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Friday, May 9, 2008
"I can't quit you George." posted by Dookie The Webmaster 12:27 PM McCain Says He Did Vote For George W. Bush ABC News' Jan Simmonds and Jennifer Parker report: Heightening a he-said she-said brouhaha, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., today disputed liberal blogger Arianna Huffington's assertion that the presumptive Republican nominee voted against George W. Bush during the 2000 election. "It's nonsense," said McCain, whose campaign has suggested Huffington made up the story to promote her new book. Huffington, a former Republican, supports the presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. ... Two other guests at Bergen's party, former "West Wing" actors Bradley Whitford and Richard Schiff, have come forward this week in the media to say that they, too, heard McCain say he didn't vote for Bush. Campaigning today in New Jersey, McCain disputed the story. "I voted, campaigned for, worked as hard as I could for President Bush's election in 2000 and 2004," McCain told reporters. "I voted for President Bush, I said so at the time. I know we're already in silly season, but my record stands very clearly of campaigning all over this nation on behalf of the candidacy of President Bush." McCain also admonished the media. "In all due respect, this is all not worth our time ...this happened eight years ago." McSame Permalink :: 3 comments :: Post a Comment

It's over posted by Dookie The Webmaster 8:40 AM Obama Takes Lead in Superdelegate Tally Sen. Barack Obama moved into the lead today in the last category that Sen. Hillary Clinton had claimed to have an edge -- support among the Democratic Party's superdelegates. The Illinois Democrat grabbed the superdelegate lead thanks to a switch by New Jersey Rep. Donald Payne and an endorsement from previously uncommitted Rep. Peter DeFazio of Oregon. Those two votes gave Obama a 267-266 lead over Clinton. That is a huge shift since the days when Clinton boasted about a 60-plus vote lead among the party's pros back on Super Tuesday. While the New York Democrat is refusing to concede defeat and is hoping a victory in Tuesday's West Virginia primary will keep her dwindling hopes alive, Obama is starting to focus instead on his Republican opponent John McCain. Get this over Permalink :: 0 comments :: Post a Comment

Dream ticket talk posted by Dookie The Webmaster 6:26 AM Obama Seeks To Unify Party For November Sen. Barack Obama began taking the first steps to unify the fractured Democratic Party for a general-election battle against Sen. John McCain, even as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton continued to insist that she has the backing of a broader coalition that could carry the party to victory in November. Returning to Washington yesterday, Obama was mobbed by well-wishers as he walked onto the House floor. But behind the scenes, his campaign worked with a light touch to win over uncommitted superdelegates and allies of Clinton, mindful of not appearing overconfident and of the fact that they would need the backing of the candidate, her husband and their supporters in the fall. With numerous prominent Democrats believed to be waiting in the wings to endorse his candidacy, Obama appears poised to win the pledged delegates and superdelegates he will need to claim the Democratic nomination as early as May 20, when Kentucky and Oregon vote. But although he appeared to lock down his lead on Tuesday with a strong win in North Carolina and a narrow loss in Indiana, he won only two new superdelegate endorsements yesterday, from Reps. Rick Larsen (Wash.) and Brad Miller (N.C.). Many other unaligned lawmakers said they are likely to remain on the sidelines for the time being, in deference to Clinton. "Superdelegates understandably would prefer not to be seen as the deciding factor," Obama told reporters between meetings at the Capitol, brushing aside the suggestion that a mass endorsement is in the offing. "I think they respect the process, they respect Senator Clinton and myself." Heal Permalink :: 3 comments :: Post a Comment

