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Dick Morris Going Toe to Toe On Larry King
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Dick Morris Beat Me To It - Hillary?s List of Lies
2008-03-28 04:17:00 I had just started an article on Hillary’s history of misspeaking when I decided to just delete it and look at my Google Reader. What I found in my feed from FullosseousFlap’s (now that is some great alliteration) Dental Blog, was a story by Dick Morris, who knows Hillary’s lies far better than I do: Admitted Lies Chelsea was jogging around the Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. (She was in bed watching it on TV.) Hillary was named after Sir Edmund Hillary. (She admitted she was wrong. He climbed Mt. Everest five years after her birth.) She was under sniper fire in Bosnia. (A girl presented her with flowers at the foot of the ramp.) She learned in The Wall Street Journal how to make a killing in the futures market. (It didn’t cover the market back then.) Whoppers She Won’t Confess To She didn’t know about the FALN pardons. She didn’t know that her brothers were being paid to get pardons that Clinton granted. Taking the White House gifts wa...
Dick Morris To Hillary - ?It?s Over!?
2008-03-10 07:51:00 By Dick Morris The real message of Tuesday’s primaries is not that Hillary won. It’s that she didn’t win by enough. The race is over. Dick Morris Hillary Obama Clinton... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Sorry, Wrong Number
2008-03-09 16:21:00 Dick Morris offers a suggestion for Obama. The next time Hillary uses the recycled red phone ad, counter with one of your own. When the phone rings in the middle of the night, have a woman?s voice, with a flat Midwestern accent, answer it and say, ?Hold on? into the receiver. Then she should shout, ?Bill! It?s for you!? Because with Hillary?s complete lack of any meaningful experience in foreign affairs, and her lack of the ?testing? that she boldly claims, she?ll be yelling for Bill."Saturday Night Live's" milking the red phone in last night's parody of a panicked President Obama ringing up Hillary in bed with hair curlers and face mask. Popcrunch vid
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Dick Morris: It's Over
2008-03-08 23:22:00 Received Via Email IT'S OVERBy DICK MORRISPublished on TheHill.com on March 6, 2008.The real message of Tuesdays primaries is not that Hillary won. Its that she didnt win by enough. The race is over.The results are already clear. Obama will go to the Democratic Convention with a lead of between 100 and 200 elected delegates. The remaining question is: What will the superdelegates do then? But is that really a question? Will the leaders of the Democratic Party be complicit in its destruction? Will they really kindle a civil war by denying the nomination to the man who won the most elected delegates? No way. They well understand that to do so would be to throw away the partys chances of victory and to stigmatize it among African-Americans and young people for the rest of their lives. The Democratic Party took 20 years to recover from the traumas of 1968 and it is not about to trigger a similar bloodletting this year.John McCains nomination guarantees that the superdelegat...
Dick Morris: Hillary Unmasked
2008-03-02 01:26:00 Received Via EmailHILLARY UNMASKEDBy DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANNPublished on FOXNews.com on February 28, 2008.The real Hillary Clinton stood up at the Democratic presidential debate this week: angry, sarcastic, stubborn, secretive, arrogant, mired in the past, victim of the media, and still firmly convinced that she is uniquely entitled to the Democratic Party nomination and the presidency.That Hillary has not really been on display much since the debacle of her disastrous health care plan and the end of Bill Clintons impeachment trial, when she haughtily flaunted her combative personality.But make no mistake about it thats the Hillary Clinton that well see if she somehow manages to steal the Democratic nomination.Shes found her voice. The one that so alienated everyone she came into contact with over her health care plan that her own party destroyed it. The one that publicly and loudly defended Bill and arranged for attacks on Monica Lewinsky when she knew the comple...
Dick Morris: The Clintons Just Won't Learn
2008-02-28 13:35:00 Received Via Email THE CLINTONS JUST WON'T LEARN By DICK MORRISPublished on TheHill.com on February 26, 2008.Whether one likes, dislikes, loves, hates, admires, fears, despises, or envies them, every Clinton watcher has this in common: They are dumbfounded both by the incompetence with which Hillary has run for president and her intransigence at sticking to a failed message. In a demonstration of inability and inflexibility reminiscent of her healthcare debacle of 1993-94, Mrs. Clinton seems destined to fulfill Voltaires description of the Bourbon kings of France: They learn nothing. They forget nothing.Even now, with her back against the wall, fighting for her political career, Hillary, presumably with Bills acquiescence, insists on making the same mistakes that landed her in the soup. No new tactics, no new strategy, no new message emerges.Incredibly, both Clintons are harping, once more, on the theme of experience to carry the day. No matter that it hasnt worked since ...
