• 29 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Ten Things Better Left Unsaid

    #10 "That's history, that's the past. That's talking about what happened before. What we should be talking about is what we're going to do now. And what we're going to do now is continue this strategy which is succeeding in Iraq…."  -- John McCain, trying to link Barack Obama's criticism of t

  • 29 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Is the media dealing Hillary the gender card?

    Dog whistles must be sounding off because the media is finally acknowledging the idea that there is a media bias for Barack Obama after Hillary Clinton cited a recent SNL skit at Tuesday’s debate, which depicted journalists fawning over her opponent. In “Hillary haters don’t need a sexist crut

  • 29 Feb

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    Explaining the Clinton Trainwreck

    Political consultant Bob Shrum had a few choice words on Morning Joe to explain the trainwreck of the Clinton campaign that has occurred since super Tuesday. Shrum seems to sum up the popular consensus that the blame lies with Clinton uber-consultant Mark Penn. 

  • 29 Feb

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    1 in 100 US Adults Behind Bars

    Quoting the NYT:For the first time in the nation’s history, more than one in 100 American adults is behind bars, according to a new report. Nationwide, the prison population grew by 25,000 last year, bringing it to almost 1.6 million. Another 723,000 people are in local jails. The number of Ameri

  • 29 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    The Clinton Anti-Christ

    This headline ran on Drudge this morning:The Reuters picture up close - Hillary and the Devil.  [I'm presuming this is a high school mascot in a gym somewhere in Clairsville, Ohio...]  But call me crazy.  If Hillary were the Anti-Christ, wouldn't more people know?     

  • 29 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Evangelicals Going Left?

    Could this election cause some evangelicals to move back towards the Left, there once-upon-a-time political home? The Southern Baptist Convention's Richard Land fears just that, and is trying to remind the value voters that, all other values aside, the abortion issue is their biggest one.Land says

  • 28 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Social Conservative Movement Dies Strange and Terrible Death

    The only thing more worthless than a social conservartive member of the GOP on this campaign trail is a crippled circus monkey on heroin. Despite all the incessant whining about McCain's less than glorious rise to become the Republican Party's next wrinkled empty suit, the moderates and independant

  • 28 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Abu Ghraib, Part II

    New photos obtained by Wired give new light to the terrifying abuse and torture that pervaded Abu Ghraib prison - and sparks fear about what else is going on now. From Wired: Monterey, California -- Psychologist Philip Zimbardo has seen good people turn evil, and he thinks he knows why. Zimbard

  • 28 Feb

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    No Means No

    Because if the New York Times says it, it must be so, today New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg affirmed his commitment not to run in this year's presidential race: WATCHING the 2008 presidential campaign, you sometimes get the feeling that the candidates — smart, all of them — must know better. T

  • 28 Feb

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    Must Read: Juan Cole on ‘Hussein’

    Professor Juan Cole who writes the blog Informed Comment has written an article today on what has become one of the more curious topics in this year’s presidential campaign: Barack Obama’s middle name. The use of the Illinois senator’s second given name has become the habit of conservative pun

  • 27 Feb

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    Congressman John Lewis Switches Endorsement to Obama

    The Associated Press is reporting that civil right leader, Congressman John Lewis of Atlanta, is changing his presidential endorsement and will now be supporting Barack Obama’s bid for the presidency. While Lewis had previously endorsed Hillary Clinton, cited his role as a superdelegate and his du

  • 27 Feb

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    The Only Thing Better than Ann Coulter's Endorsement...

    Is that of doghoused GOPer Bill Cunningham, the Cincinnati talk show host who introduced Sen. John McCain yesterday at an Ohio rally by slamming Obama. You know, using his middle name. And in this race, that's all out slander. McCain was quick to fire back:McCain showed class by repudiating Cun

  • 27 Feb

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    Ground Hounds: Behind the Scenes at the Ohio Democratic Debate

    Check out this Ground Hounds video from behind the scenes at the Ohio Democratic Debate. This Ground Hounds video features Jerid Krutz and Tim Russo of buckeyestateblog.com as well as, volunteers from Cleveland State University, CNN’s Candy Crowley and others. Watch as they check out the spin room

  • 27 Feb

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    What Judgment?

    Invariably, when it comes to foreign policy, Obama cites his supposedly superior judgment: he opposed Iraq in 2002. And he did it again last night in the Ohio debate (around 2:28 of the clip). Somehow, this judgment is supposed to allay any concern about his foreign policy bona fides. But isn

  • 27 Feb

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    Story of the Day: Clinton Camp Presses Super Delegates Not to Take Sides

    If you only read one thing today, let it be this: Tom Edsall's latest piece at HuffPo on superdelegates and the Clinton Camp, two strange political species from a time when political relevence was synonymous with party establishment. Edsall writes:For weeks, the Barack Obama campaign has warned th

  • 27 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    On the Ground at the Ohio Debates

    While Clinton and Obama duked it out over healthcare and NAFTA in the heart of Cuyahoga County, Ground Hound Jerid Kurtz of buckeyestateblog.com took a look at life on the ground in Ohio with Former Congressman (Ohio CD-11) Dennis Eckart.

  • 26 Feb

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    Siegleman Contraversey Explained

    If you haven't yet made up from down in the splashy "who planted the Riley signs at that KKK rally?" saga to the "we'll release the photos..." drama, here's the Siegleman case explained... from the Washington Spectator: FYI Karl Rove's Dirty Politics in Alabama By Lou Dubose | 11/01/20

  • 26 Feb

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    Christopher Dodd Endorses Barack Obama

    In Cleveland today, former presidential candidate, Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut made a passionate and magnanimous speech endorsing the candidacy of Barack Obama. Praising Obama’s “judgment, grace and poise” Senator Dodd spoke of Barack Obama’s capacity to “restore America’s po

  • 26 Feb

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    Karl Rove Rollin' with the Tide

    Back home in 'Bama, all things competitive are headlined by a big, trompin' elephant. Usually it's Rammer Jammer (Roll Tide, Roll!) but ever so often, it's Grand Ole Party pachyderm. And as we say down in Dixie, Former Gov. Don Siegleman is fit to be tied and Dana Jill Simpson's fixin to make a fu

  • 26 Feb

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    BloGossip: Monica Goodling Engaged! ... to RedState?

