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Howard Dean to Superdelegates: Make Up Your Mind Now
2008-04-18 07:24:00
Howard Dean spoke with Wolf Blitzer of CNN on Thursday and repeated his call for the remaining undecided superdelegates to make up their mind, starting now. Dean has stated before that he would like the race to be determined before July 1st which would give the nominee nearly two months to prepare for the convention. Dean said there are 35 percent of the remaining superdelegates who have yet to make a decision. ?There?s about 65 percent, roughly, percent of the superdelegates who voted, there?s about 320 some odd left to vote. I need them to say who they are for, starting now. They really do need to do that,? Dean said. Dean explained that the last primary date is on June 3rd and that there is no reason for the Democrats to give up 2 or 3 months of active campaigning due to indecisive superdelegates. Dean did not mince words when it came to making a decision if you are a superdelegate. Dean wants decisions to be made now or at least by June 3rd when the p...
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Pennsylvania Debate Focuses Little on the Issues
2008-04-17 07:27:00
Wednesday night?s debate in Pennsylvania featured questions about some of the most controversial statements and potentially damaging campaign supporters. Clinton tried to explain the difference between being received in Bosnia with sniper fire and being welcomed by a crowd featuring a small child with flowers in hand. Senator Clinton admitted that she lied when it came to Bosnia and asked voters to try and ?look over? the issue. ?I may be a lot of things, but I?m not dumb. On a couple of occasions in the last weeks, I just said some things that were not in keeping with what I knew to be the case.? ?I?m embarrassed by it. I apologized for it. I said it was a mistake,? she added. I wonder if she realizes that in that statement she said that she?s not dumb, she just knowingly lied about some things. One thing she obviously has not learned is that in the modern age we can find video of almost anything. As first lady your trips are well documented and there are going to be c...
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Clinton Booed for Comments on Obama?s ?Bitter? Remark
2008-04-15 06:36:00
During a political speech in San Francisco Barack Obama made a so called ?gaffe? which led to many calling him an elitist. Obama said small town Pennsylvanians that have lost their jobs may "get bitter [and] cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.?Pundits and political opponents were quick to interpret these comments as sounding elitist by calling small town people ?radicals? or ?crazy gun toting racists?.Clinton and McCain both called Obama an ?elitist?. Over the weekend the media also spent a lot of their time discussing whether or not his comments made him ?elitist?.?[Clinton and McCain]Both of whom have spent decades in Washington saying I?m out of touch, it is time to cut through the rhetoric and look at the reality,? Obama said. Obama?s comments were met with loud cheers from the people of Pennsylvania.?I know that many of you, like me, were disappointed...
More About: Religion , Hillary Clinton , Immigration

Daily Show Documentary on ?Fair and Balanced News Channel?
2008-04-12 09:05:00
You may have thought over the past 7 years that the Fox News channel was an extension of the Bush administration. According to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart , Fox News has now been around for 12 wonderful years. On Thursday night John Oliver of The Daily Show began a two part documentary on the Fox News channel showing just how ?fair and balanced? they actually have been. The parts of the piece only total about 10 minutes but it is all that is needed to show the different types of coverage that is given to two different administrations. When it came to executive privilege, journalists for Fox News wanted it limited during the Clinton administration and expanded during the Bush administration. Clinton?s matter was a personal and sexual matter, yet the journalists at Fox News felt that Clinton should have to testify by order of Republicans in congress. Bill O?Reilly for example, was outraged when Democrats wanted Bush?s advisors to testify before congress ove...
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Clinton Fights to Reduce Expectations as Polls Tighten in PA
2008-04-10 06:29:00
Barack Obama has been slowly gaining ground on Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania and the Clinton campaign on Wednesday worked aggressively to reduce expectations in the state. Senator Clinton previously held what was thought to be an insurmountable lead in Pennsylvania and it has shrunk down to a near tie. There have been nine polls conducted since the beginning of April and the Real Clear Politics average shows Senator Clinton still has a 7.9 percent lead. An American Research Group poll, however, found there to be a statistical tie between Obama and Clinton. Another poll conducted by Public Policy Polling (PPP) showed Obama had a 2 point edge over Clinton in Pennsylvania. Clinton previously held double-digit leads over Obama in Pennsylvania, which is why they are working so hard to reduce expectations. ?The fact that we still maintain a lead after Sen. Obama spent six days here and got the backing of Sen. Casey (D-Penn.), and in light of being outspent,...
