Tag archive for ‘Primaries’
Joe Joe Biden, your life is calling…
But six months after Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) ended his long-shot presidential campaign, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee appears to be in serious competition to be Barack Obama’s running mate. A rather interesting choice - considering Biden got less than 1% of the vote in Iowa, and although a permanent Presidential candidate [...]
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 [...]
Obama on Race: Choosing the Past over the Future
Throughout the Democratic primaries, Senator Barack Obama emphasized that the choice for voters was between the past, represented by his main rival, Senator Hillary Clinton, and the future, which belonged to him. Yet on serious issues involving race in America, Obama has stood time and again with the attitudes, grievances and failed policies of the [...]
Former Clinton delegate to vote for McCain
A friend of mine on the McCain campaign sent me this article - I find it interesting. There are a smattering of articles about Clinton delegates who are saying they won’t vote for Obama and plan to vote for McCain. These defections come as Howard Dean and others become even more shrill in their claims [...]
Sen. Clinton finally gives up… Obama the “presumptive” nominee.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton ended her historic campaign for the presidency on Saturday and told supporters to unite behind rival Barack Obama, closing out a race that was as grueling as it was groundbreaking.
The former first lady, who as recently as Tuesday declared herself the strongest candidate, gave Obama an unqualified endorsement and [...]
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