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Monday, January 21, 2008 - Posts
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The holidays have passed, but it’s never too late for politically themed Christmas carol YouTube videos . This one comes from James Quill, who sings his tribute to Barack Obama to the tune of “The Little Drummer Boy.” Here are the lyrics, from his Web Read More...
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During tonight's cat fight, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton rehashed a slew of issues from months past. No reason to be embarrassed if you had no idea what they were talking about; we're here to help. Here's a primer on tonight's hot discussion topics Read More...
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From the department of inadvertent grammar mistakes, Time.com's The Page files a classic : In CNN debate, Obama and Clinton let it all fly — invocation by Him of her days as a corporate lawyer on the board of Wal-Mart, invocation by Her of Obama’s ties Read More...
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A few months back, the Republicans all made their cases by saying they were the best candidates to beat Hillary. Now the Dems are talking the same way about McCain. “It’s becoming increasingly likely that John McCain is the Republican candidate,” John Read More...
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What could have been an incredibly awkward moment somehow isn’t. The question is for Obama: “Do you think Bill Clinton was our first black president?” Obama handles it with poise: “I think that Bill Clinton did have—still has—an enormous affinity with Read More...
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Furthering the widening gulf between the GOP and Democrats' celebrity endorsement pool, CNN shows us that Dave Chapelle is at the debate tonight. Something tells us he's not a Republican. Maybe he gave up his Comedy Central show to get involved with politics. Read More...
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After spending the first half shivving Obama in the back, Edwards tries to make a joke about Obama's vocal tic of repeating lines. It falls sort of flat. For a second, I worry it could become Edwards' second pink jacket moment. But Obama saves the moment Read More...
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Remember everything you thought you knew about presidential debates? Guess what. It’s wrong. In the second half of the CNN debate, Wolf Blitzer promises us, “Whatever rules are left, they're gonna be gone.” You know what that means. Rearranging furniture. Read More...
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Obama is stuck in the middle in more ways than one. Neither Clinton nor Edwards is buying his claim that his health care plan is superior to their proposals for universal coverage. Edwards compares Obama’s attitude toward health care to George W. Bush’s Read More...
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These two lines seem to sum up the current two-way Enemy at the Gates -style sniping duel: Hillary tells Obama: “You never take responsibility for any vote.” Obama counters: “It’s important that people aren’t willing to say anything just to get elected.” Read More...
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Obama and Clinton are getting as testy as we've ever seen over Obama's comments about Ronald Reagan. For the record, here's what he said: "I think it’s fair to say that the Republicans were the party of ideas for a pretty long chunk of time there over Read More...
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The past four minutes have seen some of the biggest slams in the race so far. The question was about fiscal responsibility, but the answers quickly devolved into an exchange over what Obama meant when he said Republicans were the party of ideas in recent Read More...
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Wolf Blitzer promises that this debate will be “about the issues.” Is that a slam on MSNBC for last week? In practice, that apparently means a loosey goosy debate format. In the first half, time limits are more guidelines than rules. In the second half, Read More...
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Today's debate has a lot hanging over it: Today's market crash, major squabbles of the past week, plus the race issue, which gets extra emphasis seeing as it's MLK's birf. Speaking of which, how many people want to watch a debate on their day off? CNN's Read More...
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