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Tuesday, February 26, 2008 - Posts
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Both candidates pull punches at the end. Brian Williams poses the question: Is there a fundamental question the other must answer to voters? Obama takes the opportunity to return Hillary’s praise from last debate—“she would be worthy as a nominee”—and Read More...
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Obama’s old stammer is coming back. When Russert brings up Obama’s promise to accept public funds during the general election, Obama denies that’s what he said. “Tim, I’m not yet the nominee. When I’m the nominee—if I’m the nominee,” I’ll sit down and Read More...
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A hawk-eyed reader observes: Are Obama and Russert wearing the same tie? If so, does it mean Russert has Obamamania? Maybe SNL was right ! Read More...
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The Iraq exchange is pretty boilerplate, with Hillary saying that Obama’s opposition to the war in 2003 wasn’t all that impressive, that he has since said he didn’t know how he would have voted on the war authorization, and that they have voted identically Read More...
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Tim Russert pulls a Tim Russert and tries to corner Hillary on NAFTA, asking if she’ll terminate the agreement in the first six months of her presidency. She wriggles around a little bit and basically says that, no, she wouldn’t pull out of it, but she Read More...
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Clinton lands a good answer on job creation. Russert mentions a promise she made in 2000 that New York would gain 200,000 jobs. The state ended up losing 30,000 jobs. Now she’s promising to create 5 million jobs across the country. How can we believe Read More...
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Clinton gets snippy at the moderators for, she claims, always asking her to answer questions first: “We should ask Barack Obama if he’s comfortable and needs another pillow.” Wowza! It's a nice play on the media-hates-Hillary narrative, although you wonder Read More...
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The first question is about intraparty tribal warfare, but we’re already talking about the nuances of health-care plans! What’s going on? The foundation of Clinton’s argument is that by not pursuing universal health care, Obama undermines a foundational Read More...
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Welcome to Cleveland. Introductory observations: Has this campaign made Brian Williams go gray? They’re all sitting around the same table. Are Russert and Obama playing footsie? A friend in the room (who has been reading way too many blogs) characterizes Read More...
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In response to a New York Times article alleging that morale is low in Hillaryland, the campaign submitted a letter to the Times signed by 503 supporters and staffers, reassuring the world that they “are working tirelessly each and every day and night, Read More...
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Mike Huckabee, who wants you to know he’s still in the race, has challenged John McCain to a debate. Here's something for them to debate. Be it resolved that: 994 (McCain's current delegate count) + 88 (Ohio) + 140 (Texas) + 20 (Rhode Island) + 17 (Vermont) Read More...
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Part three of the Clinton vs. Obama debate-a-thon airs tonight (9 p.m., MSNBC), and it’s being billed as the last, final, ultimate one-on-one showdown ever, forever … until Hillary steamrolls Obama in Ohio, and we do it all over again. But the past week Read More...
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That was fast. In a mere four hours, an insult was hurled, an apology offered, and an acceptance announced. That could well be a record for presidential campaigns. At an event in Cincinnati, talk-radio host Bill Cunningham gave a speech endorsing John Read More...
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It’s probably too late for this publication—we who brought you the Encyclopedia Baracktannica —to start condemning others for abusive permutations of Barack Obama’s name. There is one word, however, that you will never find in our Encyclopedia, no matter Read More...
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