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Obama Talks VP Criteria
2008-04-08 07:49:00
Photo by Steve Boxbe Flickr Barack Obama talked with the Huffington Post on Monday about what he would like in a Vice Presidential running mate. What others see as his weaknesses, Obama feels are his greatest strengths. ?I would like somebody who knows about a bunch of stuff that I'm not an expert on,? Obama said. Most critics would see Obama?s weaknesses being security issues and foreign policy. ?I think a lot of people assume that might be some sort of military thing to make me look more Commander-in-Chief-like. Ironically, this is an area--foreign policy is the area where I am probably most confident that I know more and understand the world better than Senator Clinton or Senator McCain,? Obama said. Obama explained that when Clinton talks about visiting 80 countries you do not see the important parts of the country. Obama talked about how he has taken those same trips and that he did not learn what you need to about those countries. ?You do that in eight...
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Obama raises $40 Million in March
2008-04-04 08:45:00
Obama smiles back in January at an event at Gallaudet University in Washington DC. Obama has reason to smile again after raising more than $40M dollars in March . (Photo by SEIU: SEUI Flickr) Barack Obama?s campaign announced on Thursday that he had raised over $40 million dollars during the month of March. 218,000 donors gave for the first time during March raising his total to 1.3 million people who have given money to his campaign. Senator Clinton announced that she raised more than $20 million dollars during March. Clinton?s number is large in itself but yet only half as much as Obama was able to raise during the same time period. Clinton?s March total was the second best of her campaign and Obama?s $40 million was also one of his best months. In February Obama was able to raise $55 million, while Clinton was able to raise $35 million dollars. Obama has shown that he has a major advantage over Clinton in fundraising throughout most of the campaign. As m...
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Murtha Denies Obama Credit for Iraq Speech, Praises Reagan Administration
2008-04-04 07:48:00
The man who was made famous by his post invasion opposition to the war in Iraq is brushing off Obama?s pre-invasion anti-war stance. John Murtha (D-Pennsylvania) became popular after he spoke out against the war after he was given the gift of hindsight. "Obama had a nice view from the outside. It is easy when you are outside to make a statement like that. When you are inside, you have a responsibility to try and work this thing out. I don't know that [his speech] had an impact. I didn't even know about the speech. A lot of people said a lot of things," Murtha said. Murtha has endorsed Senator Clinton which came as a surprise to many. There were many pundits and experts that thought Obama?s stance on the war before the invasion would be a big factor in deciding who to endorse. Based on Murtha?s statement about Obama?s speech he is trying to shoulder off his responsibility for his vote by saying inside the beltway politicians had more reasons to go into Iraq. ...
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New Poll Gives Obama Edge in Pennsylvania
2008-04-03 06:42:00
Call him the comeback kid. According to a new poll done by Public Policy Poll ing (PPP), Obama now has a slight lead over Clinton in Pennsylvania . The poll showed Obama had 45 percent and Clinton had 43 percent support. A poll also done by PPP between March 15 and March 16 showed Clinton leading 56 percent to 30 percent. According to this PPP poll Clinton had a 26 percent lead just two weeks earlier. Obama still has a long way to go before he can claim any kind of victory in Pennsylvania. Certainly the kind of comeback he has had in the polls can be seen as a victory for the Obama campaign at this point in Pennsylvania. Barack Obama began lowering expectations in Pennsylvania as soon as he started campaigning there. Obama acknowledged that a 10 point loss to Clinton in the state would be entirely possible. Senator Clinton is counting heavily on Pennsylvania where she expected/expects to do well. Some say that a Clinton victory of 59 percent of the vote wou...
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Obama Attacks McCain on Iraq; McCain Attacks Obama on Experience
2008-04-01 06:06:00
McCain borrowed page one from the Clinton playbook by going after Obama on his level of experience. McCain was able to observe the high rate of success that Senator Clinton had when she attacked Obama on experience and thought he would try it. McCain said that Obama, ?hasn't read or doesn't understand the history of this country,? McCain went on to say, ?In all due respect, he displays a fundamental misunderstanding of history, of how we maintain national security and what we need to do in the future to maintain our security. But I understand it because he has no experience or background in any of it.? Obama is apparently not learned enough to understand the fine principles of preemptive war under faulty intelligence. Obama was also on the offensive on Monday attacking McCain for his position on the war in Iraq . "The problem that we've had, both with John McCain and George Bush, is there's no clear definition of success. There never was. And that's why t...
