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The Clinton Circus (Mark Nickolas' Blog)We're about to begin the latest installment in the saga now known as the Clinton Circus as the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee is about to begin its meeting to decide what to do with the arrogant, rule-breaking decisions by Florida and Michigan Democratic leadership.
I'll be updating this thread throughout the day as... |
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TechNet (Corporate) High Tech In order to represent technology companies and issues in the policy arena, Former Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale, Cisco CEO John Chambers and venture capitalist John Doerr created TechNet in 1997 to shape public policy and impact U.S technology innovation. |
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For Dems, the Money Keeps Rolling In (Newsletter's Blog)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Weekly Wrap Up
Saturday, April 5, 2008
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Needs more attention (Net Neutrality Issues)Network neutrality generally refers to the regulation of broadband network operators to require that they provide equal access to the network for all content and service providers. (25 Posts) - (Started By: sonofdad) |
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BREAKING: Pres/CEO and Chairman Resign From Failing Bank Where McCain's Son Suddenly Left Last Week (Mark Nickolas' Blog)Big developments this afternoon concerning Silver State Bancorp -- the bank from which Andrew McCain (son of John McCain) suddenly resigned from its board of directors a week ago for "personal reasons." Last night, I updated this story as neither McCain nor the bank have been willing to publicly discuss the reasons for his... |
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Campaign Slogans (Campaign Slogans Board)So we all hear them spouted off a few times throughout presidential campaigns. In the past couple elections the winning candidates have had more than one during their campaign and, looking at Hillary's announcement of her new slogan "Turning Up the Heat," campaign slogans aren't going anywhere. So my question is, how... |
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North Carolina Update (Mark Nickolas' Blog)With just five days until the primary, we have some new polling showing a tighter race in North Carolina:
NORTH CAROLINA Mason-Dixon. 4/28-29 (no trend) 400 LV
Obama 49%
Clinton 42%
When the undecideds are allocated, here's the polling of the past week:
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Support Obama now (Barack Obama People)Entering the U.S. Senate in 2005 for Illinois, Barack Obama is currently a front-runner in the race for the Democratic nomination for president in 2008. (1 Posts) - (Started By: Places) |
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The Shameful Distortion Of The Electoral Map By CNN (Mark Nickolas' Blog)Recall my post of last week where I highlighted the Grand Canyon of difference between where the independent groups had currently pegged the state of the Electoral College map, versus those in the media who offered their own analysis.
What we saw is a shameless attempt by those with a vested interest in a close race (the... |
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A Big Victory for the Pro-Neutrality Crowd (Net Neutrality Issues)Network neutrality generally refers to the regulation of broadband network operators to require that they provide equal access to the network for all content and service providers. (1 Posts) - (Started By: AvengingTiki) |
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Maybe She Should Read The DNC Delegate Selection Rules Document (Mark Nickolas' Blog)Today, Hillary Clinton (D) made this argument at a press conference:
"There is no such thing as a pledged delegate," Clinton said at a news conference in California, where she has been fundraising.
The problem?
Well, if you click here you'll come across the 27-page document on the DNC's website titled Delegate... |
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Political Base (where my...) (cmp's Blog)On "Day Zero" of Political Base, I muse aloud around my hopes for this site and the experience it provides as it evolves. A perusal of the Top 10 blogs on Technorati (http://technorati.com/pop/blogs/) confirms that the most popular topics among news junkies (folks who visit blogs) are the following:
1. Devices... |
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About Last Night (Mark Nickolas' Blog)I think last night clearly demonstrated that the Democratic contest will be wrapped-up in two weeks, after Barack Obama (D) comes out of North Carolina with a larger net delegate advantage -- and erases most of Hillary Clinton's (D) popular vote advantage -- following last... |
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Wrote a paper once, titled "Turkey: Nexus of Power" (rapiddissent's Blog)Referring to ties with the United States and a Congressional Resolution which declares the massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during WWI a genocide, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, said: "Where the rope is worn thin, may it break off." In due course, the Turks have recalled their ambassador from the U.S.
