Monday, February 11, 2008
Michelle Obama Solidifies Her Role in the Election
With the Democratic presidential race wide open, Michelle Obama is assuming the same dominant role in Barack Obama's public life that she has in his private life. On the campaign trail, she has emerged as an influential adviser whom aides watch as a barometer for how both they and the candidate are doing.
Neck and Neck, Democrats Woo Superdelegates
The party elite discount your vote with Superdelegates. Welcome to the new democracy .
When Politics and Culture Collide
Put Hillary Clinton on Rambo's body and the world will have a force to reckon with.
WTF? WA Republican Caucus closed with 13% of votes uncounted
With 13% of the votes uncounted in a tight race where the two top vote getters were separated by less than 2% of the vote, state party chair Luke Esser decided to declare McCain the winner of the Washington State Republican Caucus. Esser said he just thought it was the right thing to do.
A Boom in Political Ads
Politicians are expected to spend $3 billion on TV advertising in 2008, driving up ad prices for everyone. Businesses are scrambling to work around the problem
Paul rules out third-party nomination
Presidential hopeful Ron Paul says he is fully committed to the Republican Party.
Obama Wins Maine Democratic Caucuses
Barack Obama defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton in Maine presidential caucuses Sunday, grabbing a majority of delegates as the state's Democrats overlooked the snowy weather and turned out in heavy numbers for municipal gatherings.
McCalifornia
Immigration lessons from the primaries. An exit poll in California asked Republicans to choose among three immigration policy options. About six in 10 voters said illegal aliens should either be allowed to apply for U.S. citizenship or to stay as temporary workers. Those voters went for Mr. McCain comfortably. A minority of 38% favored deportation.
An Open Letter to the Objectivist Community on Behalf of Ron
Ayn Rand wrote: "In an age of moral collapse, like the present, men who seek power for power's sake rise to leadership everywhere on earth and destroy one country after another. Barry Goldwater is singularly devoid of power lust. Even his antagonists admit it with grudging respect. He is seeking, not to rule, but to liberate a country." Ron Paul wo
Clinton v. Obama - The Lawsuit
How a possible meltdown might unfold. Would superdelegates let this happen to the Democratic party? Call your friends in upcoming primary states!
Hate Springs Eternal
Most of the venom is coming from supporters of Barack Obama, who want their hero or nobody. His campaign seems dangerously close to becoming a cult of personality.
Why Democrats must choose Obama
They have been waiting an awfully long time for a politician like Mr Obama. If, having come so close, they still manage to nominate Mrs Clinton, I think it is a choice they will regret for years and maybe decades.
McCain urged not to pick Huckabee for running mate
Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- John McCain, in position to become the Republican presidential nominee, should choose someone like South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford as his running mate rather than former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, conservative leader David Keene said.
Huckabee fires back at Karl Rove
"Karl Rove has also maxed out personal contributions to John McCain so I'm not saying he doesn't know what he's talking about politically, but he's not infallible either. And the point is, Karl is a supporter of John McCain. And I've not had my supporters yet to tell me to get out of race."
"Obama Will Be Assassinated" - Nobel Laureate
Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing believes Barack Obama would be assassinated if he were elected U.S. president, the British writer said in a newspaper interview.
What choice do voters have? Barbara Simpson ponders
Barbara points out that the most important thing to remember for Conservative Republicans, regardless of the presidential candidates, is that Congress is vital, and we need to vote out entrenched incumbents, especially liberal Republicans. Don't forget this election includes voting for U.S. Congressional seats, as well as state and local elections.
Clinton "planned to divorce Hillary..."
Bill Clinton was ready to divorce Hillary to be with one of his lovers, according to a book out next month. The marriage crisis is said to have ended with his wife talking him out of the move, telling a friend "there are worse things than infidelity". The story is among a string of revelations in two books detailing Mrs Clinton's rise to...
Barack 'n' Roll! Clintons must go! - By Doug Powers
"If Barack Obama can manage to pull off a win in a game that's probably rigged against him, it would be a bigger upset than we saw in the Super Bowl and the country would be better off in the long term as a result." But Doug Powers says he has "begun to fear for Obama's safety, but not because of some racist nut case." Something to do with Area 51.
Dr. Ron Paul, The Constitution Party Is Calling
I know every avid supporter of Dr. Paul including myself, did all that they could for his candidacy while he has been on the Republican ticket. But it's now time that we ask him to run as the Presidential candidate for a third party. My vote goes to the Constitution Party which is already very well-established.
Dr. Ron Paul, The Constitution Party Is Calling
I know every avid supporter of Dr. Paul including myself, did all that they could for his candidacy while he has been on the Republican ticket. But it's now time that we ask him to run as the Presidential candidate for a third party. My vote goes to the Constitution Party which is already very well-established.
As Obama cruises, Clinton retools campaign
Obama has heated up the race pulling within 28 delegates of the reknowned Clinton machine,
Report: Bill Clinton Planned to Divorce Hillary
Bill Clinton's extramarital affairs can't stop coming back to haunt his wife, Democrat presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton. A new book by Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein alleges the former president was on the verge of divorcing his wife, leaving her for "the other woman" now identified as marketing executive Marilyn Jo Jenkins.
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