A Mark McKinnon mystery
Why would a senior McCain advisor, who previously helmed some of George W. Bush’s most negative campaigning, say this on NPR yesterday?:
… McKinnon also stated that should Obama be the democratic nominee, he will not work for the campaign….McKinnon said he would be “uncomfortable being in a campaign that would be inevitably attacking Barack Obama.” [...]
Read More..>>Hillary vs. Obama on the nuclear option
Don Williams says there’s a major difference between the two Democratic frontrunners on the issue of nuclear weapons:
It’s the kind of issue that is a deal-maker-or-breaker for those with the imagination to envision a future in which the world is not put at risk by human folly. Barack Obama envisions a world without nuclear weapons. [...]
Read More..>>UPDATE: still not connecting with state presidential campaign organizations
So I have now spent too much time today attempting to connect with area organizations for Huckabee, Obama, Clinton and McCain. Why? because I want to put a local someone from each of these campaigns on TV later this week.
It seems like something they would want to do, right?
I’ve left innumerable phone messages, called [...]
Note to East Tennessee campaign leadership: it shouldn’t be this hard to find you
I have a suggestion for Tennessee’s Obama, Clinton, Huckabee and McCain campaigns: make your local spokespeople easier to find.
Have you ever gone to the national or state websites for specific presidential campaigns and attempted to find contact info for an actual, living, breathing person with a name, located right here in the general Knoxville area, [...]
Almost as good as that Tom Cruise Scientology spoof
Almost as good as the Jerry O’ Donnell spoof of the Tom Cruise Scientology promo video is this parody of will.i.am’s pro-Obama video:
Here’s the very earnest original:
Here’s the very silly spoof:
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A Jewish voter makes the case for Obama
Over at Silence Isn’t Golden:
I’ve received several e-mails from fellow Jewish voters, wanting to know why they should vote for Barack Obama. No one believes the smear e-mails (i.e. Obama is a secret Muslim and an al-Qaeda sleeper cell), but there is a great deal of misunderstanding about where Obama stands on Israel and on [...]
Bob Tuke to challenge Alexander after all?
That’s the buzz over at Volunteer Voters.
What do you think? Should the Democrats run a “legitimate” candidate against Lamar Alexander for the sake of state legislative candidates down the ticket or is there nothing wrong with letting the evidently newly shaved and coiffed Chris Lugo stand for the progressive values of the new Democratic Party?
Or [...]
Un-Christian thoughts about Hillary
About the weekend caucus victories for Obama, David Oatney says:
A few more nights like last night for Barack Obama and Hillary might as well get out of this before her political capital is entirely spent. I would also prefer she get out of the race before I start having un-Christian levels of enjoyment watching her [...]
Read More..>>Gore to throw support to Obama?
Kleinheider points to some talkity talk.
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Exit polls starting to leak out
Kleinheider is keeping a good running list. It’s looking good for Obama at this hour.
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Not a fan of political dynasties
Tiny Cat Pants:
I’m voting for Obama on Tuesday. It’s not because I think Clinton would be a bad president. I think she’ll be a fine president. If she gets the votes and is in the general election, I’ll happily vote for her, dancing and in-your-facing included.
But I can’t lend her my support [...]
A straw poll that really matters
The diners at the City Cafe in Murfreesboro apparently always get the nominees right and this year they’ve picked Obama and McCain.
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Obama HQ opens in Knoxville
I’m a day late and a dollar short on this one, but the new Obama HQ apparently opened up in East Knoxville on Tuesday.
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Hmmmm…should I listen to Rick Flair, Wilford Brimley or Pat Boone?
All the big names are lining up to instruct the voters in how we should cast our ballots:
Rick Flair told me to vote for Huckabee, so did Chuck Norris.
Wilford Brimley told me to vote for McCain, Saturday night live guy Lorne Michaels too
John Voight said Giulliani, So did Adam Sandler and Ben Stein. Ben Stein [...]
Caroline Kennedy compares Obama to JFK
The Clintons have a long and very public friendship with the Kennedys, so they must be fairly irritated by this.
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Bill Clinton compares Obama to Jesse Jackson
He said:
“Jesse Jackson won South Carolina in ‘84 and ‘88. Jackson ran a good campaign. And Obama ran a good campaign here.”
This was in response to a question about it taking “two people to beat” Obama. Jackson had not been mentioned.
Honest and fair comparison, considering the context of the question, or race baiting?
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Read More..>>Obama: wrong on Reagan
So says Don Williams:
In Reagan’s time, taxpayers had to spend hundreds of billions bailing out the deregulated savings and loan industry, thereby socializing the risks of doing business while privatizing the rewards. Since then scores of corporations have plundered the national treasury thanks to corporate tax rebates, privatization of government operations and more. Look at [...]
Read More..>>Hillary and Obama are in the building
Check out the first Tennessee TV ads from two of the Democratic frontrunners
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Did “The Bradley Effect” lead to Hillary’s surprise New Hampshire win?
Don Williams thinks so, pointing to Will Durst’s comments:
Hillary knows. Barack not only knows, he feels it in his bones like a creeping worm of osteoporosis every day of his life but he’ll never say a word.
It was not a polling glitch. It was not co- opting the mantra of “change.” It was not Hillary’s [...]
Obama’s not-so-secret agenda?
Terry Frank says:
Does Obama really want unity? Doubtful. Liberals don’t mean unity, they intend that conservatives capitulate.
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