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Farewell 2008 Campaign; Congratulations President-Elect Obama

5:35 PM, November 11, 2008 | Comments (3)

Congratulations to Barack Obama, soon to be our 44th President and a man who had made history this week by becoming the first person of African-American descent to be elected to chief executive of the nation. With the end of the 2008 Presidential Campaign...

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The Moderate Voice: John McCain’s Achilles Heel

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 29, 2008 11:21 AM

No, it’s not all his lobbyist buddies or that woman who looks strikingly like his wife. It’s President Bush, who in a new national poll has surpassed Richard Nixon as the modern president with the highest negative rating.
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The Moderate Voice: Texas Democratic Presidential Primary: Clinton And Obama’s Dueling Political TV Ads

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 29, 2008 11:16 AM

The war is raging in Texas between Democratic Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in the Democratic Presidential nomination primary (and caucuses) — and a key battleground is the all-important TV airwaves. And here are two current warring ads. First, Clinton’s “red telephone” ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M70emIFxETs
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Captain's Quarters: Fear And Loathing In The Hillary Clinton Campaign

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 29, 2008 10:58 AM

"Knows the military"?
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The Moderate Voice: Mudslinging American-Style

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 29, 2008 10:32 AM

What do Europeans think of American election campaign tactics?
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Captain's Quarters: Obama Double-Talk On NAFTA Confirmed: CTV

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 29, 2008 10:31 AM

After reporting on Barack Obama's dance with the Canadians on NAFTA yesterday, Canadian broadcaster CTV got accused of perpetrating a smear against the Democratic front-runner. They insisted that Obama meant every word he said about overturning the free-trade treaty, and that no one had contacted the Canadian diplomatic corps to reassure them that it was mere demagoguery.
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Talk Left: Obama Says Hillary Thinks GOP Is Bad, He Does Not

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 29, 2008 09:40 AM

By Big Tent Democrat Via Chris Bowers, party building Obama style: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday he would be more willing than Hillary Rodham Clinton to work with Republicans.
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Outside the Beltway: Ready to Whine on Day One

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 29, 2008 09:28 AM

Continuing her theme from last Tuesday’s debate, Senator Hillary Clinton is continuing to complaining about how the media treats her, claiming that they are harder on her because she’s a woman:
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Talk Left: Zogby Emerges From Undisclosed Location

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 29, 2008 09:14 AM

By Big Tent Democrat Speaking for me only.
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Talk Left: The Texas Caucus System Disenfranchises Voters

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 29, 2008 09:06 AM

By Big Tent Democrat Can anyone deny this obvious fact? Of course there is no legal recourse for this as political parties are not subject to equal protection and voting rights requirements. Does anyone care? Only as an opportunity to bash Hillary Clinton. I hate it when candidate support trumps support for principles.

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Anderson@Large: Ickes and the Superdelegates

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 29, 2008 08:51 AM

It's a leap year. Perhaps that explains Hillary Clinton's leap of faith that Harold Ickes can help her round up superdelegates.
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Talk Left: McCain's Hagee Problem

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 29, 2008 08:50 AM

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Outside the Beltway: Joint Chiefs Chair Warns Obama and Clinton on Iraq

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 29, 2008 07:36 AM

America’s top military leader is warning about rapid withdrawal from Iraq. The Joint Chiefs chairman has a word of warning to Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton: A rapid of withdrawal from Iraq would lead to a “chaotic situation” and would “turnaround the gains we have achieved, and struggled to achieve, and turn them around overnight.
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Captain's Quarters: The Economics Of Fear

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 29, 2008 07:06 AM

The Economist takes a look at Obamanomics, and it sees William Jennings Bryan and class warfare. Instead of offering hope, Barack Obama offers the same fear- and envy-based tactics on which populism has always thrived.
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Captain's Quarters: Black Superdelegates Get Harassed By .... Obama Supporters?

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 29, 2008 06:39 AM

Black superdelegates report harassment, intimidation, and namecalling in attempts to get them to change their votes. Has this come from the vaunted Clinton machine, desperately attempting to pull out a miracle win?
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The Moderate Voice: Texas: End of the Road For Hillary Clinton

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 29, 2008 06:31 AM

It is doggoned poetic that the last stand in Hillary Clinton’s botched quest for the White House will almost certainly be next Tuesday in Texas, a state that in all its crazy quilt hugeness gave us three presidents who presided in times of war and economic distress, took away one other president in his prime and is about to set the stage for a man who could become America’s first black
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The Moderate Voice: Guest Voice: McCain Cold-Shoulders Warm-Up Host

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 29, 2008 03:40 AM

This is a Guest Voice column by Michael Reagan, Ronald Reagan’s oldest son, who is also a popular radio talk show host. McCain Cold-Shoulders Warm-Up Host by Michael Reagan
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The Moderate Voice: Guest Voice: Obama, NAFTA, Canada And The Blogosphere

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 29, 2008 03:27 AM

Editor’s note: A controversy raged yesterday in the blogosophere (but not as much in the mainstream news media) over a Canadian news report involving Democratic Senator Barack Obama, his position on NAFTA and what his camp might or might have not privately told the Canadian government. Weblogs in many cases took predictable partisan positions.
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The World According to Oatney: The spineless, the crooks, and the Godfather

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 29, 2008 12:38 AM

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE
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Talk Left: Obama Embraces Gay Community Today

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 29, 2008 12:30 AM

Barack Obama wrote a letter outlining his support for the Gay. Lesbian, Bi and Transgender community today. Hillary Clinton established the LGBT Americans For Hillary Steering Committee in June, 2007, outlining her years of support for the LGBT community.
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The World According to Oatney: The Boehner chew-out session

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 29, 2008 12:15 AM

House Minority Leader John Boehner had a few choice words for House Republicans who aren't pulling their weight by help
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Talk Left: Iraq: A Failure of Democratic Leadership

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 28, 2008 10:42 PM

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The Moderate Voice: A ‘Surprising New America’

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 28, 2008 09:48 PM

As WORLDMEETS.US regularly demonstrates, the U.S. election race is dazzling the rest of the planet. The U.S. correspondent for Portugal’s Jornal de Negocios finds America’s capacity to remake itself after the ‘reactionary’ George W.
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The Moderate Voice: Sabato’s Crystal Ball: VEEP! VEEP!

