Archive for the ‘Elections’ Category
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Clinton loaned her campaign $6.4 million out of her pocket over the past month to try to keep pace with Obama, including $1.4 million in the past week, aides said. It was the second time she has dipped into her personal fortune to fund her presidential bid.
"She did this in ...
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
UPDATE: NC voters chose Barack Obama to be the Democrat nominee for President. What does that say to you Mrs. Clinton?
Hillary Clinton said today,
By the time the polls close tomorrow, North Carolina voters will have helped to pick the next President of the United States of America.**
Actually, that won't happen ...
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
I'm reminded of this because of a conversation going on at Althouse's regarding the 60 Minutes interview with Justice Scalia that will air on Sunday. From one of the sound bites that CBS has released in advance of broadcasting the interview, Justice Scalia speaks about Bush v Gore:
"It was Al ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Transcript of interview on Fox News' Happening Now. Jon Scott interviews Lt. Col. William Russell who is running against John Murtha to represent the 12th Congressional District of Pennsylvania.
Jon Scott: On a day when the top U.S. commander and our ambassador in Iraq testify on Capitol Hill about progress there ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Via Althouse;
This morphed photo.
Can you tell which side is which?
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Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
Via our friend Don Surber we find this interesting test from NPR. Who does the test indicate is the best fit for you?
Your Web browser software doesn't support frames, but you can visit Select A Candidate™ at <a href="http://www.selectacandidate.org/">www.selectacandidate.org</a>.
My scores were:
McCain 30
Romney 26
Huckabee 23
Paul 20
Gavel 9
Obama 4
Clinton 1
I ...
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Friday, February 1st, 2008
what I know now, I wouldn't have voted to authorize the use of force...
So said Clinton at last night's debate.
But she didn't know then what she knows now, nobody knew then what they know now.
All she's doing is giving excuses for voting according to the accepted knowledge and wisdom at ...
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
I went to county clerk's website and downloaded my specimen ballot for the February 5 ÜberTuesday primary election. The following were on the ballot for the nomination for President. Who would you vote for?
{democracy:13}
Even though this is an Illinois ballot, we will be accepting only one vote per person. Thank ...
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
*It's 3 down, 45 to go for the Democrats (Michigan and Florida are being punished for moving their primaries up so no delegates for them {and half the GOP delegates})
And yet, after Iowa, two Democrat candidates quit (Biden and Dodd) and after New Hampshire another one quit (Richardson).
After four primaries/caucuses ...
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Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
South Carolina Ad after the jump:
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The Cat Who Could Read Backwards
