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…this is the best opinion piece I’ve read on the subject.  Short, simple, and to the point: WHAT JOHN MCCAIN UNDERESTIMATES 1. The astonishing enthusiasm that Obama inspires in his supporters — and how much it contrasts with the respect, but not passion, McCain enjoys from his own backers. (And the size of Obama’s crowds…) 2. The “Major League vs … Read More

I’m sure by now everyone knows it’s over.  So what can I blog about? The historic significance of the first African-American presidential candidate?  Yeah, but you know that, too, unless you live under a rock. Will the Democratic party unify?  Yes. Will Hillary be VP?  I don’t know yet. That said, now that we’re at a new starting line politically, … Read More

John McCain on May 9, 2008: John McCain has offered a creative new justification for the use of Obama’s alleged endorsement by Hamas as an issue in the campaign: Even though Obama clearly has nothing in common with the organization, people will care about it, anyway. "It’s very obvious to everyone that Senator Obama shares nothing of the values or … Read More

No.[1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6] http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/22/obama.madrassa/index.html http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,317031,00.html http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16813267/ http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_barack_obama_muslim.htm http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/muslim.asp http://www.barackobama.com/factcheck/2007/11/12/obama_has_never_been_a_muslim_1.php Source: IsBarackObamaMuslim.com Just in case you get one of those emails….

Looks like Hillary is going to throw in the towel tomorrow: Members of Hillary Clinton’s advance staff received calls and emails this evening from headquarters summoning them to New York City Tuesday night, and telling them their roles on the campaign are ending, two Clinton staffers tell my colleague Amie Parnes. The advance staffers — most of them now in … Read More

Nice to get quoted by Bloomberg…..

…who writes in the WSJ… How did the Democratic Party get here? How did the party of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy drift so far from the foreign policy and national security principles and policies that were at the core of its identity and its purpose? *** Instead a debate soon began within the Democratic Party about … Read More

Lot of buzz about this in the news today: CNN is reporting this morning that the Obama and Clinton campaigns are in formal talks about ending her quest for the Democratic nomination and possibly giving her the VP slot. These apparent talks are described by CNN as being in a “very preliminary” stage and as "difficult." It’s really unclear what … Read More

According to Hillary Clinton, not seating the Florida delegates is like denying votes to blacks in the era lacking civil rights.  You know, like this: No, no.  It’s more like the voting was in Zimbabwe.  You know, like this: More than thirty people have been killed in the run-up to the poll, most of them supporters of the main opposition … Read More

Barack Obama is perhaps 70-90 delegates away from hitting the magic number of  2,026. NBC News and CNN report that Obama has now clinched a majority of the pledged delegates, surpassing the 1,627 mark. Assuming Obama is able to secure 30 delegates out of Oregon (which seems likely at this juncture given the spread in the state), Obama will have … Read More

Hmmmm: Georgia Republican Party chairwoman Sue Everhart said Saturday that the party’s presumed presidential nominee has a lot in common with Jesus Christ. "John McCain is kind of like Jesus Christ on the cross," Everhart said as she began the second day of the state GOP convention. "He never denounced God, either." Everhart was praising McCain for never denouncing the … Read More