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Obama’s Clintonian triangulation

Posted in Ken Johnson, Presidential race on Mar 18th, 2008 Comments

Barack Obama made his speech on race in America today, his attempt to quell the furor over the viciously anti-American sermons of his pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
It was, as is every Obama speech, well crafted and superbly delivered. He spoke in Philadelphia, the birthplace of the Constitution, on that founding document’s fundamental theme: “toward [...]

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How to spin it

Posted in Nelson Benton, Presidential race, Uncategorized on Mar 5th, 2008 Comments

The Barack Obama camp is spinning like mad today trying to put a happy face on Tuesday’s disappointing results. Here’s the e-mail that went out to supporters this morning, courtesy of a reader in Peabody:
We may not know the final outcome of today’s voting until morning, but the results so far make one thing clear.
When [...]

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It’s not over yet

Posted in Nelson Benton, Presidential race on Mar 5th, 2008 Comments

With her victories in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island last night, it appears Hillary Clinton has kept her campaign alive at least through the start of spring.
The primary in Pennsylvania, the next big state with a large number of delegates at stake, isn’t until April 22. (There are contests in Wyoming this Saturday and Mississippi [...]

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End of the road for Hillary?

Posted in Nelson Benton, Presidential race on Mar 4th, 2008 Comments

We should know tonight.
There are primaries in Vermont and Rhode Island, but all eyes will be on Texas and Ohio where the vast majority of delegate spots are at stake. Polls out this morning showed New York Sen. Hillary Clinton holding onto a slight lead in both. And her words and demeanor at appearances Monday [...]

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Debate season on hiatus

Posted in Nelson Benton, Presidential race, Uncategorized on Feb 29th, 2008 Comments

Won’t you miss those debates?
For months now Republicans and Democrats have been slugging it out on live TV. And the ratings have been surprisingly good even when they’ve been aired on relatively hard-to-find channels like MSNBC.
They allowed John McCain to show how tough he can be, putting Mitt Romney is his place for flip-flopping on [...]

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The discrimination two-step

Posted in Presidential race, Taylor Armerding on Feb 29th, 2008 Comments

As we continue to stagger through the endless presidential campaign, there are certain rules emerging that are both rigid and flexible:
It’s OK to vote for Hillary Clinton because she’s a woman - there are hundreds, if not thousands, of news reports out there quoting people who express excitement at “finally” having the chance to elect [...]

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A good, ol’-time political smear

Posted in Ken Johnson, Presidential race, Uncategorized on Feb 26th, 2008 Comments

So I’m sure by now you’ve seen this picture. Someone, it is suspected from the Hillary Clinton campaign, leaked it to the Drudge Report. And it since has been picked up and commented on by newspapers across the country — and even in England.
It’s a good, ol’-time political smear, designed to play on fears that [...]

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‘Change’ is our birthright

Posted in Ken Johnson, Presidential race on Feb 20th, 2008 Comments

Sen. Barack Obama wants to shake up this tired, old country. He promises us “the change we’ve been waiting for.” His motto: “Yes, we can.”
Is Obama offering us anything new? Or has “change” — on both a personal and national scale — been part of America’s make-up since its founding?
Reading the candidate’s biography on his [...]

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These really are ‘just words’

Posted in Presidential race, Taylor Armerding on Feb 19th, 2008 Comments

I’ve got no problem with Sen. Barack Obama’s alleged “plagiarism” of our beloved Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. It’s amusing, in a way, to have the Hillary Clinton campaign be so fiercely concerned with some imagined copyright infringement of Gov. Patrick, since Patrick has endorsed Obama. And according to Patrick, he encouraged Obama to use lines [...]

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Winners bad, losers good

Posted in Presidential race, Taylor Armerding on Feb 13th, 2008 Comments

Exxon Mobil made history recently with its announcement of the highest annual profits ever for a U.S. company - more than $40 billion last year. And that news was greeted with horror by Democrats like presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Clinton said that if she is elected president she will take those profits - notice she [...]

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