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Wednesday, Aug 27
Hillary Seals The Deal
Hillary Clinton has now everything she can to speed the Democratic Party towards nominating Barack Obama for president, by releasing her delegates this afternoon, thereby eliminating any chance for a divisive floor vote, and allowing the party to nominate Obama by acclmation, which...
Tuesday, Aug 26
The Clinton Speech
I am angry with the Democratic party leadership and Sen. Obama for actually thinking that Sen. Joe Biden (bless his heart) was a better candidate for Vice President than Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. I have nothing against Sen. Biden, but did anyone seriously think Biden would be as powerful, a...
Saturday, Aug 23
Biden Is A Good Pick
Biden is a far superior choice over the other possibilities on Obama's short list: Evan Bayh, Tim Kaine, or even Texas Democratic congressman Chet Edwards. Biden brings Beltway experience, feistiness, and boatloads of foreign policy seasoning that Obama sorely lacks, and Biden knows...
Friday, Aug 22
Change of Heart on Obama's VP Pick
Like every American staring at their cell phone, breathlessly awaiting a text message this morning revealing Barack's running mate, I find myself daydreaming of the possibilities: Hillary, Jesse, Dennis Kucinich, Bill Grieder, Zach de la Rocha, Russ Feingold, Bono...And simply becau...
Tuesday, Aug 19
VP Choices Announced.......by Me
The Republicans? Ignore the hyperventilating of Rush and FOX about choosing a pro-choice running mate being "political suicide," watch in amazement and pure, unadulterated joy as the corpse of Rudy Giuliani is exhumed and placed on the ticket.
Wednesday, Jul 30
Politics as Comedy
Is that enough of a "break from the way politics are conducted in Washington" dear reader? If not, let's talk about the other great VP candidate - the generally likable Joe Biden (D-Bank of America). Jeralyn at Talk Left discusses some of the ways in which Sen. Biden is the very embodiment of a...
Tuesday, May 27
Turn Loose The Surrogates, Senator Obama
It should be clear to all that John McCain and his hatchetmen, including Joe Lieberman, plan to attack Obama's inexperience and alleged softness on national security every day between now and November. They would not be able to do this had Hillary been the presumptive nominee, but that's...
Friday, Mar 7
Opinion: Sen. Obama's Rhetoric of Experience
It should be noted, however, that Barack Obama had done much of the same thing on Hillary Clinton in order to help establish his advantage in the campaign. Consider Barack Obama on Hillary Clinton and partisanship (more in the extended entry):
Friday, Jan 4
On to New Hampshire
Democrats: Clinton 32%, Obama 26%, Edwards 20%, Richardson 7%, Kucinich 3%, Biden 2%, Dodd 1%, Undecided 8% Republicans: McCain 34%, Romney 30%, Huckabee 10%, Giuliani 9%, Paul 7%, Thompson 2%, Hunter 1%, Undecided 6% Democrats: Clinton 37%, Obama 25%, Edwards 15%
Thursday, Jan 3
Official returns
SENATOR JOHN EDWARDS : 33.38% SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON : 32.40% SENATOR BARACK OBAMA : 30.76% GOVERNOR BILL RICHARDSON : 2.03% SENATOR JOE BIDEN : 1.16% SENATOR CHRIS DODD : 0.15% UNCOMMITTED : 0.12% PRECINCTS REPORTING: 191 OF 1781 PERCENTAGES ARE STATE DELEGATE EQUIVALENTS.)
Monday, Dec 31
Wither Iowa? Iowa Countdown - 4 Days
A long time ago, Iowa farmers turned out in the middle of winter to work out political matters prior to the spring when their workload dramatically increased. Starting in 1952 when Eisenhower won the first run of the New Hampshire "beauty contest", the presidential nominating process wa...
Saturday, Dec 29
Opinion: Why I Have More Foreign Policy Experience than Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama
Susan Rice, a National Security Council senior aide and State Department official under Mr. Clinton who now advises Mr. Obama, said Mrs. Clinton was not involved in “the heavy lifting of foreign policy.” Ms. Rice also took issue with a recent comment by a Clinton campaign official that Mrs. Cli...
Friday, Dec 28
Iowa Countdown - 6 Days
Which makes sense, if you think about surface perception. Based on perception - and let's step away from eriposte's analysis of who is actually representing progressive values and running typical Democratic campaigns - Edwards is running as a progressive reformer (if not revolutiona...
Sunday, Dec 9
Barack Obama's War On Of Triangulation
2. Iraq 8. War, Corporations, Supreme Court Sen. Obama's] voting record on Iraq once he entered the Senate was virtually identical to the voting record of Senator Clinton. As Greg Sargent and Eric Kleefeld noted at TPM Election Central:
Thursday, Nov 1
Obama, Biden Refuse To Sign Warning Letter To Bush On Iran
This, my friends, should be a freakin' Deal Breaker for Obama. For the past month he has been ruthlessly attacking Clinton for her vote on Kyl/Lieberman. Did the amendment take us a step closer to war, Sen. Obama? Then why the hell did you refuse to sign this letter? The man is now playing politi...
Monday, Oct 29
The Bankruptcy Bill: Democratic Presidential Candidates Edition
Let's first look at how Senators in Congress in 2000 voted on the Bill. Sen. Biden, Sen. Edwards and Sen. Lieberman all voted in favor of this Bill (table below). Sen. Dodd and Sen. Feingold opposed the Bill. Senate Roll Call # VoteSen. Biden Sen. ClintonSen. Dodd Sen. Edwards Sen. Feingold Sen. Lieberman...
Monday, Oct 15
"Law and Order": Democratic Presidential Candidates Edition
As shown in the table below, Sen. Clinton and Sen. Biden have the best record on this. Sen. Edwards and Sen. Obama were not in Congress for one of the two votes but voted the right way when they were in the Senate. Sen. Dodd, along with Senators Feingold and Lieberman voted the wrong way in one case each....
Tuesday, Oct 9
Is Hillary a "Corporate Democrat"? - Part 2
In my first post on this subject, I made a strong case, based on voting records compiled by Progressive Punch, Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), the AFL-CIO and SEIU, that the label of "Corporate Democrat" as applied to Sen. Hillary Clinton is inappropriate and extraordinarily mis...
Monday, Sep 17
Hillary Clinton: It Takes A Woman - and A Village
The common criticism of Hillary Clinton: "What bothers people (including me) about her is her naked ambition." Here's the challenge Sen. Clinton faces - and what we face as progressives, especially if she wins the Democratic nomination for President.
Thursday, Jul 26
An Endorsement Follow-Up
Several of you have brought up concerns about how having Hillary at the top of the ticket would hurt down ballot Democratic candidates next year. Others have concerns that Hillary is too corporate. If you bash Hillary for being the wrong candidate at the top of the ticket for down ballot Demo...
Thursday, Apr 12
Will Hillary Be The Front-Runner By 2008?
But the more I thought about it and looked closer at that LAT poll, it struck me that there is a bigger possibility at play here. Aside from McCain’s troubles, and that of all the GOP candidates because of their support for the war, how many of you think that Hillary will even be the leading Demo...
Thursday, Mar 29
Making A Clean Break In 2008
Let me ask you something. By the time we reach early 2008, and survive the next 12 months or so of Bush scandals, Democratic hearings, Bush vetoes, Democratic responses, and over hyped media coverage of the top tier of Democratic contenders, including the upcoming sandbagging of Hillary...