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More Clinton Superdelegates Wavering? (Mark Nickolas' Blog)Today's Los Angeles Times spotlights how some superdelegates in California -- where Hillary Clinton (D) won comfortably -- are starting to waver:
Hillary Rodham Clinton, stung last week by the defection of a prominent superdelegate, could lose the backing of more of these Democratic Party leaders and elected officials... |
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Battle for the Christian Right Begins (Augustus' Blog)GOP presidential hopefuls will be vying for Jesus points this weekend at the 2007 Values Voter Summit in D.C., where they'll be joined by dozens of notable social conservative leaders and a couple thousand anxious attendees who hope to find a candidate around which to unite. It's unclear as to who has the best chances of... |
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McCain's Fav/Unfav Drops Net 17 Since He Secured GOP Nomination (Mark Nickolas' Blog)Amazing:
In March, after McCain wrapped up the GOP nomination, his fav/unfav stood at 49%-27%. Later that month, it was 45%-25%. In April, it was 40%-30%. And now in our latest NBC/WSJ poll, it’s 39%-34% -- that’s a drop of 10 points in his fav rating. How did McCain, who had no one running a campaign against... |
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Follow the Money: The Internet Barons (Tatum's Blog)Mike Arrington at Techcrunch is setting out
to talk to the presidential candidates about the issues concerning the technology industry, starting with Mitt Romney. We're excited that Mike has taken up the flag to get
the answers to the issues concerning our industry prior primary season. So that got us thinking... where... |
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DCCC Reserves $53 Million In Ad Time For 51 Seats, 34 GOP-Held (Mark Nickolas' Blog)Looks like 2008 is shaping-up to be as bad as 2006 for Republicans as far as the House of Representatives. TPM has gotten a hold of the list of media time that the DCCC has reserved for the fall. Incredibly, the DCCC has reserved $53 million worth of time in 51 House districts.
But most remarkable is that -- despite their... |
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Speak now or forever hold your peace.... (Keith Sprankle's Blog)Speak now or forever hold your peace....
That’s right, if you are going to have a say in the upcoming election, now is the time to show you care about what is about to happen in this Nation. I need your help and financial support to bring this message to America.
Contribute today to start telling... |
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Net Neutrality (Issues) Network neutrality generally refers to the regulation of broadband network operators to require that they provide equal access to the network for all content and service providers. |
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Ron Paul Supporters (Keith Sprankle's Blog)Supporting the Constitution of the United States is first and foremost in the mind of Keith Sprankle. What’s truly different from Ron Paul philosophy are Keith’s plans to not only support our Constitution, but to rebuild America both structurally and morally.
America is about pride... |
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The Race Debate: Obama Breaks it Down (Newsletter's Blog)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Weekly Wrap Up
Saturday, March 22, 2008
"The Race Debate: Obama Breaks It Down"
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Capital Punishment Requires Belief In Absolutes (John Westra's Blog)The first absolute is fairly easy; violent criminals have "absolutely" no place in civilized society. The next absolute is only a little more difficult. It's acknowledging we have "absolutely" no way of rehabilitating habitually violent offenders, who have neither the inclination nor ability to be rehabilitated.... |
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CQ: Clinton Headed For Very Slim Delegate Win In Pennsylvania (Mark Nickolas' Blog)As we've discussed a great deal, Hillary Clinton's (D) most insurmountable problem in trying to overcome her 130+ delegate deficit is how she makes-up that kind of ground in the final 10 contests given the proportional allocation of Democratic delegates. It's a problem that clearing coming into focus for next week's... |
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Mike Gravel Debates the Television (Augustus' Blog)Gravel watchers across the country were understandably disappointed to learn that the feisty Alaskan debtor would not be invited to last night's MSNBC presidential debate. But sorrow turned to excitement when it was revealed that the former senator would be doing a live webcast from some bar, where he'd be standing up on... |
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Just When We Forgot About Him... (Mark Nickolas' Blog)So, former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee (R) was in Montana yesterday and offered this idiocy:
Many public schools do not teach students where they came from and the basics of this country, Huckabee said. That means they often don't understand the basis of liberty and life provided for in the Declaration of... |
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Kucinich Introduces Cheney Impeachment Resolution (Augustus' Blog)The House is voting on whether or not to kill off a resolution introduced today by Dennis Kucinich that would instigate impeachment proceedings against the deeply unpopular Vice President Dick Cheney, charging him with misleading the nation in the buildup to the Iraq War and doing likewise with regards to Iran. At this... |
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Obama Wins Guam By 7 Votes (Mark Nickolas' Blog)Update (7:11 pm ET): Final unofficial tally has Obama defeating Clinton by just seven votes (2,264 to 2,257). The final margin was 50.1% to 49.9%. Considering what happened in today's Kentucky Derby...too eerie...Seriously.
