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Racist Quote, Clinton’s Quiets Reid’s

Racist Quote, Clinton’s Quiets Reid’s

January 11, 2010 4:41 pm
The blogosphere is all atwitter about Sen. Harry Reid’s quote about presidential candidate Barack Obama. The then-Illinois senator was described, in private, by the...

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30 Days To Go …

by Charley James Alright, so it’s been an unpredictable election year. When the primaries began, Hillary Clinton was the heavy favorite and John McCain was all but dead in the water with Fred Thompson’s entry in the race being eagerly awaited by conservative and moderate Republicans alike. And something may yet happen – the oft-cited, [...]

300-Plus Electoral Votes is Possible for Obama

by Denis Campbell My EU media colleagues have a hard time understanding that daily national tracking polls mean little. On November 4th, voters will enter and cast ballots in 50-statewide winner-takes-all contests. There are 538 electoral votes up for grabs, this is how the race is decided and the first person to 270 votes wins. [...]

Random Craziness from the Campaign Trail

  Pundit round-up from The Daily Kos, Hoffmania and others NY Times’ David Brooks: Damned if I know what’s going on. Conservatism has failed before my very eyes. NY Times’ Paul Krugman: I do know what’s going on, and it ain’t pretty. There’s only one bright spot in the picture: interest rates on mortgages have [...]

Yes We Did!

The party was unified and happy leaving Boston in 2004. The difference between this year and four years ago is that many of us voted against George Bush rather than for John Kerry. When casting our ballot this year many will be voting for Barack Obama. The pundits had nothing to talk about those first [...]

Tears of…

… what, no one can put it into words. I watched at midnight here in the UK as Senator Hillary Clinton, in the most magnanimous of unifying gestures, stopped the vote count by asking the convention to suspend its rules, ensure all of the ballots are counted and accept her floor nomination of Barack Obama [...]

Enough About Me, What Do You Think of Me?

In what had to be a difficult speech for anyone to make, Hillary Clinton gave the gracious, fire in the belly, support Obama and the party speech she needed to give last night. Solid, filled with great quotes, it was mostly on target. There were a few moment when it looked as if it would [...]