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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 [...]

Unelectable Morning Open Thread: RNC Obama Ads »

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

Pants on Fire: Obama Ad Falsely uses Krugman’s Words Against Hillary »

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 [...]

Obama’s Gas A-Tax »

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. [...]

Competing Endorsements and Parallel Narratives »

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 [...]

More Hypocrisy: Obama Supported Gas-Tax Holidays in Illinois, is Mad at Other Candidates for Doing it Now »

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 [...]

Gas Prices (and Exxon’s Profits) are High; Hillary has Something to Say About that »

  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 [...]