Update (4:55 pm ET): With just one precinct/village left, Obama maintains a 52.7% to 47.3% lead... |
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Once Seen As Possible Prez Material, Eliot Spitzer Tanks (Augustus' Blog)In the wake of his failed, uber-controversial attempt to provide driver's licenses to illegal immigrants throughout the state, Democratic New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has seen an incredible collapse in his support, with his net approval rating going from plus 23 to... |
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Hillary's Popular Vote Myth (benil81241's Blog)Steve Kornacki of the New York Observer
http://www.observer.com/2008/popular-vote-math-made-easy
has a very good article today: Popular-Vote Math Made Easy.
He begins the article:
"...With Hillary Clinton renewing her declaration of a popular-vote lead in the Democratic nomination contest,... |
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Barack Obama shows off his tech agenda (russ960's Blog)Prior to Barack Obama's visit to Google he unveiled his tech agenda. In the agenda he argues for net neutrality legislation to "Protect the Openness of the Internet". I'm sure he will do nothing to abolish the regulation that protects the telecom industry leaders and... |
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With Florida and Michigan Resolved, Obama All But Certain To Claim Nomination Next Week (Mark Nickolas' Blog)With the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee having just announced its decision in settling the Florida and Michigan mess, giving Hillary Clinton (D) just a net 24 delegate advantage, Barack Obama (D) will need about 20 more superdelegates to clinch the Democratic presidential... |
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Analyzing Obama's Tech Policy Position Paper: Part 1 of 5 (russjourn's Blog)Welcome to my blog here on Political Base. You may know me from the Huffington Post, ZDNet, or somewhere else. It's my interntion here to cover technology from the standpoint of the Presidential campaign, election, and forthcoming Congressional session.
As a pundit/blogger/journalist with one foot in the tech world and the... |
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Let's Hope McCain Pushes His Pro-Life Credentials (Mark Nickolas' Blog)Spectacular:
A new Greenberg Quinlan Rosner poll commissioned by NARAL finds that once "balanced information" about Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain's respective positions on abortion are introduced, Obama gains 6 points nationally, with his lead in battleground states expanding from a |
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Romney Reverses, Will Deliver Historic Mormon Speech (Augustus' Blog)Defying the advice of certain campaign advisors while complying with the nudging of his co-religionist Orrin Hatch, Mitt Romney will be giving a speech on the subject of religion in general and his own Mormonism in particular when he addresses a crowd in Texas this Thursday. Interestingly enough, Romney will be speaking at... |
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Wealth and Job Creation (dpkell2000's Blog)It's been reported that $3.0-trillion in wealth has been transferred from the Oil Consuming Countries to the Oil Producing Countries between 2001 and 2007. In addition the estimates (give recent prices of oil) indicate that $1.7-trillion in wealth will be transferred each year running forward.
The best, most intelligent,... |
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New Intelligence Assessment Indicates Iran Halted Nuke Weapons Project (Augustus' Blog)Working on the basis of information provided by 16 different U.S. intelligence services, a National Intelligence Estimate report released today indicates that Iran put a stop to its nuclear weapons program back in 2003 and has yet to renew efforts to obtain such weaponry, concluding that the move was made on the basis of... |
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Net 1.7 Million New Democrats Since 2004 (Mark Nickolas' Blog)During my travel last week, I missed this analysis of the dramatic changes in voter registration since the 2004 election:
In the 29 states (plus the District of Columbia) where voter affiliation is kept by party, the Democrats have scored perceptible gains since the presidential election of 2004 while the Republicans... |
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Health Care, Insurance and the Middle Class (mcenulty's Blog)The current health care debate seems to center around those that do not have health insurance. Some of those people don’t have it because they are poor, some don’t have it because they are young and choose to spend their money or benefits elsewhere and some don’t have... |
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Obama's Biggest Advantage: Early Voting (Mark Nickolas' Blog)Yesterday, I noted that Ohio instituted same-day voter registration and an early voting window effective this year. Doing so has created a serious problem for John McCain (R) since his campaign doesn't have the infrastructure, organization, or enthusiasm to take advantage of this opportunity, particularly among college... |
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The Case of the Racist Newsletter (Augustus' Blog)It's been known for some time that several issues of Ron Paul's Reagan-era newsletter The Ron Paul Survival Report contained several borderline-racist comments in reference to black Americans, but Paul's claims to the effect that the articles in question were ghostwritten by a former aide have been largely accepted up until... |
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Please Pick Joe. Pretty Please (Mark Nickolas' Blog)Democrats should hope that John McCain (R) picks Sen. Joe Lieberman (I) as his running mate because the Denver Post reminds us what you find when you explore Lieberman's voting record, after getting past his Iraq idiocy:
The thing is, Lieberman hasn't been an "internationalist" or a free-trader himself. Once Iraq is... |
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Walls Begin To Cave In Around Giuliani? (Theodore Rex's Blog)While Rudy Giuliani (R) has decided to go all-in with his presidential poker hand on the January 29 Florida primary (following sixth and fourth place finishes in Iowa and New Hampshire), hoping a win there will catapult him into the February 5th Super Tuesday contests where big states like New York and California are... |
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69 To -2 (Mark Nickolas' Blog)Drip, drip, drip:
The hill that Hillary Rodham Clinton must climb to beat Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination will grow a little steeper on Monday, as it has most days lately.
