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Clinton Follows Rove Playbook
By Denise Williams (Political Machine)
Submitted at 2/25/2008 2:36:00 AM
Filed under: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Breaking News, ScandalUPDATED BELOW 1:00 PMThe Drudge Report flash thismorning claims that the Clintoncampaign is sending around anemail with the picture on the left.This picture, taken in 2006, is of Barack Obama in Kenya during afive-country tour of Africa, donningthe garb of a Somali elder whilestopping in his father's nativeKenya.The Clinton team, obviously takingadvantage of the internet-basedfearmongering about Obama'spaternal ties to Islam, has not deniedputting this out, but as of thiswriting has not offered anycomment.The Obama camp reacted quickly(via Politico);(Obama campaign manager David)Plouffe said in a statement: "On thevery day that Senator Clinton isgiving a speech about restoringrespect for America in the world, hercampaign has engaged in the mostshameful, offensive fear-mongeringwe've seen from either party in thiselection. This is part of a disturbingpattern that led her county chairs toresign in Iowa, her campaignchairman to resign in NewHampshire, and it's exactly the kindof divisive politics that turns awayAmericans of all parties anddiminishes respect for America inthe world," said Plouffe.Despite Senator Clinton's warmwords at the end of CNN'sDemocratic debate Thursday night,the rhetoric coming from thecampaign and Clinton herself hasturned decidedly negative since thispast weekend. My colleague DavidKnowles covered one of Clinton'smore strident attacks on Obama onSaturday here.If proven that this did indeed comefrom the HRC camp, this will be oneof the lowest blows laid on Obamato date outside of the right-wingblogs and virtual crayon-writtenspam emails. Some will see this as adesperation move by the campaignto instill fear and loathing before thecrucial upcoming March 4primaries.The last time we had some outrageon wearing native dress was whenNancy Pelosi wore a head scarf andblack abaya in Syria - while in amosque. Where were these flamesfanned? Right-wing blogs and talk radio.And who else has worn a hijab?How about Condolezza Rice andLaura Bush? No complaint there.If fearmongering is all Clinton hasleft - if her own message isn'tcutting it - then is this what we wantfor the Democratic Party? Will shescare a few voters away fromObama with these tactics? Probably,but at what cost?Update:Clinton campaign's MaggieWilliams responds (via CNN'sPolitical Ticker):"Enough. If Barack Obama'scampaign wants to suggest that aphoto of him wearing traditionalSomali clothing is divisive, theyshould be ashamed. Hillary Clintonhas worn the traditional clothing of countries she has visited and hadthose photos published widely," saidWilliams."This is nothing more than anobvious and transparent attempt todistract from the serious issuesconfronting our country today and toattempt to create the very divisionsthey claim to decry. We will not bedistracted."So let me get this straight. Theysend an email meant to be divisiveand then complain that the negativereaction to the divisiveness issomething they won't be distractedby.These people are seriously screwedup.Permalink | Email this | LinkingBlogs | Comments
Buckeye Superdelegatein Bullseye
By Faye Anderson (Political Machine)
Submitted at 2/25/2008 12:41:00 AM
Filed under: DemocratsWith Barack Obama closing in on the Democraticpresidential nomination, the heat ison members of the CongressionalBlack Caucus who endorsed HillaryClinton. There are increasing callsfor CBC superdelegates to endorseObama who is the overwhelmingchoice of their constituents.Like a hanging, an election defeatconcentrates the mind. CBC memberRep. Albert Wynn lost his primaryelection to Donna Edwards, anObama supporter. While GeorgiaRep. John Lewis remains silent onwhether he still supports Clinton, hehas drawn a primary challenger forthe first time in nearly 10 years.Andin the Buckeye State, pressure ismounting on Rep. Stephanie TubbsJones. The Cleveland Plain Dealerreports that the wave of support forObama in Ohio's 11th CongressionalDistrict "has left TubbsJones...swimming against the tide athome."Tubbs Jones was swimmingupstream at this weekend's "State of the Black Union 2008," an annualconference organized by radio andTV talk show host Tavis Smileywho has also come under witheringcriticism for his comments aboutObama.Tubbs Jones lamented the attacks onblack elected officials "who havepaid their dues and served theirtime." She noted that "politics is allabout relationships" and CBCmembers had "preexistingrelationships" with Clinton. Adding:"Some of us have to be over here.Some of us have to be over there sothat we don't get locked out of theprocess."Permalink | Email this | LinkingBlogs | Comments
