By Don | May 12, 2008
Not wanting to get stuck with a lot of unsold merchandise stores are now marking down their Hillary Clinton presidential campaign itemseven though she hasn't officially conceded yet.
The pundits can argue all they want, her campaign may protest that she's still in the game, but at the "America!" souvenir shops at Dulles International and Reagan National airports, the signs are clear as day.
"Sale!" "Clearance!" "50% off!" they blare.
A pink t-shirt with an image of Clinton's head and the words "Madame President 2008: Making History."
The smart money says wait until they are marked down to 75% off or more.
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By Don | May 12, 2008
Hillary Clinton is expected to whip Barack Obama in tomorrow's West Virginia primary. While that is not new news, Jake Tapper points out that Democrats could have a problem in the fall if Obama loses badly tomorrow.
Sure, with few African-Americans or college-educated Democrats, this does not seem like an "Obama" state the way these primaries have been playing out.
But Obama needs to be able to convince voters like these that he cares about them, shares their values, and will change their lives.
As long as Hillary and Bill keep pounding away at Obama and labeling him an elitist states like West Virginia may be just out of Obama's grasp in November.
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By Don | May 12, 2008
Despite the long odds and defections from superdelegates and other party leaders activists loyal to Hillary Clinton refuse to give up the fight with the help of the Clinton campaign of course.
The legions of Hillary Rodham Clinton backers still investing their cash, energy and emotion into her faltering bid for the Democratic presidential nomination seem driven not by the reasonable expectation that she can beat Barack Obama, but by the emotional desire to see her through to the end of voting and stick it to those who have already written her off.
What was that line from the song "Sixteen Tons"? Another day older and deeper in debt. That sounds more like the Clinton campaign theme song these days.
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By Don | May 12, 2008
Using celebritiesa from the Hollywood left ( is there any other kind?) MoveOn.org has announced the winner of their new Obama ad.
Ben Affleck, Oliver Stone, Matt Damon, Naomi Wolf, Julia Stiles and other eye-grabbing celebrities joined together with the progressive group MoveOn.org to select the newest entry into Barack Obama’s ad campaign.
There is no guarantee however that having MoveOn.org's support will be a positive for the Obama campaign.
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By Don | May 11, 2008
Harry Reid thinks the Democratic nomination battle has been great for the country.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said this morning that everyone “should just relax” when it comes to determining the Democratic presidential nominee.
"I think we have to play this out. We have a campaign that's been very good for the American people ... and we have a June 3rd final primary," Reid said in an appearance on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos." "President Clinton didn't get the nomination until June 2nd. So, I think we should just relax a little bit."
Not all Democratic observers agree with Reid's assessment of the race so far and wish Hillary would quit now and save the party from having tp deal with two very different candidates.
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By Don | May 11, 2008
Sounding conciliatory former president Bill Clinton told a crowd of Democrats in Montana that his family will stand behind the Democratic nominee no matter who it is.
Speaking on behalf of his wife at the annual Truman Dinner in Billings, Mont., Saturday, former President Bill Clinton assured the crowd that no matter the outcome of the Democratic nomination, his family and Hillary's supporters would firmly stand behind the party's nominee.
Maybe Bill finally has done a reality check on Hillary's odds and decided the Democrats can't afford any more battles.
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By Don | May 11, 2008
According to the Politico no matter how Hillary Clinton's camp does the math, she is still unlikely to gain enough delegates to win the nomination.
Barack Obama can fully accept Hillary Rodham Clinton’s terms on Michigan and Florida and still win a majority of pledged Democratic delegates on June 1, allowing him to lay claim to the nomination under the New York senator’s own rules.
A Politico analysis of the delegate numbers after Tuesday’s primaries in North Carolina and Indiana shows Obama can concede to Clinton’s position on Michigan and Florida and still claim victory — potentially forestalling the Democratic nightmare scenario of a floor fight at the Denver convention.
If the Politico's number are indeed correct then the handwriting is on the wall, but nevertheless it is unlikely that Hillary will concede until she absolutely has to.
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By Don | May 10, 2008
Even though that Barack Obama all but has the Democratic nomination wrapped up it hasn't stopped Bill Clinton from stirring up rural voters against him
"Hillary is in this race because of people like you and places like this and no matter what they say," Clinton said. "And no matter how much fun they make of your support of her and the fact that working people all over America have stuck with her, she thinks you're as smart as they are. She thinks you've got as much right to have your say as anybody else. And, you know, they make a lot of fun of me because I like to campaign in places like this, they say I have been exiled to rural America, as if that was a problem. I don't know about you, but I'd rather be here than listening to that stuff I have to hear on television, I'd rather be with you. There is a simple reason: You need a president a lot more than those people telling you not to vote for her."
I wonder how much money Bill Clinton has saved the Republicans in attack ad money in the last few months?
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By Don | May 10, 2008
First we have comedian Chris Rock comparing Hillary Clinton to the Glen Close character in 'Fatal Attraction' followed by NPR's political editor and a U.S. Congressman. Exactly what are they trying to tell us?
Chris Rock said it last month: "It's going to be hard for Barack to be president. ... Hillary's not going to give up. She's like Glenn Close in 'Fatal Attraction.'"
Then NPR political editor Ken Rudin made the joke, saying on "CNN Sunday Morning" that Clinton was "Glenn Close in 'Fatal Attraction' -- she's going to keep coming back, and they're not going to stop her." (Rudin later apologized.)
This week, Obama-backing Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., said on local television, when asked about Sen. Clinton, that "Glenn Close should have just stayed in the tub."
This is probably not doing Obama any favors as he tries to unify the party as the bruising nomination battle nears and end. Did someone say Obama-Clinton in '08? Not with these types of comparisons.
And by the way where is the outrage? Oh yeah, these words were uttered by liberals so it's ok.
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By Don | May 9, 2008
Sen. Barack Obama fired a Middle East policy adviser after he admiitted he regularly met with the terrorist organization Hamas.
Robert Malley told The Times that he had been in regular contact with Hamas, which controls Gaza and is listed by the US State Department as a terrorist organisation. Such talks, he stressed, were related to his work for a conflict resolution think-tank and had no connection with his position on Mr Obama’s Middle East advisory council.
Even though Malley said he met with Hamas as part of his job and not on behalf of the Obama campaign, the link will no doubt raise some eyebrows since Obama had pledged earlier that as president he would negotiate with Iran who like Hamas is no friend of Israel.
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