    Well, surely opposites attrack. The fluff lighting up the Internet: Monica Goodling is engaged to Red State blogger Mike Krempasky. From ATL:  his just in: the super-fabulous Monica Goodling, one of ATL's all-time favorite people, is engaged! Monica Marie Goodling, of Alexandria, is engaged

  • 26 Feb

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    Mukasey to TPM: Let's Be Friends!

    As we told you a few weeks back, late last year the Justice Department's Office of Public Affairs (OPA) kicked TPM off the department's press list. Various explanations followed -- like an apparent budget shortfall or bandwidth dearth that made the costs of sending us their email press releases proh

  • 26 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    GOP Putting Values in Other Pocket?

    As Clinton and Obama prepare for tonight's debate and woo votes in delegate-rich Texas and Ohio, the GOP is doing a little self-reflection. Are they McCain moderates or right-wing conservatives?Glenn Beck said this morning that an Obama nomination would surely smack them back to their conservative

  • 25 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Drama!

    This is more than any sane person can handle before Monday Happy Hour, but here's the basic rundown (we think):Drudge released a breaking-drudge-report (what are they, the AP now?): CLINTON STAFFERS CIRCULATE 'DRESSED' OBAMA Mon Feb 25 2008 06:51:00 ET With a week to go until the Texas and Ohio prim

  • 25 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Huckabee Hanging Around Helps McCain

    Even Saturday Night Live is poking fun at Mike Huckabee for continuing his admitted quixotic campaign for the Republican nomination. The candidate himself has said it will take a miracle. So what's he playing at?It's been suggested that he's angling for the vice-presidential spot on the ticket. O

  • 25 Feb

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    Josh in the Times

    Thanks to Noam Cohen who has this great write up of our man Josh Marshall in the NY Times today about his winning of a George Polk award.

  • 25 Feb

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    If the Option's Obama, Some Dems Do McCain

    As a die-hard Clinton fan, I've been struggling with my options and just crossing my fingers for Texas and Ohio which is, admittedly, making my digits a little sore.  Obamanaia has taken over basically everyone I know, am related to, and sometimes I even wonder if it's got all those with whom I wor

  • 25 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Monday Morning Must-Reads

    The McCain Article [NYT]       Feedback + explanation:  A recent New York Times article examined a number of decisions by Senator John McCain that raised questions about his judgment over potential conflicts of interest. The article included reporting on Mr. McCain’s relationship with a fem

  • 24 Feb

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    Clinton Mocks "Magic Wand" Politics

    Huffington Post is running a giant feature on this video of Hillary mocking Obama's hopeful optimism about solving America's problems. Here's a transcript: "Lets just get everybody together; let's get unified. The sky will open. The light will come down. Celestial choirs will be singing. And ever

  • 24 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    (Not really) Live-blogging the Oscars

    "Does this country need a hug?"  Yes Jon Stewart, it does, and we want you to give it to us. So, how convenient for the Bush White House is it that the night 60 Minutes broadcasts a major strike against George Bush's political architect, Karl Rove, the Oscars are on?  Sure, 60 Minutes broadcasted

  • 24 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Bubba wants a fair fight

    This weekend, Barack Obama sat down on his front porch, pulled out a 0 bill personally donated to him by a 15-year-old chimney sweep who had been saving up his meager wages since Feb. 2007 when he first learned of the audacity of hope, and lit the most expensive cigar he had left over in the box

  • 24 Feb

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    Lazy Nader Sunday

    Mike Allen and Ben Smith do a particularly lazy piece of Sunday writing at the Politico:Ralph Nader announced on NBC's "Meet the Press" that he'll run as a third-party, anti-corporate candidate for president this fall, which would be likely to drain votes from the Democratic nominee and provide a hu

  • 23 Feb

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    Viva Obama!

    Check out this video from AmigosDeObama.com. The site, founded by a Mexican-American and LA resident Miguel Orozco, seeks to reach out to Latino voters to support Obama’s candidacy. With the upcoming Texas primary in which Latino voters are expected to play an important part, Orozco who spent a nu

  • 23 Feb

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    Thud

    Well, I think we have a good idea what will take the number one slot at the top of Malcom Ray's excellent new column, Ten Things Better Left Unsaid. From the AP:Ralph Nader could be poised for another third party presidential campaign. The consumer advocate will appear on NBC's "Meet the Press" on

  • 22 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Ten Things Better Left Unsaid

     The newest column at Veracifier - a friday afternoon installment the weekly stupid: Ten Things Better Left Unsaid. A little something extra to carry you through the weekend.#10: Kirk Watson (D-TX) unable to name any of Barack Obama's legislative accomplishments. #9: "Change you can Xerox

  • 22 Feb

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    My father did not sleep with that woman

    The LA Times highlights a blog post from Meghan McCain, daughter of Arizona Senator John, on Wednesday night:"Life is all about perspective," she wrote in a post titled "Lucky Girl.""Having grown up in politics," she continued, "I know it's an industry that, for all intents and purposes, is known fo

  • 22 Feb

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    BARACK OBAMA AND THE BUMS LOST!!!

    First the Clinton people slam Barack Obama for failing to cite Deval Patrick as the source of some of his inspirational words. Now he's getting hit for citing an article written by an "ex-terrorist." From Ben Smith in the Politico:Like many of the most extreme figures from the 1960s [William] Ayer

  • 22 Feb

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    NYT Successfully Unites GOP, Lights up Airwaves

    NYT Successfully Unites GOP, Lights up Airwaves, and Makes Me Skip the Paper this Morning. It's not every day I find myself defending conservative candidates and lambasting the Gray Lady, but for once, I find myself agreeing not only with the good folks at Red State - this is all much ado about noth

  • 21 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Fired up, but not quite ready to vote?

