(Via MOMocrats.)
Ok, we grownups who would ordinarily be political news junkies may have a mild-to-serious case of campaign fatigue, and are dismayed as divisiveness increases between loyal Obama and Clinton supporters.
Then we’ve got voters whose brains have turned to mush and somehow believe lapel pins are a worthy index of patriotism, or whose brains have [...]
(Via Political Radar
ABC’s Rick Klein reports: Bill Clinton accused Barack Obama’s campaign of “playing the race card on me” and told a Philadelphia radio station that the Obama campaign took his Jesse Jackson comment and “twisted it for political purposes.”
And as the interview concluded, Clinton turned to an associate and said, “I don’t think [...]
(Via USATODAY.com.)
President Bush has set a record he’d presumably prefer to avoid: the highest disapproval rating of any president in the 70-year history of the Gallup Poll.
In a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday, 28% of Americans approve of the job Bush is doing; 69% disapprove. The approval rating matches the low point of [...]
(Via New York Times.)
The mayor of Alaska’s largest city has begun a Democratic run for the United States Senate seat held by Ted Stevens for 40 years.
The mayor, Mark Begich, declared his candidacy here on Monday.
Mr. Begich, 46, has been mayor of Anchorage since 2003, and possesses a well-known political name in Alaska. His father, [...]
(Via Washington Post- msnbc.com.)
The financial gap between Democratic Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton has grown increasingly pronounced during the presidential primary season, and the Clinton campaign is now shouldering sizable debts to several key consultants and advisers, campaign records show.
Clinton entered April with about $9.3 million in cash on hand, but she also [...]
(Via guardian.co.uk.)
There was a heightened sense of anticipation outside the British embassy in Washington yesterday morning. The streets round about were closed off by the police, helicopters hovered overhead and onlookers lined the streets.
They were joined by embassy staff, out with their cameras in hopes of a snap as the motorcade flashed past. But it [...]
(Via CBS News.)
In the four years after his first White House bid, John Edwards stayed in the spotlight. In the four months since he abandoned his second bid, he’s all but disappeared.
A quick interview with Jay Leno. A couple of low-key speeches. A few North Carolina basketball games with his wife and children. That’s about [...]
(Via Think Progress.)
Last night on Hannity & Colmes, Sean Hannity boasted of his success in influencing ABC News Chief Washington correspondent George Stephanopoulos to ask Barack Obama a question about the Weather Underground in a recent debate.
After being lobbied by Hannity, Stephanopoulos asked Obama about his connections to William Ayers, a former member of the [...]
(Via The Huffington Post.)
The war in Iraq has become “a major debacle” and the outcome “is in doubt” despite improvements in security from the buildup in U.S. forces, according to a highly critical study published Thursday by the Pentagon’s premier military educational institute.
The report released by the National Defense University raises fresh doubts about President [...]
