There’s been a lot of news I haven’t had a chance to cover today, so here’s a few links and musings on it all. Hillary Clinton Closed Out the Petraeus/Odierno Hearing with “Key Withdrawal Questions” today, adnvancing the “cause of Iraq withdrawal and redeployment.” NBC News had a brief interview with Senator Ted Kennedy as he and his wife prepared to go sailing for the 2nd time since he was released from the hospital following the diagnosis that Kennedy...
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Huffy-Fit
Arianna Huffington has declared war on the Superdelegates: “Stop Yelling at Hillary to Stand Down and Start Yelling at the Superdelegates to Stand Up.” The Democratic leadership — starting with Pelosi, Reid, and Dean — should begin working behind the scenes to get all uncommitted supers to immediately commit. Let Puerto Rico, South Dakota, and Montana have their say, but start bringing the curtain down now. And let’s not just wait for the party leaders to put pressure on...
Obama Hints at Naming Clinton to His ‘Team of Rivals’
Earlier today I posted Air America’s Thom Hartman’s message that Obama should “ask” Clinton to be his VP, in response to the news that Obama has pegged “Jim Johnson to begin vetting potential vice presidential picks.” The post was met with some disgruntled responses from both Clinton and Obama supporters. And elesewhere in the blogosphere there’s been similar discussions holding forth, with few agreeing on the pragmatism of the idea of a “unity ticket.” Personally, I think given the...
Thom Hartman: Obama – Ask Hillary First!
Word has it today that Barack Obama “has begun a top-secret search for a running mate.” Although Obama would not acknowledge the search is on, Democratic officials speaking on the condition of anonymity say that “Obama has asked former Fannie Mae CEO Jim Johnson to begin vetting potential vice presidential picks.” Johnson vetted VP candidates for “Democratic nominees John Kerry in 2004 and Walter Mondale in 1984.” Marc Ambinder notes that “Kerry began his three-month search process in March...
Oil Execs Defend Huge Profits Before Senate
Oil executives testified before the Senate on Wednesday, defending their huge profits and high salaries, while “regular people are scrimping to pay for gasoline to go to work.” Senator Pat Leahy decided he “wanted to make it personal for the men of Big Oil.” How much money did you make last year? the Vermont Democrat asked the top executives of the country’s five biggest oil companies. They had been summoned to a Senate hearing to explain the extraordinarily high...
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