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 28, 2008 09:12 PM

The McCain Possibilities
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Crooks and Liars: Pastor John Hagee endorses McCain: Bill Donohue Freaks out

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 28, 2008 08:05 PM

A highly controversial San Antonio evangelical pastor has endorsed John McCain. Notice in Elisabeth Bumiller’s piece—she fails to bring up anything about Hagee’s core beliefs. I guess they are all the same to her. McCain: I was pleased to have the endorsement of pastor John Hagee yesterday. McCain is happy as a clam. Looks [...]

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Talk Left: New Texas Poll: It's Not Over Yet

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 28, 2008 07:14 PM

A new Texas Rasmussen poll shows Obama at 48%, Hillary at 44%. But, those numbers should be within the margin of error, and: Eight percent (8%) remain undecided and another 12% say it’s possible they could change their mind. That latter figure includes 3% who say there’s a good chance they could change their mind.
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Crooks and Liars: RNC Chair Scolds TN GOP For Obama Smears

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 28, 2008 06:02 PM

Via The Politico: One day after issuing a private warning to the Tennessee Republican Party over their use of Barack Obama’s middle name in a press release, the RNC this morning went public with their complaint. “The RNC rejects these kinds of campaign tactics,” said national party chairman Mike Duncan in a statement sent unsolicited [...]

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Crooks and Liars: Dan Abrams Punks Rep. Kingston - Where’s YOUR Flag Pin?

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 28, 2008 05:15 PM

Jamie covered Republican Rep. Jack Kingston’s smearing of Senator Barack Obama for being unpatriotic because he refuses to wear a lapel flag pin — all while not wearing one himself. Last night on Live with Dan Abrams, the host calls Kingston out for once again labeling Obama unpatriotic while he himself was NOT wearing a [...]

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Talk Left: Hillary Raises $35 Million In February

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 28, 2008 03:43 PM

By Big Tent Democrat So says Hillary campaign on conference call. $30 million of it in grassroots donations. 300K total donors in Feb., over 200K new donors.

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Talk Left: Sham "Reformers"

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 28, 2008 03:17 PM

By Big Tent Democrat Speaking for me only. I agree with Kos about 85% of the time. You have been reading a lot about the 15% we disagree about. Here is one where we agree. Markos wrote:
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Outside the Beltway: Bloomberg Not Running, Nation Recovers Quickly

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 28, 2008 01:39 PM

Michael Bloomberg says that he is not running for president but has an op-ed in the NYT purporting to show that he’s smarter and more reasonable than those who are and it’s therefore the nation’s loss.
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Crooks and Liars: Rove discourages ‘Hussein’ talk

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 28, 2008 01:30 PM

It’s unexpected, but even Karl Rove is discouraging Republican attack dogs from throwing around Barack Obama’s middle name. No less an authority figure than Karl Rove has warned Republican operatives from demagoguing Barack Obama’s middle name. At a closed door meeting of GOP state executive directors in late January, Rove said the safest way to [...]

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Talk Left: Nader Picks Matt Gonzales as Running Mate

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 28, 2008 01:28 PM

This is pretty funny. Last night I wrote a very positive post on Matt Gonzale's article about why he is not supporting Barack Obama. (Comments now closed on it, so you can continue to address it here.)
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Talk Left: The Nation: Obama's Position on Mercenaries in Iraq

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 28, 2008 12:01 PM

Just out at The Nation:
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The Moderate Voice: Guest Voice: God Bless Ralph Nader

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 28, 2008 11:58 AM

Here is another Guest Voice by Joel S. Hirschhorn who is highly critical of both parties.. Guest Voice columns do not necessarily reflect the opinion of TMV or its writers. God Bless Ralph Nader by Joel S. Hirschhorn
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The Moderate Voice: How To Fill the GOP’s Black Hole?

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 28, 2008 10:57 AM

I got into a pretty lively debate with a blog radio talk show host earlier this week over the Republican Party doing a pretty good imitation of not only being exclusionary to blacks but showing no interest in changing that unfortunate state of affairs.
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The Moderate Voice: Obama’s NAFTA Shuffle-Step

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 28, 2008 09:54 AM

One of the more disturbing moments in Tuesday night’s debate was when Tim Russert pinned the candidates down on NAFTA — specifically, on holding the “opt-out” hammer over the heads of Canada and Mexico to renegotiate terms. Here’s the “button-up” from Russert to Clinton:
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The Moderate Voice: Barack Obama: The Elvis Of Politics

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 28, 2008 09:45 AM

I wonder if Barack Obama will go down in American history as the Elvis Presley of politics. Elvis’s field was music. It wasn’t the music, but the way he sang it, and the way he moved doing it.
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Outside the Beltway: Is John McCain a ‘Natural-Born Citizen’?

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 28, 2008 09:39 AM

John McCain was born on a U.S. Navy base overseas. The NYT’s Carl Hulse has an interesting article about whether McCain is Constitutionally eligible to be president.
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Captain's Quarters: Obama Getting Bad Military Advice

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 28, 2008 09:31 AM

Jack Jacobs at MS-NBC wonders who Barack Obama has as his military advisers. Based on his answers at the debate, Jacobs suggests replacing them at the first opportunity.
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Outside the Beltway: Red Meat and Barack Hussein Obama

Newsweek | Feb 28, 2008 09:07 AM

Tennessee talk radio host Bill Cunningham, who got his 15 minutes of national fame for being repudiated by John McCain for a reference to “Barack Hussein Obama” in a speech introducing McCain, defended himself last night on “Hannity and Colmes.” He was, he swears, only following orders. His people told me to give the faithful red meat. Give them red—raw—meat.
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Anderson@Large: GOP Tennessee Waltz

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 28, 2008 08:54 AM

The Tennessee Republican Party is all shook up that anyone would think that they intended to smear Barack Obama by using his full name and photo of him dressed in traditional African garb in a press r
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Captain's Quarters: The Times Raises Another McCain Non-Issue

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 28, 2008 08:47 AM

The staff at the New York Times has burned the midnight oil trying to find ways to derail John McCain's campaign. After endorsing him in the primary, the paper then ran an unsubstantiated smear against him as a philanderer.
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Crooks and Liars: Bloomberg scraps nascent presidential bid

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 28, 2008 08:30 AM

Last month, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg led a group discussion in Oklahoma with elders from the Democratic and Republican parties. The whole thing was going to be awesome — everyone would recognize what a visionary Bloomberg is and how he (and only he) has the unique independent skills to lead the nation during [...]