    Early voting has played a pretty outsized role in this year's election. More than 2 million people cast early ballots in California, and a 1/4 of all voters in Florida's primary did the same.In Texas, early voting is expected to play a big role, too. It's not exactly the same thing as the "permane

  • 21 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    San Juan swan song

    Puerto Rico, lovely place. Viejo San Juan is about the closest that America gets to old world charm, and the beaches are delightful. Sure, the northeastern corner of the country is reminiscent of suburban Dade County, but that's a measure of progress, really, I think. Looks like the Clinton camp

  • 21 Feb

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    Side by side on my piano keyboard

    No word yet whether or not Paul McCartney was in the building. From the Houston Chronicle:Alec Miran, senior executive producer of special events for CNN, has worked six of CNN's eight debates during the primary season and has been working live political events since the 1984 campaign season. So wh

  • 21 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    NAFTA Super Highway Drives TX Votes

    Sometimes, Texas can't help it. People mess with 'em anyway. Especially when big business wants to build an even bigger highway in the TTC - the Trans-Texas Corridor. With 4,000 miles of new toll roads planned for the NAFTA Super HIghway, Texans are looking at 0 billion bill so that trucks fr

  • 21 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Clean-up Time, Johnny!

    John McCain (whom I seriously underestimated; lament away ye hopeful followers of family values!) has got himself a mess of trouble, it seems. His press conference today was a joke – and I’m still surprised no one asked if his denial of this sordid lobbyist affair is just a matter of words –

  • 21 Feb

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    The milk goes sour for the Times' on the record source

    John Weaver, the only on the record source cited by the New York Times to imply there were concerns about an affair between Vicki Iseman and John McCain, just said no dice on CNN:Former McCain political adviser John Weaver confirms to CNN that he did approach lobbyist Vicki Iseman about eight years

  • 21 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Why did TNR hold the story on NYT holding the story?

    I'm just saying....this is all working out very, very well for John McCain.  If The New Republic has a big get on how the Times is screwing around, why are we still waiting to see it?

  • 21 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    The worst newspaper on Earth?

    I remember having this conversation with a friend of mine once. He's a bit of a Japan-o-phile, and I asked him: who is worse at learning foreign languages? The Americans? Or the Japanese? And he said the Japanese. At least we don't try to learn foreign languages - the Japanese study English pract

  • 20 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    An entry for your "Things McCain can't go back on" file*

    Let's say the Democrats snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and America actually elects Senator John McCain as the 44th President of the United States of America.Well, say that happens - at least we know that we can go back to using the version of "How a bill becomes a law" that was in use during

  • 20 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Teamsters Back Obama

    From the New York Times: In a surprising boost for Senator Barack Obama, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters will announce this afternoon that it is endorsing him, a top union leader said. With the Teamsters’ move, labor leaders said, Change to Win, a five-million-member coalition of unions

  • 20 Feb

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    Bloomberg Alleges Fraud in New York Presidential Primary

    Over the weekend allegations surfaced regarding the possibility of election fraud in New York’s presidential primary that took place February 5th. Election districts 70 and 94 both in Harlem where African-American Voters are very well represented report that not a single person cast a vote for Oba

  • 20 Feb

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    Politicas dos punta cero (2.0)?

    A California-based group, Nueva Vista Media, put together a really well-done mariachi video called "Viva Obama!" in the lead up to the Texas primary. It's up at a website called Amigos de Obama, and plays up the senator's humble beginnings, encouraging Texas' Spanish speakers to get out there and v

  • 20 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Rolling their eyes all the way to Denver

    Perhaps you watched Marc's video earlier in the day of Obama surrogate Kirk Watson being unable to call out some of the senator's big scores in the Senate. The post-mortem from Watson himself and the Obama campaign is pretty priceless, too. From the Austin American-Statesman:That wasn’t just a b

  • 20 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Campaign finance arms race to turn into shooting war?

    Public talk about money may make some people squeamish, but not politicians. On the campaign trail, presidential candidates love to talk about how much money they've raised, and simultaneously accuse their opponents of raising too much money. Often they do this without taking a breath.John McCain

  • 20 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Ouch

    Last night State Senator Kirk Watson (D-TX) went on Hardball as an Obama surrogate and Chris, who has not been Hillary's favorite person of late asked him to name one of Obama's achievements in the Senate. Ouch.Clinton wasted no time in bringing it up at a rally this morning. 

  • 20 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Obama Sweeps Wisconsin, Hawaii

    Surprise, surprise.  Obama swept Wisconsin and Hawaii yesterday, adding up to his tenth straight win since Super Tuesday.  Clinton, who at this point needs Ohio and Texas, even placed a congratulatory phone call to her rival after his win.It's a shame they won't contemplate a ticket together.  T

  • 19 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Michelle Obama: Proud of her country

    By now you are probably aware of the brewhaha: for the first time in her adult life Michelle Obama is really proud of her country. Many conservatives are going crazy. Here is Brit Hume explaining that Michelle feels this way because she is "liberal":Given that Michelle Obama's adult life has consist

  • 19 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Josh and TPM win a Polk

    A huge congratulations to the star of our network Josh Marshall and the team at TPM. Today it was announced that they are winners of a George Polk award for their coverage of the firing of federal prosecutors. At a time when the future or newspapers and the model for journalism is up in the air, Jos

  • 19 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Castro Steps Down!

    Paving the way for his youthful brother Raul, 76, to take the reigns officially, Castro resigned this morning. And with those reigns, he's passing along his iron hand and his iron fist. "My wishes have always been to discharge my duties to my last breath," Castro wrote in an online letter to the

  • 18 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Obama Speech: Copied, Not to Mention Arrogant

    Ah, YouTube, you've done it again. Another politician caught being somewhat less than forthright. A key passage in Obama's speech, meant to address the perception that his campaign is all rhetoric, turns out to be awkwardly similar to a speech given by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick in 2006

  • 18 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Monday Morning Must-Reads

    Ohio Town's Democrats See "Hope" Differently  [WaPo]     "Obama, doesn't he sound a little naive?" asked Huenke, 52. "He stands up there, so optimistic, preaching about hope and change. It sounds great and everything, but come on. He doesn't quite get it."  Voters like Huenke present a difficu

  • 17 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Kosovo Declares Independence

    That's right: Kosovo has formally declared its independence from Serbia, bringing to an end its awkward association with the country that brutally repressed the Majority-Muslim region ten years ago.  The Serbians and Russians have been opposed to the move, calling it a breach of international law a

  • 17 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    McCain plotting Blue State revolution?

