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Monday, March 24 2008, 07:49 AM The Trail With Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) so busy beating up on each other, it has fallen to other Democrats to do opposition research on the presumptive GOP nominee, Sen. John McCain (Ariz.). That somebody would be the Center f 151 News Stories, 39 Liberal Blogs, 35 Conservative Blogs Post A Comment
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The Carpetbagger Report Tuesday?s Campaign Round-up Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers: * Maybe we’ll get lucky? “Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, once so eager to debate
Daily Kos Clinton Hasn't Agreed To Nc Debate AP: Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, once so eager to debate she ran two ads questioning why her rival wouldn't, has yet to say whether she'll debate Sen. Barack Obama in North Carolina next month. Both presidential candidates plan to participat
Oliver Willis Clinton Echoes Rove, Hannity Guess the pressure of the Bosnia lie was heating up, so Sen. Clinton goes to the well again. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton broke her week-long silence Tuesday morning about Senator Barack Obama?s relationship with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, saying that sh
The Carpetbagger Report Clinton Takes The Low Road, Goes After Obama On Wright When the controversy surrounding some of Jeremiah Wright’s sermons first erupted a couple of weeks ago, the Clinton campaign went out of its way to say absolutely nothing about the story publicly. If a reporter brought it up during one of the campai
The Carpetbagger Report The Latest In A Series Of Metrics: How About The Electoral-college Vote? I miss January. It seems like quite a while ago, but after the Iowa caucuses, there was general agreement about the metrics for the Democratic presidential race. The Obama campaign said it was a race for delegates; the Clinton campaign said it was a race
Lean Left Hillary Clinton Steps In It Via commenter Ted and Obsidian Wings, we find this: Finally, the Barack Obama campaign has found a big gun to help shoot down Hillary Rodham Clinton’s self-proclaimed foreign policy experience. And he may be the wackiest gun of all: Sinbad, the acto
MyDD Will Indiana Be A Primary Battleground? My name is Thomas and I write over at the Blue Indiana blog, which up until recently didn't have a whole lot to do with the Democratic presidential primary. We in the Hoosier state pulled for our favorite team, but at the end of the day, our May primary s
feminist blogs Hillary Not Ready To Make Nice (video) Here's a striking pro Hillary video with some nice old footage of Hillary Rodham, including 1990s clips of the First Lady, and it's all to the tune of the audacious Dixie Chicks hit, Not Ready to Make Nice. Or, when the heck is Obama going to stop destr
The Carpetbagger Report Monday?s Campaign Round-up Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers: * AP: “Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton called on President Bush on Monday to appoint ‘an
the mindful mission Dobson On Obama Ah... James Dobson is at it again:What does it take to be the most liberal member of the United States Senate – farther left than Ted Kennedy, John Kerry or even Hillary Clinton? For the answer, take a look at a man who could be the next president o
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire Ppp Poll: Obama Opens Wide Lead In North Carolina A new Public Policy Polling survey in North Carolina shows Sen. Barack Obama dramatically expanding his lead over Sen. Hillary Clinton, 55% to 34%. 'This 21 point lead is the largest he has shown in any NC polling to date, and an indication that the Wrig
MyDD Maybe An Edwards Endorsement Wouldn't Help Clinton In Nc After All As I wrote this weekend, it's looking less and less likely that John Edwards will endorse in the primary. While certainly an Edwards endorsement would serve as a much-desired vote of confidence for Hillary Clinton, helping to drive a positive narrative in
Think Progress Mccain Silent On Reaching 4,000 U.s. Deaths In Iraq. With the deaths of four more soldiers last night, the U.S. military reached the grim marker of 4,000 soldier fatalities in Iraq. Both Sens. Barack Obama (D-IL) and Hillary Clinton (D-NY) released statements recognizing the soldiers for their sacrifice and
Wonkette Obama Secretly Related To Every U.s. President, And Brad Pitt [dynastic Politics] This whole 'Barack Obama is a fresh face to American political history' meme has finally been disproven as yet another dumb liberal myth. Researchers at the New England Historic Genealogical Society have discovered that, aside from Dick Cheney, Obama is r
Eschaton Better Wise Old Men Of Washington, Please Really. Please.PHILADELPHIA (AP) --Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton called on President Bush on Monday to appoint ''an emergency working group on foreclosures'' to recommend new ways to confront the nation's housing finance troubles.The New York senator s
Wonkette Obama Girl Just Wants Hillary To Die [obama Girl Is Also From New Jersey] We have always hated 'Obama Girl,' just as our St. Barack of Obama hates 'Obama Girl,' and for the same reasons: Everything dumb and and vapid and vulgar and plastic about this failed nation is personified by this 'Obama Girl.' But the lyrics to this lat
Think Progress Matthews: ?maybe We Should Elect? Mccain To End The Iraq War Seeming to argue for a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq during MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Hardball host Chris Matthews asserted that terrorists and extremists “want us to constantly rebuild and reinforce and surge” in Iraq so they can “us
the mindful mission Random Campaign Linkage The Obama Doctrine:Barack Obama is offering the most sweeping liberal foreign-policy critique we've heard from a serious presidential contender in decades. But will voters buy it? Sen Clinton, You Want WHO To Fix Our Economic Mess? - Why does Hilla
legitgov Don't Discount Gore-led Ticket If neither Sen. Hillary Clinton nor Sen. Barack Obama has clinched the nomination by August, U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney (D-Fla.) says we may see a brokered convention, meaning the nominee could emerge from a negotiated settlement. 'If it (the nomination proces
feminist blogs Obama?s Opposition To Florida And Michigan Re-votes Will Haunt Him Scott Rasmussen and a democratic pollster weigh in on the Democratic primary and confirm what others are saying -- it is going to be very difficult for Obama to claim a valid win in light of his successful opposition to the Florida and Michigan re-votes.
