Archive for February, 2008

Clinton’s Ties To Texas Run Long and Deep

Monday, February 18th, 2008

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Sen. Barack Obama left a phone message for J.D. Salinas, the county judge in South Texas’s Hidalgo County, last weekend. Former senator Thomas A. Daschle called on the candidate’s behalf last Wednesday. “He asked me to be part of the campaign,” Salinas said. “I told him it was too late.”

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Election 2008: How Far Are the Clintons Willing to Go?

Monday, February 18th, 2008

Hillary has shown she\\\\\\\’ll do whatever it takes to win, even if that means overriding the majority of voters and skirting campaign finance laws.

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Odds are stacked against Hillary Clinton, say experts

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

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Hillary Clinton has come a long way from inevitability - and now experts see her as a presidential long shot.

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Generation O

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

The youngest generation of American voters has chosen a candidate. Should Barack Obama be the Democratic nominee, his victory may well be the first in which the youth vote played a decisive role.

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House Holds Bolten and Miers in Contempt

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

The House of Representatives voted Thursday to cite two White House aides for contempt for refusing to testify about their participation in the firing of federal law enforcement officials.

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Black Leader, a Clinton Ally, Tilts to Obama

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

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Representative John Lewis, an elder statesman from the civil rights era and one of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s most prominent black supporters, said Thursday night that he planned to cast his vote as a superdelegate for Senator Barack Obama in hopes of preventing a fight at the Democratic convention.

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Obama money deal may happen - John Fortier - Politico.com

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

That means in an Obama-McCain matchup, the candidates would have equal amounts of money to spend when the final campaign push begins just after Labor Day.

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Firefox 3 Beta 3 Brings a New Browsing Interface

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

I haven’t tried it yet.

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How Karl Rove and Torture Influenced the 9/11 Report

Monday, February 11th, 2008

The following is a two-part transcript on the 9/11 Commission Report recently conducted by Democracy Now!. The first explores the role that Karl Rove may have played in influencing the report’s findings, and the second looks at how information gained through torture form a major part of of the 9/11 Commission Report.

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Frank Rich Rips into the Divisive Clinton Campaign

Sunday, February 10th, 2008

Anyone who wants to know the dark side of Clinton’s campaign should read this column by Frank Rich.

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