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Captain's Quarters: Novak: Pawlenty Not Popular Among GOP Governors

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 28, 2008 07:21 AM

Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty has a high profile when it comes to potential running-mate options for John McCain. Pawlenty endorsed McCain early and stuck with him during hard times midway through 2007, and his center-right governance of blue-state Minnesota shows some real political talent.
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Captain's Quarters: Bloomberg Shifts From King To Kingmaker

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 28, 2008 06:50 AM

Michael Bloomberg has decided not to run for president, but he will likely decide on an endorsement in the next few weeks.
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Captain's Quarters: Obama's Sotto Voce To Canadians: I'm Demagoguing On NAFTA

Newsweek | Feb 28, 2008 06:32 AM

Barack Obama has joined Hillary Clinton in trashing one of her husband's major economic and diplomatic achievements on the stump. He has told Americans that he rejects NAFTA, the program that created a free-trade zone out of North America, hoping to ride protectionist fever to the White House.
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The Moderate Voice: What’s The Verdict In The John McCain Versus The New York Times Controversy?

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 28, 2008 03:41 AM

It had all the elements of high drama: a major newspaper (the New York Times) running an expose raising potentially-explosive questions about the political and sexual activities of a Senator poised to get a major party’s Presidential nomination (John McCain). Controversy. Press coverage. Partisan recriminations. So who came out most damaged?
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Talk Left: A Skeptical Progressive Examines Obama's Record, Concludes " Count Me Out"

Newsweek | Feb 28, 2008 02:40 AM

Matt Gonzales is a progressive and the former president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He's also a former public defender, former Democrat and green party candidate who ran a well-respected and close campaign against San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. (Bill Clinton campaigned for Newsom, who won.)
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Talk Left: David Gergen Confirms Clinton Didn't Back NAFTA

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 11:42 PM

David Gergen, former advisor to President Bill Clinton confirms to CNN that Hillary Clinton did not support NAFTA: And for Clinton supporters out there, here's a late nighter: Hillary's new Texas ad, One of a Million

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Talk Left: Latest McCain vs. Dems Poll

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 11:28 PM

There's a new LA Times/Bloomberg national poll. The key findings: Between McCain, Obama and Hillary:In head-to-head contests, the poll found, McCain leads Clinton by 6 percentage points (46% to 40%) and Obama by 2 points (44% to 42%). Neither lead is commanding given that the survey, conducted Feb. 21-25, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
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Talk Left: Predicting Ohio in the General Election

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 10:58 PM

Ohio is considered an important state in the general election. It's generally been a barometer of how the country will go. A little history: No Republican has won the presidency that didn't take Ohio since Abe Lincoln in 1860. The only Democrats in the last century to win the presidency while losing Ohio were FDR and JFK.
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The World According to Oatney: The Buckeye breakdown

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 10:21 PM

With yet more superdelegates switching to Barack Obama in the race for the Democratic nomination, the question has arisen as to whether the nomination fight will be over next Tuesday.
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Crooks and Liars: Coleman Campaign Caught Astro-Turfing

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 10:11 PM

Minnesota Publius: On January 25th the Minnesota Daily published a letter to the editor from Abul-Rahman Magba-Kamara, chairman of the UMN College Republicans. The letter’s a bit too long to post in the body here, but you can find the whole text below the fold or on the paper’s site here. [...]

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Crooks and Liars: Dick Gregory apologizes to the first Black President

Newsweek | Feb 27, 2008 06:50 PM

Noted comedian and long time civil rights advocate Dick Gregory shook the house at last weekends’ State of the Black Union. Gregory did so numerous times that afternoon, including this bit where he “apologizes” on behalf of all African Americans for “confusing” the first Black President on just who is and who is [...]

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Captain's Quarters: Jesse, O'Reilly's Not On The Stump ....

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 06:49 PM

Not much to add to this video from our friends at Eyeblast. Jesse Jackson gets asked to comment on Michelle Obama's assertion that she is proud of her country for the first time, and can't quite grasp the question: Mostly, the clip is fun for watching Jackson splutter.
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The Moderate Voice: A Cleveland Grilling

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 06:43 PM

Michael Signer, a former adviser to the Edwards campaign, recently wrote an article for The Washington Post arguing that the media isn’t paying enough attention to foreign policy issues in its coverage of the presidential campaign. It’s hard to argue with that.
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Talk Left: Is Obama Building The Democratic Party?

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 05:21 PM

By Big Tent Democrat In the spirit of speaking up when I think the blog CW is wrong, I want to address this argument from Markos. He cites Texas blogger Anna, who writes: [A]nd let me just add to what karl sent you last night about the obama campaign doing more to rebuild the party in two weeks than the party's done in years.... he's 1000% right.
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The Moderate Voice: Karl Rove To GOP: Cut The Stuff About “Hussein” Obama

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 04:53 PM

How far has American political culture and talk radio veered out of control? So much that Karl Rove — yes THE Karl Rove who has demonized more than all the installments of “The Excorist” put together — has told GOPers to cut it out. Marc Ambinder has this:
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The Moderate Voice: Poll: Republican McCain Would Beat Democrats Obama Or Clinton

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 03:21 PM

A new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll shows why Republican John McCain has long been perceived as the Democrats’ biggest nightmare in their dream of recapturing the White House: it shows he’d beat both Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton if today was election day:
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Crooks and Liars: The Colbert Report: The Wørd–Good Bad Journalism

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 03:01 PM

Download | Play Download | Play (h/t BillW) Stephen Colbert takes the New York Times to task for their article suggesting an improper relationship between John McCain and lobbyist Vickie Iseman and looks to FOXNews for examples of “good bad journalism” that the NY Times may want to at least emulate. Or, of course, they could [...]
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Talk Left: John Lewis Switches Support to Obama

