davidl on November 26th, 2007

hillary31.jpgTwo items from the Washington Post:

Central to the new Clinton push will be the argument that only she can beat the eventual Republican nominee, a claim Obama is also seeking to make to voters here.

Advisers said her

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Eric Florack on November 26th, 2007

Bob Novak:

Who would respond to criticism from the Club for Growth by calling the conservative, free-market campaign organization the “Club for Greed”? That sounds like Howard Dean, Dennis Kucinich or John Edwards, all Democrats preaching the class struggle.

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Eric Florack on November 26th, 2007

Sandy Levinson, of Balkinization :

According to a blog published by the New York Times, Hillary Clinton has told Iowa voters, â??I believe in the Second Amendment, and I donâ??t see any contradiction between the Second Amendment and laws that

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Malibu-(LA Times)-The most destructive fire in Malibu in nearly 15 years raced through parched canyons Saturday, consuming 49 homes and forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents.The so-called Corral fire burned 4,700 acres before the fierce Santa Ana winds

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davidl on November 20th, 2007

hillary16.jpgIn the irony challenged story the day, Mrs. Clinton cites the need for experience to mend an ailing economy, but offers none.

KNOXVILLE, Iowa (AP) — The economy needs help and fast, Hillary Rodham Clinton declared Monday, claiming

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Eric Florack on November 19th, 2007

So, ABC has decided to announce that Barack Obama is giving Hillary Clinton some serious trouble in Iowa.

The meme is that Obama is seen, by about 2 to 1, as the most trustworthy candidate of the two.  That’s not

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davidl on November 13th, 2007

hillary31.jpgChris Welch and David Schechter, CNN, report on Muriel  Gallo-Chasanoff of one Mrs. Clinton’s plants from Grinnell, Iowa:

Gallo-Chasanoff, whose story was first reported in the campus newspaper, said what happened was simple: She said a senior Clinton staffer

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Eric Florack on November 13th, 2007

CBS is now saying that Hillary Clinton’s lead is not there, anymore in Iowa:

In Iowa, the Democratic contest is knotted up. Among likely caucus-goers, Clinton came out on top with 25 percent support, but she was trailed closely by

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Boortz, doing a message to Bill Clinton:

You want to talk about being “rough” on your wife?  Let’s do a short review:

We’ll start with a few names: Gennifer Flowers, Dolly Kyle Browning, Then there’s Monica Lewinsky, Juanita Broaddrick, Kathleen

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Eric Florack on November 10th, 2007

Major Garrett At Fox News:

IOUX CITY, Iowa —Fox- Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton’s campaign admitted Friday that it planted a global warming question in Newton, Iowa, Tuesday during a town hall meeting to discuss clean energy.

Clinton campaign spokesman

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Eric Florack on November 8th, 2007

Kevin Drum tells us about as much about Democrats as he is about Republicans with this one… and much about his own inability, as well…

“THANK GOD FOR TALK RADIO!”....Why is Tom Tancredo such a monomaniac on the

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davidl on October 25th, 2007

Attributed to  Senator Joesph Biden by CNN:

Explaining why schools in Iowa are performing better than those in Washington, D.C., Biden told the Post, “There’s less than one percent of the population of Iowa that is African American.

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davidl on October 22nd, 2007

Mr and Mrs Willian ClintnoJake Tapper, ABC News, reports on the opening day of Wabbit season: 

Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., the dean of the New York congressional delegation, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, longtime political booster of Sen. Hillary Clinton,

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Eric Florack on October 22nd, 2007

Yeah, I saw some of it. I didn’t have a chance to go over the transcripts, yet, though. Just a few reactions from here:

I did tune in just in time to see Rudy steal?  a?  BitsBlog line

“I’ve been

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Eric Florack on October 18th, 2007

Little Green Footballs is passing along an AP report that says Sam Brownback will be dropping out of the presidential campaign on Friday. The problem, according to another report, is money.

Says LGF:

And then there were eight. (If you

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