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Clinton?s Run May Come Down to Money
2008-03-31 06:46:00
The past week the battle of words between Democratic Party members over the status of the presidential nomination has greatly intensified. Surrogates from both Clinton ?s campaign and Obama?s campaign have fueled arguments over whether or not Senator Clinton should step aside. On Friday, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) and Senator Christopher Dodd (D-Connecticut) both called for Senator Clinton to rethink her chances of being able to win the nomination. Leahy told reporters that Clinton, ?has every right, but not a very good reason, to remain a candidate for as long as she wants to.? Leahy and Dodd are both Obama supporters and Obama was quick to deny having any part in their statements. Senator Clinton responded quickly by saying that she was in this race for the long haul. Clinton told aides that she would not be ?bullied out? of the race. For comments on whether or not Hillary should step aside we go to her most vocal supporter. Former Presiden...
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Obama Girl and McCain Girls
2008-03-27 07:26:00
Obama girl is back. This time she is asking Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to stop attacking her crush, Barack Obama . McCain has his own third party fans making videos for him starring three ?McCain girls?. The McCain girls take the song ?It?s Raining Men? and turn it into ?It?s Raining McCain?. The video shows the vast differences between the two in their video making talents. The Obama girl videos feature an actress lip-syncing the words to the song. The McCain girls video makes it quite obvious that they are not lip-syncing. The oldest of the McCain girls was not informed that she should not wear green clothing in front of a green screen. McCain?s face flies around the screen and cut outs of the senator are used to simulate water. One of the girls even washes her face with the tiny McCain?s. While these videos are all funny (whether or not they are intended to be funny) it is becoming apparent throughout this campaign that third party producers of thes...
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Sinbad Debunks Clinton Sniper Story
2008-03-26 07:03:00
Senator Clinton ducks from sniper fire behind a small child at Bosnian airstrip. The last time I saw Sinbad in a movie it was while flipping through Saturday afternoon television. His starring role was a secret service agent responsible for guarding the president?s son. The comedian has re-emerged in a new role as a Barack Obama supporter. Why is this important? Sinbad has some information that may help to debunk a statement told by Senator Clinton about their trip to Bosnia. In 1996, Hillary Clinton , Chelsea Clinton, Sinbad, and others made a trip to Bosnia on behalf of the United States. Earlier this week Senator Clinton recalled her trip to Bosnia by saying, ?There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base.? Video from Bosnia in 1996 shows Senator Clinton being greeted by an 8 year old girl with flowers in her hand for the First Lady...
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Look Who?s ?Ducking? Now
2008-03-25 04:38:00
Hillary Clinton railed Barack Obama for not agreeing to a debate in Wisconsin. Guess who has not yet agreed to a April 19th debate in North Carolina ? Senator Clinton. Barack Obama has accepted both invitations to the April 16th debate in Pennsylvania and the April 19th debate in North Carolina. Senator Clinton ran two television spots in Wisconsin accusing Obama of not wanting to debate the issues with her in that state. Clinton at that time was desperate to get on the stage and debate Obama because she believed she had an advantage in that setting. Obama has stepped up his game when it comes to debates. In Texas and Ohio , Obama was relaxed, cool, and articulate. Obama showed in the last two debates that Hillary?s debating advantage had disappeared. Obama?s confidence as a debater may very well be the reason that he has agreed to debate and she has not. Obama and his campaign feel that a debate will not do any damage to him and may help him. Howar...
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Richardson Endorses Obama: Clinton Camp Gets Jealous
2008-03-22 04:12:00
On Friday, Barack Obama received a huge boost with Bill Richardson endorsing his campaign. Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico was a former Democratic presidential candidate and the nation?s only Hispanic governor. Richardson withdrew from the presidential race in January and his endorsement has been highly sought after since then. Former President Bill Clinton spent time watching the Super Bowl with Bill Richardson at his residence in Santa Fe. Obama finished off this week strong. Obama?s speech on race was extremely successful in polling data, showing he will come out of this bad situation looking like a strong leader. Michigan and Florida are not going to hold redo elections. This is good for Obama and leaves Senator Clinton basically no chance of winning the nomination. The endorsement from Bill Richardson caps off a rough but overall successful week for Obama. On ?Countdown? with Keith Olbermann, Bill Richardson said he waited until now to ma...
