Senate Iraq hearings: Sunshine love from McCAin, some “strategery” from Hillary

So what’s the deal on the Iraq hearings today? Do they help the Dems make a case against McCain, or does the added attention play into JMac’s Iraq-centric platform? And what’s the scorecard for the Clinton/Obama fight? Well…
For McCain, both his performance at the hearings and the hearings themselves are a mixed bag. He’s been […]

The Buzz

Next day buzz on Obama’s big race speech was basically drawn along party lines: Most Dems loved it (or at least thought it a mild success) while the right pounced on Obama for carrying out what they see as race baiting. You can say that it means the speech was uber-boffo and has the GOP […]

Obama web video slams Hillary on Iraq

Looks as if the anniversary of beginning of the war in Iraq has made the war a valid issue again in the all-or-nothing Dem race. And Obama isn’t afraid to play up his built-in “I opposed it from the start, you (Hillary) followed the lead of Bush” angle. Like in this nice little web video […]

The Buzz

All eyes are on the undecided Dem superdelegates now that it looks like there will be no re-vote in Florida as the fight between Hillary and Obama remains unbelievably close. Those superdelegates face a simple question when deciding whom to support: Go with the will of the Dem voters - either in their home state/district […]

The Buzz

The Michigan Republican primary is tomorrow and that race is becoming a key test of the strength of the campaigns of McCain and Romney. While JMac is leading in some recent polls and has gotten a considerable boost from his New Hampshire win, Romney is still a force to reckon with in his home state […]

Hillary and her campaign swat at Obama for Iraq link

After David Axelrod and Susan Rice of Obama’s camp basically pinned Hillary as the Dem to blame in the wake of the Bhutto assassination, Hillary and her peeps are fighting back. In Obama’s world, HRC’s pro-war vote in ‘02 and her continued lukewarm support for the war in Iraq caused the U.S. to gaze away from building […]

Hillary’s “Foreign Policy” essay

The much ballyhooed article covers plenty of deep global questions with grandiose rhetoric and Bush bashing. Iran and Iraq are the most prominent. Be sure that hard-core liberals and her Dem rivals will take their shots at this.
Read the entire thing.
To lead, a great nation must command the respect of others. America has been […]

The Buzz

Feeling pressure from Hillary’s mammoth 3Q fundraising and a stalled position in the polls (save for Iowa
), Obama decided that yesterday’s scheduled “major foreign policy speech” was as good a time as any to remind Dem voters of his initial oppo to the war in Iraq five years ago. He also once again faced questions […]

Edwards and Hillary on Iraq: 2002

We don’t usually find gawking at the past that useful in today’s hyper-speed political world. But a few snippets of video on C-SPAN last night (What?) caught our attention. It takes us back to October of 2002, a time when most of the country believed in Pres. Bush’s plan to go to war against Iraq […]

9/26 New Hampshire Democratic debate: Liveblog

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 […]