By admin on
5/16/2008 1:17 PM
Obama on false and political attacks of "appeasement": must-see vid here.
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By admin on
5/16/2008 12:36 PM
Yesterday, almost lost in the furor over President Bush calling Obama an appeaser, John McCain gazed into his crystal ball (or was it a wishing well?) and decided the outcome of his presidency. And guess what? According to McCain, it was a tremendous success! In fact, his term -- again, accoridng to McCain -- was one of spectacular achievements in about every area progressives and moderates care most about. From affordable healthcare to quality teachers, beginning to curb climate change to instituting worker retraining programs, 2013 sounds just great! (Pay no attention to the vast amounts of reporting done on how his initiatives and proposals mainly benefit corporate interests and will likely have none of the affects he desires.)
I'd like to focus on just one topic of his speech: Iraq. It was probably the most perplexing area of the speech. McCain claimed troops in Iraq would mostly be home at the end of his first term. Just four little years of a McCain presidency and we’ll have won in Iraq!
With all due respect, it is absurd and McCain must know it. If you ...
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By admin on
5/16/2008 10:15 AM
From Chuck Todd of NBC:
"Bush’s gift to Obama: When President Bush -- thousands of miles away in Israel -- decided to fire his thinly veiled shot at Obama yesterday, it was a giant gift to the Illinois senator and his campaign. Why? One, it essentially kept Clinton on the sidelines just two days after her big West Virginia victory. Two, Obama’s opponent was no longer Clinton or McCain, but the man with the 27% job-approval rating. And three, it rallied Democrats to Obama’s side. Even neutral Dems, like Joe Biden, Rahm Emanuel and Harry Reid, quickly leapt to Obama’s defense. Some Democrats might be deeply divided right now. Pro-choice women are angry at NARAL’s endorsement of Obama; Clinton supporters are upset that Obama is looking like the eventual nominee; and some African Americans are unhappy with the Clintons. But what’s the best way to unify them all? Give them an excuse to turn their attention to Bush. And this will all play out another day -- and will likely extend into the weekend -- as Obama will respond this afternoon to Bush at his rally with Tom Daschle in South Dakota, NBC’s Andrea Mitchell reports. Obama will react to both what he considers Bush's politicization of foreign policy and the substance of Bush's attack."
Permalink here.
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By admin on
5/16/2008 10:06 AM
Yesterday, Obama secured the support of 4 superdelegates (Reps. Henry Wexler, Jim McDermott and Howard Berman and Larry Cohen (CWA DNC)), 1 pledged delegate in North Carolina (because of updated vote tallies in the state) and 7 pledged delegates that had previously supported John Edwards. That means that the number for Obama to secure a majority of pledged delegates has gone down from 25 to 17. And the number Obama needs to secure the nomination is 121.5.
The Math
Total Pledged Delegates: 3,253
Pledged Delegates needed for a majority of pledged delegates: 1,627
Total delegates needed for nomination: 2,025
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By admin on
5/15/2008 4:12 PM
NYT captures blog reaction to President Bush's political attack on Obama. Go here.
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By admin on
5/15/2008 4:06 PM
By now you have heard President Bush used the occassion of Israel's anniversary to make a political attack, and compare Senator Obama to Nazi appeasers. Yes, seriously. Obama's response is below. DailyKos has a great round up of all the Dems -- including HRC -- who have stood up to Bush's bullying. Link here.
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By admin on
5/15/2008 4:03 PM
Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker weighs in on the debate over debates. He agrees with Obama that a bunch of unmoderated townhalls between Obama and McCain would be great stuff. Post here.
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By admin on
5/15/2008 9:45 AM
Statement of Barack Obama in response to President Bush's attack from Israel
"It is sad that President Bush would use a speech to the Knesset on the 60th anniversary of Israel's independence to launch a false political attack. It is time to turn the page on eight years of policies that have strengthened Iran and failed to secure America or our ally Israel. Instead of tough talk and no action, we need to do what Kennedy, Nixon, and Reagan did and use all elements of American power - including tough, principled, and direct diplomacy - to pressure countries like Iran and Syria. George Bush knows that I have never supported engagement with terrorists, and the President's extraordinary politicization of foreign policy and the politics of fear do nothing to secure the American people or our stalwart ally Israel."
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By admin on
5/15/2008 9:44 AM
For Immediate Release
May 15, 2008
Dean: McCain Speech Highlights Hypocritical, Flawed Agenda
Washington, DC - During his remarks in Ohio this morning, Senator John McCain outlined a fictional account of what he expects the American people to believe he will do as president. In reality, on each of the issues he addresses, Senator McCain has either failed to outline any plans or has actually promised outdated ideas that would make the problem worse. Senator McCain's health care plan would do nothing to reduce the ranks of the uninsured, leave people with pre-existing medical conditions uninsured, and gut employer-based health benefits while raising taxes on families. His reckless tax cuts for the wealthy and his special interest friends would take President Bush's budget deficits to dangerous new extremes. His willingness to keep our troops in Iraq for 100 years would continue to drain resources from our efforts to confront terrorists in Afghanistan.
Now, Senator McCain expects people to believe he will bring greater transparency to governmen ...
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By admin on
5/15/2008 9:29 AM
The GOP brand is "in the garbage." If the GOP brand was dog food, it would recalled from grocery store shelves. And this is what Republicans are saying about their own party right now. Read "Republican Election Losses Stir Fall Fears" by the brilliant Adam Nagourney of NYT right here.
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