Dick Morris: Obama's Real Experience...His Candidacy
2008-02-26 03:07:00 Received Via Email OBAMAS REAL EXPERIENCE: HIS CANDIDACYBy DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANNPublished on DickMorris.com on February 25, 2008.The best evidence of Obamas readiness to lead the nation is the ability with which he has run for president. After all, what is more difficult, complicated, or challenging than getting elected president? What other life experience better illustrates ones qualification to hold the office than a manifest skill in seeking it. For anyone who has ever been elected president, the race that sent them to the White House was the single most important event in their lives and dwarfs any other experience they might have had before running.As we have watched Obama surmount the hurdles that lay in his path, we cannot help but be impressed with his judgment. Adam Wallinsky, who served on Bobby Kennedys staff, once singled out good judgment as JFKs most salient characteristic. Obama has faced so many delicate questions and issues and seems a...
Dick Morris: Warning To Super Delegates...
2008-02-21 04:11:00 Received Via Email WARNING TO SUPERDELEGATES: OBAMA FANS WILL KEEP SCOREBy DICK MORRISPublished on TheHill.com on February 19, 2008.Congressmen and women who believe that they can ignore the expressed will of their districts constituents and vote with impunity for whomever they want for president at the Democratic Convention had better think again. A vote for Clinton by a congressman whose district backed Obama is likely to become the single most dangerous vote the member has ever cast.If Obama loses the nomination, all will be forgotten, if not forgiven. But if he wins and gets elected, as I think he will, dont expect much mercy from his enraged supporters. Voting one way while ones district votes the other is the stuff from which primary challenges emerge!Voters memories tend to be short, and the natural tendency is to tell pollsters that they voted for the winner, particularly if he becomes a popular president. So even a district in which the Clinton/Obama vote was close ...
White Men Can't Jump
2008-02-16 16:53:00 But they can dribble. Al Gore and prominent Democrats are teaming up to sit out the primary game. NYT Democratic party heavyweights are wrestling over what could end up a wild and crazy convention if the so-called nearly 800 "superdelegates" screw the voters and override the popular vote. Most of these superdelegates are politicians plied with more than $900,000 total in campaign contributions from Obama and Hillary. NYP Half of these kingmakers are white men. PoliticoA most damning Hillary assessment was delivered this week by well-respected Associated Press political reporter Ron Fournier quoted here by Peggy Noonan in yesterday's WSJ: "The Clintons always treated party leaders as "an extension of their . . . ambitions," "pawns in a game of success and survival. She may pay a high price for their selfishness soon." He cited party insiders: Superdelegates "won't hesitate to ditch" Mrs. Clinton if her problems persist." If one believes the political prognosticators, Hillary's a "...
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Dick Morris: Hillary Clinton Goofs Again!
2008-02-16 04:41:00 Received Via EmailHILLARY CLINTON GOOFS AGAIN!By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANNPublished on FOXNews.com on February 15, 2008.Who was it that defined neurosis as repeating the same mistake again and again, and expecting a better outcome each time? Thats really what the Clinton campaign is doing in its post-Chesapeake primary strategy. Now Hillary defines Obama as the candidate who makes speeches, while she is the one who provides answers and solutions.Why is Hillary embracing this new line? Its not that she has any great record of solutions or answers of which to boast, but rather that she wants to highlight Obamas lack of a legislative record. Once again, she and her campaign geniuses are making the same mistake they made when they decided to use the experience as their defining difference with Obama. Its not that she had much, but they sensed an opportunity to highlight that he had even less.Of course experience not only didnt work. It backfired massively. By co-...
Clinton Is Democratic Nixon - Dick Morris On O'Reilly Factor
2008-02-14 10:09:00 Boy, I've heard some really deep terms used to describe the Clintons and particularly Senator Clinton, but this one takes it. On Wednesday's "O'Reilly Factor" Dick Morris called Hillary Clinton the Democratic Nixon. When I think of Nixon, I think of the term "Tricky Dick" so with Clinton I guess the word would be, well, I don't know...Really, I don't. But that's not the point, the main warning is that Clinton has the same trust issues that President Nixon had, and that's why he was called "Tricky Dick.
Dick Morris: Why Hillary Will Lose
2008-02-14 02:20:00 The seeming imminent defeat of Hillary Clinton must come as a bittersweet time for Dick Morris. His obvious hatred of the Clintons causes him to give a Hurrah! at every stumblle of her campaign. Yet he has turned his vocal barbs at Hillary and Bill into a rather lucrative income. Financially, the best thing that can happen for Dick Morris would be another Clinton administration. He could out Limbaugh Rush Limbaugh himself at the goings on at a new Clinton White House. The Clintons, while politically powerful, are not a subtle people. Think of them as a trailer park version of Godzilla. They wield fearsome political power but nevertheless are ultimately little better than hillbilly trailer trash. You can still smell the trailer park on them and no amount of Febreeze will keep it from permeating the White House should they win it come November. Received Via EmailWHY HILLARY WILL LOSE By DICK MORRIS Published on TheHill.com on February 12, 2008. Hillary Clinton has blown an almos...
Dick Morris: Follow Hillary's Money!