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Democrats Battle at Own Peril
2008-03-21 06:36:00
Real Clear Politics is beginning to show what could be a trend in this presidential campaign. As Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton continue to battle it out for the nomination John McCain grows stronger. National head-to-head polls now show John McCain leading both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Previously, both Senator Obama and Clinton were leading McCain in most head-to-head polls. Real Clear Politics averages for polls conducted between March 13 and March 19, show McCain beating Clinton by 1.3 percent. The same polling average also showed Obama trailed McCain by 1.4 percent. McCain is now the official Republican nominee and is not facing the same daily campaign battles that Clinton and Obama are. McCain recently took the time to visit Iraq which just this week reached the 5 year anniversary of the U.S. led invasion. McCain is of course taking attacks from Democrats now that he is the Republican candidate, but with no clear Democratic nominee, there is no o...
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Huckabee Defends Obama?s Pastor
2008-03-20 06:33:00
Senator Obama ?s pastor, Jeremiah Wright, found an unlikely ?friend? in Mike Huckabee . Huckabee defended Wright?s comments on race while appearing on ?Morning Joe? on MSNBC on Wednesday. Huckabee told MSNBC that, ?Obama has handled this about as well as anybody could.? The former Republican presidential candidate also defended Obama by saying you cannot hold him responsible for what others around him say. ?You can't hold the candidate responsible for everything that people around him may say or do,? Huckabee said. Barack Obama has ?denounced and rejected? Wright?s controversial comments on American foreign policy and race. On Tuesday, Barack Obama addressed the issue in a speech devoted to race. Obama also addressed Wright?s comments in the speech in an effort to once and for all show he does not share the same views on the subject. Obama?s speech was extremely well received by critics. The speech was compared to the oratory works of Kennedy, FDR, and Linc...
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Florida Turns its Back?on Florida
2008-03-18 07:35:00
Michigan Democrats moved closer to a new primary on Monday by introducing legislation that would create the June 3rd election. Democratic leaders in the state of Florida also had their own announcement on Monday; they were not going to hold a new election. Michigan and Florida were stripped of their delegates by the Democratic National Committee for holding their primaries before February 5th. DNC rules stated that any state that moved their primary before February 5th would not have their delegates seated at the convention. Michigan and Florida thought the DNC was joking. Howard Dean and the rest of the DNC were totally serious about the rules. Michigan and Florida knew the rules of the DNC going into this election and set their primary dates in January regardless of the consequences. What possible reason did they have for breaking the rules and thinking they would get away with it? Michigan and Florida thought that this election would be over by n...
More About: Barack Obama , Hillary Clinton , Michigan

Ferraro Issue is Not Dead
2008-03-14 08:45:00
Keith Olbermann on Countdown Wednesday night made his first special comment on a Democrat. Olbermann?s issue that brought him to this point? Senator Clinton?s lack of a response to the comments made by Geraldine Ferraro. Ferraro made comments suggesting that Senator Barack Obama would not be where he is today if he were not African American. Ferraro first made these insidious comments on February 26 while on the radio. ?If Barack Obama were a white man, would we be talking about this, as a potential real problem for Hillary? If he were a woman of any color, would he be in this position that he?s in? Absolutely not.? Ferraro made similar comments that were published in a California newspaper. ?If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept.? Olbermann states, ?And when this despicable ...
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Clinton-Obama Ticket? Not Likely
2008-03-13 08:10:00
Over the past week, Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton have been floating around the idea of making Barack Obama their vice presidential nominee. The confusing part of this proposal is the fact that Senator Clinton does not yet have the presidential nomination and she is running in second place to Barack Obama. Senator Clinton appeared on CBS?s ?The Early Show? where she indicated she was more than open to a Vice President Obama. ?That may be where this is headed, but of course we have to decide who's on top of the ticket. I think the people of Ohio very clearly said it should be me,? Clinton said. Ohio? Stop my side hurts from laughing. Yeah, lets pick one of the 14 states where Clinton won and not any of the 30 states where she lost. Obama?s response signaled he was not going to settle for vice president while he was in the lead. ?The bottom line is, we've won twice as many states, we won a greater share of the popular vote and what's...
