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Rick santorum endorsed Mitt Romney late Monday night...by email.
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Charleston Place sues Republican conference organizers
Says GOPers didn't pay $227,000 hotel tab
by Dan McCue
The Charleston Place is suing the Southern Republican Leadership Conference (SRLC), claiming the group booked nearly the entire venue for the weekend of the Republican primary and has since refused to pay its $227,872 bill. Under the terms of the contract, the hotel was to provide rooms, food and beverages, and other services for the group's stay, and payment of all outstanding charges was to be made at the conclusion of the conference.Charleston Place sues Republican conference organizers
Says GOPers didn't pay... more
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Hello, what's this?!
Likely U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and former rival Hillary Clinton were meeting privately on Thursday night at her home in Washington, news media reported.
CNN reported it was "a small meeting" with perhaps just the two senators and a few aides in attendance.
There were no details of what was being discussed.Hello, what's this?!
Likely U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama... more
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The United States is depressed!
Americans seem to agree that compared to our political landscape 8 years ago, this one is very different and much gloomier.
People are deeply unsettled about the United States? place in the world and its ability to control its own destiny.
Americans feel a loss of autonomy, in their own lives and in the nation. Their politics are driven by the powerlessness they feel to control their financial well-being, their safety, their environment, their health and the country?s borders. They question whether each generation will continue to ascend the economic ladder. That the political system seems so impotent only deepens their frustration and their insistence on results.The United States is depressed!
Americans seem to agree that compared to our... more
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Obama might have really beat Hillary! Ron Paul might have really been third! Express your outrage! Obama might have really beat Hillary! Ron Paul might have really been third! Express... more
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Listen to the issues and learn the truth. This man is the only hope for America today.
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Should be handy once the results start coming in. Early polls are suggesting it's neck and neck across the board. Check the first comment for more of a guide to what the Iowa caucus is about, how it all works, and what the news outlets are saying about it.Should be handy once the results start coming in. Early polls are suggesting it's... more
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It's the last scramble in Iowa for presidential hopefuls, and final poll results are showing candidates are neck and neck in both party contests.
"Both races are getting tighter as the caucuses get closer," pollster John Zogby said. His poll, which is updated daily, showed Barack Obama gaining 2% overnight and Hillary Clinton dropping 2%, putting the Democratic frontrunners on 28%. John Edwards polled 26%, which, given the margin of error, amounts to a dead heat.
The Republican race is equally unpredictable, with Mitt Romney eating into Mike Huckabee's lead. The poll put Huckabee on 28%, Romney on 26% and John McCain and Fred Thompson on 12%. McCain has done little campaigning in Iowa, concentrating instead on New Hampshire, which holds its primary next week. He has enjoyed a resurgence in New Hampshire and is rising in the polls in Iowa, where he arrived last night for some belated campaigning. Polls suggest many potential caucus-goers will make up their minds tonight."It's the last scramble in Iowa for presidential hopefuls, and final poll results... more
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BBC documentary from a series called "The Century of The Self"...
"This series is about how those in power have used Freud's theories to try and control the dangerous crowd in an age of mass democracy." - Adam Curtis BBC documentary from a series called "The Century of The Self"...... more
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With the presidential race tightening and little time before the first party nomination contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, candidates are trying to woo voters without trampling on their holidays.
Most campaigns said they considered how close to Christmas they could campaign without alienating voters. Top contenders like Democrats Barack Obama and John Edwards as well as Republicans Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani chose to take off Christmas Eve as well as December 25.With the presidential race tightening and little time before the first party... more
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Just as I suspected. Seems the Invisible Hand of the Market has decided.
According to Robin Hanson of Portfolio.com, Al Gore is the most electable erm candidate beating Hillary, all the Democrats, Giuliani and all the Republicans.
Seems you Americans are ready to get serious. Be nice to have you back in the Reality based community.
Quoting from said piece:
"Which means that InTrade's traders reckon Gore has a 58% chance of getting the nomination if he runs, and an 89% chance of winning the presidency if he's nominated, and an all-over probability of 52% that he'll become president if he throws his hat in the ring."
