By Ricki (NY) on Jul 16, 2008 in Barack Obama, Delegates, Democracy, Democratic National Convention, Democratic Nomination, Economy, Education, Electability, Florida, Foreign Policy, Gas Prices, Health Care, Hillary Clinton, Housing & Housing Crisis, Infrastructure, Michigan, Universal Health Care | 219 Comments
Sign up to receive Ricki’s daily “Electability Watch” by sending an e-mail to rrlieberma@gmail.com. Ricki is associated with the Together4US group. Together4US ELECTABILITY I want a Democrat in the White House. At the Convention, the sole job of the delegates will be to select the person who is electable in November. That person [...]
By Uppity Woman on May 26, 2008 in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Gas Prices, Jimmy Carter | 118 Comments
Democrats will lose in November if we nominate Obama. The GOP is ready, and they have four ads on Obama waiting in the queue. Consider this an open thread on Obama’s unelectability. Obama and The Second Amendment
By Deb Cupples on May 6, 2008 in Barack Obama, Economy, Gas Prices, Hillary Clinton, John McCain | 17 Comments
Last week, economist Paul Krugman made it very clear that he finds John McCain’s gas tax holiday proposal potentially harmful. Krugman also made very clear that he doesn’t like Hillary Clinton’s counter-proposal but considers it harmless. That said, Krugman reportedly heard about (but has not seen) a negative Obama ad that falsely uses Krugman’s criticism [...]
By PaganPower on May 6, 2008 in Barack Obama, Economy, Gas Prices, Hillary Clinton | 52 Comments
It’s No Wonder Michelle Calls Him Stinky! Cross posted at: Pagan Power As everyone knows, we are in a recession. The price of food has gone up dramatically. In fact there is a world wide shortage of food. Home sales are at historic lows. Foreclosures have skyrocketed. Jobs are being lost at an extraordinary rate. [...]
By Bud White on May 5, 2008 in Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Clinton, Current Affairs, Daily Kos, Electability, Gas Prices, Indiana, North Carolina, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., Superdelegates, White People | 45 Comments
As the campaign for the nomination heads into the final days before North Carolina and Indiana, both campaigns are attempting to control the narrative prior to the voting. Obama is failing miserably. The Clinton campaign so fully controls the narrative now that it’s virtually a presidency-in-waiting, with bully pulpit and podium to boot (more on [...]
By Deb Cupples on May 4, 2008 in Barack Obama, Gas Prices, Hillary Clinton, John McCain | 100 Comments
Sen. Barack Obama is chastising Hillary Clinton and John McCain for supporting a gas-tax holiday. McCain’s proposal is a straight lifting of the tax. Hillary’s proposal would include a windfall-profits tax on oil companies, meaning that oil companies would in theory pay for the gas-tax holiday. Of course, oil companies could just raise prices to [...]
By Deb Cupples on May 3, 2008 in Barack Obama, Gas Prices, Hillary Clinton, John McCain | 55 Comments
Today, I bought gas in North Florida: $3.79 a gallon for regular, up about 83 cents since early February. Friday, Exxon Mobil reported quarterly profits of $10.9 billion. Last quarter, Exxon listed the highest quarterly profits in U.S. corporate history ($11.66 billion), as well as record-high annual profits of $40.66 billion in 2007. Exxon’s [...]