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Ted Kennedy Hospitalized For Seizure
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Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's primary care physician says the senator is "not in any immediate danger" after suffering a seizure at his Cape Cod home Saturday.
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Update: Kennedy Did Not Have a Stroke
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/29987_Update-_Kenned...Ted Kennedy apparently did not have a stroke; it was a seizure of some kind: Spokesperson Says It Does Not Appear 76-Year-Old Suffered Stroke - CBS News. The comments section for this CBS News article is a real cesspool.
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Senator Edward Kennedy Rushed To The Hospital
http://wwwwakeupamericans-spree.blogspot.com/2008/05/senator...Senator Edward Kennedy was rushed to the Cape Cod Hospital this morning with what is being called "stroke-like" symptoms. Kennedy was transferred to Massachusetts General Hospital after spending about an hour at the Cape Cod Hospital. The
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Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy Hospitalized with Stroke Like Symptoms
http://scaredmonkeys.com/2008/05/17/massachusetts-senator-te...Senator Ted Kennedy taken from the Kennedy compound in Hyannisport, Mass to Cape Cod Hospital. Hyannis Fire Lt. Bill Rex told the AP a 911 call came in from the Kennedy compound at 8:19 a.m. EDT Hyannis Fire Lt. Bill Rex told the AP a 911 call came in
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Sen. Kennedy Hospitalized
http://www.letfreedomringblog.com/?p=2739Sen. Kennedy Hospitalized Sen. Ted Kennedy has been hospitalized after experiencing stroke-like conditions. Heres what CBS is reporting: A spokeswoman for Edward M. Kennedy said the Massachusetts senator is in the hospital for evaluation after becoming
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Carpe Diem: Seizure The Day
http://chickaboomer.blogspot.com/2008/05/ted-kennedy-carpe-d...The cable Tee Vee news vultures circling over Ted Kennedy as if he was fixin' to join JFK, RFK, the dead Kennedy compound, and Mary Jo Kopechne. [He's "resting comfortably" "talking" "joking"] MSNBC and Fox News wallpapered the etherland with any talking head they could dredge up who could offer their memories of Teddy. Trent Lott, Geradine Ferraro (on Fox). It was almost like he was dead already. It could've been the networks' Pope Death Watch. Rushed to the hospital with stroke-like symptoms... The second-longest serving senator... More influential than his brothers... [graphic, Boston talk radio dude Howie Carr's nas-ty Ted "Fatboy" website] Hillary issued a statement: "My thoughts and prayers..." Ted's health was left in the dust as the speculation turned to Obama and what will happen if Ted isn't around to campaign for his political protege? When Ted didn't cooperate and exit the planet, the cable vultures dumped him like Paris Hilton dumps boyfriends. Drudge, the doyenne of all that's news, deigned the hoopla didn't warrant a police siren alert - or a link for that matter until the speculation became official with an official statement. By then the "stroke" had been downgraded to a "seizure." Sounds like an alcohol withdrawal seizure to me - nearly identical symptoms to a stroke. The NYDN buries it at number 7 on its online hit parade. NYP: "Sen. Kennedy Rushed To Hospital" NYT "Sen. Kennedy Suffers Seizure" ABC "Kennedy Suffers Seizure" CBS "Ted Kennedy Hospitalized For Seizure" CNN "Ted Kennedy Hospitalized After Seizure" MSNBC "Kennedy Hospitalized After Apparent Seizure" Odd website juxtaposition: Fox "Sen. Kennedy Hospitalized After Suffering 2 Seizures" And to the left: "Hillary: I'm Still Here".
