Archive for May, 2008

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DNC seats all Michigan & Florida delegates at 1/2 vote each.
With the Michigan & Florida situations now resolved, Barack Obama should pass the threshold to become the presumptive Democratic nominee with the South Dakota & Montana primaries on Tuesday.
Barack Obama quits his church.
Obama: “We don’t want to have to answer for everything that’s stated in […]

McCain Lies About Iraq »

John McCain strengthened the claim that he represents a continuation of George W. Bush by lying about Iraq in response to a question about Scott McClellan’s charges that the Bush admin manipulated information in a propaganda campaign to start the war in Iraq.
This is what McCain said: “I have not seen the book or […]

Bush & McCain — Cousins? »

New Bush/McCain Challenge ad from MoveOn:

Mississippi: A Swing State? »

A new poll from Rasmussen indicates that Barack Obama has a chance to win Mississippi this fall.
The poll has John McCain ahead 50% to 44%. Considering that Obama has still yet to receive a “unity bump” from Clinton finally dropping out of the Democratic race and that the Obama campaign is making a big effort […]

Pew Research Poll: Obama Up By 13% Over Clinton & 3% Over McCain »

The latest Pew Research poll results are below.
(Note: The link is a PDF file.)
Democrats: Barack Obama 54%, Hillary Clinton 41%
General Election: Barack Obama 47%, John McCain 44%

Senator Harry Reid: No Conventon Fight. Obama Will Win Next Tuesday. »

In a radio interview yesterday Senate majority leader Harry Reid said “There’s not going to be a fight at the convention, we are all going to urge our folks to next week make a decision very quickly. Simple math indicates that next Tuesday, Obama will probably have the necessary number.”

World War II Vet Sets Neocons Straight On Obama’s Great Uncle »

Concerning the service of Mr. Charles Payne: C.T. Payne was a soldier in the 89th Infantry Division. He served in the 355th Infantry Regiment, Company K. The 355th Infantry Regiment was the unit to liberate Ohrdruf. Mr. Payne was there.
For those who seek to minimize the horrors of Ohrdruf since it was a ‘work’ camp […]

Rupert Murdoch Predicts Barack Obama Will Win In A Landslide »

Fox News billionaire Rupert Murdoch is well known for his conservative views so it may come as a shock to read read in this Reuters article that he thinks Barack Obama will win the 2008 general election in a landslide.
Far more shocking are the positive things he says about Obama and that he appears […]

Ron Paul Gets 24% In Idaho »

In another indication that the GOP is not entirely unified behind presumptive nominee John McCain, Ron Paul got 24% of the vote in yesterday’s Republican primary in Idaho despite McCain becoming the presumptive nominee months ago. Click here to see the 2008 Republican Idaho primary results on CNN’s website.

John McCain Has Voted With Bush 100% Of The Time In 2008 »

John McCain has missed more votes than any other Senator in 2008 and when he has bothered showing up, he has voted in line with President Bush’s position every single time.