2008-02-13 00:53:00 Received Via Email FOLLOW HILLARY CLINTONS MONEY! Published on FOXNews.com on February 8, 2008.Hillary Clintons decision to lend her presidential campaign $5 million raises a key question: Where did the money come from?Hillary says its all her money. But, is it?The Clintons had a negative net worth when they left the White House. They had lucrative book deals for their memoirs. Together, they pocketed an estimated $20 million in advances and royalties during the past seven years, before federal and New York state taxes. But, theyve also spent a lot of it: theyve purchased two homes valued at over $5 million, commissioned an addition of over $1 million to the D.C. mansion that Hillary shares with her mother, paid over $4 million in legal fees, and, in addition to taxes, presumably paid normal living expenses.According to Hillarys financial statements, the remainder of their income, apart from her Senate salary of $162,500, comes from Bills speeches (many to foreign audi...
Dick Morris: Obama the Democratic Nominee? Yes, he can!
2008-02-12 04:47:00 Received Via EmailOBAMA, THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE? YES HE CAN! Ex Clinton Adviser Dick MorrisBy DICK MORRIS Published on DickMorris.com on February 11, 2008.I believe that Barack Obama will defeat Hillary and win the Democratic nomination. I think that this weekend's victories in states as diverse as Washington State, Louisiana, Nebraska, and Maine illustrates his national appeal and demonstrates Hillary's inability to win in states without large immigrant and Latino populations.Hillary's results on Super Tuesday, which amounted to a draw with Obama, will be her high water mark and will represent the closest she will ever come to the party nomination.Right now, CBS has Obama ahead in elected delegates with 1134, while Hillary has only 1131.By the time Virginia, Maryland, DC, Wisconsin, and Hawaii vote during the next week, Obama will have a lead over Clinton of about 100 delegates, even counting the super delegates who have thus far committed themselves.March 4th will, at worst, ...
Dick Morris: The Hispanic Factor Emerges As Key
2008-02-10 20:12:00 Received Via EmailTHE HISPANIC FACTOR EMERGES AS KEY By DICK MORRIS Published on DickMorris.com on February 7, 2008. The Fox News exit polling in Californias Democratic primary underscores the key role of Hispanic voters in awarding the triumph to Hillary Clinton. As Texas looms as the next major contest on March 4th, the lessons learned in California will be very important. How odd is it that Obama tied among whites and carried blacks but lost California? The key is that she won Latinos by 2:1 and they constituted one third of the vote in the primary. In Texas, their role will be similar and their impact on the race might be the same if Obama cannot turn them around. Why the Latino support for Hillary? Go to DickMorris.com to read the rest of this blog!
Dick Morris: Barack's Road To Victory
2008-02-10 20:09:00 Received Via EmailBARACK'S ROAD TO VICTORYBy DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANNPublished in the New York Post on February 7, 2008.Is Hillary Clinton bi-coastal? Can she win in America's heartland?These questions surface in the wake of her victories in New York-New Jersey-Massachusetts and in California-Arizona and her defeats everywhere else except in her former native state of Arkansas and its two next-door neighbors, Tennessee and Oklahoma.In the first flush of her California victory, it seemed Clinton had a clear path to the nomination. But the picture looks different on closer examination a day later.While she was winning the dwellings of America's elite, Obama was sweeping everyplace else - Utah, Idaho, Minnesota, Illinois, North Dakota, Kansas and Colorado, many of them states with virtually no black population. And his success in Missouri, Alabama and Georgia show that he continues to dominate Southern states with their large minority populations.Why is Clinton doing so poorl...
Dick Morris: Is Hillary Just Bi-Coastal?
2008-02-08 03:47:00 Received Via EmailIS HILLARY JUST BI-COASTAL?By DICK MORRIS Published on DickMorris.com on February 6, 2008.As impressive as Hillarys win in California is, her Super Tuesday performance raises the question: Is she a bi-coastal phenomenon? Is flyover country Obama-land?Hillary won New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Arizona and California. But in the heartland in between, she only carried her once-native Arkansas and its next door neighbors Tennessee and Oklahoma. But Obama carried Illinois, Alabama, Minnesota, North Dakota, Colorado, Missouri, Kansas, Utah, Idaho, Georgia, and Delaware.Can Hillary win the states in the middle?During the next two weeks, we will hear from Virginia, Nebraska, Louisiana, and a host of small states whose total vote equals that of California.By the time the delegates are chosen from California, Hillarys lead will be about 150-200 votes, not an insurmountable margin and one largely based on her lead among super delegates. Now comes two weeks of ...
Dick Morris: Note To Pollsters It's The Single Women Stupid
2008-02-08 00:31:00 Received Via EmailNOTE TO POLLSTERS IT'S THE SINGLE WOMEN, STUPIDBy DICK MORRISPublished in the New York Post on February 6, 2008.Hillary Clinton's victory in California restores her as the front-runner, a title that was in doubt as Barack Obama racked up victory after victory in states he was not supposed to win.While the apportionment of the delegates will distort her victory, the message is clear: Obama's surge fell short.Once again, the polls proved to be blind to the single women, the core of Hillary's base, who flood the polls to back the possible first woman president.Obama may inspire, but it is Hillary who quietly wins the unmarried women who struggle at minimum-wage jobs and desperately need public schools, mass transit, day care, health insurance and public services.The political establishment does not hear their voices, but Hillary's victory on Super Tuesday is based on them.The polls will continue to be wrong because they are not geared to counting those who have n...
