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Al Gore Endorses Barack Obama

 
In his own words from Al’s Journal:
A few hours from now I will step on stage in Detroit, Michigan to announce my support for Senator Barack Obama. From now through Election Day, I intend to do whatever I can to make sure he is elected President of the United States.
Over the next four years, we [...]

More on Solis Doyle Joining the Obama Team

The speculation is rampant on Patti Solis Doyle joining the Obama. I’m not so interested in the gossipy b.s. that claims the move was a big f.u to Hillary Clinton. I don’t buy it frankly. That said, The Swamp notes that Solis Doyle and David Axelrod go way back:
David Axelrod, Obama’s top strategist, said he [...]

What Clinton Won By Losing

From Political Wire:
John Heilemann: “What strikes me as inarguable is that Hillary is today a more resonant, consequential, and potent figure than she has ever been before. No longer merely a political persona, she has been elevated to a rarefied plane in our cultural consciousness. With her back against the wall, she both found her [...]

Patti Solis Doyle Joins Obama Team

Former Clinton campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle is joining the Obama team, making it the “first big hire” from the Clinton campaign. I suspect we’ll see a few more Clinton staffers make their way over to the Obama campaign as the Obama team ramps up for the general election. In ‘04, if I am not [...]

AP News vs Bloggers Over Fair Use

Over the weekend I put up a quick reference link to a growing controversy involving AP News and the blogosphere. Rogers Cadenhead, publisher of the Drudge Retort sent out an email to fellow liberal bloggers late last week stating that he had received a “letter to the Drudge Retort asking it to remove seven items [...]

The Non-Security of Retirement and One Idea

Unfortunately, we are seeing many people of retirement age wind up in strictly limited living circumstances. While active and socially involved, they live, in any cases, with limitations that can be difficult. Today MSN online offers a simple solution to the person with $12,000 retirement income or less. The article over simplfies a difficult [...]