As we warned yesterday, it’s silly rumor week when it comes to the VP speculation. From rumors about Obama naming his ‘mate in hours to McCain picking his location to unveil his choice, both campaigns spent last night shooting down reports about who, when, and where. However, the Obama camp was more emphatic about shooting [...]
Forgive me if I’m straining to believe John Edwards’ version of events. My last conversation with him wasn’t a good one.
In some ways, that talk reflected the difficult relationship we’ve had with him since he became a national political figure.
About 9 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 11, former Sen. Edwards reached me on my office phone.
Earlier [...]
Broken record here. The more I think about it, the more Al Gore seems the only really interesting choice for Barack Obama’s vice presidential choice.Of course, Obama was and is the only really interesting choice for president.
But it would be great to have two top people on the ticket.But Gore has already been vice president! [...]
In “If Clark is the VP-choice, Here are Some Contrasts with McCain” (August 16, 2008), there was a list of contrasts to John McCain, each one of which could have been elaborated upon to fill an entire article. Some were military, others character, still others “civilian.” By all those accounts McCain pales in comparison to [...]
But Clinton isn’t one to be mollified by symbols alone. Very likely, she has demanded - and gotten - a voice into whom Obama ultimately chooses for a running mate. She wants to make sure he chooses someone who will also be her ally in the White House; someone who will champion her cause until [...]
Clinton supporters have tried to make this point in recent weeks, winning language in the party’s convention platform that acknowledged Mrs. Clinton’s history-making candidacy, and praising her as a smart, seasoned policy wonk who could add ballast to Mr. Obama’s message of hope and change.
Indeed, a recent New York Times/CBS News poll of convention delegates [...]
The John McCain campaign fired off an angry letter to NBC News criticizing Andrea Mitchell’s comments regarding the “cone of silence” at Saturday night’s presidential candidates’ forum at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California.
Campaign manager Rick Davis cited Mitchell’s comments on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the Barack Obama campaign had said privately that [...]
(Via Politics on The Huffington Post.)
To: Senator Barack Obama
From: Charles Warner
My wife, Julia Bradford, and I have both ardently supported you since the beginning of your campaign when we attended your March, 2007, fundraiser in New York. We are maxed out in our contributions to your primary campaign to become the Democratic Party’s nominee and [...]
(Via RealClearPolitics.)
OK, so Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) is staying in the presidential race despite losing among elected delegates, facing a slimming lead among superdelegates, losing the popular vote and behind by 2-to-1 in the number of states carried. She slogs on, hoping against hope for a sudden turnaround in the race.
Apart from the psychological [...]
(Via Los Angeles Times.)
Barack Obama hasn’t managed after months of political combat to force Hillary Rodham Clinton out of the presidential race, so he’s about to try another approach: ignoring her.
Confident that he has built a near-impregnable lead, his campaign aides said Wednesday that Obama would begin shifting his focus toward the general election.
Obama still [...]
