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The Nightmare Scenario »

Well, he didn’t just throw the kitchen sink at Hillary Clinton.  As Taylor Marsh noted yesterday, he threw the bank vault:   Flush with cash, Obama reported spending $11.2 million on television in the state, compared with $4.8 million for Clinton. Clinton’s once double-digit lead in Pennsylvania polls narrowed to single digits in recent weeks [...]

Will the Real Uniter Please Stand Up? »

From the beginning of this campaign, Senator Obama, his campaign, and his supporters have been pushing the idea that he has the ability to unite the country and work with Republicans: “I think it is fair to say that I believe I can bring the country together more effectively than she can,” Obama said. “I [...]

NAFTA Again? Goolsbee Again? Is Obama Smokin’ Again (or all along)? »

Susan’s Update: ABC News’s Jake Tapper, in today’s post, “Obama is Smokin’” — uh huh, there are suspicions — concludes with this: I don’t like feeling that I wasn’t being dealt with honestly [about if he's smoking or not]. … This isn’t the only time I’ve felt that way about the Obama campaign, of course [...]

Another Obama “Mistake” »

In December, Politico reported that Barack Obama had taken “unabashedly liberal positions” on a questionnaire he filled out while running for the Illinois State Senate in 1996.  The premise of the article was that his “far left” positions — opposition to restrictions to abortion on demand and support for single-payer health insurance and strict gun [...]

Where Is the Outrage? »

Florida and Michigan are probably not going to have re-votes.  I have acknowledged the reality but I refuse to accept it as legitimate.  Do you think that automatic delegates and party leaders such as Bill Richardson would be asking the party to unite behind Hillary Clinton if Barack Obama had been denied an opportunity to [...]

Another Inconvenient Finding for Barack Obama »

Originally posted at Daily Kos. The widely celebrated Rasmussen Daily Presidential Tracking Poll report that reported a statistically insignificant 2pt lead for Barack Obama among Likely Democratic Primary voters contained another piece of worrying news about a Barack Obama nomination:  the economy. New polling released today shows that voters trust Clinton more than McCain on [...]