Dick Morris Says Romney Should Bow Out
2008-02-07 14:45:00 Great interview...just skip the first 3 minutes about the Democrats. Also, hear what Dick says about Governor Huckabee. http://feeds.feedburner.com/Mas-sachusettsForMikeHuckabee [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Dick Morris: Obama Headlines Will Fuel His Drive To The Top
2008-02-06 03:25:00 Received Via EmailOBAMA HEADLINES WILL FUEL HIS DRIVE TO THE TOP By DICK MORRIS Published on DickMorris.com on February 5, 2008.The USA Today headline on Monday said it all: "Obama Erases Clinton Lead." The press on the day before Super Tuesday has been the best that Obama could hope for. In a race dominated by perception, you could not buy more favorable publicity than the published reports of his closing the gap with Hillary.He will also benefit from the companion articles in most papers showing that McCain enjoys a comfortable lead over Romney. With Independents able to vote in either party primary in half of the Super Tuesday states, this information may induce many anti-Hillary voters to back Obama rather than McCain as the most likely way to beat her. They may figure that McCain no longer needs their votes but that Obama needs them badly as he is now within striking distance of victory.Such is the power of perception in this race and so widespread is tactical vot...
Dick Morris - Bonkers?
2008-01-24 15:25:00 By saying he will go door to door in black neighborhoods in South Carolina matching his civil rights record against Obama?s, Bill Clinton emphasizes the pivotal role the black vote will play in the contest. And by openly matching his record on race with that of the black candidate, he invites more and more scrutiny focused on the race issue. Of course, Clinton is going to lose that battle. Blacks in Nevada overwhelmingly backed Obama and will obviously do so again in South Carolina, no matter how loudly former President Clinton protests. So why is he making such a fuss over a contest he knows he?s going to lose? Precisely because he is going to lose it. If Hillary loses South Carolina and the defeat serves to demonstrate Obama?s ability to attract a bloc vote among black Democrats, the message will go out loud and clear to white voters that this is a racial fight. It?s one thing for polls to show, as they now do, that Obama beats Hillary among African-Americans by better than 4-t...
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Dick Morris: There's A Method To Crafty Bill's Madness
2008-01-24 02:02:00 Received Via Email THERE'S A METHOD TO CRAFTY BILL'S MADNESSBy DICK MORRISPublished in the New York Post on January 22, 2008.Why is Bill Clinton courting such intense publicity, in evitably much of it negative?Is he crazy? Crazy like a fox.He has two goals and is achieving them both spectacularly.First, he wants to be the same kind of lightning rod for Hillary that she was for him during his run for the presidency.As the 1992 Republican convention approached, Hillary ratcheted up her comments and profile precisely to attract GOP fire so that they would leave Bill alone. He and I discussed the plan.Hillary's comment, for example, about "baking cookies and serving tea" put her squarely in the Republican Party's sights as the convention approached.The Republicans fell for the lure big time and spent their entire convention going after Hillary. Bill was scarcely hit.And the 1992 GOP convention is one of the few that afforded its party no bounce at all. Now Bill is returnin...
Dick Morris: How Clinton Will Win The Nomination By Losing South Carolina
2008-01-23 06:30:00 Received Via EmailHOW CLINTON WILL WIN THE NOMINATION BY LOSING SOUTH CAROLINABy DICK MORRISPublished on TheHill.com on January 23, 2008.Hillary Clinton will undoubtedly lose the South Carolina primary as African-Americans line up to vote for Barack Obama. And that defeat will power her drive to the nomination.The Clintons are encouraging the national media to disregard the whites who vote in South Carolinas Democratic primary and focus on the black turnout, which is expected to be quite large. They have transformed South Carolina into Washington, D.C. an all-black primary that tells us how the African-American vote is going to go.By saying he will go door to door in black neighborhoods in South Carolina matching his civil rights record against Obamas, Bill Clinton emphasizes the pivotal role the black vote will play in the contest. And by openly matching his record on race with that of the black candidate, he invites more and more scrutiny focused on the race issue.Of course...
DICK MORRIS: IT JUST MIGHT BE HILLARY VS MCCAIN
2008-01-22 11:03:00 http://newsmax.com/morris/morri-s_hillary_mccain/2008/01/21/662-36.html EDITORS NOTES: In a blowout, Dick. Mac is Da Man!
