There is an excellent article in WaPo about ‘Clinton’s California Dream Team‘, including Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers, actor activist Rob Reiner and L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Sphere: Related Content
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Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up
So much news, so much to do, so little time. Let’s jump right in, shall we? Morning cuppa?: Check Daily Youtubery?: Check. Ledisi – Alright Today’s Ten Post Round-Up?: Check. 1: Democrats stormed the polls, Tuesday… Democratic turnout thumped GOP turnout yesterday–AMERICAblog 2: Court tosses sexual assault case back to be fought on Halliburton’s turf… Case Of Alleged Sexual Assault Against Halliburton Staffers Won’t Go To Trial–Crooks and Liars 3: “Meanest Mom” deserves two-thumbs up… Good Parenting and the...
Of Loans, Fundraising, Targets and Falling Short
The media and the blogosphere was a flutter on Wednesday about Hillary Clinton loaning her campaign $5 million. At her news conference this afternoon, Senator Clinton acknowledged the loan, saying: “I loaned the campaign $5 million from my money. That’s where I got the money. I did it because I believe very strongly in this campaign, and we had a great month fund-raising in January, broke all our records, but my opponent was able to raise more money and we intended...
On a Need to Know Basis
On a need to know basis does anyone really care if Obama Girl didn’t vote? I mean really who gives damn? Is this really news? No. It’s fluff and hype. And considering that Obama told AP in August, “that his own daughters became upset with the risqué video,” he probably didn’t care either. Obama Girl is just hoping to catch a ride to her own fame and fortune. It doesn’t say much for the state of this presidential race...
Bundlers for Barack Obama Who Have Registered as Federal Lobbyists
The Obama camp is raking in the dough after Super Tuesday, but I wondering, did you hear Barack Obama in his speech last night when he claimed that his campaign “has not taken a dime of” lobbyist money? Not True, says Public Citizen who released a report detailing that ten bundlers for Barack Obama have registered as federal lobbyists: Sphere: Related Content
Will There Be a Brokered Deal for the Dem Nominee?
I’ve said here recently in the comments that I didn’t think it would be a good thing for the Dems to have to take the fight for the nomination to the convention floor this summer. Howard Dean weighed in on the possibility of a floor fight for the nomination or brokering a deal: “The idea that we can afford to have a big fight at the convention and then win the race in the next eight weeks, I think,...
Hillary’s Super Tuesday Victory Speech
Looking forward from Super Tuesday, here’s Hillary’s Super Tuesday Victory Speech (h/t C&L): The Clinton campaign notes today that the Super Tuesday “results confirmed Hillary’s strengths as a candidate and signaled that she made inroads with a number of key groups and demographics. As we look through the returns and the exits, there are a number of myth-busters that stand out”: Sphere: Related Content
Dems Shatter Primary Turnout Rate
Although we still don’t have a clear picture of who our nominee will be, and I don’t think anyone expected we would, the one thing we do know is that across the board, Democrats shattered their records for turnout in the Super Tuesday races: Sphere: Related Content
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