Sorry that it appears that I have been out of the loop, my friends. Indeed, that is not actually the case. Sometimes, my days as a military spouse with a soldier deployed means that I need distance from things, including blogging, to maintain my sanity.
In any case, I’m back and ready for bear. I’m [...]
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What a mess. The truth has finally come out… “John Edwards admitted to ABC News in an interview with Bob Woodruff Friday that he repeatedly lied about an extramarital affair with a 42-year old campaign employee,” Rielle Hunter. Everybody’s talking about it, because this type of messy stuff is the stuff that the media thrives [...]
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Filed under: ABC News, Democrats, Election '08, In The News, N.Y. Times, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Primaries, Scandals
Barack Obama’s healthcare plan maybe looking better in the future to those voters who preferred the plans of Hillary Clinton and John Edwards. The Boston Globe reports:
Barack Obama announced in his economy speech today that Elizabeth Edwards will work with him on healthcare policy — the issue that is the cause of her life and [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, Election '08, General Election, Healthcare, In The News, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Primaries
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 [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, Election '08, In The News, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Primaries
John Edwards endorsed Barack Obama tonight in Grand Rapids, Michigan:
The media and blogosphere are abuzz as to the hows and whys of Edwards stepping up to endorse Obama when the race is down to the finish line with just a few primaries left, but the endorsement does come ”at a time when the appeal of Mr. [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, Election '08, Endorsements, In The News, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Primaries
Obama has yet to show he can consistently win a majority of racial groups beyond African Americans. He’s loses Hispanics and Asian Americans in addition to white voters, by similar 65-35 margins. Three separate races are voting for Hillary Clinton, and by similar numbers. One race is voting for Barack Obama, and in near unanymity. [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, Election '08, Gilbert Martinez, In The News, Political News, Presidential Primaries, State Politics
The latest USA Today/Gallup poll published today shows that “Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama’s standing has been significantly damaged by the controversy over his former pastor,” and the issue raises “questions for some voters about the Illinois senator’s values, credibility and electability.”
The erosion of support among Democrats and independents raises the stakes in Tuesday’s Indiana and [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, Election '08, In The News, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Polls, Presidential Primaries
Hillary Clinton accepted a key endorsement from N.C. Governor Mike Easley on T. Kicking off his endorsement, Easley said:
“This lady right here makes Rocky Balboa look like a pansy. There’s nothing I love more than a strong powerful woman.”
Move over Rocky… This is a key endorsement of a Superdelegate in N.C. (who previously endorsed John Edwards) that [...]
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Filed under: Delegates, Democrats, Election '08, In The News, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Primaries, State Politics
If you haven’t read Elizabeth Edwards OP/ED in the NY Times on the media’s role in this election cycle it’s a must read: Bowling 1, Health Care 0. I highly agree with Edwards’ closing paragraph:
If voters want a vibrant, vigorous press, apparently we will have to demand it. Not by screaming out our windows as [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, Election '08, In The News, N.Y. Times, Opinions, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Primaries
“We should have a national capital fund
to make money — capital — available to new businesses that will operate
and start in smaller towns and smaller communities. Right now all the
capital stays in big cities. We’ve got to get it out into the rural
areas.”
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