By Charles Lemos on Aug 6, 2008 in Barack Obama, Economy, Energy Policy, Energy Policy Act of 2005, John McCain | View Comments
Well, she certainly has a sense of humour if scantily clad. Reclining in a pool-side sun-lounger, Ms. Hilton says: “Hey America, I’m Paris Hilton and I’m a celebrity, too. Only I’m not from the olden days and I’m not promising change like that other guy. I’m just hot.” “But then that wrinkly, white-haired guy used [...]
By Charles Lemos on Aug 5, 2008 in Barack Obama, Florida, John McCain | View Comments
Florida Congressional Districts Florida offers a rich prize of 27 electoral votes, 10% of the total required to win the Presidency. In 2004, George W. Bush won Florida by 52.1% to 47.2% margin over John Kerry. Survey USA (SUSA) has a new poll out today that shows McCain enjoying a comfortable six point margin. That [...]
By Charles Lemos on Aug 4, 2008 in Barack Obama, John McCain, Montana | View Comments
It’s pretty clear that this has been a bad week for Barack Obama, the question is why? I am not really sure quite why, other than the obvious in my mind, but I am the first to admit most Americans do not yet see the danger that I see in Barack Obama. The US Presidential [...]
By Charles Lemos on Aug 2, 2008 in Barack Obama, Off-Shore Drilling | View Comments
Why am I not surprised? “This wasn’t really a new position. What I’m saying is that we can’t drill our way out of the problem,” Obama told reporters. “And if we can come up with a genuine bi-partisan compromise in which I have to accept some things I don’t like, or the Democrats have to [...]
By Charles Lemos on Aug 2, 2008 in Barack Obama, Off-Shore Drilling | View Comments
Types of Off-Shore Drilling Platforms On Wednesday Steve Hilton, a retired federal government worker in Lebanon, Missouri, implored Obama during a tour of a diner to consider off-shore oil production. To which, Obama replied: “I’m in favor of solving problems. What I don’t want to do is say something because it sounds good politically.” But [...]
By Charles Lemos on Jul 31, 2008 in Alexi Giannoulias, Barack Obama, Nadhmi Auchi, Tony Rezko | View Comments
BarackBook The Republican National Committee (RNC) today launched a new Web site, BarackBook. The site parodies the social networking website FaceBook and Obama’s own website. BarackBook highlights some of Barack Obama’s notable associations throughout stages of his career, including his relationships with Tony Rezko, Nadhmi Auchi, and Alexi Giannoulias.
By Charles Lemos on Jul 30, 2008 in Barack Obama, Germany, Republicans | View Comments
The Republican National Committee went to Berlin on Obama’s trail and had a few candid conversations with Europeans about Obama.
By Charles Lemos on Jul 28, 2008 in Barack Obama, Hispanic vote, John McCain | View Comments
The Obama campaign is now running radio ads in Spanish in at least four states: Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, and Florida as it looks to sustain Obama’s rather substantial lead among Hispanics. Here’s the Obama’s radio ad in Spanish. Here’s the transcript in English: Some people have power and connections. But most of us have [...]
By Charles Lemos on Jul 28, 2008 in Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, Democratic Nomination, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Texas | View Comments
Well maybe at least the Obama campaign can console themselves that she won’t be voting for McCain either. Instead, Clinton Texas delegate Frances Morey of Austin simply plans on leaving the top spot unmarked. From the Austin American-Statesman: Frances Morey of Austin, a Clinton delegate to the party’s June state convention, noted that Obama lacks [...]
By Charles Lemos on Jul 25, 2008 in Advertising, Barack Obama | View Comments
The Obama campaign has made a $5 million dollar ad buy during NBC’s coverage of the Beijing Olympics that start on August 8, 2008. Via Advertising Age: It’s official. Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign will be among the TV sponsors of NBC Universal’s Olympics coverage. In the first significant network-TV buy of any presidential candidate in [...]
By Charles Lemos on Jul 24, 2008 in Barack Obama, Iraq, Republicans | View Comments
This is a new one-minute radio spot being run and paid for by the RNC on behalf of John McCain. The ad attacks Senator Obama for “failing to rise above politics to protect our troops.”
By Charles Lemos on Jul 24, 2008 in Barack Obama, Health Care, Hillary Clinton | View Comments
In the realm of better late than never, to be fair Paul Krugman spend months reviewing the health care plans of all the candidates, the New York Times has now taken the time to scrutinize Obama’s health care proposals.
By Charles Lemos on Jul 23, 2008 in Barack Obama, DNC, Energy Policy Act of 2005, Exelon, Lobbyists, Nuclear Power, Obamedia | View Comments
Last week, the Obama campaign reported that it had a $52 million haul in the month of June. In releasing this information, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe wrote in an e-mail to supporters that: “You continue to prove what ordinary Americans committed to change can accomplish, despite the Washington lobbyists and special interest PACs funding [...]
By Charles Lemos on Jul 22, 2008 in Cultist Thugs, Cyber Attacks, Daily Kos, Media, Media Handling of Story | View Comments
Let me start off by saying that I have never been a fan of the DailyKos. Something about that site always made me uneasy and I have rarely frequented it. My intuition was confirmed this past January when the DailyKos started advocating that Democrats in the state of Michigan cross over into the Republican primary [...]
By Charles Lemos on Jul 22, 2008 in Barack Obama, Commander in Chief, Germany, Obamaisms, Qualifications | View Comments
I am beginning to wonder if Obama actually went to law school and taught Constitutional law. In fact, I wonder if he went to grade school. Back in May, Obama referenced having visited 57 states; today on Face the Nation, the very junior Senator from Illinois said this: “[T]he objective of this trip was to [...]
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