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 02:45 PM

After several starts and stops, Civil rights leader and long-time Hillary Clinton supporter has switched positions and will vote for Barack Obama. Why? It's the movement. "He's transformational." The country has been swept away. Nothing about whether or why he would make a good President. As to Hillary he says:
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Talk Left: Key States for Democrats in November

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 02:04 PM

In 2004, the Democratic ticket carried 20 states with 252 electoral votes. Obviously, it wasn't enough. What other states are most likely to play a role in 2008? Which of the Democratic candidates would be the Party's most successful candidate in the general election?
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The Moderate Voice: William F. Buckley Jr. (1925-2008)

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 01:44 PM

Say what you will about William F. Buckley’s contributions to conservatism and civil discourse. They were immense. But he picked a really lousy time to die.
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The Moderate Voice: William F. Buckley Jr.: An Appreciation

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 01:44 PM

Say what you will about William F. Buckley’s contributions to conservatism and civil discourse. They were immense. But he picked a really lousy time to die.
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Crooks and Liars: Is the military ‘fearful’ about the presidential election?

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 01:32 PM

As smears go, this example from the far-right Washington Times, by way of Greg Sargent, is just sad. Members of Washington’s military and defense establishment are expressing trepidation about Sen. Barack Obama, as the Illinois senator comes closer to winning the Democratic presidential nomination and leads in national polls to become commander in chief. […] Still, the [...]

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Talk Left: The First Two Questions

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 01:28 PM

By Big Tent Democrat Speaking for me only. Debate Transcript: MR. WILLIAMS: A lot has been said since we last gathered in this forum, certainly since -- in the few days since you two last debated. Senator Clinton, in your comments especially, the difference has been striking. And let's begin by taking a look.
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Outside the Beltway: Everyone’s a Beltway Insider Now

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 01:26 PM

Lee Gomes argues that the Internet has turned garden variety political junkies into virtual Beltway insiders.
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Talk Left: Quinnepac PA Poll: Obama Gains But Clinton Still Ahead by Six

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 01:13 PM

A new Quinnepac poll on Pennsylvania is out. It shows Barack Obama cutting into Hillary Clinton's lead there, but she's still ahead, 49 to 43%. The increase for Obama is attributed to the youth vote. This biggest movement is among younger voters who went from 52 - 41 percent for Clinton February 14 to 58 - 41 percent for Obama today, a shift of 28 points.
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Talk Left: What The Howler Said About NBC

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 01:05 PM

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The Moderate Voice: Life Imitates Art and Visa Versa

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 12:39 PM

A few bloggers and other media folk have noticed that this presidential campaign seems to strangley follow the last two seasons of NBC’s The West Wing, where a fictional presidential campaign took place. According to Slate, the similarities of the character Matt Santos, an idealistic Latino congressman from Texas and Senator Barak Obama is not by accident.
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The Moderate Voice: Life Imitates Art and Vice-Versa

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 12:39 PM

A few bloggers and other media folk have noticed that this presidential campaign seems to strangely follow the last two seasons of NBC’s The West Wing, where a fictional presidential campaign took place. According to Slate, the similarities of the character Matt Santos, an idealistic Latino congressman from Texas and Senator Barack Obama is not by accident.
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Talk Left: Who's Playing the Race Card?

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 12:16 PM

Sean Wilentz, writing today in the New Republic, argues that it is Barack Obama, not Hillary Clinton, who has played the race card in this campaign.
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Crooks and Liars: “Defense of Democracies” Fear-Mongering Attack Ads Targeting Freshman Democrats

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 12:00 PM

Download | Play Download | Play While this video of the ad goes after Rep Nancy Boyda (D-KS) (btw, whose response so far has been really good), she is just one of many “Freshman Dems” targeted by this fear-mongering ad campaign so far. As the Minnesota blog Bluestem Prairie notes: Other Freshman Dems targeted that we know [...]

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The Moderate Voice: Hillary Clinton’s Suggested Theme Song For Obama Campaign?

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 11:36 AM

With the controversy over Senator Hillary Clinton’s criticism of Senator Barack Obama’s speeches and audience reaction to them, and suggestions elsewhere that Obama supporters are a kind of cult (yours truly does not believe it is a cult at all but that this is a charge being made to discredit Obama’s support), perhaps this is song via Old Blue Eyes is one that Mrs.
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Outside the Beltway: Clinton to Superdelegates: Stop Endorsing People!

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 10:46 AM

Tom Edsall notes today that the Clinton Administration is now begging superdelegates to not commit themselves to a candidate:
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The Moderate Voice: Intellect Schmintellect

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 10:28 AM

The third commenter on Steve Benen’s debate wrap-up writes, “Rachael Maddow of Air America and a guest commentator on MSNBC called this debate a snooze-fest and I agree.” Really?
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Captain's Quarters: Superdelegates: Because The Establishment Is Smarter Than The Voters

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 10:15 AM

The Democrats have discovered just how badly they have constructed their college of delegates in this cycle. They have used the superdelegate structure since the mid-1980s, but no one foresaw how that could appear when two candidates split the vote almost equally.
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The Moderate Voice: Live webcast: Obama, Clinton surrogates at Fighting Foreclosure Forum

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 09:56 AM

Ohio Daily Blog has the live webcast here of the Fighting Foreclosure and Abandonment Forum in Cleveland today. Fred Hochberg will be attending for Senator Hillary Clinton and Mark Alexander will be attending for Senator Barack Obama.
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The Moderate Voice: Fresh Clinton - McCain, Obama - McCain polling results from Ohio Poll

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 09:38 AM

The Institute for Policy Research at the University of Cincinnati has been conducting the Ohio Poll since 1981. Today’s press release, not even 12 hours after the final Clinton-Obama debate before Ohio’s primary on March 4, shows that the race in November will be close, regardless of the nominees. You can read the pdf here. FYI as you read from the release:
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Anderson@Large: Come Together Over Obama

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 08:55 AM

Barack Obama has picked up the endorsement of Sen. Chris Dodd. Looking into the camera, Dodd exhorted:
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Talk Left: What Digby Said About Russert And NBC

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 08:54 AM

By Big Tent Democrat Digby: The country wants change. They want Washington to stop all the partisan bickering and they want a different tone. They want their government to be serious and deal with real problems. Can someone please explain to me how that can possibly happen until something is done about the reprehensible political press? . . .
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Outside the Beltway: Obama Tag Teamed on Farrakhan