Margaret Campbell, a Montana state legislator, plans to declare her support for Senator Obama, of Illinois. She becomes... |
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Democratic Polling Update (SC & FL) (Theodore Rex's Blog)Updated polling in upcoming states for Democrats:.
DEMOCRATS: SOUTH CAROLINA (Jan 26th)
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Gunfire from Bosnia to Basra (Newsletter's Blog)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Weekly Wrap Up
Sunday, March 30, 2008
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Style, Substance & Specifics (Magister's Blog)Sen. Barack Obama made an appearance before an estimated crowd of 15,000 in Denver on Wednesday.
The national headlines were mostly about the jabs he took toward Sen. Clinton and if you read the speech, you'd see that these attacks were primarily the only parts worth mentioning. It also appears that he didn't do any local... |
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Has Clinton's Bleeding In Pennsylvania Stopped? (Mark Nickolas' Blog)There's more evidence this morning that Hillary Clinton's (D) recent hemorrhaging in Pennsylvania has finally stopped. In the past few weeks, Clinton's 15-20 point lead has largely eroded, with most polls showing race with a Clinton mid-single-digit lead.
Yesterday, SurveyUSA showed Clinton reversing her losses in the past... |
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The Hero and the Queen of Darkness - A Fairy Tale for Our Time (DWSUWF's Blog)Long had the House of Clinton practiced the ancient arts, honed their dark craft and schooled in the political weirding way. Long had the Lord King Clinton ruled over the Land of the Dems and held the people entranced under a spell of power and guile.
"Behold your Queen" King Clinton exclaimed "For I am passing my... |
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Petraeus Gets Schooled by Biden and Co. (Newsletter's Blog)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Weekly Wrap Up
Saturday, April 12, 2008
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As Expected, Obama Goes 4 For 4 (Mark Nickolas' Blog)As expected, Barack Obama (D) had a very big
night, winning all four of the primary contests in very strong
fashion and should come away from this evening with 20+ net
delegate advantage.
NEBRASKA CAUCUSES (results)
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Obama Denounces Wright (Mark Nickolas' Blog)I may be a contrarian, but I suspect Reverend Wright just did Barack Obama (D) a huge favor, when viewing this long-term.
Here's what Obama said today:
"I am outraged by the comments that were made and saddened by the spectacle that we saw yesterday," Obama told reporters at a news conference...
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Happy Valentine's Day! (Stephanie Condon's Blog)It's good to see at least one party has a sense of humor. (2 Comments) - (Posted By: Stephanie Condon) |
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Still Bitterly Gripping My Laptop Over ABC's Debate (Newsletter's Blog)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Weekly Wrap Up
Saturday, April 19, 2008
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Is the Clinton campaign undead? (DWSUWF's Blog)Image credit: Diesel at the Mattress
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I have been back and forth over the last couple of months on the
likelihood of Clinton overcoming Obama’s momentum and winning
the nomination. After watching the post-debate coverage over the
weekend, I realize now that the Democratic race is indeed over, and... |
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Political Malpractice (Mark Nickolas' Blog)If Barack Obama (D) wins the Democratic nomination, as most expect, observers won't have to look beyond one early decision that Hillary Clinton's (D) campaign made to see the difference in this close contest -- its refusal to aggressively contest the small states.
Think about this for a moment.
