Hillary is slipping
Polling evidence via Michael Silence.
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Getting better ROI for women
Silence Isn’t Golden says women will get more of what they pay for with a Democratic president:
KAG asks why women keep donating to the Democrats even if we’re not getting much in return. It’s a question first posed by this article on AlterNet, which notes that “women’s issues” such as access to birth control or [...]
Read More..>>The sincerest form of flattery
You Tube’s Trendspotting Tuesday blog notes the rise of a new political art form: the campaign tribute music video.
I’ve already linked to several: Obama Girl, “It’s Raining McCain”…now here’s one showin’ some love for Hillary.
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Have your Clinton, and your Obama too
As strains of “Kumbaya” waft gently into the blogosphere….
Hillary/Obama ‘08 becomes official today. In a way.
A Clinton insider who served as ex campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle’s executive assistant for several years has set up a new website, http://www.voteboth.com/ and plans to register with the Federal Election Commission today.
VoteBoth urges Democrats to support a joint [...]
Tuke is to Obama as Padgett is to Hillary
Jennifer Brooks suggests the Tuke-Padgett match-up will play out as a primary do-over. What do you think?
If you liked the presidential primary race, you’re going to love the sequel.
Familiar faces from the Clinton/Obama matchup are returning for a new battle in Tennessee, this time challenging Republican U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander’s hold on his seat.
Democrats Bob [...]
Is Bredesen really an uncommitted superdelegate?
Sharon Cobb reminds us of a 2005 Bredesen interview:
In a calculated snub of Clinton’s accelerating bandwagon, Governor Philip Bredesen of Tennessee warned that voters were “kind of dissatisfied” with the Democrats’ current presidential contenders and that Clinton would face an “uphill road” to win the White House.
Bredesen also expressed dismay that speculation about the 2008 [...]
Which candidate will save Appalachia?
Over at TennViews, the discussion is on how the two Democratic candidates distinguish themselves on issues related to Southern Appalachia’s environmental crises, particularly mountaintop removal coal mining:
Presidential candidates, Democratic and Republican, should not be equivocating or playing politics with the Appalachian Mountains or headwater streams.
We are talking about one of the worst environmental and human [...]
Obama on the (charm) offensive
David Oatney says he is impressed with Obama’s Pennsylvania strategy:
Everyone knows that he stands as a long-shot in Pennsylvania, but with 23 days to go there until the Primary, he doesn’t need to win to make it impossible for Hillary Clinton, he only needs to race her close. Even a 15-point spread would keep Obama [...]
Read More..>>Howard Dean wants Hillary and Obama to lay off the personal attacks
Check out this very interesting interview Dean did this morning, in which he essentially says Clinton and Obama need to quit squabbling for the good of the party and the country.
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Hypocritical Hillary
Sharon Cobb says Hillary Clinton’s got some nerve criticizing Obama regarding his pastor:
From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, yesterday:
“Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, in a wide-ranging interview today with Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporters and editors, said she would have left her church if her pastor made the sort of inflammatory remarks Sen. Barack Obama’s former pastor made.
OOOOOOO Hillary. [...]
Paging all you Hillary doubters!
It turns out she DID dodge sniper fire in Bosnia. Here’s the indisputable spoof proof:
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A presidential health care cheat sheet
There’s a good, clear overview in The Tennessean today of the similarities and differences among the health care proposals offered by Obama, McCain and Clinton:
Clinton’s and Obama’s plans are similar in many ways, but they disagree on at least one key point.
Clinton would require all people to have insurance.
Obama would require only parents to [...]
Hillary “wasn’t repelled” by Bredesen’s idea
Via Tennessee Politics Blog:
Gov. Phil Bredesen is not giving up his push for a Democratic Party superdelegate primary to pick the presidential nominee. Bredesen says Washington insiders oppose the idea, but that the people like it as a common-sense approach to solving the looming crisis in the Democratic Presidential primary. He said Tuesday that [...]
Hillary mash-up with the Dixie Chicks
She’s not ready to make nice.
The commentary accompanying this video at Tennessee Guerilla Women: 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 [...]
Read More..>>The sniper fire that wasn’t
Hillary Clinton remembers her landing in Bosnia quite differently than CBS cameras do.
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The Supremes know a campaign ad when they see one
Via the AP:
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a conservative group that wants to promote its anti-Hillary Clinton movie without complying with campaign finance laws.
The court’s decision Monday leaves in place a lower court ruling that says the group, Citizens United, must attach a disclaimer and disclose its donors in [...]
Presidential campaign as Passion Play?
So now James Carville says Bill Richardson is like Judas:
In the New York Times today, Clintonista James Carville calls Bill Richardson’s endorsement of Obama “an act of betrayal.”
“Mr. Richardson’s endorsement came right around the anniversary of the day when Judas sold out for 30 pieces of silver, so I think the timing is appropriate, if [...]
Does Hillary have her own preacher problem?
Barbara Ehrenreich says she does:
There’s a reason why Hillary Clinton has remained relatively silent during the flap over intemperate remarks by Barack Obama’s former pastor, Jeremiah Wright. When it comes to unsavory religious affiliations, she’s a lot more vulnerable than Obama.
You can find all about it in a widely under-read article in the September 2007 [...]
Bredesen’s modest superdelegate proposal in the NYT
The Gov is in the NYT today:
WE Democrats have a problem, but it’s one we can fix.
We are blessed with two fine candidates, but it’s entirely possible that when primary season ends on June 3, we will still lack a clear nominee. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton could each still believe that the nomination could [...]
In case you weren’t clear on this:
Terry Frank is NOT in favor of Bredesen’s plan for universal pre-K for Tennessee kids.
Someone needs to keep Bredesen off his high horse. Not everyone thinks the state is the answer to cure all of mankind. And in fact, Governor, the latest Pre-K Study showed that some children, namely black boys, were HARMED by their [...]
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