AOL Straw Poll: Feb. 25-March 3
By Kathleen Hayden (Political Machine)
Submitted at 2/25/2008 4:00:00 AM
Filed under: Straw PollThis contentrequires the most recent version of the Adobe Flash Player. Get thisversion below:<br /><ahref="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash/">Get Flash</a>Note From AOL: Our weekly StrawPoll was restarted again on Monday,Feb. 25 at 12:15PM ET. Aftervoting, check back again nextMonday for a chance to recast yourballot.Permalink | Email this | LinkingBlogs | Comments
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Obama Hold Source of McCain'sMoney Woes
By Mark Impomeni (Political Machine)
Submitted at 2/25/2008 12:00:00 AM
Filed under: Senate, Barack Obama,John McCain, 2008 PresidentSen.John McCain's presidentialcampaign finds itself in somethingof a catch-22. Last summer, whenthe campaign was not going welland McCain was thought to befinished as a candidate, he agreed toaccept Federal matching funds. Thatwas a sign that the Senator could notraise money and might soon dropout of the race. But now that hisfortunes have turned, and hiscampaign coffers have filled,McCain wants to forego Federalfunds and the spending limits that goalong with them. But the FederalElection Commission, andDemocrats, is balking at thecampaign's plans.FEC Chairman David Mason haslaid out a set of conditions that theMcCain campaign must meet inorder to qualify for a withdrawalfrom the Federal financing system.The trouble for McCain is that theconditions are impossible to meetbecause the FEC itself cannot meet.The commission is short of members and cannot achieve aquorum in order to take action onany campaign's requests. Four of thesix seats on the commission are thesubjects of holds in the Senate. ASenator may block action in theSenate on a bill or a nomination byplacing a hold on it until hisconcerns about the action areaddressed. Republicans placed threeof the holds in retaliation for aDemocratic hold on Hans vonSpakovsky over allegations that thenominee was insensitive to minorityvoting rights. The DemocraticSenator who placed the hold that isnow holding up McCain's financingis none other than McCain'spotential general election opponent,Sen. Barack Obama.Obama placed the hold on vonSpakovsky's nomination in Octoberof last year, when his campaign'sfortunes did not look as good as theydo now, and when he was comingunder criticism about his civil rightscredentials. The hold, placedtogether with Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI), was explained as a reaction tocertain controversial decisions thatvon Spakovsky, a lawyer in theJustice Department's Voting Rightssection, had made. Von Spakovskywas seen as a champion of policies,such as a Georgia voteridentification law and a Texasredistricting plan, that woulddisenfranchise black and Latinovoters respectively. Both theGeorgia law and the Texasredistricting were eventually upheldby the Federal courts.Commission Chairman Mason hastold the McCain campaign that inorder to opt out of Federalfinancing, his campaign mustanswer questions about a loan thecampaign obtained that is at leastpartially backed by his ability toreceive Federal matching funds; andthe campaign must convince four of the six commission members toapprove the plan. But that lastcondition cannot be met thanks inpart to the hold on von Spakovsky,which has stalled all Senate actionon FEC nominees.The impact on the McCaincampaign is potentially very serious.If the hold on von Spakovsky is notlifted, or if the Senate does not moveto confirm the other nominees,thereby filling the commission'sopen seats, McCain will be limitedto spending about $54 millionduring the primary campaign, whichlasts until the Republicanconvention in early September. Hiscampaign is believed to have alreadyspent about $50 million in theprimary. McCain would essentiallyhave to go dark, not spending onadvertising, for the next six monthsuntil the general election campaignstarts. That is valuable time that hecould be using to unify the shakyRepublican coalition or begin hisline of attack against his Democraticopponent. While Republicans wouldalmost certainly release their holds if the hold on von Spakovsky isdropped, it is doubtful that Sen.Barack Obama, now the likelyDemocratic nominee, will releasethe hold that would unleash hisopponent's ability to campaignagainst him.Permalink | Email this | LinkingBlogs | Comments
McCain's Chance for Greatness
By Dave (Political Machine)
Submitted at 2/24/2008 1:49:00 PM