Clinton cites her victories... |
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Don't Forget The Governors... (Mark Nickolas' Blog)SurveyUSA has just released its monthly job approval ratings on 17 of the nation's governors. Aside from noticing that only about one-third of them are particularly popular, these numbers -- if they remain steady throughout the year -- provide valuable insight on the role these governors might play in the outcome of the... |
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North Carolina and Indiana Updates (Mark Nickolas' Blog)(Note: I've updated this post with some new numbers this morning)
With two days to go, here are the most recent numbers coming out of North Carolina and Indiana::
North Carolina
Obama 48%-Clinton 45% (InsiderAdvantage, May 4)
Obama 48%-Clinton 40% (Zogby, May 3-4)
Obama 49%-Clinton 40% (Rasmussen, May 1)
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McCain's FEC Mess Continues To Grow, Misleads On Kentucky Ballot Application (Mark Nickolas' Blog)The controversy surrounding John McCain's (R) effort to break the contract he made with the FEC to receive federal matching funds in the primary by agreeing to strict spending limits has hit another serious snag.
As discussed here earlier this week, McCain's biggest problem in withdrawing from the campaign finance rules he... |
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Bob Barr To Run For President, A Looming Disaster For McCain? (Mark Nickolas' Blog)Today, former Republican Congressman Bob Barr (GA) is expected to announce his entry into the presidential race, as he will seek the Libertarian nomination for president. Click here for his website.
This poses some major problems for John McCain (R) as Barr is your hardcore libertarian/social conservative. He will be far... |
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Wal-Mart Donations Favor Clinton (rhadamanthine's Blog)On Saturday, March 1, 2008, the Morning News of Springdale, Arkansas carried the following comments on Wal-Mart donations made to the Hillary Clinton campaign. Clinton sat on the company's Board of Directors from 1986 to 1992.
"More than one-third of the at least $33,700 donated by Wal-Mart officers and directors for the... |
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MSNBC: "This Is Barack Obama's Party Now" (Mark Nickolas' Blog)As we get ready for the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee meeting to begin, First Read has this thought:
But we are likely to leave this hotel today all realizing that this is Barack Obama's party now. Any ruling that doesn't net Clinton more than 20 delegates and... |
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Texas: Clinton Pulls Ahead In Final Polls (Mark Nickolas' Blog)While we've seen how unreliable polling has been during this primary season, the final polls coming out of Texas before today's primary are showing Hillary Clinton (D) with a small lead, reversing what we saw last week when Barack Obama (D) was atop the polls:
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Florida, Michigan Seated With Half-Votes, Clinton Emerges From Result With Only Net Of 24 Delegates (Mark Nickolas' Blog)***FINAL RESOLUTION: CLINTON 87, OBAMA 63, EDWARDS 6.5***
Assuming the Edwards delegates ultimately back Obama, this means Clinton emerged with just a net of 17.5 delegates. Not a good outcome for Clinton. Race is over on Tuesday.
***UPDATE (7:09 pm ET): The motion... |
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Exit Polling (Mark Nickolas' Blog)For what it's worth, NRO has some exit polling. It's either after two waves of data or two different sets of first wave data. Either way, take with a grain (or boulder) of salt:
For the first set, Obama is up by 2 percent in Ohio, Hillary is up by 2 percent in Texas, Hillary is up by 3 percent in Rhode Island and Obama... |
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Rasmussen: Obama Much More Favorable Than McCain Nationally (Mark Nickolas' Blog)Rasmussen Reports has just released its latest favorable numbers for the general election:
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Election Night Notes (Mark Nickolas' Blog)10:52 pm ET -- MSNBC calls Ohio for Clinton...as does CNN.
10:45 pm ET -- Wild. With 25% reporting in Texas, Obama leads 708,285 to 706,737...
10:38 pm ET -- Obama and Clinton have called McCain to congratulate him in winning his party's nomination...
10:17 pm ET -- Obama's Texas lead has dropped to 2 points with... |
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The Media's Shameless Bias To Try To Create Competitive Race (UPDATED) (Mark Nickolas' Blog)(Note: This post was updated on June 20th with revised numbers, making the corporate media look even worse...)
I wanted to follow-up on the previous post concerning Frank Rich's on-target evisceration of the media's effort to create a narrative for the general election that is not supported by the facts in hopes of... |
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ANALYSIS: Where The Race Stands (Mark Nickolas' Blog)Okay. As we know, you need a majority of the delegates to win the presidential nomination. Coming into last night, Barack Obama (D) held a 160-delegate lead (among pledged delegates) over Hillary Clinton (D). Meanwhile, the significant superdelegate lead that Clinton has held for months is shrinking by the day and now... |
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'10 Questions' With Bruce Lunsford (KY), Democratic Senate Nominee (Mark Nickolas' Blog)Welcome to the inaugural edition of Political Base's '10 Questions,' a weekly feature where we'll interview a person intimately involved in American politics to provide context and color to the things we're discussing during this historic political year.