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 07:48 AM

Last night’s Democratic debate featured seven minutes of discussion of Louis Farrakhan’s endorsement of Barack Obama.
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Captain's Quarters: Hillary, Reduced To Satire

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 07:18 AM

I guess the Hillary Clinton campaign spent a lot of time the last few days in debate prep looking for a response with the power of her "change you can Xerox" line that flopped so badly in the last event. Duane Patterson finds this gem at the 16th minute of last night's debate, which neatly coincides with Hillary's long-overdue 16th minute of her 15 minutes of fame.
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Captain's Quarters: McCain In Front: LA Times Poll

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 06:55 AM

The Los Angeles Times has conducted a national poll for the presidency, and the results show John McCain leading both Democratic presidential contenders despite all of the attention on their primaries.
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Captain's Quarters: The New York Times Seems To Have Missed This

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 06:41 AM

Both Democratic presidential candidates keep harping on two topics in the campaign. They want to end lobbyist influence in Washington, and they want to keep foreigners from unfair competition in American markets. The latter message has generated considerable enthusiasm, and blaming lobbyists has always been a winning political message.
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The Moderate Voice: Why Barack Obama Is Unfit To Be President

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 06:39 AM

His father was a Muslim. He doesn’t have to go first in debates. He sometimes dresses like a foreigner. He’s too young. He experimented with drugs as a teenager. He’s naïve. He has an unfair campaign spending advantage. He’s not a war hero. He bought a house from a slumlord who once had a business deal with a former accomplice of Saddam Hussein.
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The Moderate Voice: News Media, Pundit And Weblog Reaction To Obama Clinton Ohio Primary Debate

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 01:01 AM

What was advance- billed as likely to be an “oh my” debate in “Ohio” turned out to be more of an “oh well” debate in Ohio where neither front-runner Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton scored a record-setting home run or embarrassingly self-destructed, in the view of many mainstream and “new media” analysts and observers.
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Talk Left: The Ohio Debate's Farakhan Segment

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 12:40 AM

During our live-blog of tonight's debate, Big Tent Democrat thought Hillary should have praised Obama when she had a chance to respond to his answer about whether he would reject Lewis Farakhan's support and endorsement. I didn't think she needed to do that. I thought he was trying to have it both ways -- not alienating his Jewish supporters or Farakhan's.
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The World According to Oatney: McCain, talk radio, and the Democrats

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 27, 2008 12:17 AM

LISTEN TO THE ROUNDTABLE HERE
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The Moderate Voice: The Brain-Dead Republicans

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 11:50 PM

It’s been nearly seven months since the bridge collapse here in Minnesota. Right or wrong, it has become a symbol of our crumbling transportation infastructure.
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The Moderate Voice: Live-blog post from Cleveland Debate: Make them play war games

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 11:33 PM

They are all here - David Axelrod, David Wilhelm. Jesse Jackson, Ted Strickland. Andrea Mitchell, Candy Crowley. On and on. I’ve got lots of video and pictures that I feel confident no one else got - particularly the video.
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Talk Left: Post Debate Thread

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 10:50 PM

(Update (TL): Our server got overwhelmed by the number of people trying to log on to the site. Even I'm having trouble logging on. Our webmaster is working on it.If you can't get in to comment, try back in a few minutes. Thanks.) By Big Tent Democrat
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The Moderate Voice: Live-blog post from Cleveland Debate, 10:12pm EST

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 10:24 PM

The Cleveland audience is listening intently but the atmosphere in the auditorium is somber. Brian Williams and Tim Russert play a game of good cop/bad cop.
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Oliver Willis: Voting To Drive Us Into The Ditch

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 09:41 PM

Why does Sen. Clinton insist on this silly defense of her Iraq War vote? It keeps giving Sen. Obama ammo to negate his perceived lack of experience on foreign policy. So far, it's the best response of the debate. She keeps saying they voted the same on the war, but she voted to drive us into the ditch....

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The Moderate Voice: Who’s Live-Blogging Tonight’s Debate?

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 08:57 PM

Our Very Own TMV Co-Blogger JMZ at Writes Like She Talks (Pre- & Post-Debate) http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/ ABC Political Radar http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/02/live-blogging-f.html Cleveland Plain Dealer http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/presidential_candidates/ Newsweek’s Stumper http://www.newsweek.com/id/116261
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Talk Left: Hillary -Obama: Ohio Debate Live Thread I

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 08:49 PM

The Ohio debate between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama begins momentarily on MSNBC. They will probably stream it if you're not by a tv. Big Tent Democrat and I will be live-blogging. You can comment same as always in the comment section below. You also can send us live messages through the software. Only comments you post below will appear on the site.
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Oliver Willis: Mark Penn Not In It To Win It?

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 08:14 PM

The Clinton campaign has sent a letter to the NY Times signed by campaign staffers and volunteers saying that they're in the campaign until the end, in order to counter a negative story about widespread dejection that ran earlier this week. Listed are people like communications director Howard Wolfson, former campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle, and current campaign manager Maggie Williams.
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Captain's Quarters: Gray Lady Issues Correction On McCain Smear

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 07:30 PM

Well, it's not what one might think. They have a correction on an irrelevant point in a completely discredited article -- but at least it's right at the top: A front-page article on Feb.
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Talk Left: Yes, Mark Penn Stinks But . . .

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 06:52 PM

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Crooks and Liars: Bill Cunningham viciously attacks Obama while introducing McCain: McCain repudiates him

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 06:45 PM

John may be rethinking his position on sucking up to the right wing talk show hosts after today. Walkie-Talkie, Bill “teachers should beat students“ Cunningham went into a typical wingnut rant against Barack Obama as he warmed up the crowd at a Cincinnati/McCain event. He used the Coulter method on Obama (middle name emphasis) [...]

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The Moderate Voice: Twenty-Three Questions for Tonight’s Debate

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 06:45 PM

While tonight’s debate between senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama may be an academic exercise, one that, besides, promises only a recitation of their by-now canned set-pieces in response to equally predictable questions, it would be helpful if it offered voters more than this. Here are twenty-three questions I’d like to be asked and answered tonight:
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Captain's Quarters: McCain's Sista Souljah Moment?

