Posted on May 31st, 2008 by Alegre
Well as you might have guessed, I was at the protest in DC today as the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC) met to decide what to do with the votes my family all cast back in Michigan, and those in Florida.
We turned up to make our voices heard in the hopes that the RBC […]
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Posted on May 31st, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Timing is everything… Isn’t it. How curious that just a short time before the DNC Rules Committee made their final decision, the Obama campaign announced that the Obama’s were leaving the Trinity Church. Now, it could be just a coincidence that Obama decided to make this announcement tonight, but sensing an outcoming from the Rules […]
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Posted on May 31st, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
I’m still shaking my head in wonderment over the deal forged at the DNC’s Rules Committee Meeting today. In a nutshell, as Marc Ambinder notes, “Clinton nets 24 delegates out of the day.” Read Ambinder’s take on the closing moments of the meeting. Needless to say there are some unhappy campers all the way around. […]
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Posted on May 31st, 2008 by Gilbert Martinez
No matter what you think of the delegate rulings today, one thing is clear. By seating the delegates in any fashion, the RBC legitimized the popular vote tallies from FL and MI. This means Hillary can legitimately claim a net of over 600,000 votes today. No news source should report total popular vote numbers that […]
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Posted on May 31st, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
The discussion over seating the delegates for Michigan and Florida at the DNC Rules Committee meeting is raging on today.
Carl Levin (above), Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, Ron Gettelfinger and Debbie Dingell weigh in on “why Michigan Democrats must be seated” in an OP/ED in the Detroit News today:
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Posted on May 31st, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
I know our readers are all focused on the DNC Rules Committee Meeting today, but I wanted to highlight another important issue in the news today…
California Senator Barbara Boxer gave the Democratic Radio Address today and she spoke about the urgent need for the U.S. to act on global warming before it’s too late. The Senate is scheduled […]
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Posted on May 31st, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
I’ve been watching this meeting and I have reached at least one conclusion. Somehow, and I can’t understand how, Barack Obama has managed once again to stack the room with his supporters.
Since there were only 500 seats available and they were allocated in seconds after being offered, I don’t understand how Obama accomplished the task. […]
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Posted on May 31st, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
I never thought that I would see the day that the Democratic Party would even think of reducing the power of the vote of Democrats in two states. I thought one man, one vote was a basic Democratic principle.
If you are not watching CNN or MSNBC’s live coverage it’s fact filled. You can watch the […]
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Posted on May 31st, 2008 by Robert Freedland
Cross-Posted on Stock Picks Bob’s Advice:
A few days ago I discussed how I was looking into an iBond. So I visited my local Wells Fargo Bank and purchased a $5,000 bond for a long-term investment. And the more I thought about, the more I became perplexed about this new limit on individual savings […]
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Posted on May 30th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Earlier today on a Obama campaign conference call with reporters Senator John Kerry questioned ”Republican presumptive nominee John McCain’s judgment and grasp of the facts about what’s going on Iraq.”
Yesterday, McCain said that U.S. forces in Iraq have “drawn down to pre-surge levels.” Kerry, citing figures that show the opposite, skewered his friend, fellow Vietnam War veteran and […]
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Posted on May 30th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
The Argus Leader endorsed Hillary Clinton today noting for “the first time in memory, every state will play a role in choosing a nominee for the nation’s highest office.”
The endorsement speaks for itself:
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Posted on May 30th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
As we discussed earlier today, Obama is finally getting some detailed Traditional Media attention. The WSJ says today:
As smart and credentialed as he is, Sen. Obama is often an indifferent speaker without a teleprompter. He has large gaps in his knowledge base, and is just as likely to dig in and embrace a policy misstatement […]
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