Archive | 2006

31 December 2006 ~ 32 Comments

Here comes Hillary …

Stephen Braun at the LA Times writes about Hillary’s preparations for the big show.
Recent polls in New Hampshire and Iowa show Clinton would have stiff competition from two potential Democratic rivals, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and former vice presidential candidate John Edwards.
“The challenge she’ll have in the primaries is building something that’s lean and supple, [...]

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29 December 2006 ~ 36 Comments

ComeonIwannaBama

Barack’s sister says The Bam will make his decision to run while on his Hawaiian vacation. He’s been seen on the golf course a few times, but is otherwise laying low. Not so with his growing legion of supporters. Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii organized a draft Obama rally, and Hawaiian supporters helped put [...]

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27 December 2006 ~ 22 Comments

The War: Republicans Share Biden’s Concern

That’s what Noam N. Levey reports in the L.A. Times:

A number of GOP senators — including Susan Collins of Maine and Norm Coleman of Minnesota, who are up for reelection in 2008 — have expressed skepticism about the so-called surge in troops.
Only 12% of Americans back a troop increase … Biden expressed hope that by [...]

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27 December 2006 ~ 99 Comments

Trippi Blogpost Stirs Debate

Well, two debates really – or three …
It all started when Joe got a call from Craig Gilbert over at the Milwaukee Sentinel. Gilbert was doing a story on public financing in the upcoming presidential:
Washington – The 2008 campaign begins this winter amid the ruins of the presidential public [...]

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27 December 2006 ~ 43 Comments

Year in Review: Commenters

LoBiondo, Max and I were thinking about right wingers in general and how often we’ve asked ourselves “Gee, that guy seems pretty smart. How is it he can be so clueless about politics?”
One of our regular posters – of slightly conservative bent – is purported to be a molecular biologist. You think, “How can that [...]

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25 December 2006 ~ 77 Comments

Casting the NET for voters…

AP’s Philip Elliot writes about the changing nature of political communication:
“Clearly online video is rapidly chewing away at traditional TV time,” said Nikko Mele, Dean’s campaign webmaster from 2004. “We are taking time usually spent watching television watching the Web…”
That sounds like good news to me.

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24 December 2006 ~ 7 Comments

A Christmas Memory

Truman Capote’s “A Christmas Memory.”

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