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Clinton Surrogates Cross the Line Again
2008-03-11 04:26:00
Geraldine Ferraro suggests Obama would not be where he is now if he was not African American .Geraldine Ferraro is a member of Hillary Clinton ?s finance committee and a top Clinton fundraiser. I was not surprised to read on the Daily Kos about yet another top Clinton surrogate saying something racist and ignorant about Barack Obama . ?If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept,? Ferraro said. Ferraro, a former Democratic vice presidential candidate has claimed that if Barack Obama were white, he would not be winning this election. I think Barack Obama would like to argue how lucky he is to be African American when he is haling a cab or running for president in a state where the population is more than 90 percent white. Last Saturday, Wyoming overwhelmingly chose Barack Obama as their...
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How Much for Those Delegates?
2008-03-10 04:51:00
The candidate that out spends their opponent usually wins. If that statement were true Mitt Romney would be the Republican nominee and Rudy Giuliani would have more than one delegate. Romney spent over $87 million dollars in his attempt to be the Republican nominee and lost. Obama and Clinton are still battling it out to be the Democratic nominee. Obama and Clinton have both spend over $100 million dollars so far in this campaign and neither of them have locked up the nomination.When we look at all of the spending during this campaign it seems that it is getting out of control. Here is a breakdown of how much each candidate has spent through the end of January and how many delegates they were awarded: Republicans: John McCain Money Spent: $48,518,664 Delegates: 1260 Unpledged RNC: 129 Mitt Romney Money Spent: $87,644,955 Delegates: 272 Unpledged RNC: 1 Rudy...
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Conservative Pundits Just Don?t Understand Conservatism
2008-03-07 09:50:00
Senator John McCain has an uphill battle to climb now that he has become the nominee of the Republican Party . Conservative Republicans are torn over the idea of having McCain as the head of their party. There are many conservatives that dislike John McCain so much that they have said they will vote for the Democratic nominee. What is it that Senator McCain has done to agitate conservatives so much? First of all there is immigration. McCain has pushed for immigration reform while in the Senate which included some forms of ?amnesty? and did not have enough border protection for conservatives. McCain worked hand and hand on this bill with Senator Ted Kennedy who is seen as one of the most liberal senators in Washington. Second of all, McCain opposes torture and the practice of waterboarding. Waterboarding is used to simulate drowning and is used to solicit information from suspects during interrogations. As a former prisoner of war, McCain opposes such abuses as ...
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50 Superdelegates Set to Endorse Obama
2008-03-06 07:48:00
According to the Huffington Post, the co-chair of Obama ?s campaign in Missouri has said that Obama will be going public with the support of 50 new superdelegates. These are delegates that were previously ?uncommitted? to a particular candidate. Rep. Lacy Clay (D-Missouri) said that, ?(Sen. Clinton) will not make up those numbers. This race is over.? Tom Brokaw made a television appearance on Wednesday morning in which he said someone "very close to the Obama campaign" said they had 50 superdelegates ready to announce. Brokaw said that they were ready to go public with those numbers in the near future. According to RealClearPolitics .com, Obama has 1366 pledged delegates and Clinton has 1222. Clinton has 242 superdelegates and Obama has 207 superdelegates at the moment. 50 additional superdelegates would give Obama the lead among superdelegates along with his pledged delegate lead. This 50 superdelegate addition to Obama?s total would give Obama a lead...
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Clinton and Obama Miss Big Opportunities in Texas and Ohio
2008-03-06 06:05:00
On March 4, 2008, Clinton and Obama both missed major opportunities for their campaigns. Clinton needed large margins in Texas and Ohio to close the gap in the delegate lead that Obama has over her. Obama needed to continue his wins to all but assure himself the nomination and bring Senator Clinton one step closer to leaving the race. Tuesday did not accomplish either of these goals for Clinton or Obama. The Obama campaign put Clinton?s net delegate gain from Tuesday at 4. Others say it could only be as large as 12. Tuesday gave Clinton momentum and wins that she desperately needed but was not the net gain she needed in delegates. Clinton won Rhode Island , Texas, and Ohio on Tuesday giving her momentum going into Pennsylvania in April. Obama continues to hold on to a 140 pledged delegate lead over Senator Clinton. The Obama campaign figures that even after Pennsylvania, a state that is more favorable to Clinton, Obama will maintain a 100 delegate lead o...