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 06:45 PM

Apparently, John McCain doesn't like the asinine emphasis on Barack Obama's middle name any more than Obama himself.
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Captain's Quarters: McCain's Sister Souljah Moment?

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 06:10 PM

Apparently, John McCain doesn't like the asinine emphasis on Barack Obama's middle name any more than Obama himself.
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Talk Left: Do Or Die? the Pre-Debate Thread

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 05:30 PM

By Big Tent Democrat Funny how needing to hype your own debate makes it not so superfluous. After Keith Olbermann expressed a desire to see no more debates, today in the need to hype THEIR OWN DEBATE, NBC is singing a different tune:
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The Moderate Voice: Which Hillary?

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 04:48 PM

In desperation now, the Campaign That Couldn’t is giving us a montage of Hillary Clintons–defiant, angry, scolding, sarcastic–in Ohio and Texas, but how will she blend those stump personas into a coherent candidate for the side-by-side setting of tonight’s crucial debate?
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The Moderate Voice: Class Act

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 04:27 PM

Though I’m still undecided about my general election vote, I am (indisputably) a John McCain fan. Accordingly, I am perhaps too quick to jump to the “class act” conclusion, like Andrew Sullivan did, after reading this news report. But if that’s the case, so be it.
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Outside the Beltway: Quote of the Day

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 04:04 PM

“When government towns become boom towns, that’s the beginning of the end for a nation.” - Stephen Green in an exchange on why Virginia is trending purple and my judgment that putting Jim Webb on the ticket would likely give the Commonwealth to the Democrats. Share This

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Talk Left: The Media Against Hillary Clinton?

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 03:58 PM

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Outside the Beltway: The Many Faces of Hillary Clinton

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 03:48 PM

Danny Glover marvels at Hillary Clinton’s adaptability. Hillary Clinton adopts a new persona for every setting. She is alternately a lover, a fighter, a mocker, a whiner and a crier as she competes with Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination. Whatever it takes!
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The Moderate Voice: Open Thread, Cleveland Debate: On the ground & in the audience for TMV

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 03:42 PM

I’m here in the media filing center. The Ohio Democratic Party top dogs have given an overview that I didn’t really hear because I was busy figuring out where I am, uploading photos and saying hello to other press. There is supposedly going to be over 500 press here.
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Crooks and Liars: Hannity attacks Obama’s Church: Was against a religious litmus test for Romney

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 03:15 PM

Another chapter of: Here it comes…Sean Hannity and Rick Santorum attacked Barack Obama’s faith and church last night on H&C. This is nothing new for Hannity since he smeared it before. How quickly he forgets (OK, he didn’t forget) that he defended Mitt Romney’s faith and was vehemently opposed to a litmus test being [...]

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Talk Left: Republicans Turning Out for Obama in Texas

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 03:11 PM

The Houston Chronicle reports on the increase in Republicans voting in the Democratic primary to ensure Hillary doesn't win. Some examples:
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Oliver Willis: John McCain's Hate Talk Express

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 03:00 PM

Bill Cunningham is a second-tier conservative talk show host, but his brand of rhetoric is no secret, especially to conservative activists and by that extension, the campaign officials for John McCain who booked him to introduce McCain. So I simply don't believe this "apology" from McCain after Cunningham used the "Hussein" middle name in order to try and link Sen. Obama to terrorists.
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Talk Left: Appealing To "Values" Voters

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 02:56 PM

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Crooks and Liars: McCain predicts Iraq may cost him the election

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 02:31 PM

He may be a 25-year veteran of Washington politics, and he may be a two-time leading GOP presidential candidate, but John McCain apparently still needs to work a bit on his “message discipline” problem. John McCain said Monday that to win the White House he must convince a war-weary country that U.S. policy in Iraq [...]

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Talk Left: Ralph Nader's Irrelevancy

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 02:27 PM

I have an op-ed today over at Pajamas Media -- Will the Real Ralph Nader Please Stand Up? What a sad decline from the consumer advocate in the 50’s to the man who can’t say no to his decade-long vanity project — running for president. Ralph Nader has become irrelevant, says Jeralyn Merritt.
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The Moderate Voice: A Hillary Supporter Considers Photogate*

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 01:51 PM

*Hey, someone’s bound to call it that of they haven’t already: I am just getting the jump on the bandwagon.
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The Moderate Voice: Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Seek Common Ground

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 01:37 PM

In the Wall Street Journal A bipartisan group of eight House members offered a snapshot Monday evening of some of the potential legislative challenges and advantages the next president may face in dealing with Congress.
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Outside the Beltway: 2008 Electoral College Maps

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 01:30 PM

Stephen Green has gotten decidedly ahead of the curve, noodling out some Electoral College scenarios for a McCain-Obama matchup in November.
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Talk Left: Inside The Texas Polling

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 01:29 PM

By Big Tent Democrat A new poll shows Texas in a dead heat. But what is really interesting about is that like SUSA, Ras and other polls, the turnout models seems to be determinative. PPP says: With major disparities along racial lines in Texas, this contest is likely to be decided by what groups turn out the most," said Dean Debnam, President of [PPP].
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Talk Left: Rezko Trial Set to Begin: Implications for Barack Obama

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 01:12 PM

Let me start out by saying, as I have before, that I don't think Barack Obama did anything illegal in his dealings with Anton "Tony" Rezko.
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Crooks and Liars: Senator Chris Dodd To Endorse Obama Today

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 12:50 PM

Via ABC: ABC News’ Sunlen Miller Reports: Senator Chris Dodd,D-Conn., will endorse Senator Barack Obama, D-Illi., today, according to a source within the Obama campaign. Dodd is slated to appear jointly with Obama to make the formal announcement at a 9:30 am press availability in Cleveland, Ohio. The former presidential candidate showed signs of a possible endorsement [...]

