Daily Archives: January 28th, 2008 «

 

The President’s last SOTU (MINI-LIVEBLOGGING – UPDATE: CHILL IN THE AIR BETWEEN HILLARY AND OBAMA)

Posted by: ST on January 28, 2008 at 9:05 pm » 13 Comments

He’s about to deliver it in just a few minutes. Here are some highlights of what the Prez. will talk about. Drudge has a full transcript of what the President will say. You can watch it live online at Fox News. —- Debate notes: 9:09 – I see Kennedy and Obama are sitting chummily side [...]

 

Ted Kennedy as an agent of “change”? PLUS: McCain and Romney trade “you’re a liberal” barbs

Posted by: ST on January 28, 2008 at 7:09 pm » 5 Comments

I touched a little on Kennedy’s endorsement of the O-man earlier as well as noted that it was becoming a two-man race in Florida, but wanted to expand on it more in this post. First, no matter what you think of their politics, the three Kennedys (Sen. Ted, Rep. Patrick, and JFK’s daughter Caroline) standing [...]

 

How does Super Tuesday stack up for Democrat, Republican candidates?

Posted by: ST on January 28, 2008 at 1:54 pm » Comments Off

The LA Times takes a look at how the Super Tuesday states stack up for each candidate on the Democrat side, and calls the race “close” with Hillary having an edge. 1,700 delegates are in play for the Dems on Feb. 5th, with a total of 2,025 needed when all is said and done for [...]

 

Nobel author who declared Bill Clinton the “first black president” will endorse … Obama – PLUS other Campaign ’08 news

Posted by: ST on January 28, 2008 at 10:44 am » 3 Comments

The hits just keep on comin’ for the Bubster: ABC News’ Rick Klein and Sunlen Miller Report: Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison — who famously declared Bill Clinton to be the nation’s “first black president” in a 1998 essay — today endorsed Barack Obama for president, via letter from Morrison to the Illinois senator. In [...]

 

So, attacks on Obama by Bubba mean the former prez is no longer a statesman?

Posted by: ST on January 28, 2008 at 8:58 am » 6 Comments

Last Wednesday I blogged about Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson’s criticism of Bill Clinton’s behavior on the campaign trail, where Robinson suggested that the former prez was no longer acting like a statesman. It’s a suggestion that is also being made by Reuters and Newsweek, among other news outlets, in response to Bill Clinton’s taking [...]