Posted on May 9th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
The fight for the nomination is coming to end in the next few weeks and for all intents and purposes, though “not completely over,” it does appear that “the odds now overwhelmingly favor Barack Obama.” This of course is not good news to Clinton supporters who hold on to the hope that she will pull off […]
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Posted on February 5th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
(If you are still undecided today then here’s a thought: If you want ‘change’, and we all do, then you have to have a change agent that knows the system and has the contacts to create that change. Perhaps my thoughts as I did a 180 degree turn to support Hillary Clinton will be helpful.)
So […]
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Posted on February 4th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
I’m not shocked or surprised by the latest round of hype surrounding Hillary Clinton’s emotional moment on the campaign trail today, I’m disgusted:
Sen. Hillary Clinton teared up this morning at an event at the Yale Child Study Center, where she worked while in law school in the early 1970s.
Penn Rhodeen, who was introducing Clinton, began to […]
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Posted on February 2nd, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Paul Krugman on why John Edwards mattered:
Mr. Edwards, far more than is usual in modern politics, ran a campaign based on ideas. And even as his personal quest for the White House faltered, his ideas triumphed: both candidates left standing are, to a large extent, running on the platform Mr. Edwards built.[…]
If 2008 is different, […]
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Posted on February 1st, 2008 by PanMetron
Of all of the many reasons to support a Democrat for President of the U.S. in 2008, one of the most vital is to start to bring to a close the reckless bloodbath that Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and friends opened up in Iraq. From the safety of our homes we only know the starkest […]
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Posted on January 30th, 2008 by Hank Edson
We need to be as ambitious in envisioning political process integrity as John Edwards has been honest in talking about political process corruption.
For supporters of John Edwards, the end of his 2008 campaign for the presidency should not be spent in either deep gloom or false bravado. The future of the cause Edwards champions remains […]
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Posted on January 30th, 2008 by Tom Driscoll
The most disturbing aspect of the sorry spectacle of President Bush’s last State Of The Union Address —his airbrushed rendering of his Mideast misadventure. Where it concerned the situation in Iraq the president’s address wasn’t any realistic accounting of the state of affairs. It was a delusional display of false premises and distorted fantasy.
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Posted on January 29th, 2008 by Dizzy Dezzi
My internet connection was down on Sunday evening/Monday morning, so I was unable to get out my round-up in a timely manner.
But, I’m back and ready to go despite the busy, yet, hugely successful weekend that just ended (Dizzy plus one microphone plus 400 people = &%$# awesome!). Too bad it wasn’t a political rally […]
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Posted on January 28th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Ezra Klein had an OP/ED in the L.A. Times on the subject of “unity” on Sunday. In the OP/ED, Ezra says, “even a consensus-building, problem-solving president can’t solve political gridlock.” He’s got a point and a very good point.
“Unity” ain’t a fix all for America’s ills. For all the hype on bringing everyone together it […]
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Posted on January 27th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
On the heels of his big win in South Carolina on Saturday, Caroline Kennedy has endorsed Barack Obama in an OP/ED the N.Y. Times. She makes a very compelling argument for Obama, stating “My reasons are patriotic, political and personal, and the three are intertwined.”
All my life, people have told me that my father changed […]
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Posted on January 26th, 2008 by Hank Edson
The recent flap over Barack Obama’s comments on Ronald Reagan speaks volumes about what distinguishes our three democratic presidential candidates. But what it says is not complementary to either Obama or Clinton. Instead, once again, it shows us that John Edwards is the real candidate all Democrats should support.
Obama’s Intent
When Obama described Reagan’s Republican Party […]
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Posted on January 25th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
The editorial board of the N.Y. Times has endorsed Hillary Clinton in the Democratic Primaries today, noting that the “early primaries produced two powerful main contenders: Hillary Clinton, the brilliant if at times harsh-sounding senator from New York; and Barack Obama, the incandescent if still undefined senator from Illinois.”
The endorsement takes an interesting look at the […]
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