Posts Tagged ‘hillary clinton’

Received the following note from the Clinton campaign. Dear Fred, I wanted you to be one of the first to know: on Saturday, I will hold an event in Washington D.C. to thank everyone who has supported my campaign. Over the course of the last 16 months, I have been privileged and ...

Hillary Clinton: victim of prejudice or pride? Hillary Clinton and Geraldine Ferraro have been associated with the strong feminist movement that blossomed through the 20th century.   Some might argue that these women owe their career opportunities to strong feminist advocates that fought tooth-and-nail for equal rights before them.  Together, however, these ...

It may not be sexy, but John Edward's endorsement of Barack Obama is a killing blow if I've ever seen one. After the handful of new delegates supporting Obama's campaign and with the John Edwards endorsement, Barack Obama is sitting pretty at the top of the Democratic mountain.  Newsweek declaration of ...

Barack Obama is closing in on the nomination, making Hillary Clinton's ambitions unattainable for the time being.  Despite a sense of finality creeping in for Democratic supporters, there are still many questions to be answered. Obama's New Super Delegate Lead Tom Allen, a Maine representative and candidate for the Senate, decided to ...

Mark Penn has been highly controversial and divisive according to people working for Hillary Clinton's campaign.  There was a turnover in February and this latest set-back does not bode well for  Hillary Clinton. According to CNN, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a Clinton campaign surrogate, told NBC's Meet the Press Sunday that ...

I guess I didn't get the memo, but a note online by Dick Morris actually helps to explain why Hillary Clinton continues to fight on.  I have a number of theories that might explain why Hillary Clinton would try to push through the remainder of this democratic primary, but none ...

The media narrative is clear, Hillary Clinton is on a path to make the greatest comeback we've seen since the comeback kid was running for President.  Obama supporters are quick to point out that it's a near impossiblity for Hillary Clinton to pick up more delegates than Barack Obama and ...

Democrats to MI, FL - "Go Away!" After a long and grueling 2008 primary campaign, most Democrats are probably wishing that Michigan and Florida would just go away and leave the party alone.  Of all the times for the states to get defiant and challenge the DNC rules, now is the ...

Fear, Propaganda and Scaring Up Votes For Political Power in America I thought we'd have to wait for John McCain's opposition to Democrats before we got another taste of the fear tactics that I used to rail on Rudy Giuliani for. Rudy Giuliani is well-known for exploiting 9/11 and fear to try ...

MSNBC debate - Cleveland, Ohio Russert gets Clinton to admit she was wrong about Iraq Senator Hillary Clinton, when asked whether there was a single vote she regretted or would take back, finally conceded that Iraq was a mistake. Over the last week, I've been considering the faults of both the Obama ...

Hillary Rodham Clinton ended January with $7.6 million in debt — not including the $5 million personal loan she gave to her campaign in the run-up to the critical Super Tuesday elections

The Politico has reported that Hillary Clinton isn't going down without a fight.  A Clinton aide recently alleged that Barack Obama is plagiarizing speeches.  The aide in question is Howard Wolfson, who happens to be the Clinton campaign's communications director.  He accused Senator Barack Obama of committing plagiarism in a ...

Obama spokesman Bill Burton confirmed that a meeting with John Edwards took place Sunday. "Sen. Obama visited this morning with John and Elizabeth Edwards at their home in Chapel Hill to discuss the state of the campaign and the pressing issues facing American families." Edwards met up with Senator Clinton a week ...

The state party chairman announced the result after nine days of counting votes.  Hillary Clinton won the close race against Barack Obama for New Mexico's delegates.  Clinton now has one more delegate to add to her total — she will receive 14 of the state's pledged delegates, and Obama 12.  ...

It's not a good one either. Senator Clinton has been battling history, the fact that she can't "be a new story" as former President Clinton put it.  Barack Obama's "change campaign" has tripped her up and lets not forget her unwillingness to confront the War issue in a decisive manner.  As ...

Senator Barack Obama swept the caucus states today, continuing his dominance that began with the Iowa caucus.  Among the states he claimed today included Louisiana, Nebraska, and Washington State.  He also earned delegates in the Virgin Islands and all of his victories were pretty convincing as he generally picked up ...

Both Democrats and Republicans will be scratching their heads after today.  Mike Huckabee took the Kansas caucus on the GOP side. "I know the pundits, and I know what they say: The math doesn't work out," Huckabee said Saturday morning at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington. "Well, I didn't ...

It's still early and so much can change in American politics and public opinion, but polls indicate that Barack Obama would more easily dispatch John McCain than Hillary Clinton.  John McCain has an interesting story, particularly because he's not a favorite of the conservative wing of the Republican party.  In ...

Obama urged Clinton to follow his lead and release her and her husband's income tax returns so the public can see where the $5 million she loaned her presidential campaign came from. "I'll just say that I've released my tax returns," he said, responding to a question about tax returns. "That's ...

The Obama camp projects topping Clinton by 13 delegates, 847 to 834. NBC News, projecting delegates based on the Democratic Party's complex formula, determined that Obama will likely wind up with 840 to 849 delegates, versus 829 to 838 for Clinton. The Politico mentioned that Clinton was portrayed by media and blog ...

Hillary Clinton wins California, it'll give her reason to suggest she's won the election.  This should take away from the earlier statements by the Clinton campaign that mentioned Massachusetts as the biggest upset of the day. Clinton’s strategist Mark Penn said their wins in Massachusetts and New York were “encouraging” and ...

Super Tuesday Democrats have a tight race - Barack Obama speaks out "Our time has come, our movement is real, and change is coming to America." -- Barack Obama Barack Obama explains that a house divided cannot stand, "we are not a collection of red and blue states" but we were and always ...

The Patriots went 18-0 to reach Super Bowl Sunday.  It was a big deal because only one team prior had gone undefeated en route to a perfect season and that was the 1972 Miami Dolphins.  It is possible that the 2007 New England Patriots were one of the best teams ...

Shifting the economy in a new direction?  Is this the kind of change America wants? Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday she might be willing to garnish the wages of workers who refuse to buy health insurance to achieve coverage for all Americans. The New York senator has criticized presidential rival Barack ...

Earlier this week I published an article about how Ted Kennedy's endorsement changes everything, and I still believe it does.  New information has come out that helps explain how and why Senator Ted Kennedy decided to back Barack Obama's campaign. The Democratic race has tightened up and the race that was ...