    It would appear that John McCain wants to convince Americans that he can win a whole bunch of traditionally blue states in November, upending traditional Electoral College mathematics.  It's funny to see him doing this because while he's still trying to convince staunch Republican conservatives tha

  • 15 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Conservative Independence!

    When in the course of political events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the party bands which have connected them with other red elephants and assume the powers of some other earth, the seperate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Jesus Christ's Bible entitle them, a

  • 15 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Sharpton Threatens the DNC

    If things weren't already messy enough in DNC-ville, enter FOX News and that little disagreement between the NAACP and the mighty Rev. From NewsHounds:In what Alan Colmes described in his scripted introduction as “a surprise twist” on Hannity & Colmes last night (2/14/08), Al Sharpton supposedl

  • 15 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Happy Birthday Josh

    A big Happy Birthday to the star of our network Josh Marshall, who celebrates his 39th birthday today. Its been an incredible year for Josh and everyone at TPM. Happy Birthday from all of us. Check out his birthday post over at TPM.

  • 15 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Huckabee joins Obama's band

    Hillary may have left the band, but it appears that Mike Huckabee is now twiddling on the bass guitar for Barack Obama.  Hope that's not a capital offense in Republican-land:It's not only our friends at Barely Political who are making videos with scantily clad ladies singing their hearts out for th

  • 14 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    The final flip flop? Romney endorses McCain

    Romney endorses a man whom he seemed to despise for the past three months. Sort of reminds me of when McCain endorsed George Bush. 

  • 14 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    GOP Walks Out on Contempt Vote

    After eight years of sitting still, it turns out that Republicans do know how to get up and move. Today, they walked out of the House's vote to hold Josh Bolton and Harriet Miers in contempt over the firing of US Attorney Generals. From the Hill:House Republicans Thursday left the chamber ahead of

  • 14 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Is Hillary set to eat some Texas Toast?

    Senator Clinton's team has been playing up her strength among Latino voters, especially as it relates to Texas and its madreload of 228 delegates on March 4.  Check out strategist Mark Penn:Hillary has also won large majorities among Latinos nationwide - 73% in New York, 67% in California, 68% in

  • 14 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Irony

    One guy whose name ends in a vowel says another guy whose name  ends in a vowel is unusual, according to the Austin American-Statesman:Delia Guajardo, 63, a retired administrative secretary, was among several in the crowd who said they don't foresee Obama swaying them: "Just the Obama name scares m

  • 14 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Snakeoil Salesman or Faith Healer?

    I think Ezra Klein was spot-on, after Barack Obama’s post-Iowa victory speech, when he wrote glowingly: “Obama's finest speeches do not excite. They do not inform. They don't even really inspire. They elevate. …He is not the Word made flesh, but the triumph of word over flesh, over color, over

  • 13 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Muslim votes

    It is interesting that, certainly in the democratic primaries, the ethnicity of the electorate has come so much into play- hispanics seem to favor Hillary, African American's Barack Obama- with pollsters and pundits now scrambling to figure out the ethnic make up of places like Hawaii and Wisconsin.

  • 13 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Prison Inmates' Work Under Fire

    A great story surfaced this morning out of Glen Falls, NY where correctional officers are rallying to protect their inmates' right to work:WILTON -- Correctional officers will rally today in opposition to the proposed closing of Camp McGregor, a minimum security section of the McGregor Correctional

  • 13 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    The Bank on the Road to the White House

    Or, Where Campaign Donations Go When the Candidate Drops Out With a primary or caucus nearly every week, the presidential field is thinning – but the candidates’ penny banks are nowhere near empty. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan campaign finance watchdog group, b

  • 12 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Obama, McCain Sweep Potomac

    As if there's any surprise news value here, Obama and McCain have taken the Potomac primaries by storm. CNN reports:Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama will claim victory in all three contests in the Potomac primaries, CNN projects. Residents cast votes Tuesday in Maryland, Virginia and the Distri

  • 12 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    CNN Projects Obama Winner in VA

    From CNN:Barack Obama continued his winning ways from the weekend today, defeating Hillary Clinton in the Virginia Democratic primary, CNN projected. On the Republican side, Mike Huckabee was in a competitive race against front-runner John McCain. Still to come: Results from the Maryland and Distric

  • 12 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Senate Votes on Wiretap Immunity; Obama Against; McCain For; Hillary is a No Show

    Today the Senate voted on an amendment to protect phone companies that cooperated in the president’s warrantless eavesdropping program from litigation. While those who opposed the amendment were worried about the implications of this vote on civil liberties White House Press Secretary Dana Perino

  • 12 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    McCain Linked to Disgraced Lobbyist Jack Abramoff

    The Huffington Post is reporting that likely republican presidential nominee John McCain accepted over 0,000 dollars in donations from employees of the Lobbying firm Greenberg Traurig where Jack Abramoff worked. Though there is apparently nothing illegal about these donations, they came at the ti

  • 12 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Not Every 21-Year-Old is This Cool

    Actually, I'm still not as cool as Jason Rae. No president's ever called me, but this Marquette junior's cell phone has been abuzz with the likes of Bill, Madeline Albright, and even former Sen. John Kerry.They want to woo his vote. He's a 21-year-old superdelegate. He wasn't even old enough to vo

  • 12 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    New Obama Music Video: Hope Changes Everything

    A new music video supporting Barack Obama’s candidacy was released today. With an upbeat tempo and rockin’ kick the video, on the website www.obamavideo08.com, was made by two “passionate Obama supporters in Los Angeles.” It’s filled with footage of Senator Obama traveling across the Amer

  • 12 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    The Problem with Superdelegates

     Today is the Potomac primary and many democrats are anxious that if the race is not decided in the next three weeks then in all likelihood the democratic nomination will not be decided before the Democratic Convention in August. This would be a particularly bad scenario as the democratic delegate

  • 12 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Updated campaign metaphors

    Apparently the Huckabee campaign press van ran out of gas a second time, according to MSNBC.OK, we can either joke here that Huckabee put the van on a diet, or he can try to spin this as evidence of how important energy efficiency is to the former Arkansas Governor.

  • 12 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Campaigns in metaphorical motion

    Sometimes, the metaphors just invent themselves. From CNN's Political Ticker:Thirteen miles from Dulles International Airport, the Huckabee press van carrying reporters from Washington D.C. to the airport for a flight to Little Rock, Arkansas ground to a halt on the side of the highway, out of gas.

