama is under fire for telling the truth about small town America — they’ve been left behind:
You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them…And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the [...]
Obama’s speech was one of the best — and most frank — political speeches in recent memory. It was deep in many respects: race, class, and religion being the most noticeable. I was particularly struck by one passage on our political discourse though:
For we have a choice in this country. We can accept a politics [...]
[This column is written by Chuck Foster of Yountville, CA. He blogs at THOUGHT BANDIT]
Thus far the Democratic Party’s 2008 primary election has been historical in so many ways. Here I present a hypothetical, albeit a rather dashed off treatment, which if realized will truly shake things up. If at some point you begin [...]
In an obvious development, it turns out the telecom industry has been quite generous to members of Congress these past few years. One could make the case that this compromises Congress’ objectivity in regards to FISA extensions — the so-called ‘Protect America Act — with telecom immunity.
The 68 senators who voted “yes” on the legislation [...]
It is now official: the fight over FISA extensions is not about phone conversations — it’s about internet data.
At a Monday breakfast sponsored by the American Bar Association, Assistant Attorney General for National Security Kenneth Wainstein remarked that the fight over the eavesdropping bill actually centers on US interception of email.
“In response to a [...]
I’m sure you’ve seen these ads on CNN. They’re furnished by a group called ‘Americans for Balanced Energy Choices.’ After a little research, it turns out that by ‘Americans,’ they mean a collection of mining companies, coal transporters, and electricity producers–the coal industry.
The group’s message — that coal-fired power plants can be clean, and that [...]
The Blogosphere is alleging that the Clinton campaign has darkened a photo of Barack Obama in a new ad. Some have drawn parallels between Clinton’s ad and the infamous Newsweek/Time covers with OJ Simpson–this ad doesn’t seem to meet that high standard of race-baiting in my opinion. There’s no doubt the image is darker, although [...]
In preparation for a general election he calls ‘tribal,’ Mark Halperin of Time proposes 16 points that Sen John McCain should adhere to in a likely match-up with Sen Barack Obama. One of those points has riled the blogosphere:
6. Allow some supporters to risk being accused of using the race card when criticizing Obama.
How low [...]
In clear contempt of American civil liberties, the Senate voted today to legalize President Bush’s warrant-less wiretapping programs and shield telecoms from privacy lawsuits stemming from their cooperation.
The bill, which expires in six years, allows the government to install permanent wiretapping outposts in telephone and internet facilities inside the United States without a warrant. However, [...]
[This is a repost and it is long, but it is important, thank you for understanding.]
The Senate will vote this afternoon on S.2248, an extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which has become anything but foreign. It has morphed into a decree on domestic spying, particularly giving telecom companies immunity for taking part in [...]
Hillary Clinton’s campaign got their feathers ruffled last week after David Shuster suggested Chelsea Clinton was being ‘pimped out.’ That’s nothing compared to a joke John McCain told at a Republican fund-raiser in 1998. The Washington Post said the it was ‘too vicious to print.’ You decide:
“Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly?
Because her father is [...]
The Republican National Committee released a video today attacking Senate Democrats for their opposition to the Orwellian FISA extensions. The fear mongering in this video is Tancredo-esque: complete with ticking clocks, jingoism, and simplistic conclusions.
While these scare tactics are especially disturbing, the Arabic like pronunciation of Barack Obama’s name and the vilification of Democrats in [...]
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