Thursday, May 8, 2008
Ties to Big Oil? Pharma? Preunp? posted by Dookie The Webmaster 12:10 PM Cindy McCain says she'll never release her tax returns Cindy McCain says she will never make her tax returns public even if her husband wins the White House and she becomes the first lady. "You know, my husband and I have been married 28 years and we have filed separate tax returns for 28 years. This is a privacy issue. My husband is the candidate," Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting John McCain, said in an interview aired on NBC's "Today" on Thursday. Asked if she would release her tax returns if she was first lady, Cindy McCain said: "No." The Arizona senator released his tax return last month, reporting he had a total income of $405,409 in 2007 and paid $84,460 in federal income taxes. He files his return separately from his wife, an heiress to a Phoenix-based beer distributing company whose fortune is in the $100 million range. They made Teresa Heinz Kerry release hers Is it just me or does Cindy McCain look like the Crypt Keeper? Permalink :: 0 comments :: Post a Comment

Where all the white women at? posted by Dookie The Webmaster 7:10 AM Obama needs Clinton's white women voters to win in November The reason Hillary Clinton is still in the race is her overwhelming support from white women in the recent primaries. Much has been made in the media and on the Sunday talk shows that if Barack Obama isn't the nominee the Democratic Party risks tearing itself asunder by losing black and youth voters. But little is talked about whether white women, particularly senior citizens, will comfortably vote for Obama over a war hero. Obama famously said back in February, "I'm confident I will get her votes if I am the nominee. It's not clear that she would get the votes I got if she were the nominee." A lot has happened since then. Is that boast still true? And can Democrats focus exclusively on black and youth voters and ignore white women or do they do so at their peril? Or is there still plenty of time for Obama to bridge the gap? Recent polls from Gallup and others and exit polls from Pennsylvania have shown more Clinton voters than Obama voters would vote Republican in the fall if their preferred candidate fails to win the Democratic nomination. Almost 7 out of 10 Obama voters would cast ballots for Clinton compared to barely 50 percent of Clinton voters in PA saying they'd support Obama in the fall. Various national polls show at least a quarter of her supporters would vote John McCain in the fall. More black caucus Permalink :: 3 comments :: Post a Comment

All eyes on the Super Delegates posted by Dookie The Webmaster 6:22 AM Zogby: Clinton 'heading for the exit' To all intents and purposes the race for the Democratic nomination is over. Senator Obama needs slightly fewer than 200 delegates to pass the winning post and there are more than enough pledged delegates remaining to be elected, and super-delegates waiting to put him over the top. .... Where do we go from here? My understanding is that probably today, but certainly within 48 hours, about 30 super-delegates will endorse Mr Obama. That should give him further momentum. Mathematically, this will widen the gap between him and Mrs Clinton. He has a bigger share of the popular vote, more pledged delegates, and will now overtake her in terms of super-delegates too. Here are the reasons: There really is no mathematical chance for her to win Her campaign is virtually out of money - and it will be difficult for her to raise significant amounts of money after last night Not enough happened last night to give her any hope, so continuing would only give the appearance of wanting to damage Mr Obama Another problem she faces is that she is not perceived as a strong general election contender, because of her high negative poll ratings. I have no evidence that she will throw in the towel, or when she will. She is a Clinton and the Clintons do not have the word "lose" in their playbook - but these are the things I am hearing from supporters on both sides. Round 13 Permalink :: 0 comments :: Post a Comment

Absolut Medvedev posted by Dookie The Webmaster 6:11 AM Medvedev Sworn in as New Russian President Newly-inaugurated Kremlin leader Dmitri Medvedev says Russia must develop genuine respect for the law. But VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports, critics of the new president see his elevation to power as a contradiction of the legal values he promises to advance. Considerable fanfare accompanied Dmitri Medvedev's inauguration in a lavish Kremlin ceremony that featured goose-stepping military units and 2,000 guests. They included political and military leaders, Orthodox, Jewish and Muslim clergy, and foreign ambassadors. Mr. Medvedev entered the Kremlin in a Mercedes Benz limousine. He walked up a long flight of stairs to an ornate hall along a red carpet to a stage where he was awaited by outgoing President Vladimir Putin, the head of Russia's Constitutional Court and the leaders of both houses of Parliament. Placing his hand on a copy of the Russian Constitution, the new Kremlin leader pledged to uphold the document, Russian sovereignty, and the human rights of citizens. We shall see Permalink :: 0 comments :: Post a Comment