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Michigan Democratic Party Says Yes to Election Redo
2008-03-06 01:23:00
Wednesday evening, Democratic officials in Michigan indicated that they were open to a new primary or caucus in order to get their delegates seated at the convention. There was no mention of what kind of election it would be but this time the election would be valid. Howard Dean told National Public Radio this Wednesday afternoon, that a redo of their election would likely be the only way their delegates would be seated. Dean took a hard line with Michigan and Florida saying they broke the rules of the party and they should not get to decide the winner of this nomination. Dean said, a situation where Michigan or Florida got to decide the election based on their previous elections, would divide the party. Over the weekend, Governor Charlie Crist of Florida indicated that he would support a redo of their primary. Howard Dean speculated that redo's of both Michigan and Florida would have to happen sometime in May or June. The Democratic National Convention is not until August and D...
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McCain Seals Up Nomination
2008-03-05 04:54:00
On Tuesday, John McCain won Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont. McCain only needed 177 delegates to reach the magic number and give him enough delegates to win the nomination. Tuesday night put McCain over the top with his wins in Ohio and Texas. Shortly after the polls closed in Texas and it was clear McCain had won the nomination, Huckabee called to congratulate McCain. Huckabee conceded his presidential bid at a campaign rally in Texas saying, "Senator McCain has run an honorable campaign, because he's an honorable man." ?I am very grateful and pleased to note that tonight, my friends, we have won enough delegates to claim with confidence, humility and a great sense of responsibility that I will be the Republican nominee for president of the United States,? McCain said. McCain told supporters this was ?an accomplishment that once seemed to more than a few doubters, unlikely.? That certainly is the case. McCain?s campaign was both bankrupt and hemorrha...
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Florida Gov. Supports New Democratic Primary, Michigan Gov. Does Not
2008-03-03 06:21:00
Florida Governor Crist said that he would be open to a ?redo? of his state?s Democratic primary. Michigan ?s Governor has not been so generous. The Democratic Party stripped Michigan and Florida of their delegates for moving their primary before February 5th in violation of party rules. Governor Jennifer Granholm of Michigan said in February that, ?The DNC created this problem by the sanctions they used and unfairly applied. The DNC has to fix this problem.? As both a Democrat and a resident of Michigan, I have to say she could not be more wrong. Moving the primary ahead to January 15th brought Republicans and Democrats together in Lansing in ways they would not previously. Lawmakers, including Granholm, knew the rules going into the move and what the repercussions would be, this is not the Democratic National Committee?s problem. Florida was the first state to move their primary and the DNC stripped them of their delegates following that decision. Lawm...
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Obama: $35 million? I Got You Beat
2008-02-29 07:27:00
Barack Obama speaks at a campaign rally. Photo by: Flickr On Thursday, Senator Clinton?s campaign announced that they had raised more than $35 million dollars in the month of February. The money problems at the Clinton campaign seem to be over for the time being. Just over a month ago, Senator Clinton had to loan her own campaign $5 million dollars as it struggled to raised the necessary campaign funds. January produced $13 million dollars in funds for Senator Clinton. February?s numbers which are expected to be more than $35 million dollars for Clinton, is nearly three times as much as she raised in January. February surpassed all other months for Senator Clinton for fundraising. Barack Obama raised $36 million dollars in January to Senator Clinton?s $13 million dollars. So what did the Obama campaign have to say when they heard how much she had raised in February? We got that, and some. Aides for Senator Obama told reporters that they had raised con...
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Karl Rove: Stop Calling Obama ?Hussein?
2008-02-28 07:09:00
That title was not a misprint. Even Karl Rove , Bush?s right hand man, has reportedly told Republicans to stop calling Obama by his middle name Hussein. According to The Atlantic.com, Karl Rove met with Republican state directors in a closed door meeting in January, and told them they should not go down to that level. Rove told Republicans that calling him Barack Hussein Obama would give voters the impression that Republicans are bigots and could potentially damage the party. ?The context was, you're not going to stigmatize this guy. You shouldn't underestimate him,? one of the directors said. Rove suggested that Republicans refer to Hillary Clinton as Senator Clinton and Barack Obama as Senator Obama, the honorific which they have earned. Rove?s efforts obviously fell on deaf ears. At a McCain rally on Tuesday, Bill Cunningham called Obama by his full name every chance he got. McCain later apologized for the remarks. On Monday, the Tennessee R...
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