The presumptive nominee spoke briefly at an evening presser in South Dakota about the future of the fading Dem race and what he thinks the Clintons will do next . Via Halperin’s The Page…
“I think that Senator Clinton and former President Clinton love this country. They love the Democratic Party. I think they deeply believe […]
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Is this it for the continuously hard-nosed and feisty Democratic primary struggle? Has the esteemed DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee managed to accomplish what nearly five months of voting has not?
After a Friday filled with back door negotiations on the fate of Florida and Michigan that were ultimately unable to come up with a deal […]
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For anyone wondering about potential compromises emerging from the public rhetoric of the Clinton campaign, today’s conference call with Howard Wolfson, Harold Ickes and Tina Flournoy shut the door on that thought. Info from the inside of Hillary’s camp has most advisers accepting that not all of the delegates from Michigan and Florida will be […]
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The monumental DNC rules committee meeting tomorrow is all the rage in the media and within the Clinton campaign today. Wolfson, Ickes and other advisers held a conference call at 12 noon (more on that later) with the rundown on what to expect tomorrow and how much the Clinton camp will push to get every […]
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The video and story that is taking up the rest of the news not filled by Scott McClellan. Bad for Obama, a breather for McCain and the GOP…and what is sure to be a pattern that becomes target #1 come late summer and fall against Obama.
Below, see Father Michael Pfleger in full fury at Obama’s […]
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A brand new Pew Research poll on the general race between McCain and Obama brings up some serious questions of electability for Obama as the Dem nominee. His favorable numbers are tumbling, along with McCain’s, as the match-up is now a virtual dead heat.
But Obama appears to be personally ticking people off with what they […]
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The Scott McClellan tell-all has hijacked the media storyline this week, pushing the happenings on the trail off the front page. And why not? The McClellan memoir is a bona fide bombshell, piling up more negative accusations on a Bush presidency whose sole job of late is to stay out of the way of GOP […]
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The general election campaign is upon us in full force. Besides the Memorial Day sniping, tomorrow will bring the launch of what could be considered the first major TV ad campaign from either presumptive nominee now that the November field is apparently set.
The McCain campaign will fire first, launching a new spot called “Accountable” in […]
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With the Democratic primary calendar all but exhausted and chances for some sort of last-second win slim to none, the question in front of Hillary Clinton is now all about her post-presidential run future. Unless Obama caves and decides t pick HRC as his running mate, she will be left a battered ex-candidate with little […]
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McCain campaign uses Memorial Day to release a web video reaching out to coveted Hispanic voters, remembering the service of Hispanic soldiers in America’s conflicts past and present.
It’s made up of stock images in the background while using audio of McCain at a New Hampshire debate in January, discussing his opposition to immigration crackdowns while […]
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