Jeralyn at Talk Left has a whopper of a post outlining Obama’s role in a liberal survey dating back to when he first ran for office. Politico nailed Obama on the survey today:
The evidence comes from an amended version of an Illinois voter group’s detailed questionnaire, filed under his name during his 1996 bid for […]
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In a letter to Howard Dean, Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., “proposed that Michigan’s 83 pledged delegates be chosen at congressional district conventions according to the results of the state’s primary.” Here’s the scoop:
Under Stupak’s formula, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who received 55 percent of the primary vote, would receive 47 delegates.
Illinois Sen. Barack […]
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Ed Rendell pointed out on Fox News today, yes Fox News, that their coverage of the Democratic candidates has been more “fair & balanced” than the rest of the media. Rendell has a point with his assertion:
I think during this entire primary coverage, starting in Iowa and up to the present — FOX has done […]
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The Page has a video up that is a prime example why Barack Obama is not ready for prime time. Watch it here.
Not only did Obama hem and haw when took a question about Iraq from a reporter at a gas station but he also managed to single-handedly undo all the criticism of McCain’s “100 years” remarks […]
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Paul Krugman has a post on his NY Times blog today citing Jeralyn at Talk Left on why John Edwards hasn’t endorsed either Clinton or Obama:
Via Jeralyn at Talk Left, John Heilemann on why John Edwards hasn’t endorsed anyone yet:
So appalled was Edwards at Clinton’s gaudy corporatism—her defense of the role of lobbyists, her suckling […]
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Richard M. Scaife, owner of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, who has often criticized Hillary and her campaign, takes a second look after an intensive 90 minute interview which the NY Times reported on here.
If you’re still not sure that Hillary will be the next president of the United States, take a look at this piece in U.S. […]
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Today in the Washington Post in a front page story they recount the disaster that was a less than one week alliance between John McCain and Barrack Obama in his first year in office. Here’s the first three paragraphs:
Obama, McCain Forged Fleeting Alliance
Efforts to Collaborate on Ethics Reform Fell Apart Within a Week
A year into […]
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It’s Monday and it’s April Fool’s Eve. I am currently planning what minor prank I shall play on my children. I’m also steeling myself for whatever pranks might be planned for me…
Rest assured, Uncle Jay has a run-down of the political hi-jinx of the past week: Uncle Jay Explains the News - March 31, 2008
Let’s […]
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I had to laugh in agreement with Steve Benen’s opening statement on The Carpetbagger Report on the WaPo editorial today about whether Clinton should stay in the race. Benen said:
With about seven months to go before voters choose the next president, Democrats are not only divided over which candidate should get the nomination, they’re divided […]
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Will wonders never cease… The WaPo has a piece today that outlines how Barack Obama overstated the Kennedy’s role in helping his father come to the United States. Michael Dobbs reports:
Addressing civil rights activists in Selma, Ala., a year ago, Sen. Barack Obama traced his “very existence” to the generosity of the Kennedy family, which […]
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Via lambert, Suburban Guerilla quotes Eric Boehlert:
What’s happening online now is potentially dangerous: HRC has gotten dreadful press, not fair, “gotcha,” and so on — there’s a portion of the blogosphere that has ignored that and there’s a portion that has encouraged that.
It’s dangerous because the media criticism has to be consistent and relentless, and […]
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Among the must reads of the day, is a post from Steve Clemons on the HuffPo: “The World is Watching and Wants More: Clinton-Obama Race Should Go All the Way.”
Clemons says:
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