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Barack Obama
The Vanilla Ice Primary
A different spin on the video we posted earlier this week. h/t RedState
Maybe not the best role model for an aspiring Commander in Chief…
The Little Green Footballs blog reports that while Obama won’t wear an American flag on his lapel, on the wall in his Houston campaign office hangs a Cuban flag with Che Guevara’s face on it. Che’s Wiki page
Trading horses
Hillary is watching them drop like flies – her supporters that is. In the latest blow to her campaign, Rep. John Lewis (GA) has decided that he would cast his superdelegate vote to Barack. “In recent days, there is a sense of movement and a sense of spirit,” said Mr. …
Beer Me
The folks at the National Beer Wholesalers Association [NBWA] have come up with a clever website [with the world’s longest URL] that asks, “which of the presidential candidates would you rather have a beer with?” From the site: “Drinking a beer with someone means more than just quenching thirst. It means spending …
Clinton, Obama get waxed
The strange creative minds at Madame Tussauds in DC are at it again – wasting perfectly good wax. Rober Basler, who blogs about it at Reuters, is spot on in his assessment of the weirdness: “The supposed charms of wax museums are totally lost on me. I don’t get the point. And …
Hollywood: Where everyone gets to personally interview POTUS candidates
“I had a conversation with Barack Obama. I’m waiting to hear from Hillary Clinton” — undecided voter Hayden Panettiere (USMagazine.com). WWWD (What Would the Whales Do)?
The Barack Bomb
Yesterday, after dozens of reports speculated that Hillary Clinton would loan herself money in order to keep pace with Obama – she did just that. Obama’s response to Hillary’s $5 million transfer … one up her. Impressive, very impressive. UPDATE: Hillary’s camp, not pleased. Obama Raises $7M Post Super Tuesday By CHARLES …
Photo Finish: “May Not End For Weeks”
Let the gut punching continue. The Associated Press (2/6, Pickler) reports, “With a split decision on Super Tuesday, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama have entered into a protracted campaign that may not end for weeks. This isn’t how it was supposed to play out in the compressed primary calendar. …
Who was the most liberal Senator in 2007?
Drum roll, please… None other than Presidential hopeful, Barack Obama… Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., was the most liberal senator in 2007, according to National Journal‘s 27th annual vote ratings. The insurgent presidential candidate shifted further to the left last year in the run-up to the primaries, after ranking as the …
Prominent Dem doesn’t like food fights
Former Sen. Max Cleland (D-GA) On the Democrat Primary: Cleland: “I think it narrows it down obviously to the food fight going on between Obama and Hillary. I mean it’s ugly man. And I think the longer it continues, the deeper hole Democrats dig.” (WSB-ABC Atlanta‘s “Channel 2 Action News,” …
Bill Clinton: “I think it [fairy tale comment] was the right thing to do.”
DC pundits baffled as to how this will affect the Clinton camp. “I’m pretty chilled out,” Clinton said, sipping hot coffee at a restaurant here, when asked about the congressman’s recommendation. Of his attacks on Obama — he’s used language such as “fairy tale” to describe various positions taken by …
Huff Post: Reagan Advisers See A Bit of Their Former Boss In Obama
Obama: “I think part of what is different is the times. I do think that, for example, the 1980 election was different. I think Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not and in a way that Bill Clinton did not.” [click]