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Crooks and Liars: Senator Chris Dodd To Endorse Obama Today - Updated With Video

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 12:50 PM

Here is video of Senator Dodd’s endorsement: Download | Play Download | Play (h/t Scarce) Via ABC: ABC News’ Sunlen Miller Reports: Senator Chris Dodd,D-Conn., will endorse Senator Barack Obama, D-Illi., today, according to a source within the Obama campaign.
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The Moderate Voice: From my (red) corner of Texas

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 11:42 AM

I showed up a few minutes early yesterday to pick up Adorable Child from a birthday party, and as has happened with nearly every adult encounter in the last week, another parent and I began talking about the primary election.
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Captain's Quarters: Palin's In

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 11:29 AM

As speculation increases on the VP choice for John McCain, we have begun to hear the traditional denials from the leading candidates. They want to focus on their current job, or they don't want to presume that they will be one of McCain's final options. One candidate has offered some refreshing enthusiasm: Palin would make an interesting choice.
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Oliver Willis: The Rally Effect: Chris Dodd Endorses Obama

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 11:21 AM

Sorry to be a broken record, but I've been saying this. There will not be a brokered convention - the journalists wet dream. There is a frontrunner, and in all likelihood that frontrunner will continue to be Sen. Obama after next Tuesday. The superdelegates are already coming on board, and more are sure to follow.
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Talk Left: The Rules Are What They Are: That Does Not Make Them Right

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 09:35 AM

By Big Tent Democrat Speaking for me only.
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Crooks and Liars: Countdown: Maddow Calls Out Media For Obama Patriotism Smears

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 09:15 AM

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Anderson@Large: Mistake by the Lake

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 09:15 AM

Tonight at the Wolstein Center at Cleveland State University, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will have at each other one last time before next week's primary elections in the read more

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Captain's Quarters: It's Kitchen Sink Time

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 09:08 AM

The Hillary Clinton campaign has begun to throw everything they have left in the cupboard against Barack Obama as the window of opportunity begins to close on their candidate. Mike Allen and John F.
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Outside the Beltway: McCain Beats Clinton in November, Diebold Reveals

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 08:35 AM

In an embarrassing technical glitch, Diebold has accidentally released the 2008 election results early, revealing that John McCain will win with 48 percent of the vote. ONN has the video report: Of course, I told you this months ago. via Thoreau Share This

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Crooks and Liars: McCain’s step-by-step anti-Obama strategy

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 08:15 AM

Time magazine’s Mark Halperin offered an interesting list today: a 16-point guide on what, in Halperin’s opinion, John McCain’s campaign can do to tear Barack Obama down. As Halperin sees it, McCain’s campaign is “staffed with savvy, experienced operatives who have closely watched the rise of Obama, and they have learned from Clinton’s failure to [...]

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Outside the Beltway: McCain’s Advantages Over Clinton in Fighting Obama

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 08:03 AM

Mark Halperin argues that Hillary Clinton is hamstrung in her campaign against Barack Obama by the need to have party unity for the general election and lists sixteen “Things McCain can do when running against Obama that Clinton has been unable to do well or at all.” Among them: 1. Play the national security card without hesitation.
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Captain's Quarters: CBS Polling Still As Good As Ever

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 07:52 AM

CBS and the New York Times have a new poll out that looks at the Democratic primary race and at the general election. In the former, it uses a rather small sample, but in the latter the sample gets weighted -- as usual -- in favor of Democratic voters.
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Talk Left: How Important Is Tonight's Debate?

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 07:51 AM

By Big Tent Democrat Speaking for me only. With the polling showing Hillary Clinton with a comfortable lead in Ohio and falling behind in Texas (Clinton and Obama also seem poised to split RI and VT), how important is tonight's debate? I think it is important. The last debate seemed to hold Clinton's position in Ohio, a double digit lead, while she continued to slip badly in Texas.
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Captain's Quarters: Did Saddam Figure's Millions Influence Obama?

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 07:00 AM

The Times of London follows the money in the journalistic tradition of Watergate and finds a strange connection between Tony Rezko, Barack Obama, and Nadhmi Auchi. The latter, one of Britain's richest men, has a long history of shady financial dealings as well as numerous connections to Saddam Hussein, who he helped to power.
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The Moderate Voice: (Updated) A Secret GOP Program & Open Sore

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 06:32 AM

Today’s Republican Party (as opposed to the Big Tent GOP of the Goldwater-Rockefeller era) has welcomed blacks with open arms — as long as they use the back door on their way to the kitchen or maid’s quarters — and has been only somewhat less unfriendly to women.
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The Moderate Voice: A Secret Republican Program & An Open Sore

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 06:32 AM

Today’s Republican Party (as opposed to the Big Tent GOP of the Goldwater-Rockefeller era) has welcomed blacks with open arms — as long as they use the back door on their way to the kitchen or maid’s quarters — and has been only somewhat less unfriendly to women.
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The Moderate Voice: John McCain Stakes His Campaign On Iraq & Other News From The Forever War

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 04:29 AM

In what is a miscalculation of epic proportions, John McCain says he will stake his fall campaign on having been right about the Iraq war.
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Oliver Willis: George Bush & The Party Of Doom

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 04:08 AM

It is apparently news that George W. Bush has predicted that his party will hold on to the White House.
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The Moderate Voice: ‘Explosive Revelation’: Obama Admits ‘Boneheaded Mistake’:

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 01:30 AM

In what it describes as “special investigation”, The Times of London says that “a British-Iraqi billionaire lent millions of dollars to Barack Obama’s fundraiser just weeks before an imprudent land deal that has returned to haunt the US presidential contender.
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The Moderate Voice: The Ironies of Superdelegates and Obama’s Hispanic Hurdle

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 01:21 AM

What do people in Latin America think about Barack Obama’s difficulties with Hispanics?
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The Moderate Voice: What Clinton’s Impending Loss of Dem Nomination DOESN’T Mean

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 12:51 AM

Next Tuesday will probably bring an end to Senator Hillary Clinton’s drive for the Democratic presidential nomination. Senator Barack Obama currently enjoys a double-digit lead over his opponent in Texas, the state where Clinton cut her political eye teeth, and is gaining on her here in my home state of Ohio, long thought by the Clinton camp to be a likely firewall for her candidacy.
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The Moderate Voice: New Polls Show Obama Gaining In Texas, Ohio And Nationally

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 26, 2008 12:28 AM

Polls don’t agree on any one number, but a spate of new polls show a trend: steady and significant increases for Senator Barack Obama in his increasingly bitter contest with Senator Hillary Clinton for the 2008 Democratic Presidential nomination.
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Talk Left: New Texas SUSA Poll: Obama Up Four Points

