1,574 posts tagged Obama Commentary

Hillary Clinton’s landslide win (and there is no other way to describe it) against Barack Obama in the West Virginia primary proves, if nothing else, that she MUST be on the ticket with Obama or the Democrats will not be able to capture the White House.

By Marsha Mercer What will it take to get Hillary Rodham Clinton to quit? Oh, that’s right, “quit” isn’t in the Clintons’ vocabulary, and she insists she’s staying on the trail “until there’s a nominee.” Hello? Apparently, presidential campaigns on Planet Hillary work differently than those here on Earth.

Strategy Session: Mapping an Obama Presidency Posted by michaelmee on May 13, 2008 According to the Rasmussen poll released on 5/12, if the poll’s % translate into the results, McCain wins 320-218 in the electoral vote. But, I don’t think that means much at this point. Obama has multiple paths to victory.

RetroVision Media Covers Hillary Clinton Using Coal Miner Daughters to Make A Statement Today Posted by Cool Guy In hillary clinton 13May 08 Barack Obama is expected to take a beating in the West Virginia Democratic primary contest today, so we thought we would examine why.

Programming Correction Posted by Cool Guy In classic films 13May 08 Major correction due for the incorrect movie description of King Solomon’s Mines. We gave the write up for the 1950 remake. The King Solomon’s Mines we have programmed for today is the original made in 1937 starring Paul Robeson as Umbopa.

Congressman Rahm Emanuel, from the great state of Illinois, said that Senator Ted Kennedy should not have said something to the effect that Hillary Clinton should not be on the Obama ticket. It would seem that Rahm is overly sensitive to this issue.

A recent post - Hillary Voters Threaten to Go McCain - generated some passionate replies.  One of the commenters (I believe) found my post by searching for hillaryis44.com - a  myopic HRC love-in blog that not only drinks the Clinton kool-aid, but manufactures their own flavours and serves them in

Some of us were taken aback by the implications of Hillary Clinton's comments during a recent USA TODAY interview where she cited evidence that ["Sen. Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states (Indiana and North Carolina) who had not completed college were supporting her."].

Will the candidates for the U.S. presidency get ever beyond pandering and demagoguery and deal with the real issues? According to Eric Le Boucher of France’s Le Monde newspaper, the rhetoric from both Democrats and Republicans has been disappointing. Boucher writes: The American presidential election campaign is disappointing.

I’ve been resistant to delving into political topics on this blog, mostly out of fear that I might expose too much about my own ignorance. :)  I do tend to follow political debate (particularly at the national level) quite a bit, though.  As a registered Democrat that will almost certainly end up