  • 12 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Thompson Said Something?

    Proof that if you don't say it on a primetime T.V. show, it doesn't actually happen: Fred Thompson endorsed John McCain on Friday but no one knew.  The two seem to be chummy... do we smell a running mate?  McCain needs someone to swing the Values Voters for him, and I'm not sure Huckabee's got his

  • 12 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    The District Gets a Vote: It's Primary Day in the Potomac!

    They have no say in Congress, but they do get to help choose a presidential candidate. Today, the District of Columbia joins Maryland and Virginia to say who should serve America at the beltway's behest. Obama's expected to swing the three Mid-Atlantic states and his newest radio ad reflects that

  • 11 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Get Ready for the Appeals: US Charges Gitmo 6 with 9/11 Attack

    It happened: Six Gitmo detainees accused of "central roles" in 9/11 have been charged with conspiracy and murder "in violation of the law of war." [A law we're sure has some little tidbit about rules of torture, right?] The Pentagon announced that military prosecutors will be seeking the death pen

  • 11 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    will.I'm.not

    What happens when a group of comedians get together and make an "inspirational" video about John McCain? Hilariousness, that's what:  I guess based on this, we can say that at least John McCain has a long-term plan for Iraq, one that takes us out to 12,008 AD. Can the Democrats say that?

  • 11 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Monday Morning Must-Reads

    The Chicken Doves [Rolling Stone] Quietly, while Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have been inspiring Democrats everywhere with their rolling bitchfest, congressional superduo Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi have completed one of the most awesome political collapses since Neville Chamberlain. At lon

  • 10 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Obama Wins Maine

    Rounding out a weekend full of upset in the Clinton camp, Barack Obama is winning today's Maine caucuses according to CNN:With 95 percent of precincts reporting, Obama was leading Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York 59 percent to 40 percent. At stake are 24 delegates to August's Democratic national con

  • 10 Feb

    Blog: Veracifier

    Clinton Campaign Manager steps down

    Hillary Clinton's campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle has stepped down. Doyle has worked with Clinton since she was first lady of Arkansas. Maggie Williams, Clinton's former chief of staff, will take over. Doyle sent the below email to campaign staff this afternoon:Over a year ago Hillary launched h

  • 09 Feb

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    Obama Wins Louisiana

    With about a third of the precincts reporting, CNN is projecting that Obama will win the Democratic Primary in Louisiana.  Exit polling seems to be showing the same sort of demographic breakdown that we’re used to seeing: Obama winning about 80% of black votes, and leading among the more affluent

  • 09 Feb

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    Obama Wins Nebraska, Washington State

    Big wins tonight for Obama in Nebraska and Washington.   AP:Sen. Barack Obama won caucuses in Nebraska and Washington state and battled Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Louisiana primary Saturday night in a bid to chip away at her slender delegate lead in their historic race for the Democratic p

  • 09 Feb

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    Huck's Big Kansas Win

    Huckabee scored a triumphant victory in Kansas today, where he beat John McCain in the state's caucus 60 percent to 24.  A resounding 36 delegates for Huckster.  (Oh yeah, count 'em.  Them's the big numbers.)Republicans also voted in a primary in Louisiana and held caucuses in Washington. McCain

  • 09 Feb

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    Obama Could Edge Out McCain in Gen. Election

    As Louisiana, Nebraska, and Kansas make their mark on the national primary circuit today, CNN headlines with the new Opinion Research Poll suggesting that in a general election, it's Obama that's got a chance at beating McCain:A CNN poll, conducted by the Opinion Research Corporation February 1-3, s

  • 09 Feb

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    Serial GOP leaker leaks again

    President Bush sure is the sort of leader who never deviates from principles once he commits to them. And if those principles involve sending partisan operatives to Iraq to engage in the task of nation-building, regardless of their experience and qualifications, then so be it. President Bush is a

  • 08 Feb

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    Gore to Endorse Obama?

     There is a rumor spreading around on the Internet that Al Gore might endorse Barack Obama. Tennessee’s primary was on Tuesday and various news outlets are reporting that the former VP did, in fact, vote. For whom we wonder? It is apparent that this rumor traces back to an article in the Huffingt

  • 08 Feb

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    New rule: We only talk to bloggers we like

    Earlier in this new year, Paul Kiel at Muckraker, Talking Points Memo's investigative arm, took note of the fact that he had stopped receiving press releases from the Office of Public Affairs at the Department of Justice. It sounded like retaliation. The new media press pioneers at TPM had done mo

  • 08 Feb

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    Tom DeLay to John McCain: Kiss my ring!

    After John McCain's "Welcome back" speech at CPAC yesterday, most of the press has zeroed in on Tom DeLay's remarks on MSNBC's Hardball that, "If he continues down to be the same old John McCain that used to have disdain for the conservatives, then I’m not sure who’s the most dangerous to be in

  • 08 Feb

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    Bill Apologizes?

     Yesterday Bill Clinton speaking to WCSH Channel 6, Portland ME, seemed to admit mistakes in his recent public behavior. Interestingly he says that 'nothing he said was false'- I am not sure I would agree with that: two statements, that Obama has always opposed the Iraq war is a 'fairy tale' and th

  • 08 Feb

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    Ron Paul Supporters Discuss Politics in San Francisco

    In this video from the Uptake, Ron Paul supporters gather at a Thai restaurant in San Francisco to watch election results, discuss their candidate and his impact in the election. 

  • 08 Feb

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    Ron Paul at the University of Minnestoa

    This video from the Uptake features Ron Paul at a campaign event at the University of Minnesota talking about America’s role in the world and how his campaign gets more donations from service men and women than all the other campaigns combined.  

  • 08 Feb

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    Super Tuesday Opinions from the Uptake

    In this video from the Uptake, Jackson West interviews five California voters at San Francisco’s city hall. In true California fashion the votes range from Greens to Libertarians, of all ethnicities with opinions on a wide range of issues.  

