Daily Archives: June 21st, 2008 «

 

FactCheck: Barry Oh! embellishes his resume in first general election ad

Posted by: ST on June 21, 2008 at 7:46 pm » 3 Comments

Why, I can’t believe he’d do something like this! Obama has released his first post-primary ad, a 60-second spot that’s airing in 18 battleground states. In effect, “Country I Love” is Obama’s first ad of the general election campaign, and as such it invites scrutiny. (FactCheck will address McCain’s first general election ads in a [...]

 

Man who played race card, and whose surrogates played the race card, says Republicans will play race card against him

Posted by: ST on June 21, 2008 at 11:15 am » 18 Comments

Isn’t this rich? (via ST reader Mwalimu Daudi): Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama said on Friday he expects Republicans to highlight the fact that he is black as part of an effort to make voters afraid of him. “It is going to be very difficult for Republicans to run on their stewardship of the economy [...]

 

Is it do or die for Rudy in Florida? And other Campaign 2008 commentary

Posted by: ST on June 21, 2008 at 8:55 am » 5 Comments

.!. The Washington Times has an article this morning that discusses the state of Rudy Giuliani’s campaign, and how important Florida will be for him: Rudolph W. Giuliani, once the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, has finished last in five of the first six presidential-nomination contests and tumbled from the top of the national [...]