The bold populist pledge by John Edwards on Thursday to reject private cash through the “entire” ‘08 campaign - primary and general - appears to be crumbling. Edwards won cheers from disgruntled liberals and stunned the pundits and his rivals by agreeing to public financing of his stalled presidential run as a way to back […]
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An official release from the McCain campaign just popped in our inbox. Appears that JMac will take a swing through SC beginning next Tuesday in the mountains of the state and ending on Thursday along the coast in Pawley’s Island. Squeezed in between will be a major speech at the College of Charleston.
Sounds like he wants […]
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Has Rudy finally cleared up the bizarre phone call from wife Judith during his NRA speech several days back? From NBC’s First Read…
“Sure. My wife calls me when she gets on a plane. We’d just gotten back from England, hadn’t had much sleep. I knew she was going to take a plane, but I didn’t […]
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Last night’s Republican candidates debate from HBCU Morgan State in Baltimorebarely registered a blip unless you were tuned in to PBS or XM’s POTUS ‘08. That’s probably because the GOP’s big guns - Giuliani, Romney, Thompson, and McCain - skipped the event. Tavis Smiley and the ‘08 contenders that did show up were able to bash them for […]
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In another sign of his remarkable resurgence, McCain is putting up TV and radio ads in New Hampshire (watch/listen to them here). It’s also a clear sign that JMac’s campaign funds situation is improving dramatically. A press conference call this morning on the ads was an exuberant display of confidence from Rick Davis, Mark McKinnon, […]
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How easy does Hillary Clinton have it right now? Well, she can completely dodge tough questions on social security and Iraq, plus let loose several annoying cackles of laughter, and still come out on top of the Dems NH debate last night. This thing was all about HRC going in and coming out, as the […]
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9:00- Welcome to another debate liveblog from PoliticalBuzz.com We will be giving you instant analysis of the Dems as they square off in New Hampshire at Dartmouth College. Should be fun…
9:01 - Whoa…Russert starts off ASAP with no introductions, just a first question on Iraq. Obama gets it first, he doesn’t waste time in differentiating […]
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The main storyline heading into tonight’s Democratic debate is Hillary Clinton’s unquestioned status as Dem frontunner. Questions were raised and possible faults were identified during the summer, but nothing managed to stop the HRC juggernaut. Nor does it seem anything will. She is armed with a highly moderate health care plan immune from criticism of […]
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The latest edition of our “Political Dispatch” podcast is a preview of tonight’s Democratic debate in New Hampshire. We were joined by Michael McCord, political columnist for the Portsmouth Herald and TheNewHampshirePrimary.com. Michael gives his take on the latest news out of New Hampshire and what to watch for during the debate.
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A brand new pre-debate poll out of New Hampshire shows Hillary with a solidly commanding lead over the rest of her Dem rivals. HRC leads Obama 41% to 19%, a huge margin in a state where she had been trending down as recently as a few months ago. While Iowans have never been comfortable with the […]
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