  • 08 Feb

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    Where's My Rebate! Stimulus Plan Passes

    If I'm going to get 0 because they want me to start spending money, they better do it soon. Like, before my trip to Budapest in March. So that I can spend my Economic Stimulus Rebate abroad. Last night Congress sent the much-debated bill to Bush, who indicated he'll give it his John Hancock,

  • 08 Feb

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    Louisiana Primaries are Saturday

    Obama was in New Orleans on Thursday and Bill Clinton will be touring five Louisiana cities on Friday.  The MSM is reporting that Obama has a big advantage here, but locally, there doesn't seem to be much idea of what to expect.  There's no recent polling data available (really).  No one is quit

  • 07 Feb

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    Romney Waves "Buh-bye!"

     The last chance for Republicans to break the "old, white Christian guy" streak of nominees is planning to "suspend" his campaign.  Romney's announcement is expected this afternoon at some conferences for old white Christian guys.  Whether you think Romney was a flip-flopper, a true conversion ca

  • 07 Feb

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    The End of Mittens!

    Via Time: Romney to Quit Race Romney Campaign Withdrawal could come at CPAC speech at 12:15 pm ET HALPERIN’S TAKE: TEN THINGS MITT ROMNEY COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY The Page, 11:48 AM

  • 07 Feb

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    Why the Most Qualified People Don't Run for President

    Dwight Custer is an executive search consultant in Nashville, TN. He explains why our process for choosing a president has become more flawed, so the most qualified people for the job often stay out of the race. Newt Gingrich and Michael Bloomberg top his list of qualified leaders who would make exc

  • 07 Feb

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    Off The Radar: Did They Say Dems Are Evil?

    This morning I woke up to a very strange message from a friend who was following the primaries on Tuesday:REAL NAME WITHELD at 5:47pm yesterdayI hope someone records this: @ 5:40PM the news woman on CNN International said, "Democrats are evil" and then quickly corrected herself... ... That's th

  • 06 Feb

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    Breaking News: Chicagoans LOVE Obama

     Tuesday evening, I went to an Obama watch party at the Town Hall Pub on the northside of Chicago. So did a wide cross section of Chicago's young, politically savvy and creative demographics, a band called Devin and the Straights and Asahi TV (#1 news cast in all Japan!). I've filed an account

  • 06 Feb

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    The End of Mitt

    ... and his lie of a campaign. The best thing about Mitt Romney’s atrocious Super Tuesday performance came early in the afternoon when his campaign released the statement excerpted below. In direct response to losing something called the West Virginia State Republican Party Convention, where vote

  • 06 Feb

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    A Big Miss for Mitt?

    Frank discussions at the Romney camp - really?  After his incredible showing last night?  Oh, that was McCain.  And even Huckabee.  Looks like Romney's going to have to get a good read on his future before rolling on... either that, or some how take every superdelegate the GOP has hostage in Mor

  • 06 Feb

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    Karl Rove on friendship

    Here on the graveyard shift, Karl Rove just told his new co-workers at Fox News the following about the seeming collaboration between Mike Huckabee and John McCain: "Alexis de Tocqueville said, 'Shared hatred is the starting point of a great friendship.'"  Yeah, sort of like social conserv

  • 05 Feb

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    Obama: Our Time Has Come

    Obama addressed a passionate crowd in Chicago to chants of "Obama, Obama" as he took the stage. Before beginning his speech, he introduced Dick Durbin, the Senior State Senator of Illinois, and declared how good it was to be back home. He then sent his condolonces to the victims of tonight's stor

  • 05 Feb

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    Delegate Distribution TBA

    Read: Yeah, we still know nothing. Except that McCain-Huckabee ticket might be a good idea.But after tonight, Clinton is in the delegate lead:McCain won 269 delegates to 67 for Romney and 85 for former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in incomplete results. A total of 1,023 delegates are up for grabs i

  • 05 Feb

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    Super Tuesday in Massachusetts

    When I got off the T this morning at Government Center to go to work, I immediately bumped into three Obama posters and one of Clinton's. It was Super Tuesday morning and I still did not know for whom to vote. Should I be swayed by the early-morning dedication of the Obama campaigners? Was I really

  • 05 Feb

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    Live Election Results

    We will be live-blogging election results throughout the night. Stay tuned to Veracifier for more.

  • 05 Feb

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    Hillary Addresses Crowd

    Hillary - Billary and Chelsea too - took the stage to a crowd chanting her name over piped in Aretha Franklin tonight in New York City.  Our source in the crowd says the feeling on the ground was excitement, invigoration, and pride.  Clinton looked equally thrilled.She said she was taking today's

  • 05 Feb

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    Huck Wins Georgia

    It took long enough to call it - he's been in the lead for hours - but AP just called Georgia for Mike Huckabee.

  • 05 Feb

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    Minnesota, Connecticut for Obama

    Two results just in: AP is calling Connecticut for Obama and Minnesotta too.  A big win in the midwest and the northeast.

  • 05 Feb

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    Huckabee Addresses His Fans

    In Little Rock, AK, Huckabee addressed his crowd and quipped that for the last few weeks, everyone's been calling it a two-man race - "well it is, and we're in it!" And in some ways he's right. He was wildly written off, but his heavy dose of Christianity and clever spoken charisma have given him

  • 05 Feb

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    Romney, Obama Take Utah

    Results just in:  Mitt Romney and Barack Obama will be taking Utah's delegates to the conventions.  Romney was expected to win a landslide in Utah other mountain states.

  • 05 Feb

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    Utah, North Dakota Polls Closing

    The West is beginning to close up shop, and North Dakota caucus results are coming in.  Early returns indicate a win for Obama, a clear payout for his recent investment in the state.  The GOP polls there are not yet closed, but Ron Paul is expected to actually do well in North Dakota, the Bismark

  • 05 Feb

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    Obama Takes Kansas

    FOX just called Kansas for Obama... no one else is yet.

  • 05 Feb

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    Hillary Takes New Jersey! But it's the Delegates, Stupid

     The word is just out: Hillary has taken the NJ popular vote - A little surprising despite Obama's late surge in the polls. But we'll get into the math of it now: local and state-level elected officials will still have their say at the convention, so it's possible that although Hillary has captur

  • 05 Feb

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    Typical Tuesday?

