Dreaming of Superdelegates
Last night I dreamed I was a superdelegate. I got calls. I got candy. I got candidates arriving at my door. They told me I was the ONE. The ONE who would put him/her over the top. I was delegate...
View ArticleHillary Clinton-Princess Warrior
Two days ago Bill Clinton told the story about Hillary trying to join the Army in the mid-70's and being turned down because of bad vision. In her version it was the Marines. GI Hill Unlike the Bosnia...
View ArticleHunting for Votes
So far gun ownership has not become an issue in the Democratic race but appeals to gun owners will undoubtedly be part of the fall campaign: Appealing to gun owners Save us from photos of either...
View ArticleThat was then, this is now
Once upon a time, candidates needed to pay for opposition research. Now anyone with a laptop,(i.e. me) can research candidates' inconsistent statements. To wit: Hillary advocates gun control Stepping...
View ArticleDebate in North Carolina?
Last time I checked, the proposed debate in North Carolina for April 27 is still up in the air. My question now is could Katie and company do any worse of a job than the debacle last night and would...
View ArticleChange is gonna come!
So unless I'm badly misreading things, I'm sensing things are bubbling below the surface pointing toward an Obama Democratic party victory. I watched the Sunday morning shows and BO was...
View ArticleIs Rachel Maddow the only one who gets it?
Yesterday among all the analysis of Obama's statement on Rev. Wright, MSNBC devoted an unbelievable amount of time in their programming to hand-wringing about how this was affecting the horserace. It...
View ArticleHRC's Action Request to Supporters
Excuse me if this has been diaried(I didn't see it in the list going back 200 diaries or so). For some reason, I got an e-mail request from Clinton's campaign to write the DNC and tell them to count...
View ArticleOther Times, Other Gaffes
See I don't think Hillary really meant to be offensive.(I say "think" because I can't claim to have any insight as to what goes through her mind a lot of the time.) If she was searching for her memory...
View ArticleMcCain: I Can Win Here!
McCain: I Can Win Here! That was the headline of my local paper that greeted me this morning. Do I live in Michigan or Wisconsin or a swing state? No, the headline was from the Lincoln(Nebraska)...
View ArticleMcCain Debate Prep-Take #1
Under the supervision of Karl Rove, John McCain prepare for his first debate with the assistance of- Joe Lieberman playing George Stephanopoulos; Lindsay Graham playing Charlie Gibson; Carly Fiorina...
View ArticlePredicting the Spin
You too can be a convention spinmeister. Anyone count how many(mostly conservative) pundits came up with the criticism that Hillary's speech "still didn't say Barack was qualified to be president?"...
View ArticleThe Real Glass Ceiling
You can't turn on the television, you can't pick up a newspaper, you can't gather at the water-cooler without talking about she who won't be named by me. The right wing talking points include charges...
View ArticleIt's not about her!
I'm not here to talk about Sarah Palin. Yep, yep, she's dreadful. I'll leave the fact-checking and the scandals to the experts but the real point is: She's John McCain's second choice! Yes, John...
View ArticleMax Cleland-Never Forget
Today let us celebrate Veterans Day by paying tribute to Max Cleland, former Senator of Georgia, a Vietnam war hero who nevertheless was smeared in the 2002 Senate campaign by the current Senator Saxby...
View ArticleThey were building it for him
From Amy Goodman's column:Obama can redeem Alice Walker is the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. But Monday, I called her to talk about a true story. The Obamas had...
View ArticleCrouching Maverick, Hidden One-Trick Pony
OK, maybe not "hidden" but John McCain is anything but the swashbuckling, larger-than-life independent Republican he casts himself as. In fact, if I didn't know better, I'd think he was planning on...
View ArticleParty Outreach-Republican Style
Not content with having an approval rating in the 30's, the Republicans current effort to enforce party discipline consists of threatening the three Republican Senators who voted in favor of the...
View ArticlePrepare for More Wingnut Outrage
Because Obama has just released the list of Medal of Freedom recipients. Obama Medal of Freedom Honorees
View ArticleGOP and the War on Doctors
What have been the Republican talking points on why we can't possibly have a public option: -It will put a bureaucrat between you and your doctor. -It will create death panels. -It will lead to...
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