Dick Morris: Hillary V. McCain Might Just Be The Final
2008-01-22 02:57:00 Received Via Email HILLARY V. MCCAIN MIGHT JUST BE THE FINALBy DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANNPublished on January 20, 2008.Both Clinton and McCain scored hugely significant wins on Saturday in Nevada and South Carolina, wins which might set them on the road to the nomination.Hillary is very likely to lose South Carolina because of the large black vote there. Had she lost Nevada too, she would have been badly handicapped going into Florida and Super Tuesday, having suffered two consecutive defeats. But now that she has won Nevada, she can lose South Carolina and still have momentum.The run-up to South Carolina and the primary itself will feature constant focus on the African-American vote. Analysts and pundits will wonder if the wife of the first black president will lose to the real thing. She will. But, in a curious way, this will hurt Obama more than it will help him. It will create a racial subtext to a campaign that, until Iowa, didnt have one. Watching bl...
Dick Morris: Hillary Clinton's Massive Conflict of Interest
2008-01-19 12:50:00 Received Via Email HILLARY CLINTON'S MASSIVE CONFLICT OF INTERESTBy DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANNPublished on FoxNews.com on January 18, 2008.As American banks go hat in hand to foreign financial institutions and governments, begging for capital to help them get out of the mess into which their subprime loans have landed them, the question arises as to whether the United States should permit nations like China, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the banks they control to acquire part ownership of our leading banks.The presidential candidates discussed this issue in their Nevada debate and Hillary was asked about it in an interview with Neil Cavuto on the FOX Business Network yesterday. She replied that she would not stand in the way of such investments, but said that they needed to be vetted and called for more disclosure and transparency.The fact is that Hillary Clinton is totally unable to be objective on this key question of our national financial soverei...
Dick Morris: In Contrast To Obama, Hillary Plays Race Card
2008-01-18 04:21:00 Received Via Email IN CONTRAST TO OBAMA, HILLARY PLAYS THE RACE CARDBy DICK MORRISPublished on TheHill.com on January 16, 2008.On the evening of Jan. 3, it became clear that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) was going to be a serious candidate for president with a viable chance of winning. The Clintons decided that he was going, inevitably, to win a virtually unanimous vote from the black community. Their own reputation for support for civil rights would make no difference.With a black candidate within striking distance of the White House, a coalescing of black voters behind his candidacy became inevitable.Frustratingly for the Clintons, Obama had achieved this likely solidarity among black voters without, himself, summoning racial emotions. He had gone out of his way to avoid mentioning race quite a contrast with Hillary, whose every speech talks about her becoming the first female president. But precisely to distinguish himself from the Jesse Jacksons and Al Sharptons of American poli...
Dick Morris: Time For Edward's Exit: Hillary, Barack Fate In His Hands
2008-01-18 04:16:00 Received Via Email TIME FOR EDWARDS' EXIT: HILLARY, BARACK FATE IN HIS HANDS By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN Published in the New York Post on January 15, 2008. The Democratic nomination for president will likely be decided by the subtle pulls of ego against duty that tug at the conscience of John Edwards. He manifestly can no longer win - but he helps Hillary Clinton if he stays in the race and boosts Barack Obama if he pulls out. After a vigorous campaign, Edwards has fallen irreparably behind - the real race is now a grueling test of strength with Clinton. The contrast between the party's insensitive establishment and the determined voices of change couldn't be clearer. Edwards divides the anti-Clinton vote - and so undermines the prospects for the changes that he so passionately demands in our government. By staying in, he's helping deliver the nomination to the person whom he has described as the defender of the status quo. The votes already cast and the poll...
Dick Morris: Michigans Meaning: GOP Chaos
2008-01-17 02:37:00 Received via email. MICHIGAN'S MEANING: GOP CHAOS By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN Published in the New York Post on January 16, 2008. The GOP race has now descended into total chaos. Mike Huckabee, John McCain and now Mitt Romney have each won an important primary or caucus and lost two others. Onetime front-runner Rudy Giuliani finished dead last in Michigan last night, falling below the somnambulant Fred Thompson and the flakey Ron Paul. The scatter-shot outcome reflects deeper divisions among the GOP's three wings: Economic conservatives are moving to Romney; social righties rallying 'round Huckabee - and the national-security types who started for Rudy have migrated to McCain in the voting so far. The various factions are growing ever more alienated from each other, demanding a level of purity from their candidates that makes consensus and unity less and less possible. Those concerned over immigration don't forgive McCain his support for the McCain-Kennedy bi...
Dick Morris: Who Is Going To Win
2008-01-16 14:33:00 Received via emailWHO'S GOING TO WIN?DICK MORRIS' '08 PLAY-BY-PLAY ANALYSISVolume 1, #24Jan 15, 2008THE DEMOCRATS:HILLARY V OBAMA Three major factors dominate the Democratic contest: gender, age, and race.GENDER Hillary's surprising victory in New Hampshire placed gender squarely back at the center of the contest. Women voters were the ones who made the big difference: Hillary carried single women by 16 points and married women by 11, while losing men by 13%. For the last year, Hillary ran as a kind of androgynous front runner, but now she has re-emerged as the first woman candidate for president. Look forward to hearing more and more about how her candidacy is historical and how her experience as a daughter, sister, wife, and mother will make her a unique president. Her new focus on seeing the "invisible" people and hearing their voices and their needs strikes just the right tone to develop her gender-based victory coalition in the primaries. No doubt it was care...