Filed under: John McCain, 2008PresidentI've been harsh on McCain, and forgood reason. And i'm not going tostop calling it as I see it, eventhough he's the Republican nomineeand I'm supposed to jump in linelike a mind-numbed robot.But in calling it as I see it, I alsohave to lay out the distinctpossibility that John McCain couldbe one of the great presidents. Think Teddy Roosevelt, the otherRoosevelt, LBJ, and Reagan. Hemight be that magnitude of great.But first I ought to define what Imean by great president. That issimply a president, who bylegislative ability, force of rhetoric,and sheer force of will, is able tochange the direction of policy to anew direction... permanently.Teddy Roosevelt broke the trustsand set us on the course to being aworld superpower.FDR instituted the New Deal, plus awhole host of other things.LBJ instituted the second part of theNew Deal.Reagan pretty much singlehandedlystopped the forward movement of socialism, ended the cold war andrevived conservatism as an effectivepolitical force, and not just a nicetheory.To do these things, these politicianshad to have rhetoric, a high level of competence, a belief in their ownrightness, and sheer force of will.McCain doesn't score high inrhetoric, but in those other things, heis way off the charts. Which meansthat of the presidential candidatesWe've seen since 1984, McCainprobably has best quotient forgreatness we've seen.Conservative Republicans shouldn'ttake too much solace in this, becauseone thing we do not know, is towhat ends McCain will push hispresidency. Will he make war onearmarks? campaign finance?Iranian Mullahs? There is little wecan tell from his political ideology,because as far as I can tell, hedoesn't have one. At all. And that'swhy I regard him as scary, and anawful candidate for the Republicans.He matches up poorly againstObama, and even if he does win,Republicans cannot be sure whatthey are getting. But all they can doat this point is to cross fingers andhope for the best.But it's more than likely thatMcCain's cross purposes, temperand lack of ideology would end uphamstringing his presidency in aflurry of fingerpointing and namecalling, as he is likely to end up withno friends on either end side of thepolitical divide, and his presidencyends with what we saw of theRepublican nomination process, anunclear muddle with no happycampers anywhere.Greatness or a muddle. No inbetweens.Permalink | Email this | LinkingBlogs | Comments
Hillary's 'Celestial Choirs' Attack onObama
By Ada Calhoun (Political Machine)
Submitted at 2/25/2008 3:35:00 AM
Filed under: Democrats, 2008PresidentWe'd been very protective aboutHillary until lately. The "change youcan Xerox" line at the debate turnedus off, but it was nothing comparedto this video we just found onPoliticalNanny.com.Hillary mocks Obama's optimism,ending with the condescending "Youare not going to wave a magic wandand have the special interestsdisappear."We like Political Nanny's take:"Indeed, one can't wave a magicwand and have all special interestsdisappear, but one can speak justthiiiiiis much too sarcastically andhave one's own campaigndisappear."What Clinton doesn't seem tounderstand is that no one is lookingto Barack Obama to be a miracleworker. What's so appealing abouthis campaign is that it's aboutgetting everyone in America to stepup and bring about the changes thatneed to happen. He's made service akey part of his platform, and that isso, so refreshing.In 2001, we wanted to dosomething, anything, for ourcountry. We would have signed upto become a spy, to dig throughdebris, donate blood - whatever wasneeded. But what did our Presidentask us to do? He told us to shop.Something tells us Obama wouldhave put our patriotism to better use.Permalink | Email this | LinkingBlogs | Comments
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The New York Times Taking On Water
By Justin Paulette (Political Machine)
Submitted at 2/24/2008 8:18:00 PM
Filed under: Scandal, MediaSome time ago, I received an e-mailforward that read something likethis:George Bush was recently on a boatwith the Pope during a pressconference. As they looked out overthe deck, the Pope's traditionallywhite cap was blown off and landedsome distance away on the water.The President said, "No problem,"and promptly hopped over the rail,walked across the surface of thewater and retrieved the hat for thePontiff. The crowed was amazed.The next morning, splashed acrossthe front page of the the New York Times was the headline: BUSHCAN'T SWIM.Today, I received the following:A biker walking through the zoonoticed a little girl grabbed by aferocious lion, which wasattempting to pull the child throughthe bars of his cage in order to makeshort work of her. The biker leapedto her aid, punching the lion in thenose and rescuing the little girl. ANew York Times reporter on thescene promised to write up the storyfor front page coverage thefollowing day. So, next morning, thebiker checked to see if he'd make theheadlines. It read: BIKER GANGMEMBER ASSAULTS AFRICANIMMIGRANT, STEALS HISLUNCH.John McCain is winning his