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Forti’s Super Frenzy
Former Hill staffer now making the calls for Romney [national political director]
Insert terrible Super Bowl analogy [here]
Last night it was Hillary’s turn to convince the American electorate that she was the underdog. NEW YORK (AP) — That rough, husky tone to New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s voice didn’t come from the campaign trail. “Every New Yorker has a sore throat after last night,” Clinton told …
Out the revolving door?
Anne Schroder at the Politico has posed a very interesting question. What top-floor K Street lobby shop is losing employees by the bucketload? Rumor has it the firm lost at least 14 people in 18 months and, as of yesterday, its website didn’t work. Any guesses?
We’re gonna party like its 2-0-0-8
Pershing: Convention Party Do’s and Don’ts Bresnahan: Senate splits with House on ‘lawmaker tributes’ at national conventions
Giants win, Shulman loses
This has to be the lamest attempt at piggy-backing someone else’s good fortunes. From Politco.com: “Hopefully, this doesn’t become a trend: Democratic challenger Dennis Shulman, inspired by the New York Giants’ huge, stunning, miraculous win over the New England Patriots in Sunday’s Super Bowl, invoked the Giants’ upset image Monday …
Open mouth, insert foot
Hillary steps in it again -breaks her campaign promise to bring 200,000 new jobs to upstate NY. Sen. Clinton: “Well, I might have been a little exuberant, but I thought we could do it.” (Jerry Zremski, “It’s The Economy, Clinton Says,” The Buffalo [NY] News, 2/4/08)
Yes We Can
Will this entice first time voters to the ballot box in November? Is this all “feel good” hope? Any policy in there? Does that help? Have we just seen the new politics for our generation? Where has Kareem been for the past few years? However you feel about Obama and …
Football, God and Politics
NFL Sacks Church Super Bowl Parties After reading several stories about how preachers sacked the annual event to comply with NFL rules, former Washington Redskins quarterback turned Rep. Heath Shuler, D-N.C., fired off a letter Friday to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell asking for an exemption for churches.
50 Cent Primary
Fiddy for Hillary “For President, I’d like to see Hillary Clinton…I just think she could do a good job. I mean Obama, ain’t nothing bad about Obama in my eyes either. I just think Hillary — that would be my choice.” Adding, “I’m not sure America’s ready to have a …