Archive for the 'Politics' Category
Sunday, December 16th, 2007
Lieberman to endorse McCain
By: Mike Allen and Jonathan Martin
Dec 16, 2007 02:57 PM EST
Updated: December 16, 2007 04:12 PM EST
Sen. Joseph Lieberman (Conn.), who was on the national Democratic ticket in 2000, will cross the aisle to endorse Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) tomorrow, Republican sources said.
The two will appear together on NBC’s “Today” show tomorrow, […]
Posted in John S. McCain III, Connecticut, Lieberman, Cong-SENATE, Politics, Arizona, 2008 Presidential Campaign |
Saturday, December 15th, 2007
While arguments abound about Clinton vs. Obama, John Edwards
is the only Democrat who handily beats all Republican comers.
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Political Punch
Power, pop, and probings from ABC News Senior National Correspondent Jake Tapper
A tense Bill Clinton on Charlie Rose
December 15, 2007 11:14 AM
In an interview with the inimitable Charlie Rose last night, former President Bill Clinton said […]
Posted in Hillary Clinton, Politics, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton |
Monday, December 10th, 2007
Tension in Hillaryland Grows as Plan Goes Awry: Albert R. Hunt
By Albert R. Hunt
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) –
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Her once-commanding advantage over Obama in Iowa and New Hampshire — the two critical initial contests — is evaporating. She has gotten the worst of recent exchanges over Iran and health care.
There are also political strains with her greatest […]
Posted in Hillary Clinton, Politics, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Bill Clinton |
Friday, December 7th, 2007
Huckabee Tries to Shoot the Messenger, But Wounds His Campaign Instead
Posted December 6, 2007 | 07:12 PM (EST)
The way that Mike Huckabee has handled the furor caused by the Huffington Post’s coverage of his role in the release of Wayne Dumond, a serial rapist who went on to rape and kill at least one other […]
Posted in Television, Politics, Crime, Arkansas, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Bill Clinton, 1950s, Idaho, Mike Huckabee |
Thursday, December 6th, 2007
Getting inside their heads … really inside
Presidential candidates’ health is a campaign issue. So what about their brains?
By Daniel G. Amen
December 5, 2007
What do Rudy Giuliani’s messy personal life, John McCain’s temper and Hillary Clinton’s inability to seem authentic have in common? Maybe nothing. They may be just overblown issues in the otherwise normal lives […]
Posted in Movies, Health, Politics, Medicine |
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
Polls differ on Clinton vs. Republicans
By Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor
Boston Globe
November 27, 07 10:24 AM
All the attacks on Hillary Clinton by her Democratic rivals, plus her own missteps, may not only have tightened the primary race but also hurt her support among all voters.
A new national Zogby Interactive poll, released late Monday, suggests […]
Posted in Hillary Clinton, Polls, Politics, 2008 Presidential Campaign |
Monday, November 26th, 2007
The Carville-Matalin Joke Is on Us
James Carville laughs at one of his many ‘bone moes.’
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by Steve Kornacki Published: November 26, 2007
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For the love of God, please stop enabling them.
“Only 39 days until the Iowa caucuses,” Tim Russert gravely intoned over the dramatic John Williams “Meet the Press” score. “The Democratic race: too […]
Posted in News Media, Television, Politics, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Carville 'n Matalin |
Saturday, November 17th, 2007
Bush nominates two who gave him money
President Bush chose to fill two high-level positions yesterday with federal judges who had given him campaign contributions while under consideration for their judgeships.
Bush nominated Judge Gene Pratter, of Pennsylvania, to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a level just below the U.S. Supreme Court. Pratter, who was […]
Posted in Republicans, Bush, Courts, Politics, Sleaze |
Friday, November 16th, 2007
In the world of irony,a record may have been broken. If there were one U.S. archdiocese that could not possibly raise the specter of scandal, it is the one which O’Malley now leads.
How dare this prelate condemn one aspect of a party which has always been in the forefront of social justice? I […]
Posted in Politics, Abortion, Holier Than Thouists-Roman Catholic Arm |
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
Catholic bishops instruct voters
By RACHEL ZOLL, AP Religion Writer Wed Nov 14, 10:54 AM ET
BALTIMORE - Roman Catholics voting in the 2008 elections must heed church teaching when deciding which candidates and policies to support, U.S. bishops said Wednesday.
And while the church recognizes the importance of a wide range of issues — from war to […]
Posted in Politics, Holier Than Thouists-Roman Catholic Arm, Voting |