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Kennedy Not in Immediate Danger; Seizure Cause Sought

The Boston Globe reports the latest on Senator Ted Kennedy, friends and associates have said that hos “condition was considered serious,” but “his life did not appear to be in imminent danger.” Kennedy was hospitalized earlier today after suffering a seizure.
The news of his hospitalization has drawn an outpouring “of support from across the nation […]

Senator John Kerry on Senator Ted Kennedy

Senator John Kerry is reported to currently be at Massachusetts General Hospital with Senator Kennedy and members of the Kennedy family. Via my contact in Senator Kerry’s office, his press office has released the following statement in regards to Senator Edward Kennedy:
“Ted Kennedy is beloved and respected on both sides of the aisle in the Senate in […]

Andrei Cherny Talks with Stephen Colbert About His New Book: The Candy Bombers

Andrei Cherny was on The Colbert Report last night discussing his new book, The Candy Bombers, with Stephen Colbert.

Andrei is co-founder and co-editor of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, a former White House speechwriter and Senior Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

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Clinton Defends Obama from Bush

As I expected she would… Today in Rapid City, SD, Hillary Clinton went to bat for Barack Obama in the wake of Bush’s comparison of him to Neville Chamberlain, Ken Vogel reports (via Politico).
She told reporters:
President Bush’s comparison of any Democrat to Nazi appeasers is both offensive and outrageous on the face of it, especially […]

Bush Suggests Obama and Democrats Want ‘Appeasement’ of Terrorists

Speaking at Israel’s 60th anniversary celebration in Jerusalem today, Bush launched attack on Democrats ”suggesting they favor “appeasement” of terrorists in the same way some Western leaders appeased Hitler in the run-up to World War II.”
He did not specifically “name Obama or any other Democrat, but White House aides privately acknowledged the remarks were aimed at the presidential […]

Why Is It?

…That John Kerry sniped mercilessly at Howard Dean during the 2004 primary, but no one ever accused him of being a traitor to the Democratic Party?
…That when feminists complain of massive sexism and misogyny during the campaign, they are called “whiners,” but when Obama supporters complain of racism, they are called “victims of injustice”?
…That when […]

Wright Making Headlines Again

Rev. Jeremiah Wright has been back in the news over the past couple of days making headlines and stirring up more controversy:
After addressing the NAACP yesterday in Detroit, Jeremiah Wright travels to the heart of the media beast — the National Press Club in DC — where he has been speaking this morning. 
You can watch Wright’s NAACP […]

Hillary Clinton Wins PA and Accomplishes Three Important Goals

Tonight we saw Hillary Clinton, outspent by 3 to 1, pull off a key victory. The winning results are the proof that she is becoming a better, more personal candidate each day. With a 10% margin of victory, as of 1am Eastern time, Senator Clinton has accomplished three remarkable goals:
A: Stop the calls for her […]