Archive for '2008 News'

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Biden? Biden??!!??

An incredible amount of buzz is surrounding the most unlikely of VP picks for Barack Obama - a pick that may be only hours away:
Going into the final days, Obama was said to be focused mainly on three candidates: Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana, Governor Tim Kaine of Virginia and Senator Joseph Biden Jr. of Delaware.
The […]

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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Closing In On The Veep…

…and all signs seem to point to Kaine:
ABC News’ Teddy Davis, Tahman Bradley, and Ayana Harry Report: Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine (D) said Tuesday that Sen. Barack Obama’s, D-Ill., list of possible vice presidential running mates “seems to be getting shorter”.
“There has been a long list. It seems to be getting shorter. And I’m […]

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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Let’s Not Lose Sight Of The Forest For The Trees

I know that for Republicans and conservatives who back President Bush and Senator McCain, it is more than a little dispiriting to read almost daily now how the Iraqi government has apparently decided, whether for political reasons or our of real conviction, to all but endorse Barack Obama.  Today brought more stories in this vein:
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9 Comments » - Posted in Barack Obama, POTUS, Iraq, 2008 News by Mark

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Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Lest Anyone Think I’m Dodging The Story…

…I’m well aware that the Iraqi Prime Minister gave a boost to the Obama campaign by seemingly endorsing a quicker troop withdrawal than either Senator McCain or the Bush Administration is in favor of, and indeed, in seemingly direct contradiction of the recent joint statements of the Iraqi government and the Administration of a general […]

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Monday, July 14th, 2008

The Death Of Satire

So finely tuned is the public nose in the age of blogging that it detects the scent of outrage and scandal in the most innocuous of places.  The New Yorker, as you’ve no doubt heard by now, has as its latest cover a broadly satirical representation of the more far-fetched attack lines against Obama embodied […]

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Friday, July 11th, 2008

Dodd? Maybe…But Hillary’s A No Go

At least, that’s the impression you get from following Obama’s VP vetting process.
First up, Hillary:
Is the so-called Democratic ‘dream ticket’ off the table?
Despite speculation that Barack Obama’s presidential campaign is seriously considering Hillary Clinton for the No. 2 spot on the Democratic presidential ticket, a former senior advisor to Clinton said Thursday he doesn’t think […]

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Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Things I Like About Barack Obama, Part One

It’s not all bad for conservatives and Republicans if Barack Obama wins…there are some very positive things about the man.  For example, he’s not Jesse Jackson:
Whatever the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. said in a live microphone on Fox News, it was really, really bad, and none other than his own son seems to know it.
“I’m […]

10 Comments » - Posted in Barack Obama, 2008 News by Mark

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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

Oh, Dear God, No…

Yesterday, I blogged about my relief that James Webb was out of the Obama veepstakes…but my relief is short-lived.  If there is one person in the entire world that would perhaps overtake even Webb in my least-desired category, it’s phony-baloney Mr. “Two Americas” himself, John Edwards.  Yet the possibility is raising its very ugly (ghastly, […]

17 Comments » - Posted in John Edwards, Barack Obama, 2008 News by Mark

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Monday, July 7th, 2008

Well, THAT’s A Relief…

I will sleep a little easier tonight knowing that, in the extremely likely event of a Barack Obama presidency, at least I won’t have to live with James Webb as the VP:
Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., long rumored to be a leading candidate for Sen. Barack Obama’s choice as his vice-presidential running mate, announced Monday that […]

43 Comments » - Posted in Barack Obama, John McCain, 2008 News by Mark

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Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

McCain VP Pick Tipped?

So says Sarah Baxter of The Times (London, that is):
ONE name has risen to the top of John McCain’s shortlist for vice-presidential running mate. Tim Pawlenty, the governor of Minnesota, a trucker’s son and advocate of Republicanism for the masses, is the favourite to join his ticket, according to sources close to the McCain […]

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Friday, June 20th, 2008

More On Obama’s Campaign Finance Sellout

David Brooks in the New York Times:
Barack Obama has worked on political reform more than any other issue. He aspires to be to political reform what Bono is to fighting disease in Africa. He’s spent much of his career talking about how much he believes in public financing. In January 2007, he told Larry King […]

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Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Another Day, Another Broken Promise

Don’t get me wrong - I like Obama, and I don’t intend to turn this blog into a “slam of the day”. But one day after he backed off his NAFTA rhetoric, he most definitely broke a promise by forgoing public funding of his general election campaign. John McCain immediately accused him (rightly) […]

10 Comments » - Posted in Barack Obama, 2008 News by Mark

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Thursday, June 12th, 2008

What? He Was Still Running?

Surely this must have been the bottom story of the day:
Texas Rep. Ron Paul announced Thursday he is suspending his bid for the Republican presidential nomination to focus his time on building an organization to help recruit and elect “limited government Republicans.”
“We want to elect constitutionalists, limited government Republicans across the country at the […]

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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Clinton To Drop Out Friday?

So reports ABC News:
Sen. Hillary Clinton held a conference call today with members of Congress and superdelegates in which there were discussions about her plans for getting out of the race, ABC News has learned.
All indications are Clinton will get out of the race by Friday.
A senior Clinton advisor now confirms […]

3 Comments » - Posted in Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, 2008 News, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Obama “Effectively” Clears Delegate Hurdle…

…and Clinton will apparently acknowledge it, ending, for all intents and purposes, the drawn-out final stages of the Democratic race and closing the books on the Clinton era, perhaps, as well. Clinton is still maneuvering for VP. The AP’s tally is the one that ‘effectively’ put Obama over the top, though Obama’s own […]

18 Comments » - Posted in Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, 2008 News, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Hints And Allegations

Well, where is a poor part-time blogger to turn on a day like today? In the old days, each of these links would have been post-worthy, but I’m pressed for time, so a quick run-down will have to do…
First, in the will-she-or-won’t-she-drop-out-on-Tuesday category, the evidence is…inconclusive. Those arguing that she will can point […]

19 Comments » - Posted in Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, 2008 News, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Florida and Michigan Democratic Delegates Seated In Full, With Half A Vote Each

In the end, the position of the DNC lawyers prevailed:
Members of a Democratic rules committee voted on Saturday to seat all of Florida’s and Michigan’s delegation to the party’s national convention and give their delegates a half vote each.
A first vote, which would have seated all of Florida’s delegation with full voting privileges, failed. […]

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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Is Half A Loaf Better Than None?

That’s the question in today’s election news, as the lawyers weigh in:
Democratic Party lawyers have determined that no more than half the delegates from Florida and Michigan can be seated at the party’s August convention, dealing a blow to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s efforts to seat the full delegations from those states.
The rules committee […]

11 Comments » - Posted in Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, 2008 News, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Oh, Yeah, The Primaries…

…well, you knew the story before it started - Hillary wins big (in Kentucky), Obama wins big (in Oregon), Obama declares himself the pledged delegate leader, instead of stepping up and saying “I’ve won this baby, now get out of the way”…but what scares me as a Republican is this:
Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) collected more […]

18 Comments » - Posted in Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, 2008 News, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Monday, May 19th, 2008

The Never-Ending Story

Tomorrow sees the world premiere of that summer blockbuster, “The Candidate Who Wouldn’t Leave”, as Hillary Clinton again tries to defy every measure of common sense by pretending she still has a chance.  The impetus this time will be another huge win, this time in Kentucky, offset somewhat by what is expected to be an […]

5 Comments » - Posted in Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, 2008 News, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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