Eric Florack on March 1st, 2008

ABC’s Brian Ross:

With the corruption trial of one of Sen. Barack Obama’s longtime friends and supporters set to begin Monday in Chicago, Ill., reform watchdogs say it will reveal the “cesspool” of Illinois politics in which Obama came of

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davidl on February 29th, 2008

Mrs. Clinton has a new campaign ad, or just an old one updated. 

Video:

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Hat tip:  Allah Pundit, Hot Air.

We really do not want a weak and hysterical person like Mrs. Clinton to be one the one

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Eric Florack on February 29th, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush said Thursday the country is not recession-bound and, despite expressing concern about slowing economic growth, rejected for now any additional stimulus efforts. “We acted robustly,” he said.

“We’ll see the effects of this pro-growth package,”

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Eric Florack on February 29th, 2008

“Every so often I just wish that it were a little more of an even playing field,”

So complains Hillary Clinton.

Only problem of course is that everything being equal as she claims to prefer, would create a situation where

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davidl on February 29th, 2008

Words, mere words, Barack Obama’s stock in trade.   Obama has been campaigning in Ohio trashing NAFTA, whiile his campaign tells the Canadian government to ignore Obama’s words, CTV News(CA):

Allegations of double talk on NAFTA from the Obama and

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Eric Florack on February 28th, 2008

Barack Obama has ratcheted up his attacks on NAFTA, but a senior member of his campaign team told a Canadian official not to take his criticisms seriously, CTV News has learned.

So says CTV this morning. 

Yeah, well, no shock

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Eric Florack on February 27th, 2008

Jonah Goldberg, whose book I have really got to sit down and read, remarks yesterday:

‘Everything was absolutely ideal on the day I bombed the Pentagon.”

This excerpt from William Ayers’ memoir appeared in the New York Times on

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davidl on February 27th, 2008

Richard Cohen, Washington Post, offers to plan to save Mrs. Clinton’s campaign:

There is dissension in the Hillary Clinton camp. Top aides have been in arguments, shouting back and forth about differences in strategy. Should Clinton come on strong?

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Eric Florack on February 27th, 2008

Sure looks that way.

Sweetness and Light is following this one.

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Eric Florack on February 27th, 2008

The NY Observer, yesterday:

The argument that the constant carping about Hillary Clinton’s campaign has been a function of an Obama-friendly, process-obsessed media is well and good. But how, then, to explain the deeply held dissatisfaction of an old Clinton

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davidl on February 26th, 2008

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[Mrs. Clinton] claims she’s ready to lead on Day One. But what about Day Two if Day One doesn’t go well? She’ll need to turn to her kitchen cabinet, not everything and the kitchen sink. Because facing the unknown is

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Eric Florack on February 26th, 2008

Yes, America… it’s all about Bill… (Video)

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Eric Florack on February 26th, 2008

Chris Cillizza at the WaPo Politics Blog:

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) said Monday that the media’s pro-Obama (or anti-Clinton) bias explains in part why Barack Obama is portrayed as running away with the Democratic presidential nomination (instead of being

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Eric Florack on February 25th, 2008

 I note with some amusement, our fellow SwampStomper, Gaius over at Blue Crab:

I have not bothered to comment on that picture of Barack Obama wearing the garb of a Somali elder that was circulated over the weekend. I’m glad

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I note Patrick Healy giving some notice to the building falling down around Hillary Clinton.

Morale is low. After 13 months of dawn-to-dark seven-day weeks, the staff is exhausted. Some have taken to going home early – 9 p.m. –

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