Category Archives: Campaigns

Not Exactly Hugs Between Hillary And Barack, But That’s OK

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Kate Chase

The media has waited with baited breath – and a volume of verbiage the world has rarely seen outside of coverage of Paris Hilton and Brittney Spears’ crotches – for Hillary to do her concession bit and for the two … Continue reading →

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Obama Names Vice President Search Team With Cheney’s Smirk

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Kate Chase

Caroline Kennedy has been named to head up a three-person VP search team for Democratic presumptive nominee, Barack Obama. This differs from George Bush’s 2000 VP search team, headed by Dick Cheney, with only Cheney serving as membership, and – … Continue reading →

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Well, Here We Go: Obama Says He’s The Nominee

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Kate Chase

Hillary Clinton may not be conceding yet, but as predicted, Barack Obama – based on delegate counts – has just announted “I will be the nominee.”

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Are We At The Eve Of “Over”?

Posted on June 3, 2008 by Kate Chase

According to Keith Olbermann on MSNBC’s Countdown Monday night, Hillary Clinton is giving every signal of suspending her campaign today, as the final two Democratic primaries play out. However, it should also be noted that a suspended campaign can be … Continue reading →

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Watching The DNC Rules Committee At Work

Posted on May 31, 2008 by Kate Chase

I’m not certain quite the purpose for showing the inner workings of the Democrats’ Rules Committee as they wrestle with the issue of delegates and super delegates in contested states Florida and Michigan. On the one hand, I think it’s … Continue reading →

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Beat The Press: Play The Political Junkie 2008 Presidential Trivia Contest

Posted on May 31, 2008 by Kate Chase

I have such confidence in you that I’ll bet my best cup of coffee that you’ll score higher than a Dana Milbank or a David Sirota on this trivia challenge at The Week Behind. I won’t say you’ll score better … Continue reading →

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McCain VP Possibility Charlie Crist, Gov of Florida, Has Sex Tape Surface

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Kate Chase

The more moral the Republican, the deeper the kink and the more likely (ick) there is video evidence. Jeb Bush, the president’s brother whom Crist replaced as the GOP governor of the state, was fortunately too fat to allow video … Continue reading →

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DNC: Will Democratic Race End Soon?

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Kate Chase

Well, this is the weekend the Rules Committee of the Democratic National Convention meets to hammer out what’s happening with delegates and super delegates, Florida and Michigan primary votes and what to do with them, et al. Both DNC chair … Continue reading →

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What The (Bleep) Is Wrong With Lieberman, Installment #9284

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Kate Chase

Now, to be fair, it’s never taken all that damned much to get Connecticut Senator (formerly Dem, now independently installed up the butt of the Bush/McCainies) Joe Lieberman to wander off the reservation. And whenever he wanders, it reminds you … Continue reading →

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Predictably McCain: On GI Bill, The More Wrong He Is, The More He Insists He’s Right

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Kate Chase

Has John McCain ever, EVER just admitted he was wrong? I mean, less than twenty plus years after the error, like in fighting Arizona making Martin Luther King Day a holiday. To choose the Memorial Day weekend to defend his … Continue reading →

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Your Take On HBO’s “Recount”?

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Kate Chase

Though I was nursing a miserable stomach flu that had me using my DVR to catch spots I missed in rushing to worship the porcelain goddess, I saw rapt through HBO’s “Recount”. As honest as it was (and I thought … Continue reading →

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Don’t Forget: HBO’s “Recount”

Posted on May 25, 2008 by Kate Chase

You want to see this (Sunday, 9 PM EDT, HBO).

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Hillary Clinton And The RFK Assassination Reference

Posted on May 24, 2008 by Kate Chase

Is it just me or is this issue being blown out of all possible proportion? As Time and some other media outlets note, Hillary has referenced the June candidate selection before using her husband’s ’92 selection as candidate and the … Continue reading →

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Is Hillary Talking To Obama’s People About VP Slot?

Posted on May 23, 2008 by Kate Chase

According to Politico from a CNN report, key people within Hillary Clinton’s campaign for the Democratic Party’s nomination to run against Republican John McCain in November’s presidential election are now talking to fellow Dem opponent Barack Obama’s key folks about … Continue reading →

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Republicans Decree Iraq Surge “Worked Beautifully”, No One Challenges

Posted on May 23, 2008 by Kate Chase

Have you noticed? Despite how obvious it was that the Pentagon and the Bush Administration, in their most recent assessment of Bush’s big escalation of war in early 2007, were lying about how “peachy” the situation in Iraq is, all … Continue reading →

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Speaking of John McCain’s Free & Easy Ride In The Media

Posted on May 23, 2008 by Kate Chase

First, the mainstream media joined the tighty-righties in villifying Barack Obama for about three minutes worth of comments given by his pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, over the decades in which the men knew one another while simultaneously, they paid … Continue reading →

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Romney As McCain’s VP Choice?

Posted on May 22, 2008 by Kate Chase

While I think it’s a full-blooded guarantee that WHOEVER John McCain picks to run with him on the Republican presidential ticket for November’s election will be a 325% right winging whackjob with an agenda as big as his (or her, … Continue reading →

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Hillary’s Renewed Pleas For Michigan, Florida Votes Counting

Posted on May 22, 2008 by Kate Chase

While this has frequently been a much-referenced topic with Hillary Rodham Clinton, she’s been working overtime since Tuesday’s primaries in Oregon (where she lost) and Kentucky (where she won big) to renew her demands for the popular vote/delegate seating to … Continue reading →

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Primary Predictions On Point

Posted on May 21, 2008 by Kate Chase

Just as predicted for Tuesday’s Democratic primaries in Kentucky and Oregon: * Hillary Clinton took Kentucky by a commanding lead (65% to 30%) * Barack Obama won Oregon which, while not anywhere near as dramatic as HRC’s win in Kentucky, … Continue reading →

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Should/Could We See An Obama-Clinton Ticket

Posted on May 20, 2008 by Kate Chase

I’ve doubted this possibility before, that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton (who’ve both done well ahead of the pack back when there was a pack) might ultimately end up both on the ticket as President/Vice President. I’ve also been angered … Continue reading →

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