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What Barack Obama means when he talks about “change” and “bipartisanship”

Posted by: ST on February 3, 2008 at 7:37 pm » 39 Comments

Ever notice that during every presidential election cycle, at least one candidate is promising a "change" in Washington, DC?  This year’s agent of "change" is Senator Barack Obama.    The speech he made when he announced his candidacy back in February 2007 was titled "Change We Can Believe In."  It’s been the centerpiece of his candidacy.  He [...]

 

Super Bowl Sunday Open Thread (UPDATE: GIANTS PULL OF UPSET! DEFEAT PATS 17-14)

Posted by: ST on February 3, 2008 at 12:46 pm » 42 Comments

You know the teams.  Now make your picks.   ST reader William Teach has already made his prediction today: Big Blue by 2. Scores in the 30’s. Me? I’ll abstain from making anymore football predictions.  So far I think I’ve gotten about 10 % of my post-season picks correct   I’m just going to sit back and [...]

 

Polls going into Super Tuesday

Posted by: ST on February 3, 2008 at 11:23 am » 7 Comments

It’s become a horse race in California for the top two candidates in each party – via Reuters: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are running neck-and-neck in California, New Jersey and Missouri two days before the sprawling "Super Tuesday" presidential showdown, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Sunday. Obama has [...]

 

Code Pink and the Marine Recruiting Center – in photos

Posted by: ST on February 3, 2008 at 9:45 am » 3 Comments

Last week I wrote about the latest anti-war activities going on in Berkeley that involved the Berkeley city council passing two resolutions denouncing the Iraq war, the Marcine Recruiting Center, and granting the ‘pro-peace’ gang at Code Pink with a parking space at the recruiting center for six months, and exempting them from having them [...]