warwith the Times.I've long believed Republicanswould generally poll 4% - 8%higher if the media (FOX newsexcepted, of course) were not soadamantly and sinisterly opposed tothe GOP and conservative policies.From Dan Rather's meltdown to thenefarious timing of story releases,the network stations consciously anddeliberately attempt to stymieRepublicans and provide cover forDemocrats.Just before the first Bushpresidential victory, the Timesrevealed a DUI arrest which it hadbeen saving for just that occasion.Just before Bush's second victory,the Times splashed a year-old storyabout lost munitions across its frontpage. Good news for Republicans isdumped in the Friday edition (whichno one reads), or overshadowed bynon-political stories reserved for justthat purpose. (President Bush took to carrying a copy of the book "BIAS," a scathing indictment of themedia's liberalism, whenever hestrolled past the media crewsstationed outside the White House.)John McCain is going to need toovercome his media handicap if heis to defeat his industry-favoredopponent in November. And oneway for McCain to counter thisdisadvantage is to discredit theTimes' reputation, to make apparentto the American people the paper'sbias against him. And, the NewYork Times couldn't have helpedhim more.Were McCain to come out againstthe media without obvious andegregious cause, he could seem awhining conspiracy-theorist,attacking the messenger because helacked the power to produce goodnews for himself. However, the ever-over-confident Times began itsattack too soon and too clumsily.The salvo widely missed its mark and evoked a series of reprobationsfrom sources outside the McCaincampaign. Thus, the nominee waspreserved from the mud-slingingwhile the message of media-prejudice has been widely heard.Conservative outlets will now bepiqued for the next example of bias,and should be prepared to introducethis element into the campaign as acentral focus. If the Democraticcandidate can be linked with acomplicit media in an attempt todeceive and manipulate theAmerican people, corrupt journalismcould backfire to the disadvantage of both the media and the Democrats.Permalink | Email this | LinkingBlogs | Comments
Bible Predicts Barack Obama Victory
By Tommy Christopher (Political Machine)
Submitted at 2/25/2008 12:00:00 AM
Filed under: Democrats, Barack Obama, 2008 President, HumorI'venoticed a burgeoning trend in ourcomments sections toward peopleclaimimg that Barack Obama is theAnti-Christ. I'm not sure wherethey're getting this from, since,according to RaptureReady.com, theAnti-Christ will be a Jew.Apparently, that's a "FrequentlyAsked Question."Still, you can never be too careful.Allow me to put your fears to rest.The Bible predicts victory forObama, with Hillary rounding outthe ticket. From Lady of Light:Deborah was respected andrecognized as one who was "raisedup" by God for the purpose of leading Barak into battle and intovictory over the Sisera. Not only didGod specifically "raise up'" awoman for this task, but Barak recognized her power, position andauthority to the point where hewould not even go into battlewithout her going with him."And Barak said unto her, If thouwill go with me, then I will go, butif thou wilt not go with me then Iwill not go." Judges 4"8Ultimately, Barak was given victoryover the tribe. If he had had a sexistattitude, he would not have had thisvictory, and God's purposes wouldnot have been successfullyaccomplished.In Judges, Chapter 5, verse 1, it tellsus that Deborah and Barak sangtogether after the victory saying,"Praise ye the Lord for the avengingof Israel, when the people willinglyoffered themselves...There you have it. Unlike pollingdata, there's no margin of error toworry about here. So don't defy thewill of God this November. Wakeup, America!Tommy LinksTommy Christopher Uncut lTomMySpace l TommYoutubePermalink | Email this | LinkingBlogs | Comments
Analyst initiations:APEI, AKAM andMEND
By Eric Buscemi (BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 2/25/2008 4:58:00 AM
Filed under: Analyst initiations,Akamai Technologies(AKAM)MOST NOTEWORTHY:American Public Education andMicrus Endovascular were today'snoteworthy initiations:• William Blair initiated AmericanPublic Education (NASDAQ: APEI)with an Outperform rating, as theybelieve the company is still in theearly stages of its growth.• Gabelli believes MicrusEndovascular (NASDAQ: MEND)can sustain its rapid growth in thecoming years and does not expect itto remain independent in themedium-to-long term. The firmstarted shares with a Buy rating.OTHER INITIATIONS:• Carrizo Oil & Gas (NASDAQ:CRZO) was initiated with a Neutralrating at JP Morgan.• Goldman initiated Akamai(NASDAQ: AKAM) with a Neutralrating.Permalink | Email this | Comments
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