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire Clinton Stalls On North Carolina Debate Sen. Hillary Clinton, 'once so eager to debate she ran two ads questioning why her rival wouldn't, has yet to say whether she'll debate Sen. Barack Obama in North Carolina next month,' the AP reports. 'Both presidential candidates plan to participate in
Alas, a blog In Praise Of The Super-extended Primary Lots of Obama supporters have been arguing that it’s time for Clinton to drop out of the race. I can see the arguments, but I think it makes more sense for Clinton to decide when Clinton drops out. Sandy Levinson argues that the extended primary sho
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire Indiana Shapes Up As Battleground 'Wedged between Illinois, which is Sen. Barack Obama's home state, and Ohio, which Sen. Hillary Clinton dominated on March 4, Indiana may be the one state remaining on the primary calendar where both candidates begin with a roughly equal chance of coming
Daily Kos Finally Catching On? ABC News' Jake Tapper: l just spoke with a Democratic Party official, who asked for anonymity so as to speak candidly, who said we in the media are all missing the point of this Democratic fight. The delegate math is difficult for Sen. Hillary Clinton,
MyDD Obama Begins Pennsylvania Push The expectations about Pennsylvania are set fairly firmly in place that Hillary Clinton will win the state, likely by double digits, and that if Barack Obama upsets her there it should end the race right then and there. The Obama campaign no doubt is sett
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire Obama Posts Tax Returns In an attempt to highlight what he claims is a lack of transparency from rival Sen. Hillary Clinton, Sen. Barack Obama posted his tax returns on the Internet today.Paul Caron: 'What is surprising, given the recent controversy over Obama's membership in th
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire Bayh Proposes Another Measure To Pick Nominee Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN), who endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton for president, 'proposed another gauge Sunday by which superdelegates might judge whether to support Mrs. Clinton or Senator Barack Obama,' the New York Times reports. 'He suggested that they consid
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Some Guy With a Website by August J. Pollak - xoverboard.com Mock-iavellian I'm glad other people are also asking to tone down this 'Hillary Clinton wants to DESTROY THE PARTY OH NOES' talk. Look, she's clearly running a bad (and losing) campaign. And she's been saying stuff over the last few days that just tilts your head- why
feminist blogs Feminist Backlash: The National Organization For Men Quote of the Day'Feminists know that?and if we're beginning to feel resistant to being played like suckers every election, if we're increasingly unwilling to play the equivalent role of the disaffected evangelicals who keep voting Republican as though the
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire Mini-convention For Superdelegates Proposed 'Democrats, looking for a way out, are pondering a new idea: an unprecedented 'mini-convention' to bring their punishing presidential season to an early close,' according to the Kansas City Star. 'The proposal surfaced during another week of pushing and
The Carpetbagger Report Clinton Wants Obama To Lose The Nomination, Not The Election The fact that Hillary Clinton continues to fight on, despite practical hurdles that appear insurmountable, has led some to argue that she’s intentionally trying to undermine Barack Obama’s general-election prospects, possibly to improve her ow
Eschaton Does Politics Have A Place In The Pulpit? Apparently Barack Obama has forced CNN to address this newly-raised question.
Suburban Guerrilla More ?character Gap? Obama keeps telling supporters he doesn’t take money from lobbyists, and it’s simply not true. He takes big contributions from law firms that have substantial lobbying practices - under the law, they are listed on the finance reports as law fi
Wonkette Clinton And Obama Both Lie About How Important They Are [they Cheat With Their Exaggerating] Hey, good news, Democratic voters: Whether your candidate of choice is the lady with 35 years of experience dodging sniper bullets with Sinbad or the freshman senator from Illinois who likes to talk about the 'hard work' he devotes to bills he doesn't wri
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire Quote Of The Day 'She's just trying to tear me down, and that's not the kind of politics we've been about.'-- Sen. Barack Obama, quoted by the Philadelphia Inquirer, on Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign tactics.
Daily Kos Five Ways Clinton Leads Obama [from the diaries - BarbinMD] Over the weekend, Senator Evan Bayh suggested we measure the success of the candidates not by delegates earned, but by the electoral votes of the states they’ve won.  In the spirit of Senator Bayh, I present you w
WWdN: In Exile Got Hope? I met Daniel M. Davis, owner of Steam Crow Press, when I was at the Phoenix Comicon. He's an intensely creative guy, and as it turns out, a Barack Obama supporter, just like me. Daniel and I are working on something wonderful together, and during our co
Daily Kos Just So We're Clear I'd like to extend my thanks to Soren Dayton, the 'suspended' aide to John McCain who pushed a video that interspersed images of Barack Obama, Rev. Wright, Malcolm X, and the black Olympians who raised a fist in protest.  I'd like to think right wing
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