    In a typical primary election, Californians go to the voting booths confident in their choice for a presidential candidate, but this Super Tuesday is anything but typical, at least for most Democrats. Whether college aged or middle aged, people are torn on whom to vote for. Do they go for Obama beca

  • 05 Feb

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    Obama Takes 'Bama

    Natalie Davis wouldn't be surprised.AP reports that Barack Obama has taken Alabama: with 27 percent of states reporting, Obama has secured  63 percent of the vote compared to Hillary's 25 percent.

  • 05 Feb

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    John McCain NY Winner

    101 Delegates just went to John McCain when he won New York state.  This is the second most important win of Super Tuesday and probably the biggest we will see today - with nearly half of Californians voting absentee, we won't hear a final answer from CA tonight.

  • 05 Feb

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    FOX calls NY for McCain

    No one else is doing it yet, but McCain has won New York, according to Fox News.  Stay tuned for more.

  • 05 Feb

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    AP Calls MA for Hillary, Romney

    Well it turns out the Algonquians got it right: it is the Big Hill Place. From the AP: MASSACHUSETTS: Mitt Romney wins the Republican primary in Massachusetts. Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic primary in Massachusetts.  

  • 05 Feb

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    Good Night for Huckabee?

    A great piece on Raw Story from our own Michael Roston:Leaked exit polls suggest good news tonight for HuckabeeUpdate: Networks have called Alabama for Huckabee. Georgia remains too close to call.Gov. Mike Huckabee received good news this afternoon after a strategic move by John McCain awarded him t

  • 05 Feb

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    McCain Wins CT

    It was up for grabs for awhile, but the McCain campaign is thrilled: another state they were counting on is swinging for him.

  • 05 Feb

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    Huck Wins Alabama

    He won in West Virginia, is keeping Georgia competitive, and now he's taking Alabama. Looks like things are getting interesting over there. Maybe all those WV McCain voters caused a last-minute surge? Is this a Veep in the making?

  • 05 Feb

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    Media goes to war with Chelsea Clinton

    Look at that punim. I have to admit, I've had a crush on Chelsea Clinton since I was a teenager.  Sure, she had some rough years at the start of her father's presidency, but didn't we all if we were 12, 13, 14?  There are photos of me in an ocean blue sweater vest at my uncle's wedding, along wit

  • 05 Feb

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    Hillary Takes Arkansas, American Samoa, Huck Is A(o)K

    Stop the presses! Hillary's taking Arkansas and American Samoa. I mean... wow. American Samoa. She's sharing Arkansas with Mike Huckabee, who must be have thrilled to won the state where he was Governor. That's like setting up shop at Jenny Craig and asking if they want I-did-it Huck or Dunkin

  • 05 Feb

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    Clinton, Obama Struggle in Early Returns

    Clinton and Obama are both holding 45 percent of the vote in Massachusetts as the earliest returns come in, giving them equal footing in the state named for an Algonquian word that means "big Hill place." Did they forget the "-ary"? Because it seems the rest of the early returns are in her favor

  • 05 Feb

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    Exit poll rumors thread

    Just remember, they're rumors. And sometimes, they're wrong. Like if you were signed up to receive Washington Post text messages, you might have learned that Senator Clinton received 100% of the vote today in all states except Illinois. So that means you should go out and vote if you haven't, and

  • 05 Feb

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    Obama Takes Georgia

    Obama is being credited with a Georgia win already with polls having just closed seven minutes ago. NPR credits the African-American voting block with the victory.Barack Obama won the Georgia primary Tuesday night, the leading edge of a coast-to-coast struggle with Hillary Rodham Clinton for delega

  • 05 Feb

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    Cooperative bet hedging

    Don't get your hopes up say Team Clinton and Camp Obama, and don't change that channel.  Here was Mark Penn, Hillary Clinton's answer to Karl Rove, and spokesman Howard Wolfson on Monday night (via the Knight Ridder Washington Bureau):"This is a delegate hunt," chief strategist Mark Penn told repor

  • 05 Feb

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    McCain Plays Rough in the Sandbox

    They say he plays rough in the sandbox, and fearing a Super Tuesday sweep, Christian Conservatives are out to fight McCain in force - James Dobson [of Values Voters fame] said he cannot, and will not, vote for John McCain.  Even if he is the Republican candidate.  It's not just the Religious Right

  • 05 Feb

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    McCain hands W.Va. to Huckabee

    Nope, it wasn't the squirrel-hunting vote that handed West Virginia to Mike Huckabee.  It was John McCain.The Appalachian state's Republican Party timed its convention with Super Tuesday.  Candidates needed 50% of the vote to take the convention's 18 delegates to the Twin Cities this summer.Romney

  • 05 Feb

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    Google Goes Political

      Getting out the vote (or at least those talking about it) online, Google is mapping the primaries in this map.   It's a cool way to look at those twittering Super Tuesday - be sure to check it out.

  • 05 Feb

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    Dispatch from Georgia

     The forecast for Peachy weather today in Georgia looks to bring in a record number of voters for this exciting Super Tuesday event. The Candidates have shown their interest in Georgia, and State Republican's and Democrats alike are gun hoe to make their voices heard. Since the last presidenti

  • 05 Feb

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    Romney-rama in Denver

    More from our Ground Hounds:  This time we ask, who are the folks in the overflow crowds when a presidential hopeful comes to town? These are some of the people who waited outside a Denver car dealership hoping for a chance to see Mitt Romney, even though they couldn't hear the speech.  Not a far

  • 05 Feb

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    The Drama: Who to Vote For!

    Since I can't browbeat the political reporters who are going to spend the rest of the day focusing on recession-depression make-me-want-to-cry economic policy, inevitably inaccurate exit polls, and highly improbable, thoroughly unofficial, legally-debatable presidential postulations, I offer Super T

  • 05 Feb

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    MemeWatch: "Obama voters are stoooopid"

    We've had Obama the Muslim, Obama the crook, Obama the inexperienced. Now enter the new anti-Obama meme: Barack Obama the Pied Piper.A few conservative outlets are playing up the idea that Obama's voters are ill-informed who just like Illinois's junior senator because he's shiny and new. Check out

  • 05 Feb

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    Ground Hounds in Alabama: Race, Youth, and Political Arithmatic

    Alabama is one of the states going to the polls today to make its primary voice heard, and the UpTake's Chuck Olsen is on his "Southern Fried Tour" and ground hounding the Deep South.  He spoke with Birmingham-Southern College Political Science Professor Natalie Davis, who explains the big role rac

  • 05 Feb

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    Hillary and Huckabee Take No Chances in Arkansas Primaries

    Mike Huckabee and Hillary Rodham Clinton are expected to clean up in today’s Arkansas primaries, with 47 delegates available on the Democratic side and 34 for the Republicans.  By all accounts, the hometown advantage seems to be paying off for both of them with mid-December polls showing Hillary

  • 04 Feb

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    Do I even get the Hallmark Channel?