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 25, 2008 11:45 PM

Here's the new SUSA Texas poll released tonight.
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The Moderate Voice: American Election is Hope for European Rennaisance

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 25, 2008 11:41 PM

For those with a love of the grand narrative, this piece from Le Figaro is a treat. It posits how this moment in American history will look to a historian of the future.
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Talk Left: Hillary Still Gaining Ohio Endorsements

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 25, 2008 10:33 PM

According to the cable news shows and some polls today, Obama has the Democratic nomination all but sewn up. As we wrote earlier, two polls in Ohio show Hillary with a ten point lead.
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Crooks and Liars: George Bush Attacks John McCain On Lobbyist Ties In 2000

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 25, 2008 10:02 PM

(h/t Billw) The right has been going nuts over the McCain lobbyist scandal and how evil the New York Times is, but thanks to the DemRapidResponse Channel on YouTube, who dug up some CNN clips from the 2000 presidential campaign, we are reminded that George W. Bush went after John McCain for the very [...]

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The World According to Oatney: Hillary could be Texas toast

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 25, 2008 09:30 PM

The conventional wisdom says that in spite of Barack Obama's surging campaign, Hillary Clinton stands a very good chance to w
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Crooks and Liars: Republicans worried about being labeled bigots

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 25, 2008 08:31 PM

It never struck me as especially complicated. Once there was a clear Democratic presidential nominee, the Republican National Committee would label him or her weak on terror, liberal (on everything), and desperate to raise your taxes. Throw in some references to 9/11, a few pictures of menacing-looking Middle Easterners, and a dash of immigrant bashing, [...]

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Talk Left: Q-Poll OH: Clinton Up 11; ARG Clinton Up By 10.

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 25, 2008 06:30 PM

Bump and Update (TL): ARG Ohio poll out today has Clinton 49% and Obama 39%. In Ohio, Obama leads among men 49% to 37% (46% of likely Democratic primary voters) and Clinton leads among women 59% to 31%. Clinton leads among white voters 56% to 31% (82% of likely Democratic primary voters) and Obama leads among African American voters 79% to 15% (16% of likely Democratic primary voters).
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Talk Left: The Return Of The Theory Of Change Debate

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 25, 2008 06:12 PM

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Calitics: SF Chronicle: Our horserace coverage really does suck!

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 25, 2008 05:54 PM

I hate to admit this, but I get the "dead trees" version of the San Francisco Chronicle. I know, not very eco-friendly, or really bloggy-centric, but what can I do. On occasion, I like to read something on a piece of paper. Don't worry, I'm sure the paper-based Chronicle has an expiration date in the fairly near future.
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Talk Left: Jonathan Alter's Boorish Column

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 25, 2008 05:46 PM

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Captain's Quarters: Obama's Negatives Going Up

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 25, 2008 05:38 PM

While Hillary Clinton has not found a way to break the consecutive primaries losing streak against Barack Obama, now at 10 or 11 depending on whether one counts the expatriate poll, she has managed to force Obama to talk a little more specifically about policy. That apparently has cost Obama some ground, according to Rasmussen, although not so much against Hillary.
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Talk Left: AP National Poll Shows Obama Catching Up, Dueling Texas Polls

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 25, 2008 04:58 PM

A new national AP poll out today finds Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in a statistical tie. Overall, Obama has 46 percent to Clinton's 43 percent, a virtual tie. Clinton had a slight 5 point lead nationally in early February.
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Crooks and Liars: Hypocrite Or Unpatriotic? - You Decide

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 25, 2008 04:30 PM

During Friday night’s Real Time, Republican Congressman Jack Kingston took to the airwaves to echo the right wing talking points of Obama being “not patriotic enough”. One of the memes that Kingston brought up was about Obama not wearing his lapel pin. Let’s take a look at people not wearing their lapel pin: (click for larger [...]

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Captain's Quarters: USA Today: Who Pays The Bill?

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 25, 2008 04:29 PM

So far, the lack of daylight between the agendas of the two Democratic contenders for the party's presidential nomination has kept the focus mostly on experience and campaign tactics. USA Today took a look at the actual economic policies of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and especially at the bottom line.
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The Moderate Voice: The Moderate Voice’s Jill Miller Zimon On CNN’s “Blog Buzz” Sounds Off On Campaign 2008

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 25, 2008 04:03 PM

Three bloggers give their views with Jill Miller Zimon — where else? — in the middle. The You Tube takes a few seconds to start but is well worth it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogq-c7tjxig

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Outside the Beltway: Sex Scandals and Journalistic Standards

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 25, 2008 03:53 PM

Howie Kurtz has an interesting piece on how mainstream media coverage of allegations of sexual misconduct have changed in recent years. It begins: When Gennifer Flowers held a news conference in 1992 to announce that she had carried on an affair with Bill Clinton, the New York Times devoted one paragraph of a news story to her charges.
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Crooks and Liars: New Vote Vets Ad on John McCain: Can We Afford 1,000 Years?

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 25, 2008 03:30 PM

VoteVets.org has a new ad out to confront John McCain’s warmonger stance and question–in flesh and blood terms–exactly where his priorities lie. From their email: The ad features, for the first time, a female Iraq veteran and her small child. Rose Forrest served 12 months in Iraq, and gave birth to her [...]

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Talk Left: More on The Obama Garb Flap: Clinton Camp Denies Involvement

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 25, 2008 02:24 PM

By Big Tent Democrat I am on a Howard Wolfson press conference call and in response to an Andrea Mitchell question about whether the Clinton camp was involved in pushing the Obama Somali garb photo. Wolfson answered "No, not that I am aware of."
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Talk Left: Q-Poll OH: Clinton Up 11

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 25, 2008 02:06 PM

By Big Tent Democrat While Hillary Clinton's lead in Ohio is smaller than it was, it remains a double digit lead according to the latest Quinnipiac poll: Clinton 51 (55) Obama 40 (34)
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The Moderate Voice: Clinton Aide Harold Ickes Compares Obama To Jesse Jackson

Anonymous [Edit] | Feb 25, 2008 12:59 PM

File this one in your “Here We Go Again” file: Despite the backlash against President Clinton when he compared the cand