Dick Morris: Will NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg Run?
2008-01-13 16:03:00 Received via email WILL NYC MAYOR MIKE BLOOMBERG RUN?Mike BloombergBy DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANNPublished on FoxNews.com on January 11, 2008.While Obama and Clinton wrestle and the four Republican candidates face one another, New York City Mayor Michael Bloombergs shadow increasingly falls over their playing field. Armed with as much money as he could possibly need to run, this Democrat-turned-Republican could throw the entire race into chaos.Bloomberg can wait and watch the primaries unfold before making his move. A byproduct of the front loading of the primaries in both parties is that the nominees will probably be chosen with plenty of time for a third party candidate to enter the field. The New York City mayor could either get himself nominated by the Green Party, formerly the vehicle for gadfly Ralph Nader, or set up his own party by petition in the 50 states. His massive financial resources make it possible for him to wait until early Spring before he has to begin colle...
Dick Morris: Now Barack Better Brace For Barrage
2008-01-10 14:18:00 Received Via Email. NOW BARACK BETTER BRACE FOR BARRAGEBy DICK MORRISPublished in the New York Post on January 9, 2008.Hillary Rodham Clinton's stunning comeback victory in New Hampshire duplicates the feat of Bill Clinton who overcame the draft and Gennifer Flowers in the Granite State primary in 1992.But Hillary did Bill one better. He placed second. She won. Those who counted Hillary out don't know her and don't know the Clintons.The clear message of the New Hampshire primary is there is no front-runner, but it's a two-way race between the queen and the challenger that won't be decided by an early knockout.But Hillary approaches the balance of the month in very good shape.The Battle of Hillary, in a sense, is over.She has been challenged and hit, but stayed on her feet. She has weathered the negatives, lost her momentum, and still emerged, in effect, tied for the lead.Now the Battle of Obama is about to begin.The negative researchers and detectives who staff the Clinton camp...
Dick Morris: Here Come Those Tears
2008-01-09 14:54:00 Received via email HERE COME THOSE TEARSBy DICK MORRISPublished on January 8, 2008.Why did Hillary cry during an ABC interview yesterday?Some say it was phony, contrived to make her appear more human and empathetic. Wrong. She must have known the political consequences, particularly for a female candidate, of tears. Ed Muskie watered his political grave in New Hampshire in 1972 by crying in public over the false accusation that he had used a derogatory ethnic term to describe French Canadians. Nixons dirty tricks people had planted the phony story. But the tears ended Muskies candidacy.Others say that the tears reflected genuine emotion and sorrow for the diminished future prospects of America now that it would not have Hillary Clinton to lead it into the future. Wrong again. Even she is not that arrogant.The real reason was that her frustration at not being able to control events boiled over and metastasized into tears.I know because I saw it once before in 1994 a...
Dick Morris, the Clinton’s and Alan Colmes
2008-01-07 17:26:00 Byran Preston, Hot Air, posts a most interesting video. Point of interest one, Morris assets the Clinton’s, B.J. and Mrs. use race to win elections, but somehow neither is racist. Sure. Your check is in the mail. Point two, after Morris talks of B.J.’s Sister Souljah moment, Alan Colmes expressed the opinion that B.J.’s attack was just spontaneous. Yeah And I’ll still respect you in the morning.
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Dick Morris: Hillary Clinton: Don't Stop Thinking About Yesterday...
2008-01-06 01:19:00 Received via emailHILLARY CLINTON: DON'T STOP THINKING ABOUT YESTERDAY...By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANNPublished on FoxNews.com on January 4, 2008.Fleetwood Mac would roll over in their musical graves if they could hear how the Hillary campaign has gotten into a time warp, obsessing with the 90s while a new political generation demands a focus on tomorrow. Going into Iowa, the Hillary campaign was notable for transcending the gender barrier while Obama struggled to overcome the racial divide. But last night, as the Iowa results came in, it was apparent that the real polarity was over generation and age. The Baby Boomers are being challenged to give up power. Voters under 30 backed Obama by 4:1, signaling the emergence of a new political force in our politics. And the Huckabee victory on the Republican side mirrored the Obama triumph. The evangelical populist reached out to the Reagan Democrats in a way that the GOP has not since the master left the stage. But now, the Republica...
Newt Gingrich, Dick Morris Working For the Huckabee Campaign
2008-01-05 15:37:00 Here Newt Gingrich responds to the Iowa process. Newt refused to run for this election because he knew he couldn’t compete against Romney’s money. He expressed that on the Sean Hannity show a few months back. At that time I could hear some self-effacing expressions of class envy. I have to wonder, why there ...
