Obama hands Hillary an early Christmas present
Will these comments, made in front of a gathering of uber-rich supporters in San Francisco this past weekend, cause Obama’s poll surge in Pennsylvania to reverse course? (emphasis added)
Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton: Separated at birth?
Yesterday, I wrote about Mrs. Obama’s first visit to North Carolina – and in particular, some of the things she said while with a small panel of women at The Dixon Academy childcare center in Harrisburg, NC. I noted in a prior post how Harrisburg would be a perfect place for her to visit, considering the economic woes it has faced over the last several years, and how she could use the visit to not only make herself sound like someone who faces the same “struggles” as they do, but also to make her husband appear like their savior.
The audacity of living beyond your means
4/9 Update: Read more commentary on this story here.
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Remember what I wrote earlier today about how visiting Harrisburg, NC was perfect for Ms. Down on Her Country Michelle Obama in terms of how she would try to “relate” to the poor and middle class people who live there, many of whom are struggling to make ends meet, in part, because of a wave of job losses that have hit Cabarrus County over the last several years? Well, I hate to say I Toldjah So, but … :
Senator Jay Rockefeller on McCain’s Vietnam service (MORE: APOLOGY ISSUED)
The junior Senator from West Virginia, fresh off of endorsing Barack Obama for president, had this to say about the man who will be Obama’s opponent should he get the Dem nomination (via Jake Tapper):
Obama asserts that his VP selection would be “somebody who knows about a bunch of stuff that I’m not as expert on”
The LA Times Top of the Ticket blog provides us with the Barack Obama quote of the week:
Ed Schultz continues the “McCain is a warmonger” battle cry
Over the weekend, Barack Obama found his campaign in a bit of hot water after it was reported that liberal talk show host Ed Schultz called John McCain a “warmonger” in an intro he did for the junior Senator from Illinois at a fundraiser for the North Dakota Dem party last Friday.