By Deb Cupples on Jun 7, 2008 in Current Affairs | 69 Comments
Being consistent purely for its own sake can be a bad thing. We learned this from watching President Bush, with great regularity, stubbornly refused to alter his positions even after overwhelming evidence showed his earlier stances to be flat wrong.
On the other hand, sometimes consistency is a good thing — especially for a political campaign. […]
By Deb Cupples on Jun 5, 2008 in Current Affairs | 117 Comments
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) needs oodles of cash to pay for TV ads, to help Barack Obama beat John McCain in November. Now, more than ever, the DNC needs a First Rate Fund Raising Plan.
This was made necessary after millions of ordinary democrats closed their wallets to the DNC. Apparently, they’re still upset […]
By Deb Cupples on Jun 5, 2008 in Current Affairs | 260 Comments
Written on June 4, 2008 || Buck Naked Politics
I understand that Daily Kos’s Markos Moulitsas has been emotionally invested in Barack Obama’s campaign. It shows in what Markos writes in (and omits from) his blog posts. I understand that Markos disagrees with Hillary Clinton on some issues — though, obviously not an overwhelming number of […]
By Deb Cupples on Jun 1, 2008 in Barack Obama, Credentials Committee, Current Affairs, Delegates, Democracy, Democratic National Convention, Democrats, Florida, Harold Ickes, Hillary Clinton, Michigan | 103 Comments
The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC) decided on Saturday to count only half of Florida’s primary votes — despite the fact that all candidates’ names were on the ballot and Florida’s Democratic legislators had no power to block legislation that moved the primary election to a date that violated the DNC’s rules.
Make no mistake: […]
By Deb Cupples on May 29, 2008 in Current Affairs | 92 Comments
This Saturday, the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee (Rules Committee) will decide whether to count Florida’s and Michigan’s primary votes. That committee stripped 100% of those states’ delegates, because their legislatures had moved their presidential primary elections to dates earlier than the DNC’s rules allowed.
Given what happened to American media’s credibility after journalists enabled […]
By Deb Cupples on May 26, 2008 in Barack Obama, Electability, Electoral College, Florida, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania | 51 Comments
The latest Rasmussen poll of Kentucky voters shows Hillary beating McCain and McCain beating Obama in the general election in that state:
Clinton
51%
….
Obama
32%
McCain
42%
McCain
57%
A few days ago, Rasmussen reported the following polling results regarding Pennsylvania’s presidential election in November 2008:.
Clinton
50%
….
Obama
45%
McCain
39%
McCain
43%
Both polls show Hillary doing very well, but the headlines of Rasmussen’s reports do not mention Hillary at […]
By Deb Cupples on May 26, 2008 in Current Affairs | 60 Comments
Children do it often. When they get caught misbehaving, they tend to point fingers in every direction except toward the mirror. When adults engage in such behavior, it inspires questions about their rationality and character.
As adults, we can all agree that any negative statement by any Democratic candidate against another Dem candidate during a […]
By Deb Cupples on May 25, 2008 in Barack Obama, Chicago politics, Exelon, Lobbyists | 158 Comments
Barack Obama claimed he didn’t take oil-connected money, but he did (LA Times). He claimed he didn’t take lobbyist-connected money, but he did (USA Today , LA Times, SourceWatch and The Hill). He claimed he didn’t take corporate-connected cash, but he took more drug-company-connected cash than Hillary or McCain did (Newhouse News).
Both at No Quarter […]
By Deb Cupples on May 23, 2008 in Current Affairs | 181 Comments
Today, Rasmussen reports the following polling results regarding Pennsylvania’s presidential election in November 2008:.
Clinton
50%
….
Obama
45%
McCain
39%
McCain
43%
Apparently, Hillary is doing far better against John McCain in Pennsylvania than Barack Obama is. Given that the margin of error is 4%, Obama and McCain are statistically tied.
Oddly, that’s not what Rasmussen’s headline indicates. The relevant part of the headline […]
By Deb Cupples on May 23, 2008 in Current Affairs, DNC, Delegates, Democracy, Democrats, Disenfranchisement, Florida, Howard Dean, Talking Points Memo, Voter Enfranchisement | 101 Comments
Yesterday, TPM’s Josh Marshall or the “person who kidnapped Josh” (phrase from Lambert at Corrente) complains:
“…Then we have a speech like Sen. Clinton’s yesterday in Florida in which she compared the controversy over seating the Florida and Michigan delegates to the Florida recount debacle and many of the great voting and civil rights battles of […]
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