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BREAKING NEWS, KY Polls, Hill Update & More
http://commonsensequotient.typepad.com/common_sense_quotient...BREAKING NEWS, KY Polls, Hill Update & More BREAKING NEWS: Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) was rushed to a Massachusetts hospital earlier today after he suffered a "seizure" at the Kennedy family compound in Hyannisport: (CBS/AP) "Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was airlifted to a hospital Saturday after suffering a seizure at his home, and did not appear to have had a stroke as initially suspected, his spokeswoman said. The 76-year-old Kennedy, a liberal Democratic icon and the lone surviving son in a famed political family, was undergoing tests at Massachusetts General Hospital to determine the cause of the seizure, spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter said." "'Senator Kennedy is resting comfortably, and it is unlikely we will know anything more for the next 48 hours,' she said. Kennedy's wife, Victoria, was with him at the hospital, Cutter said." "...New York. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, also issued a statement. 'My thoughts and prayers are with Ted Kennedy and his family today,' she said. 'We all wish him well and a quick recovery.'" While I disagree with Sen. Kennedy's endorsement of Barack Obama and I thought that his comments last week were unfortunate regarding Sen. Clinton's campaign and a possible VP spot should she not win the nomination, Kennedy is a champion for progressive values and goals in the U.S. Senate. Along with others, I offer my thoughts and prayers for his recovery. Calling All Older Voters Jeralyn at TalkLeft has some informative thoughts and stats about older voters and their significance in this year's presidential election. "When it comes to electability arguments for the superdelegates, however, I think there's something they need to consider -- that caucus results vastly undercount one particular segment of voters who will vote in big numbers in the general election: The elderly and infirm, including nursing home residents who weren't mobile enough to attend a caucus but who can vote by absentee ballot in primaries and the general election." "If unable to attend caucuses, and most likely were, their preferences were excluded. This is one more reason I don't think that a superdelegate can equate a caucus win in a particular state with a win in that state against John McCain in November." I went to the U.S. Census Bureau to get some numbers on older voters and to size up what they might mean for a GE in November. Here's what I found: Voters ages 65 and up number 37.5 million, or 16.6% of the voting-age population. Voters between the ages of 45 and 64 number 76.5 million (33.6 percent). I include this age group because they are, by and large, more likely to support Hillary Clinton, as evidenced by exit polls - and a trend that is in line with Andrew Kohut's finding that older voters (those 45-years old and up) haven't been enthusiastic Obama supporters. Additionally, older voters comprise a slightly larger share of the electorate (114 million), than do voters ages 18-44 (113 million); and older voters have been a more reliable voting demographic than younger voters in past elections. Looking at caucus/primary results from three states, Nebraska, Texas and Washington, it becomes apparent that something has occurred between the caucus votes and the primary votes: "Nebraska: Obama won the caucuses. He got 26,000 attendees to Hillary's 12,000. In yesterday's (May 13) primary, the vote was Obama 46,000 to Hillary 43,000, or 49% to 47%. One explanation for the sharp decline in support is buyer's remorse. Another, more probable explanation is that the caucuses were unrepresentative of the state's voters." "Washington: Obama won the caucuses with 21,000 preferring Obama to 10,000 preferring Hillary, but in the primary held two weeks later, he only won 51% to 46%, 353,000 votes to 315,000 votes. Only the caucus votes were used to determine delegates." "In Texas: Hillary won the primary vote 51% to 47% and by more than 100,000 votes, while Obama won the caucuses, perhaps by as much as 60% to 40%." It could be, as Jeralyn notes, that "buyer's remorse" has set in with respect to Sen. Obama's margin of victory in the caucuses and his narrower victories (or losses) in primaries. Or (Jeralyn again), it might be that caucuses are not representative of a state's voters. Where Superdelegates Are Located Here's a cool and informative map (does not include Alaska and Hawaii, though why I don't know. Perhaps Barack has now subtracted these two from the "57 states" comment he made last week when speaking at a campaign rally). The "map" shows where superdelegates are located, by state and by which candidate they have declared their support for. Blue and shades of blue are Hillary states and SDs. Green and shades of green are states from which SDs have not declared, or where some have declared but not all (thus the minus percentages). The map also utilizes "category circles" that are sized according to the percentage of superdelegates in each state - and where they are located within the state - who have declared support. Any questions? There will be a test on this... Visualize The Popular Vote Hillary is ahead in the popular vote, with results from Florida and Michigan. According to ABC News, she leads Obama by 43,579 votes. Here are the tallies: CLINTON: 16,691,639 OBAMA: 16,648,060 Although the Democratic National Committee and Sen. Obama