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Ted Kennedy: I didn’t mean to slight Hillary or Bill

Posted by: ST on January 29, 2008 at 12:24 pm » 1 Comment

Via AP: WASHINGTON – Sen. Edward Kennedy says his endorsement of Barack Obama for president wasn’t intended as a repudiation of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign or of her husband, the former president. “I have great respect for President Clinton and respect for Senator Clinton,” the Massachusetts Democrat said Tuesday on NBC’s “Today” show as he [...]

 

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 [...]

 

Sunday open thread

Posted by: ST on January 27, 2008 at 3:27 pm » 8 Comments

Sorry – just realized I hadn’t started one of these in a few days. I’m taking it easy today, needing a day’s break from politics. Will be back in the a.m. In the meantime, the big buzz in the blogosphere is, of course, Obama’s win in SC yesterday – there’s also news of Ted Kennedy [...]

 

The SC Dem primary

Posted by: ST on January 26, 2008 at 8:17 am » 6 Comments

Democrats in SC will cast their vote today for the guy (or gal) they think should be their nominee for president. The polls opened at 7. Unlike like last Saturday’s Republican primary, Dem voters in SC won’t be experiencing any weather issues other than it being cold with a little bit of rain here and [...]

 

Reason number 2,578 why Barack Obama shouldn’t be president

Posted by: ST on January 25, 2008 at 9:01 pm » 5 Comments

According to Robert Novak, rumors are swirling that the O-man would make His Royal Phoniness his administration’s Attorney General: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Illinois Democrats close to Sen. Barack Obama are quietly passing the word that John Edwards will be named attorney general in an Obama administration. Installation at the Justice Department of multimillionaire trial lawyer [...]

 

Hillary Clinton wants Michigan and Florida delegates reinstated

Posted by: ST on January 25, 2008 at 8:34 pm » 32 Comments

Good grief. Is there there anything this witch won’t do to win? “I hear all the time from people in Florida and Michigan that they want their voices heard in selecting the Democratic nominee. “I believe our nominee will need the enthusiastic support of Democrats in these states to win the general election, and so [...]