The blog article goes on to say:
"Meanwhile, the favorite for president, Hillary Clinton, has already thrown her hat in the ring, and is given a 48% chance of becoming president. (Giuliani's in a distant second place, on 17.6%.) Which means, I think, that Al Gore is considered to be the best presidential candidate in America, on a pure electability criterion."
He also just happens to be the best qualified person for the office.
Socrates said that any person who sought political office too readily was to be mistrusted. He said that only a person who sought office because they feared what others may do with it was acting from good intentions. Those Greeks, eh?
I recommend putting "The Assault on Reason" on your reading list btw. Some helpful hints in there for restoring the Constitution, saving democracy and so forth.
Cheerio.Just as I suspected. Seems the Invisible Hand of the Market has decided.
According... more
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Click the link to read the posting on Red State's blog. I love the reply underneath it:
"For heaven's sake by itrytobenice
keep this under wraps, and *tight*.
You are exactly right. G/O would be formidable for us and could wax the floor with Clinton, as no one really likes her.
I'd much rather compete against Billary, with all the baggage and shrillness, than Oscar/Nobel/Drammy Winner/Mr. Personality.
I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful 100 percent."
Keep this under wraps! Priceless.
Click the link to read the posting on Red State's blog. I love the reply... more
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The CBS poll has a margin of error of 5%.
That is a statistical dead heat.
Meanwhile on:
http://pundits.thehill.com/2007/10/26/oil-soars-fires-rage-war-looms-hillary-maneuvers-gore-surges-in-cbs-poll/
The well respected Brent Budowsky writes:
"Gores appeal is not merely his experience as vice president, congressman, senator and Nobel Laureate but the larger truth that he is a champion of a sweeping worldview and a fearless opponent of Bush wrongs at a time
when throughout the nation, Democrats and independents believe their Washington-based leaders have been timid, fearful and ineffective."
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"A Gore-Obama ticket could well sweep the nation and inspire the world, while inspiring the Democratic Party to far more courage and principle than it has shown at any time during the Bush years."
Somtimes pundits get it. Mostly not. But sometimes they do. And slowly the momentum is building.
Now will one of you kindly souls post this everywhere you possibly can?
Much oblged. Much obliged.The CBS poll has a margin of error of 5%.
That is a statistical dead heat.... more
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Al, I don't think you're our savior, no one person can save a "nation that chooses to be asleep" as spoken by Princeton professor Cornel West on Bill Maher's Real Time show on HBO on September 7th! You are just the best catalyst for positive change this country could have right now! Hillary is not our best option. Rapper/Actor Mos Def said it so well on that same Real Time Episode: "Hillary Clinton is just another form of dynasty to me. They passin? the presidency around like a party joint. It goes from the Bushes, the Clintons to the Bushes and back..."! He and Professor West have endorsed Barack Obama, but I fear he doesn't have the experience to have the support needed to win. (Maybe he would make a great running mate for you as others have suggested...)
As far as Hillary is concerned, it's one thing to come up with a health plan that says what everyone wants to hear but another to come up with a realistic plan to fund it that has the feasibility of getting passed by Congress! The Democratic Congress has been a disappointment. They should have revoked the President's authorization to use force against terrorism immediately...now we are facing more impetuous reactions to Iran from the Bush Administration. It has become impossible for us, the general public, to separate fact from fiction from an Administration that ?cries wolf? and a Congress that?s so scared of offending their electorate that they stand for nothing! I respectfully submit, dear former Vice-President Gore, that the handwriting is on the wall, and that the "Inconvenient Truth" for you is that this country needs you to make this sacrifice and run for President in 2008! Global warming and your other endeavors are in place, have a life of their own, and can't they be overseen by those who already help you? You, as President, are the best hope of your initiatives in this regard coming to fruition! You will have so much support you won't know what to do with us all! Thousands of us are tempted to write your name in anyway, so you might as well make it official so it will count!
Al, I don't think you're our savior, no one person can save a "nation... more
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In this pod Christina Heller explores the "leapfrogging" controversy surrounding the NH Primary.In this pod Christina Heller explores the "leapfrogging" controversy... more
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