Obama Wins in a Landslide

Barack Obama’s landslide victory in South Carolina proves that he has a wider backing than previously believed. Now with more votes and more delegates the Clinton machine is going to find it very difficult to stop this train. The South Carolina primary provided some interesting insights into what we might see in other […]

Clinton, Edwards hold private post-debate meeting

CNN
Hillary Clinton and John Edwards met privately backstage following a very contentious Democratic presidential debate in this coastal city, sources with both campaigns confirm to CNN.
The meeting took place in the Edwards campaign green room.
One of the sources said the meeting happened by chance and the conversation consisted of light chatter. The source added that […]

Official 2008 Delegate Counts

I can’t seem to figure out the official delegate count anywhere. I’ve been to multiple major news sites and get a different answer from each. As of January 16, 2008 here is what 3 major news sites where reporting for the GOP Delegate Count:
Fox News:
Mitt Romney 42
Mike Huckabee 21
John […]

Democratic rivals bash Hillary Clinton on Iran

(JPOST.com) Nov. 1, 2007 Iran, rather than Iraq, dominated the foreign policy segment of Tuesday night’s Democratic presidential candidates’ debate, with competitors pouncing on Hillary Clinton for her stance on the nuclear challenge posed by the Islamic Republic.
Former vice presidential nominee John Edwards led the attack on the New York senator, arguing that she was […]

Democrats Slaughter Republicans in Fundraising

In this article I find it interesting that Mrs. Clinton doesn’t disclose her final tally. I shouldn’t be surprised by that, considering all of the scandal surrounding Mr. Hsu as of late. But at some point she will need to disclose this info, why the secrecy?
(Roadto2008.com) Oct. 2, 2007 The Democratic presidential candidates raised significantly […]

When Controversy Follows Cash: Some Fundraisers With Legal Issues Slip Through Campaigns’ Vetting

This HSU donation story just will not go away. Is it a matter of the media needing SOMETHING to report on day after day on this insanely long primary race, or, is this just the tip of some major campaign donation corruption rearing is ugly head again.
This article makes one think about how make ’special […]

Edwards’ wife talks of Clinton ‘hatred’

(Yahoo! News) Aug. 31, 2007 WASHINGTON - Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, says “hatred” of his rival Hillary Rodham Clinton would motivate Republicans to vote against her in the general election.
“I want to be perfectly clear: I do not think the hatred against Hillary Clinton is justified,” Elizabeth Edwards said in […]

Gallup: Americans oppose Clinton on lobbyi$t$

Boy oh boy, I’m just piling it on today…
(The Swamp - Chicago Tribune) Aug. 29, 2007 Most Americans don’t want presidential candidates accepting campaign contributions from Washington lobbyists though most don’t seem to mind candidates receiving contributions that collected by wealthy contributors from other wealthy people then bundled into a large donation, according to a […]

Edwards puts focus on Clinton

(Boston.com) Aug. 23, 2007John Edwards introduced a new stump speech — and with it a renewed focus on front-runner Hillary Clinton — today in Hanover as he kicked-off a four day bus tour through the state.
Edwards’s renewed focus on “change” today comes at a time when the central debate of the Democratic race for president […]

Presidential rivals court labor at Iowa forum

All of the Democratic candidates appeared to be singing the same song in front of these labor/ union leaders. A lot of talk to grow the middle class of America must come from a growth of union membership… which has been steadily declining since the ’50s when 1 in 4 workers belonged to a union.
(Charles […]