As the presidential candidates march toward Super Tuesday (two weeks from today!), they are drawing sharp differences against their opponents. And last night in Myrtle Beach, S.C., the Democrats traded barbs in ways we hadn’t seen before. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, the poll leaders, were most abrasive toward one another. Mr. Obama brought up the fact that Mrs. Clinton once sat on the board of Wal-Mart, and she conversely questioned his ties to an indicted Chicago businessman, write Patrick Healy and Jeff Zel... lire la suite
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As the presidential candidates march toward Super Tuesday (two weeks from today! they are drawing sharp differences against their opponents. And last night in Myrtle Beach, S. C. the Democrats traded barbs in ways we hadn’t seen before. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, the poll leaders, were most abrasive toward one another.
Here in the GamePolitics command bunker we’ve grown weary of this campaign season’s unending parade of online fighting games featuring presidential candidates. And so too, apparently, has the Wonkette. While the Washington, D. C. gossip blog’s criticism applies in particular to the NY Posts’s 2008 Democratic Fight Night, the same commentary could be applied across board to the cheezy, online marriage of politics and martial arts.
Rasmussen’s latest poll is out and for SC and the Democrats, and it shows Obama comfortably ahead. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in South Carolina shows Obama earning 44% of the vote, Clinton attracting 31%, and John Edwards at 15%. Edwards appears to be a 15% candidate no matter how well the media insists he scores on debates.
The popular Republican Florida Governor Charlie Crist said he was willing to let the Democrats hold a repeat presidential primary in his state. In other words, if Hillary doesn't win in Ohio and Texas, Crist will let her.
Reuters - Counting in Guam's Democratic primary stretched into Sunday after residents of the tiny U. S. territory turned out in record numbers to choose between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
House Democrats are divided over the issue of illegal immigration and a bill to secure the borders first vs. offering a path to citizenship: WASHINGTON - House Democratic leaders worried about the November election want to thwart enforcement-only immigration legislation supported by colleagues in districts where immigration is a hot-button issue, .
I have a question. What's the best way to stand up to the inevitable swift boat tactics that are sure to come from the other side? As Brad DeLong says: our long national nightmare is not over. Remember John McCain's line about Chelsea Clinton--that she "is so ugly because her father is Janet Reno.
Today is Jan. And once upon a time – that would be many, many Democratic fights over the nominating calendar ago – this would have been the day of the Iowa caucuses. Back in Des Moines, our friend and colleague Kay Henderson of Iowa Radio shares a post on her blog of what might have been had it happened today.
I’D RATHER WATCH HILLARY FIGHT WITH BARACK — THAN WITH ANOTHER WOMAN. Story here. And Simply Left Behind addresses the Democratic infighting.
Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro In Democrat Fight For The White House
It's time for Republicans to rally around the official nominee: John McCain. He won every primary yesterday, and his last remaining opponent, Mike Huckabee, has dropped out. Now pundits and bloggers forecast the coming months for McCain. At the WEEKLY STANDARD Online, Fred Barnes describes "three things McCain must do that won't be easy":
Spot the problems here: 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, D-NY, the official said.
The New York Times reports that food preferences actually reveal who you will likely vote for in November. If there's butter and white wine in your refrigerator and Fig Newtons in the cookie jar, you're likely to vote for Hillary Clinton. Prefer olive oil, Bear Naked granola and a latte to go?
An old political boss of mine liked to say, "Sometimes in the heat of battle you shoot some of your soldiers. I've seen his observation play out -- figuratively of course -- numerous times over the years. And now it looks like it happened again, as some electoral shrapnel landed on the Democrats in Pennsylvania according to this Rasmussen poll released late last week.
This is Chaos:
Rush Limbaugh thinks he had a hand in the Indiana primary. As he had before several recent primaries, Limbaugh encouraged listeners to vote for Clinton to "bloody up Obama politically" and prolong the Democratic fight. Limbaugh crowed about the success of his ploy all day Tuesday, featuring on-air testimonials from voters in Indiana and North Carolina who recounted their illicit pleasure in casting a vote for Clinton.
One of the things we've learned during the Democratic primary battle is that Hillary's victories are bullish for stocks and Obama's wins are bearish. The clearest example was Hillary's massive West Virginia victory. Stocks opened strong the following day. But after Obama's big North Carolina win, a night he nearly carried Indiana, stocks opened way down.
MyDD: Every once in a while, I like to put things in perspective. John McCain has had three months to run unopposed. Since locking up the Republican nomination in February, he's been free to tour the country, pander to his base, and fundraise without much media scrutiny. But as the primary wraps up and the media gets its nose out of the Democratic fight, it's becoming painfully clear McCain hasn't made a lot of the time that was given to him.
Senator Barack Obama spoke to nearly 13,000 people in Richmond, Virginia this morning as we move inside two weeks until Election Day. Barack warned attendees that these final thirteen days will be filled with distortions and distractions from the forces of the status quo because "change never comes without a fight.
th Commandment goes out the window in down and dirty debate at Reagan Library: John McCain and Mitt Romney carried their bitter Florida clash into California on Wednesday, each impugning the other's honesty in a hot-tempered debate as they sought to attract voters casting ballots in five days in a coast-to-coast array of primaries and caucuses.