Posted on August 22, 2008 by Reading on Walden Bookstore
It only makes sense. Senator Barack Obama will pick Senator Hillary Clinton as his Vice-Presidential running mate. Several stories indicate an openness on the part of the campaign to a Hillary Clinton candidacy.
Barack Obama needs Hillary Clinton and Hillary Clinton needs Barack Obama. This ticket, in spite of my own reservations, is the only option [...]
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Posted on May 16, 2008 by Brian LePort
MSNBC and the New York Times are asking this question, “After [the] ruling, [is] gay marriage an issue again?” This is of course referring to the ruling here in California that took place yesterday and has already been briefly discussed here on this blog.
What do the writers and readers of The Political Inquirer think? Does the [...]
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Posted on May 8, 2008 by Lance
Sadly, I think Paul Begala is right. Democrats just cannot win without the working “blue collar” votes–if Obama can’t pick up enough of those, he will still get 45% of the vote but lose in a Dukakis-type fashion. Begala “The Forehead” had this to say:
On Tuesday night, we mentioned the dustup between two Democratic pundits, [...]
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Posted on May 6, 2008 by Lance
Interesting list that Norm sent me for Obama, the one below it is a list of Clinton lies that I found and put up as well. The Obama list is a bit longer, but please add your own list of lies that either of these two candidates have made, could make for some interesting discussion:
Obama’s [...]
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Posted on May 5, 2008 by Lance
My prediction for the primaries is that the Indiana polling data is correct, Hillary will win there by a comfortable enough margin. It seems to be about 48.3% for Clinton and 42.5% for Obama, according to RealClearPolitics, I suspect the end result will be around a 5 point lead for Clinton.
North Carolina is where it [...]
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Posted on May 3, 2008 by Lance
The New York Times is running a piece on Republicans that are voting in the Democrat primary. The story mostly talks about those who are crossing over to vote for Barack Obama, but there is mention of possibly the most interesting “covert operation” of any national election held in the United States: Operation Chaos.
Rush Limbaugh’s [...]
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Posted on April 30, 2008 by Lance
Incase you missed it, Hillary Clinton is actually in favor of a suspension of the gas tax. What’s that, Republicans? A Democrat in favor of a tax cut? There must be a catch, right? Yes, there is.
The New York senator highlighted new oil company profit figures as evidence her proposed windfall profits tax was the [...]
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Posted on April 29, 2008 by Lance
People have got to get over their crush on Obama.
Obama is still in this; and the Wright fiasco gives him a chance to remove this cloud and address it again. He has the most votes, the most states, the most money, the most new voters and the most delegates and the most Senators on his [...]
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Posted on April 28, 2008 by Lance
This time of year is usually “down-time” for politics. Things get boring as people prepare for the ‘good news’ that starts during May and June. Right now is a really bad time, and I’ve gotten tired of it. The Hillary-Barack race has gone on far too long, leading to hatred on both sides. Republicans are [...]
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Posted on April 27, 2008 by Lance
Rupert Murdoch offered $580 million for the newspaper Newsday. Now Mortimer Zuckerman offers the same amount. If Murdoch gets it, we can be certain that Newsday won’t be going out of circulation anytime soon, but to tell you the truth I hope he loses the bid simply because of his grapple on the media. We [...]
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Posted on April 24, 2008 by Lance
It looks like Andrew Sullivan is a bit disappointed knowing that Clinton has a strategy to win this nomination. Her Pennsylvania win gave her the momentum and “mindset” boost, but not enough of a win to politically push Obama out of the race. Her chance now lies with MIchigan and Florida, where she might secure enough [...]
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Posted on April 23, 2008 by Lance
I think Walden and Mike are both wrong. Two months ago I would have thought that the only way to beat McCain was by giving the nomination to Obama, but I think now that since Hillary Clinton has managed to stick around and rip Obama to shreds gives McCain a sense of “honesty”. Now, you [...]
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It is time to grant Cuba “full diplomatic relations”
For nearly fifty years the United States have shut out an island that is ninety miles from American soil. Of all the Presidential candidates this election, Barack Obama has come the closest to saying he would extend an olive branch to Cuba by having face-to-face talks with Cuban leader Raul Castro. But he falls short [...]
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