As can be seen by our present state of difficulty, the United States is not set up for dynasties. Further, these little court intrigues are obscene.
Bill, don’t do us any favors. Just keep getting richer.
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Bill Clinton may walk away mad and not campaign for Obama
Capitol Hill Blue
June 9, 2008
by Harrison Parker
An angry, defiant Bill Clinton […]
Capitol Hill Blue
June 6, 2006
Both Clintons bitter over loss
Failed Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton and her former President husband are bitter over her loss to Barack Obama and angry at Democratic leaders they feel abandoned her, party sources tell Capitol Hill Blue.
“She’s petulant, defiant and bitter,” says one senior Democratic strategist, who asked not […]
Two Democratic Senators Say
HUD Secretary Should Resign
By DAMIAN PALETTA
March 21, 2008 2:21 p.m.
WASHINGTON – Two top Democrats on Friday called for the resignation of U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson, citing questions about his leadership and his agency’s operations during the national housing crisis.
Mr. Jackson, through a spokeswoman, said he planned to remain […]
Obama fury over Clinton backer Ferraro’s race remark
Tue Mar 11, 1:07 PM ET
Barack Obama’s White House campaign lashed out in fury Tuesday after a prominent Hillary Clinton supporter attributed his stunning march through US politics to his race.
Obama aide Susan Rice called for Clinton to fire Geraldine Ferraro, the only woman yet to run on […]
60 Minutes Report On Rove’s Dirty Politics
Think Progress
February 25, 2008
Last night, CBS’s 60 Minutes aired its long-awaited report on Alabama’s incarcerated former governor Don Siegelman, featuring allegations that Karl Rove personally told a Republican operative in the state to find evidence that Siegelman was cheating on his wife.
Siegelman, a Democrat, was convicted in 2006 for […]
HOLDFAST.blog
FISA Vote Tallies: Part II
February 12th, 2008 ·
The Dodd/Feingold Amendment 3907 to strip retroactive immunity from the underlying SSCI bill just failed, 31-67. 51 votes were needed to pass.
Voting with the Republicans were the following eighteen Democrats (again, rough count):
Bayh, Inouye, Johnson, Landrieu, McCaskill, Ben Nelson, Bill Nelson, Stabenow, Feinstein, Kohl, Pryor, Rockefeller, Salazar, Carper, […]
Opinion
THE NATION
Reid Clears Hurdle for Bush-Cheney Spying BillThe Nation Thu Jan 24, 3:24 PM ETThe Nation — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid cleared a key hurdle for the FISA Amendments Act on Thursday, advancing President Bush’s preferred version of the spying bill, a move opposed by the majority of Reid’s Democratic colleagues. The vote, 60-34, […]
William Greider
01/11/2008 @ 3:48pm
Recession Refocuses Campaign Strategies
by The Nation
When Goldman Sachs announces recession and the Federal Reserve
chairman on the same day promises ready-to-go interest rate cuts, you
can take it to the bank: the recession is official. The 2008
campaign’s refreshing spirit–the chorus of “change, change, change”–
is joined by a more traditional theme. “Jobs, jobs, jobs.” Suddenly,
everyone […]
occurred after Jake LaMotta defeated Marcel Cerdan
at Detroit’s Briggs Stadium in 1949.
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December 08, 2007
The Politico
White House rejects Dems’ compromise on war funding, domestic spending
Democrats are poised to hand President Bush upward of $50 billion in Iraq funding with no strings attached, and they’ve already offered to cut $11 billion from their domestic spending bills.
But in an unusual Saturday afternoon statement, the White House said it will […]