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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In the midst of a major celebration here at brianmcguigan.com, I realized that today is my last opportunity to post this video.
[Hat tip to Brian's Brain for the find.]
Early reports indicate that irregularities are being found in the New Hampshire recount. All conspiracies aside–Hillary won–We’re seeing discrepancies between the election night vote and the hand recount. Although the differences seem to be relatively minor across the state, they cumulatively pose serious questions about the voting process there.
You can see the differences for yourself [...]
Larry O’Donnell agrees with my analysis of John Edwards’ candidacy:
John Edwards is a loser. He has won exactly two elections in his life and lost 31. Only one of his wins and all of his losses were in presidential primaries and caucuses. He remains perfectly positioned to continue to lose with a Kucinich-like consistency. Nothing [...]
Mike Huckabee’s response to a question of whether or not he supports wife submission appears to be answered smoothly. I’m struck by his body language though, particularly his blinking. If you just look at his eyes while he answers, you’ll see what I’m talking about. He blinks an inordinate amount of times.
I consulted an article [...]
Yesterday I spoke about how the Democratic Party employs super-delegates to “supply some Establishment stability to the nominating process.” I realize that I didn’t spell out the impact this could have on the nomination in 2008.
This post by Jeff Mapes of the Oregonian makes it clear why super-delegates could sway the outcome:
I just got off [...]
After two contests, the Democratic delegate count is not as it appears. Hillary Clinton has a massive delegate lead, not because of her win in NH, but because of her political connections:
WASHINGTON - It’s called the Democratic Party, but one aspect of the party’s nominating process is at odds with grass-roots democracy.
Voters don’t choose the [...]
The Democratic primary is a match between change and convention. Barack Obama embodies the hope for change for all Americans–the hope to right our broken political system. His counterpart, Hillary Clinton is the candidate of convention–promising change but ensuring a continuation of the established Washington system.
Meanwhile, John Edwards is running as the man angry [...]
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