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John Edwards goes Al Gore route, appears on Colbert Report
I still think he’s better than any of the canidates that are left…
Billary are helping Obama by engaging the Democrats in Civil War?
At least that’s what this article claims. I have to say, I’m not totally convinced by the argument but it’s interesting…
For one, the frenzied organizing around the country has proved a catalyst for dramatic party building in states that had been Democratically dormant. State after state has reported record turnout, and thousands of new Democrats are registering in advance of each contest. In upcoming Pennsylvania, Democrats have gained a net 200,000 registered voters over Republicans this year; that number is 105,000 in North Carolina.
The party can now take advantage of the infrastructure both campaigns leave behind. The unprecedented level of participation and organization not only reinforces Blue states, it improves Democratic odds in traditional swing states. In fact, the tide threatens to make GOP stalwarts like Texas up for grabs this fall.
The reverberations are being felt far beyond the race for the White House. Democrats are poised to make massive gains at the congressional and local levels for a second consecutive election cycle. They’ve already started: in a March 8 House special election, Obama volunteers helped Democrats capture the solidly conservative Illinois congressional seat formerly held by Republican Speaker Dennis Hastert.
Finally, there’s no denying that the extra pressure has made Obama a better candidate. After living a charmed political life, with nary a serious general-election battle against a Republican on his résumé, he needed to prove his mettle in hand-to-hand political combat. His able handling of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright revelations didn’t just prove his deft political skills to worried supporters like me and superdelegates. It allowed him to address a potentially explosive issue well before November (though it’s a relationship the GOP is sure to exploit).
The big problem I see is that the author seems to leave no possibility that Hillary’s exit will result in a lot of damage to Obama, if by nothing else than taking her supporters with her. But certainly, the article is food for thought.
Thrill to Hillary and her action movie lifestyle!!
Fucking hell, I love how she assumes everyone is a complete idiot…
George Bush don’t like black people
Man, I hadn’t heard this before but it’s great… A remix of the Kanye West’s ‘Gold Digger’ …
‘The Word’ on Obama’s ‘Race Speech’
Cian’s already talked about this, but Obama does it funnier (sorry Cian) (Also, I apologise for the fact that ‘funnier’ isn’t correct English)
Ralph Nader runs for President. Again.
Wel, Cian will be happy with this anyway… It’s interesting, on one hand I appreciate the fact that he’s not letting the establishment keep him down and he seems to be a genuine believer in what he does, but on the other hand, having ruined Gore’s Presidential bid and such it seems somewhat absurd to throw your hat in the ring again. Following the break there is Nader on meet the press. It’s interesting how he justifies his run in 2000 and pointing out how he didn’t rob Gore of the presidency Read the rest of this entry »
I *heart* Huckabee
I assume this is a piss-take rather like the ‘hot for Hillary’ video a while back.. Does summarise the opinions of a certain section of voters tho…