According to reports by AP and CNN, John Edwards will drop out of the 2008 Presidential race where he began it at an appearance in New Orleans. Originally scheduled as a speech on poverty it will instead be used to announce his withdrawal.
According to the story, he informed his senior advisor’s last night of his [...]
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Once again, the most prescient comments from last night’s coverage of the Republican primary in Florida came from the more conservative analysts, Pat Buchanan and Joe Scarborough. As it became clear John McCain was going to win, Buchanan and Scarborough had this exchange:
JS: “There is no way conservatives are going to rally and turn out [...]
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It’s still January and yet, I am sick to death of politics.
Sadly, the primary wars are just like major car wrecks: you can’t help but stop and take a quick peek, no matter how gruesome the carnage may be.
The same can be said for my penchant for watching bad musical movies. And it’s not [...]
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Hillary Clinton had a decisive victory in Florida’s primary tonight, but the question looms of whether the delegates will be seated at the Democratic Convention this summer. Here’s Hillary Clinton talking to Wolf Blitzer about the win, the delegates and the the issues that matter to voters (h/t to Taylor Marsh):
Once again Hillary Clinton proves in [...]
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Well there you have it… This just in from The Page: “The Snub” Before “The Snub”
Sources: Senior Obama staffers rejected proposal for their candidate to sit with Clinton at State of the Union.
Leading Democrats wanted rivals to sit together for the sake of party unity.
Clinton was willing, but Obama chose to sit with newly-minted supporter [...]
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The American Mayor… He didn’t have a prayer… “Perhaps he was living an illusion all along.”
John McCain won the Florida primary tonight, and “solidified his status as the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination.” Rudy barely placed yet again… He’s out:
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Melissa On Shakesville has some questions for Barack Obama in relation to his SOTU response last night. I think Melissa questions and concerns are all quite valid. Here’s a few quips from Shakes:
Responding to the SOTU address, Senator Obama concluded his remarks with the following:
Each year, as we watch the State of the Union, we [...]
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I wrote here on Sunday that the Kennedy family had split over their support of the front-runner candidates in the ‘08 election with Ted Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy endorsing Barack Obama with three of RFK children have endorsed Hillary Clinton.
Today, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Kerry Kennedy have an OP/ED in the [...]
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Obama’s snub of Hillary Clinton at last night’s SOTU address is certainly making the rounds in news and the blogs today, as predicted, including USA Today’s On Politics quoting my headline from last night:
Pamela Leavey at the liberal blog The Democratic Daily headlined her report on all this “Mr. Unity turns his back on opponent [...]
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The title says it all (h/t Huffington Post)… But it’s doubtful his prayers will be answered.
And speaking of Rudy, see what Fox News has to say about “America’s Mayor” (via Media Matters):
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In a conference call this morning, California Congresswoman Maxine Waters, strongly endorsed Hillary Clinton.
Summarizing Ms. Waters, she said that HRC had traveled the country listening to the problems of the people. She knew the problems of the urban population and the small towns as well.
It was a strongly worded endorsement. (I have not found a transcript [...]
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Ronald Reagan being a man of deeper parts than we thought at the time, had three great public talents. Barrack Obama has only two.
1. RR was a great speaker. He was eloquent when needed and direct when required. He would decide what to say and do it, mostly with grace.
2. RR had the ability to [...]
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