This week, I had the chance to fire 10 Questions at Bruce Lunsford... |
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Poll: Clinton Defeats Obama In Florida Redux, Michigan Tied (Mark Nickolas' Blog)Yesterday, Rasmussen tested hypothetical Florida and Michigan primaries in the Democratic contest. Clinton wins big in Florida, while Michigan is tied:
FLORIDA. Rasmussen. 3/6. 602 LV.
Clinton 55%
Obama 39%
MICHIGAN. Rasmussen. 3/6. 575 LV.
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Obama Holds Strong Lead In 4 Battleground States (Mark Nickolas' Blog)Quinnipiac has more bad news for John McCain's (R) hopes of carving out a winning electoral strategy:
Meanwhile, the idiots at CNN still list all four states as Toss-up on their absurd electoral map which still shows the general election effectively a tie.
Keep in mind that Obama has maintained an overall significant... |
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Clinton Lowers Expectations For Wyoming & Mississippi (Mark Nickolas' Blog)Recognizing that her net 8-delegate pick-up from Tuesday's contests will be gone within a week, Hillary Clinton (D) is lowering any expectations that she'll be any prolonged winning streak:
"I said, 'Well you know what, I'm going to go to Wyoming anyway I know... |
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Cook: Dems Winning Net 8 or 9 Senate Seats Not "Laughable" (Mark Nickolas' Blog)From the respected Cook Political Report:
Jennifer Duffy, The Cook Political Report's Senate editor, says the bottom line is that Democrats are poised to pick up five to seven seats. Holding that pickup to four would be a moral victory for Republicans. The possibility that Democrats will |
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Obama Wins Wyoming--But what does it mean for the race? (avicoh1's Blog)Obama has now won 29 contests to Clinton's 14, 1,385 pledged delegates to Clinton's 1,231. (This excludes Michigan and Florida, and Superdelegates.) Obama's WY win was by a large percentage margin, but only a net gain of 2 delegates (at last count, he got 7 and she got 5).... |
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McCain Resorts To Belittling Own Press Corps (Mark Nickolas' Blog)The McCain camp thinks these sorts of belittling gimmicks of their own press corps is a good idea? It's amazing how much Maverick has let the Obama trip derail his campaign and cause him to lash out at the media in a very whiny and clearly ineffective way. I wonder how many reporters really found this funny. Pretty... |
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Next Up, Mississippi (Mark Nickolas' Blog)Update (8:19 pm ET): MSNBC just called the state for Obama.
Update (8:15 pm ET): Based on CNN's exit polling, Obama looks headed for a 59-41 victory, which is pretty much what was expected.
The polls in the Mississippi Democratic Primary close in about 45 minutes. There is little doubt that Barack Obama (D) will win the... |
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20 Years Later: Another McCain At Center Of Bank Collapse and Government Take-Over? (Mark Nickolas' Blog)Almost exactly 20 years ago -- in the middle of the saving and loan crisis -- federal regulators seized Lincoln Savings and Loan Association of Irvine, California. The takeover took place more than a year after five United States senators had tried to hold-off a government investigation by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board... |
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Obama Gains More Additional Iowa Delegates This Weekend Than Clinton Netted In Ohio (Mark Nickolas' Blog)This weekend, Barack Obama (D) erased Hillary Clinton's (D) nine delegate victory in Ohio by gaining a net 10 delegates in Iowa's county convention. It's just another reminder how close the race is but also how Clinton continues to be unable to gain any real (not... |
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McCain's Tactical and Organizational Disaster (Mark Nickolas' Blog)Today's Politico has a very illuminating story on the ground operations and electoral strategies of the two presidential campaigns. While Politico, not surprisingly, provided quite a favorable headline for the McCain camp -- After shake-up, McCain ground game revs up -- clearly the person who wrote the story had nothing to... |
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End Game (Mark Nickolas' Blog)I find myself in complete agreement with conservative columnist Robert Novak's analysis of how the remaining Democratic contests are shaping-up. Oddly, I have no quarrels with any of his conclusions or arguments:
Pennsylvania, April 22, 158 Delegates: In one glance, you can see this is Clinton country. Like Ohio,... |
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Breaking News: More Crappy Journalism (Mark Nickolas' Blog)I do understand that the Washington Times is a second-rate newspaper and not a place that talented, up-and-coming journalists (even conservative ones) seek as a rung for their career ladder.
But it's pretty sad when they offer something so laughable as this preposterous lede:
Mr. McCain's once lackluster fundraising has... |
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