Dick Morris: Hillary On The Ropes
2008-01-05 01:54:00 Received via emailHILLARY ON THE ROPES By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANNPublished in the New York Post on January 4, 2008.The amazing victories by Obama and Huckabee in Iowa are truly historic. They demonstrate the impact and viability of a message of change in both parties. In the Democratic Party, Obama, winning in a totally white state, shows that racism is gone as a factor in American politics. On the Republican side, Huckabees win shows how a truly compassionate conservative can win by harvesting voters who want the message of concern for the poor and for values to prevail. But what of Hillary? Shes down but shes not out. Hillary Clinton, in the first really contested election of her own political career, lost dismally-- outclassed, outdrawn, and outpolled by Barack Obama. Her campaign professionals (including Bill) decided to stress experience, precisely the wrong message in a Democratic primary. Prematurely appealing to the center and abandoning the left,...
Dick Morris says that Romney?s done, ?he can?t get over being ?Mormon??
2008-01-04 21:16:00 Dick Morris is on a webscast by Newsmax right now. He has called the 2008 election as a win for the Democrats. He said that the Republicans, in particular Bush, have ruined their chances in the country. He also said Romney’s out of the race because he can’t get over being “Mormon” and ...
Dick Morris: Who Needs What From Iowa Today?
2008-01-04 02:05:00 Received via emailWHO NEEDS WHAT FROM IOWA TODAY?By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANNPublished in the New York Post on January 3, 2008.The Iowa caucuses mean different things to different candidates. Of course Obama, Clinton and Edwards, for the Democrats, and Huckabee and Romney, for the Republicans, are vying for a win in Iowa. But there are separate sub-primaries going on as well: Obama v Edwards for the position of chief challenger to Clinton, McCain v Giuliani for the right to wear the moderate Republican mantle, and Fred Thompson v Oblivion for the right to stay in the race. So heres the scorecard to use in keeping track of what each candidate needs to get from Iowa. Hillary ClintonIf she scores a decisive triumph, the race for the nomination is almost over. A victory here would likely propel her to a win in New Hampshire and the nomination would be hers. But she doesnt need to win. Her national base is so strong that she just has to stop anyone else fr...
Dick Morris: Who Needs What From Iowa Today?
2008-01-03 17:53:00 Here’s Dick Morris’s new column taking a look at possible outcomes of the Iowa caucuses taking place today. The Iowa caucuses mean different things to different candidates. Of course Obama, Clinton and Edwards, for the Democrats, and Huckabee and Romney, for the Republicans, are vying for a win in Iowa. But there are separate ...
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Dick Morris: The 'Two-Fer' Problem
2007-12-28 17:26:00 Received via email. THE 'TWO-FER' PROBLEMBy DICK MORRIS Published in the New York Post on December 27, 2007.As Bill Clinton crisscrosses America defending his wife's candidacy, he's fuel ing speculation about who'd be in charge should Hillary be elected. Sen. Clinton - the incredible shrinking candidate - seems at times almost a bystander at her husband's campaign, merely playing a somewhat more active role than she did in '92.In our modern era of dynastic politics, the elder members of the dynasties have a duty to step aside to let their less experienced heirs shine. Former President George H.W. Bush, for example, has stayed well out of the limelight to let his son have center stage. Yet Bill Clinton is playing an ever-larger role in his wife's campaign.At first, his appearances were novel and politically helpful. But then they came to underscore her weakness. It was as if Dennis Thatcher had stood up for Maggie as she faced down the Argentine junta in the Falklands war. No...
Dick Morris: [Mrs. Clinton] Had No Role in Irish Peace, Despite Bill&rsquo
2007-12-26 06:05:00 Mrs. Clinton claims to have experience, in something besides baking cookies. Yet her claims of experience are more akin to fish stories. On Townhall, Dick Morris and Eileen McGann, are calling B.J. and Mrs. Clinton liars, “Hillary Had No Role in Irish Peace, Despite Bill’s Claims:” Recently, as only Hillary can do, she claimed that she was “deeply involved in the Irish peace process.” Bill has also picked up the theme, citing her “independent” role in resolving the century-old conflict as “experience” with which to justify a White House run.How odd that Hillary forgot to mention her pivotal role in Ireland just four years ago, when she wrote her $8 million memoir, Living History. There, she told a very different story. Funny, my memory seems to get worse with age. Just the opposite with the Clinton’s. Their collective memories seem to improve with age. The Clinton’s are desperate to rewrite history even to the point of inven...
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Dick Morris: Make or Break in Michigan
2007-12-21 14:12:00 Received via emailMAKE OR BREAK IN MICHIGAN By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANNPublished in the New York Post on December 19, 2007.The Jan. 15 Michigan primary is now looking like the big "elimination round" in the '08 GOP contest - the contest that could bring us down to the final two contenders.In the semi-finals, to be held in Iowa and New Hampshire, Mitt Romney will face Mike Huckabee to see who's tops among the party's right, while Rudy Giuliani battles John McCain for the more moderate slot.Huckabee and Romney are likely headed for a split decision, with the former winning Iowa (where he now leads 34 percent to 23 percent) and the later winning New Hampshire (where he now leads, 32-11).On the centrist court, Rudy has a slender lead over McCain in Iowa (10-6). But the Des Moines Register endorsement of the Arizona senator could pare Giuliani's slim support base. In New Hampshire, McCain holds a tight 19-17 lead over Giuliani as they battle for second place.Fred Tho...
