Sunday Show Roundup: Georgia Veep Sweeps
Your Daily Politics Video Blog: The crisis in Georgia provided all the potential vice presidential candidates a crucible in which to do some last-second cramming for the big #2 job. We see how they did in today's Sunday Show Roundup.
Sunday Show Roundup: August Doldrums
Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Obama supporter Bill Richardson floats a new "Washington celebrity" line against McCain, McCain campaign manager Rick Davis attempts to defend his own lobbying record, and some quintessential old Washington pundit flummery.
When I first learned of Bill Richardson's endorsement of Obama, I couldn't help but think two things. 1) Why now? and 2) Wow, Bill Richardson is disloyal. True, Richardson is free to vote for who he wants, but after Bill Clinton catapulted his political career by appointing him Secretary of Energy and U.S. Ambassador to the UN, the endorsement made me think more about Richardson's character, and less about Obama's potential to be president. In the above video, Richardson tries to squirm out...
Ever since Iowa, it seems like the media has been calling for Sen. Hillary Clinton to drop out of the race. She’s bounced back several times—even after a winless streak in February, only to carry Texas, Rhode Island and Ohio the following month.
Now that the Jeremiah Wright story seems to be fading, the media is back to counting Clinton out. Clinton’s political death is always a good back-up story for the talking heads to dissect ad nauseam.
But in all seriousness, with the apparent Florida and...
Sunday Show Roundup: McCain of Arabia
Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Does McCain have al Qaeda on the brain? And which Democratic campaign is definitively evil? We run down the key questions raised on this weekends Sunday shows.
Here's a list of today's news/ events from the presidential campaign trail, courtesy of the AP:
Today on the Presidential Campaign Trail
By The Associated Press – 1 hour ago
IN THE HEADLINES
State Department says passport files of 3 candidates breached ... N.M. Gov. Bill Richardson, the only Hispanic governor, backs Obama for president ... McCain meets France's Sarkozy, comments on China and Tibet ... Federal appeals court dismisses Florida primary challenge ... Obama outspends and outraises...
Just about everyone is reporting that Bill Richardson is announcing his endorsement of Obama at a campaign rally on Oregon on Friday.
Richardson is the Hispanic Governor of New Mexico who dropped out of the Democratic race for the presidential nomination in January. He's be discussed for the Vice President spot on both campaigns and his endorsement has been much sought by both Obama and Hillary. His own campaign was probably most notable for his tongue-in-cheek job interview campaign ads and his...
After finishing fourth in both New Hampshire and Iowa, Bill Richardson is pulling out of the democratic race for president. An announcement is expected at some point today, the AP reports. His campaign never picked up more traction - an inconvenient reality for the Democratic party, which stood to benefit from a New Mexican governor in the contested West.
Richardson had one of the most wide-ranging CVs of any candidate ever to run for the presidency, bringing experience from his time in Congress,...
As Clinton takes a day of rest in Chappaqua and Barack Obama prepares to greet fans at a Jersey City baptist church, Bill Richardson is figuring out how to move forward. But that's the one thing he knows for sure - he's moving forward.
"We head out West and the fight goes on, and we will continue. We will continue to raise the question of getting all our troops out of Iraq and America becoming a clean-energy nation," Richardson told a crowd of about 100 supporters at his primary watch party in...
Sunday Show Roundup: The Sweet Smell of Success?
Onward and upward in Iraq? So says John McCain. And Lindsey Graham says the "surge" is probably the most successful counterinsurgency program in the history of the world. But what about political reconciliation? And when do we leave exactly? Catch up on the latest spin in today's Sunday Show Roundup episode of TPMtv.
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