    Yes! I do! Sure, it's like channel 84 and I don't think I've ever been up that high on my cable system, but there it is. Thank goodness. Now I can tune in for the hour of TV that Hillary Clinton bought on Super Tuesday Eve in order to hold a Town Hall. It's preceded by what appears to be an info

  • 04 Feb

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    "We Need God in Our Government"

    More from our Ground Hound Chuck Olsen as he travels down South on his Southern Fried Super Tuesday tour.... These Christian fundamentalists in Lynchburg, Tennessee explain why they're supporting Mike Huckabee for president, their misguided ideas about Barack Obama and the Qu'ran, the Iraq War, Pres

  • 04 Feb

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    Obama Thrills Minneapolis Arena Crowd

      With just days until Super Tuesday, Barack Obama is making a multi-state tour appearing in large venues and our Ground Hounds are on the scene. On Saturday, he filled the Target Center in Minneapolis which is normally home to NBA sporting events. Here's an on the ground look at the wait for and t

  • 04 Feb

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    Obama Mania Sweeps the Internet

    If hope is the bedrock of this nation, then the Internet is its strata and Barack Obama is taking it by storm.   To wit: You Tube viewers reading Obama's speeches interwoven with the man himself, a great video sent to us by Rob "Bobby Zazzali." 

  • 04 Feb

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    Yes, We Can

    The Black Eyed Peas want change. So do Jesse Dylan, Common, Scarlett Johansson, Tatyana Ali, John Legend, Herbie Hancock, Kate Walsh, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Adam Rodriquez, Kelly Hu, Adam Rodriquez, Amber Valetta, Eric Balfour, Aisha Tyler, Nicole Scherzinger and Nick Cannon. And according to the la

  • 04 Feb

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    Monday Morning Must Reads

    Relative Power:  We Elect Our Leaders, and Dynasties Are Few, but Sometimes Ascension Looks Like an Inheritance  [WaPo] The American people, having won in violent revolution their freedom from the tyranny of kings, quickly surrendered to the idea that certain families are destined to lead -- as lo

  • 04 Feb

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    What Does America Need?

    Ground Hounds across America!  Chuck Olsen from The UpTake launched his Southern Fried Tour this weekend and stopped in St. Louis, Missouri to gauge the Super Tuesday political winds there and ask the question: "What does America need?" 

  • 03 Feb

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    Clinton Aide: I Only Talk to Americans

    A reporter from the Telegraph, a British paper is reporting the he was snubbed by aide of Senator Hillary Clinton at last Thursday’s debate because he was not American. Read Telegraph reporter, Toby Harnden’s article here.

  • 03 Feb

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    Super Tuesday Candidates Invade Colorado!

    Ah, Super [Duper Tsnumani] Tuesday.  Just around the corner.  And we have Ground Hounds across the country ready to get the story of what's really happening to you.  Like a lot of states, Colorado had its turn to host lots of politicians this week. Here's a roundup of events with Barack Obama, Mi

  • 03 Feb

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    Fired up, ready to go, indeed

    I think everyone I know in New York City was invited to or in attendance at this party last night.  I didn't go, but it's funny when political fundraisers become grist for the gossip mill.  From CNET:Throwing a Saturday night dance party for young voters as a political fundraiser, especially in a

  • 03 Feb

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    Gonzales also screwed around with the 9/11 Panel

    It looks like Newsweek received the latest exclusive preview of Philip Shenon's book The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation.  Michael Isikoff reveals that not only did Alberto Gonzales politicize the workings of the Justice Department during his time as Attorney General, h

  • 02 Feb

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    Mitt's Master Plan!

    Thank goodness he's got deep pockets. Otherwise those 400 delegates he's shooting for might be a little out of reach. Democracy, I mean capitalism, in action!

  • 02 Feb

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    Southern Fried Tour: Brandon, Iowa

      This Brandon, Iowa resident blames the media for making the news instead of covering the news. He believes they are skewing coverage toward Barack Obama because corporate media owners want him to be defeated by Republicans.  Please note, what he says about Obama being raised a Muslim is FALSE.

  • 01 Feb

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    Can the GOP survive if it's the party of Bush?

    Maybe you missed this moment in Rudy Giuliani's Tuesday night concession speech in Florida:Finally, we need to re-establish very, very clearly, the idea that the Republican Party, the party of Lincoln, the party of Reagan, and the party of Bush...we are the party of freedom, we are the party of the

  • 01 Feb

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    Fox polls the big questions

    Like, "Which presidential candidate is most likely to embarrass America?" Which candidate would embarrass the country? More than a third (37 percent) says Clinton is most likely to do something embarrassing; Romney comes in a distant second with 14 percent, McCain at 12 percent and Obama at 11

  • 01 Feb

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    Did the NYTimes bury Philip Shenon's 9/11 Commission scoop

    Max Holland probably wrote the blog post of the week on Wednesday. He revealed that the New York Times' Philip Shenon's forthcoming book had a major scoop: Karl Rove had a line in to the Sept. 11 Commission, and the report's findings may have been dumbed down to favor Republican political tastes.Wh

  • 01 Feb

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    Coulter Endorses Hillary!

    Apparently deciding to trade abject hate and stupidity for civic engagement, Ann Coulter endorses Hillary if her other option is John McCain:  "I'll campaign for her if it's McCain!  I was touched when she cried!" 

  • 01 Feb

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    Primaries, Caucuses, Ground Hounds, Oh My!

    24 hours. 24 States. [including American Samoa.] Who's got a primary, who's got a caucus, and when will we know the winner? Minnesota, for one, will be caucusing, and our Ground Hound Lorika talked to DFL Chair Brian Melendez about their state's caucus at Drinking Liberally. So what about every

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