Dick Morris: FOR HILLARY, ELECTABILITY NOW EQUALS VULNERABILITY LATER
2007-12-20 04:44:00 Received via emailFOR HILLARY, ELECTABILITY NOW EQUALS VULNERABILITY LATERBy DICK MORRIS Published on TheHill.com on December 19, 2007.In the New York Times/CBS poll of Dec. 11, Hillary was overwhelmingly rated as the most likely of the Democratic candidates to defeat the Republicans in the 2008 general election.Asked, regardless of how they were voting, which candidate was most likely to defeat the GOP, 63 percent of Democratic primary voters said Hillary Clinton was the most likely to win in November, while only 14 percent chose Obama and 10 percent selected Edwards.Good news for Hillary? Yes, for now. But it could indicate a potential for disaster should she stumble in the early primaries and caucuses.A lot of voters are backing Hillary because they see her as a winner and they are hungry to throw the Republicans out of the White House. When Mrs. Clinton touts her experience (and Mr. Clinton does it for her), the voters dont necessarily hear government experience. A lot focus o...
Dick Morris: WHY ARE THE WHEELS COMING OFF THE CLINTON BANDWAGON?
2007-12-16 09:05:00 Received via email. WHY ARE THE WHEELS COMING OFF THE CLINTON BANDWAGON?Hillary Clinton and Barack ObamaBy DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANNPublished on Foxnews.com on December 14, 2007.In Iowa and New Hampshire the first two tests for the presidential nominating process Hillary Clinton is faltering badly.When you average all the polls in Iowa, her lead has dwindled and is now eradicated: - Hillary vs. Obama in Iowa Hillary Obama Hillary MarginOctober - 30 23 +71st half Nov. 28 22 +62nd half Nov. 26 28 -2December 28 - 30 -2And, Hillary has suffered an even greater slippage in New Hampshire, where the last poll, by Rasmussen, has Obama ahead by three points. Here are the averages of all the polls for these time periods: - Hillary v...
Dick Morris: HILL'S BIG GOOF - IN DEM PRIMARIES, EXPERIENCE LOSES
2007-12-15 07:48:00 Received via email. HILL'S BIG GOOF - IN DEM PRIMARIES, EXPERIENCE LOSES By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANNPublished in the New York Post on December 14, 2007.Sound familiar? A young, charismatic candidate campaigns calling for change and new directions. Defying the traditional prejudices that have kept his ilk out of the White House, his effortless good looks and measured cadence attract voters to his vision of new possibilities.Opposing him is a time-tested political figure capitalizing on his role in a popular eight-year administration and campaigning on the theme of experience and deriding the opponent as unqualified and naive.In 1960 the challenger was John Kennedy and the time-tested candidate was Richard Nixon, whose slogan was "experience counts." Now it's Obama vs. Clinton, but the paradigm is the same.The decision that Hillary should run as the candidate of experience was an enormous blunder. In a Democratic electorate that's in the party precisely because it ...
Dick Morris: THE OPRAH FACTOR A BIG BOOST FOR OBAMA
2007-12-13 06:39:00 Received via email THE OPRAH FACTOR: A BIG BOOST FOR OBAMABy DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANNPublished on TheHill.com on December 12, 2007.The era of celebrity endorsements ended some time ago. We no longer buy the shaving cream that Derek Jeter tells us to use; nor do we vote as some Hollywood actor suggests. We have come to assume that political endorsements are often the product of partisan loyalty rather than any particular standard of merit and that commercial testimonials come only in exchange for cash.But Oprahs endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is truly unique and will have a profound impact on the presidential race. She transforms a candidacy into a movement and will increase his momentum from a growth curve to a surging wave.It is not just that people trust what Oprah says. Her endorsement is important because of who she is and what message her support sends to those like her. As the most famous black woman in the world, she is a cultural icon. And as a figure who...
Dick Morris: pundit god
2007-12-11 08:51:00 All hail, Dick Morris Whatever you think of his personal life, Dick Morris is the Michael Jordan of punditry. Hearing him of Fox today was like listening to Itzhak Perlman play Niccolo Paganini. Take this: Oprah gives women permission to vote for Obama and blacks the obligation- nothing short of brilliant. Other gems: Bill Clinton is popular because he's not in politics anymore and if he were to help Hillary, he'd be unpopular again; Obama will win a couple of contrasts and then fade under the increased scrutiny; Huck isn't Dukakis because it was heart and not ideology that caused an error in pardon judgment. What sets Morris apart from his peers is that, unlike certain radio personalities with two identical breathy initials, he's objective and unafraid of the truth. Relying on polling data instead of wishful thinking, he predicted the outcome of 2006 congressional and senatorial races almost as if he had a December 06 newspaper. The guy has talent.
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