continue to balk at including any results from these two states, the votes were counted and certified by the secretaries of state in each of these states. A meeting is scheduled on May 31 at DNC headquarters in Washington, D.C. to hear appeals from both states, after which a determination will be made on seating delegates. At this time the issue of popular vote will also be raised. My best guess is that since delegates are apportioned based on voter preference for candidates (through primary or caucus results), the DNC must count the popular vote. As to whether they will depends on how much pressure is put on Howard Dean and members of the Rules Committee. If you have not yet made your voice heard on Michigan and Florida, please take a moment now to do it. MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA: MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A VOICE Looking At Another Blowout Win In KY I could make a wisecrack here about John Edwards' endorsement of Barack Obama with an eye toward getting the blue-collar working class voters to stampede to Barack. But I won't. I don't need to. Exit polls throughout this primary season have told and continue to tell the story. John Edwards managed to eke out only about 7 percent of these voters before he dropped out of the race. Hillary Clinton has been winning them all along, since Iowa. And with that, here are the latest Kentucky polls: Research2000: Clinton - 58%; Obama - 31% (with this tidbit): [In a GE matchup with John McCain]: "McCain leads Obama by 25 percentage points and Clinton by 12." "This is a tough state for a Democrat for president," said Del Ali, president of the firm Research 2000, which conducted the surveys. "If Obama's sitting down with (his chief strategist) David Axelrod going over the electoral map in the fall, Kentucky isn't part of the equation. I think with Hillary it could have been." Rasmussen: Clinton - 56%; Obama - 32% SurveyUSA: Clinton - 62%; Obama - 28% RCP Average: Clinton - 58.7; Obama - 30% In Oregon it's anybody's guess, but RCP Advantage gives Obama a 14-point lead. Voters who have already mailed in their ballots were split 50-50 in their support. I don't have a clue if this "means" anything and I'm not going to predict... NARAL BLOWBACK:
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Update: Kennedy Did Not Have a Stroke
http://www.blogofascists.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/17/369690...Little Green Footballs Ted Kennedy apparently did not have a stroke; it was a seizure of some kind: Spokesperson Says It Does Not Appear 76-Year-Old Suffered Stroke - CBS News. The comments section for this CBS News article is a real cesspool. URL: Little Green Footballs
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Ted Kennedy Hospitalized
http://louminatti.blogspot.com/2008/05/ted-kennedy-hospitali...That was quite a scare! Fortunately the news isn't as bad as doctors had feared. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was airlifted to a hospital Saturday after suffering a seizure at his home, and did not appear to have had a stroke as initially suspected, his spokeswoman said. "Senator Kennedy is resting comfortably, and it is unlikely we will know anything more for the next 48 hours," she said. Kennedy's wife, Victoria, was with him at the hospital, Cutter said.
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Sen. Kennedy Hospitalized
http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/sen-kennedy-h...Sen. Ted Kennedy has been hospitalized after experiencing stroke-like conditions. Here’s what CBS is reporting: A spokeswoman for Edward M. Kennedy said the Massachusetts senator is in the hospital for evaluation after becoming ill at his Hyannis home. There was no immediate word on his condition, although a knowledgeable official said the 76-year-old senator was hospitalized Saturday after suffering stroke-like symptoms. The official declined to be identified by name, citing the sensitivity of the events. Kennedy spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter confirmed in a statement that Kennedy went to Cape Cod Hospital on Saturday morning “after feeling ill at his home.” She says that after discussion with his doctors in Boston, Kennedy was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital for further examination. She says he is under evaluation that information will be released as it becomes available. Now isn’t the time for politics. It’s a time to keep Sen. Kennedy in our prayers. I urge all my readers to keep him in our prayers. UPDATE: According to this AP article, Sen. Kennedy didn’t suffer a stroke. Here’s what they’re reporting: BOSTON (AP) - Edward Kennedy’s primary care physician says the senator is “not in any immediate danger” after suffering a seizure at his Cape Cod home Saturday. Dr. Larry Ronan says preliminary tests showed the 76-year-old Massachusetts Democrat has not suffered a stroke. Ronan says Kennedy was resting comfortably and would undergo further evaluation to determine the cause of the seizure. Kennedy was flown to Massachusetts General Hospital on Saturday morning after being taken by ambulance from his home to Cape Cod Hospital. His wife, children and niece Caroline Kennedy are with him at the hospital. The second longest serving member of the Senate had surgery in October to repair a nearly complete blockage in a major neck artery, a procedure done to prevent stroke. Let’s continue to keep Sen. Kennedy in our prayers. Technorati Tags: Ted Kennedy, Stroke Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog
