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Et tu Hillary?
Tonight - Sen. Hillary Clinton will address the Democratic National Committee. Senator Clinton will seek to convince her ardent primary supporters to fall in line behind presumptive nominee Barack Obama. After an emotional first night of speeches by ailing Senate veteran Ted Kennedy and Michelle Obama, wife of the Democratic candidate, Tuesday’s focus will be [...]
Breaking News: Biden chosen as Vice President Nominee for Democratic Party
I had heard earlier today - and did not report - that Biden was the nominee. I didn’t report on it because rumors aren’t fact. But it looks like - it’s true.
I now see Fox, CNN, and MSNBC all reporting that Biden has been selected as Sen. Obama’s Vice Presidential nominee.
For a summary of why [...]
Would Hillary be the nominee if Edwards had exploded earlier?
“I believe we would have won Iowa, and Clinton today would therefore have been the nominee,” former Clinton Communications Director Howard Wolfson told ABCNews.com today. Well, you know what, he’s probably right.
Obama won 37.6 per cent of the vote. Edwards won 29.7 per cent and Clinton won 29.5 per cent, according to results posted by [...]
Marginal sins of taxation
Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama have put forth their tax plans, with specifics falling in line with party ideology. As election season progresses, we’ve also seen an infusion of religion—Obama’s firebrand pastor, McCain’s issues with far right evangelicals and an anti-Clinton priest who would be right at home alongside the fruitcake on your Christmas [...]
Why is crude oil (and gasoline) so expensive?
I have been getting emails from readers essentially asking me to do a post on oil - why is it so expensive, and what, if anything should be the GOP’s party platform on energy. While energy economics is not my specialty - I do understand commodities markets, and I believe I probably understand better than [...]
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