Who knew John Edwards was so popular in Virginia? I wonder if he is as popular elsewhere?
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People know Edwards, and he’s generally liked by the public. I think it likely reflects name recognition more than anything. But who knows? O’s numbers in key McCain demographics rise with Edwards on the ticket, so perhaps he’s the right choice.
I’d like to see Kaine’s numbers with Obama there.
I’m curious to know why they’re polling Rendell. Even in Penn, I don’t see the advantage he brings, since he’s popular in the same areas as Obama.
latest zogby/reuters poll has obama opening a 10pt lead over mccain nationally, 47%-37%; hillary in a virtual tie at 41% v st, j’s 40%.
also noted is this:
drip…drip…drip…
Rendell was a big Clinton supporter from the beginning, so maybe that’s the point. But he’s trying to sell the turnpike right now, which is highly unpopular, and he might sink the ticket.
It looks like things are going to get very interesting from here…
yes it does.
Who knows what she wants? Hillary is a nut case and shouldn’t be allowed with a half-mile of the White House, and, as that radius would include the OEOB, that leaves her out of the Veep slot.
I think clearly she (and Bill!) wants the veep spot. And just as clearly the emerging new power coalition within the party doesn’t want her (and Bill!) to have it.
Not nuts at all. She’s played her losing hand brilliantly…for herself anyway, if not for the party and the country.
I disagree. People who threaten to “obliterate” other countries — that is to say, people who endorse genocide — are nut cases.
There’s nothing brilliant about it. (Where this idea of Hillary being brilliant came from, I’ll never know. To blow all of the advantages she had, one would have to be dumber than bricks.) She and her wacko supporters have basically decided to stick their tongues out at us and throw a fake temper tantrum. And no one will call them on it for fear of being labeled a sexist.
Ah, she was the victim of her own and her strategists’ arrogance through too much of the campaign, and she’s lost because of that. But in the endgame she’s salvaging much more power for herself (though not, arguably, long-term reputation) than would have seemed possible a few short weeks ago. But we’ll see how it all plays out.
As for the rest of what you say, it’s all theater. It either attracts your vote or it doesn’t. That’s all it means at this point.
Leahy issues subpoena for Rove
just heard that on npr…an interesting development, but l wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for his appearance.
the people protecting him and others still control the WH and the RATpublicant party, to wit:
Bad link, I only saw the date on top, not by the byline. This article is from last year.
Here’s a current one:
House subpoenas Karl Rove
I heard on the radio that Clinton’s current position on resolving Michigan is to get 55% of the delegates and for Obama to get… none. And that she’ll fight this to the convention.
This with current polls in Michigan showing Obama beating her.
Folks, she’s not in this to win. She knows she can’t win. She’s in this to “bloody Obama” for the general election. She is not behaving like a Democrat anymore.
Back on topic, I’d be happy with Edwards on the ticket. I wouldn’t mind seeing him in the Justice Department restoring justice. Or even reinvigorating and cleaning up the Dept of Labor.
I’m not sure he’s enough of a hard-ass for the DOJ, honestly.
They’ve gone to court
Florida delegates sue DNC over primary votes
looking for leverage going into the the May 31 meeting, are they?
and McCain is desperate -VERY: criticizes Obama’s lack of military service
that should go over well with young voters.
My father was in the College Democrats with Steve Geller at Florida State. Grew up near each other, too. They were “never close,” and the impression I got was that Geller was basically a piece of garbage. So this comes as no surprise.
But curiously mum about shrub’s. Or cheney’s.
I’m sure Obama and campaign anticipated this. But still.
Until he’s ready to roast a whole bunch of draft dodging, bloodthirsty bastards who would lie us into a war, he needs to shut his stupid pie hole.
McCain finally got around to rejecting Hagee’s endorsement.
This is so stupid…he knew who he was when he sought the endorsement.
So is he going to be grilled as to why he failed to do the proper vetting of the man before whoring for his endorsement? Of course not. In fact, this is all breaking before Memorial Day. It will be an afterthought in 5 minutes.
Quite unlike the media wallpaper that greeted that other preacher. I’m sure all’s forgiven already.
Quite unlike the media wallpaper that greeted that other preacher. I’m sure all’s forgiven already.
That’s exactly what I thought when I read the news. I had a momentary surge of “This will be McCain’s Rev Wright flap!” and then remembered the deep ignorance and rejection of prevalent African-American church culture. YUCK.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/trey-ellis/where-is-hillarys-race-sp_b_103002.html
Same thing Ross Perot said, way back when.
To be a Democrat has, for me, always meant to be fair and to recognize the majority vote. In my 62 years I have voted for many Dems who didn’t get elected, but were defeated by other voters according to the rules. The crushing of the rules in the election of George W. Bush was a devastating blow to all Democrats, yet I expected all of us to go on following the rules, knowing that being true to our principals will eventually win out.
Now we are confronted with Hillary Clinton and an attempt to break the rules that everyone else was following through the primaries. What is the difference between her actions now and the Bush campaign in Florida in 2000? Not much.
The Superdelegates see what is happening… they must. We have to urge those who haven’t stated their endorsement to back our candidate, Barack Obama, now. And those who have endorsed Clinton should, at this point, be encouraged to switch. There is no other way.
Under The LobsterScope
They won’t do that. The superdelegates are gutless. Reid, Pelosi, all of them — gutless idiots. But why should that be surprising, given their inability to stand up to the Bush administration for years?
Democrats are generally gutless, or at least they have been for the last few decades. Unable to stand up to some drunken fratboy when he decides the Middle East is going to be his personal firing range. Unable to find someone other than an unprincipled, white-trash governor from one of the most backwards states in the union to defeat said fratboy’s father. Unable to stand up to a senile airhead whose only claims to fame were lousy movies, beating anti-war students senseless, and dancing on the graves of murdered civil rights workers. Just pathetic.
Were it not for the utter insanity of the GOP, I wouldn’t bother showing up at all.
…I expected all of us to go on following the rules, knowing that being true to our principals…
presumes billary have any principles…which they, obviously, do not.
the rude one nails the hypocrisy.