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annamayknot’s blog http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/links/page/1/ This is not a forum-this is a thought en Vox Sat, 24 May 2008 07:44:17 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Senator Clinton, You Have Gone Too Far http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200fad68adbc60004.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(annamayknot) http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200fad68adbc60004.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200fad68adbc60004.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sat, 24 May 2008 07:44:17 -0700 <a href="http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/senator-clinton-you-have-gone-too-far.html" title="Senator Clinton, You Have Gone Too Far"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e398d7bdc5000200fad68adbc60004-75pi" alt="Senator Clinton, You Have Gone Too Far" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 85px;">The words that spurred tonight's commentary by Keith: "My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. I don't understand it." --Senator Hillary...</p> <p style="margin: 10px 0 0 85px;"><a href="http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/senator-clinton-you-have-gone-too-far.html" title="Senator Clinton, You Have Gone Too Far">http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/senator-clinton-you-have-gone-too-far.html</a></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d7bdc5000200fad68adbc60004?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> politics hillary clinton 2008 election 2008 primaries Clinton's Death Star strategy - http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200f48cf623200003.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(annamayknot) http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200f48cf623200003.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200f48cf623200003.html?_c=feed-rss-full Thu, 08 May 2008 10:38:22 -0700 <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10177.html" title="Clinton's Death Star strategy - "><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e398d7bdc5000200f48cf623200003-75pi" alt="Clinton's Death Star strategy - " style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 85px;">Rats don’t swim toward sinking ships, and pols don’t back no losers, and this is why Hillary Clinton is in such trouble. In a relatively short amount of time, Clinton has gone from being the inevitable winner to being the underdog to being a dead woman walking. She needs superdelegates to win the nomination, but what is her argument to superdelegates? Can she promise them she will win a majority of the pledged delegates that voters have chosen in primaries and caucuses? No. Can she promise them she can take the lead in the popular vote? No. Can she promise them she can win a majority of the primary and caucus states? No. But can she get the superdelegates to overturn the will of the voters, slap African-Americans and young voters in the face and shatter the party? Well, yeah, she can try for that Death Star option. Why would superdelegates want to go along with her? Because she would be a much stronger candidate than Barack Obama in November? The results so far don’t suggest that. Look at what Obama accomplished Tuesday night with his overwhelming win in the 10th-largest state in the nation, North Carolina, and his narrow loss in Indiana: Obama spent weeks with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright hanging around his neck, and Obama still did well.</p> <p style="margin: 10px 0 0 85px;"><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10177.html" title="Clinton's Death Star strategy - ">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10177.html</a></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d7bdc5000200f48cf623200003?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> clinton hillary clinton Clinton tactics turn off some superdelegates - http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398ea32a50005.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(annamayknot) http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398ea32a50005.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398ea32a50005.html?_c=feed-rss-full Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:06:35 -0700 <a href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/03/26/820834.aspx" title="Clinton tactics turn off some superdelegates -"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398ea32a50005-75pi" alt="Clinton tactics turn off some superdelegates -" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 85px;">From NBC/NJ's Matthew E. Berger At a time when Sen. Hillary Clinton is increasingly relying on superdelegates to vault her to the Democratic Party's nomination, a handful of undecided and pledged superdelegates are coming forward to say her campaign's tactics in recent weeks are doing more harm than good. The Democratic Party insiders say they believe Clinton's direct attacks against Sen. Barack Obama in recent days are hurting the party and its chances in November, and also say it is showing a calculated, desperate-to-win side of Clinton that they dislike. "In looking at the manner in which the candidates are campaigning, I think it would be best they focused their attention on the presumptive nominee and showed our party which one is better in campaigning against McCain," said Garry Shay, a California superdelegate, who announced his support for Clinton. Unlike some in the party, these superdelegates said they do not believe Clinton should drop out of the race. They said they are committed to the democratic process, and want to allow the states still remaining to cast their ballots. But they acknowledged Obama is the likely nominee and suggested the personal attacks were only hurting the party and its viability. The Clinton campaign has been actively wooing these delegates, believing a plurality represents the strongest, and increasingly the only, way for her to win the nomination. But one undeclared delegate, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the recent tactics are turning her and other superdelegates off. "I don't think anybody's saying 'step aside,' but 'stop with the garbage' is what people want to say," the delegate said. "Just chill a little bit." As activists committed to the party, they said, they have been impressed by Obama's ability to bring new Democrats into the fold, and they worry that Clinton is threatening that. "We like the fact that there is a candidate that has won so many states overwhelmingly," the delegate said. "We're feeling her advisors are leading her in a path that diminishes her as well as him." Several said they were angered by comments from James Carville, who called Bill Richardson "Judas" for backing Obama after serving in the Clinton White House. One delegate said Richardson's rationale for supporting Obama, and his implicit frustration at the Clintons' heavy-handed approach to garnering his support, was echoed among superdelegates. Others said they were frustrated by recent reports that Clinton embellished her description of landing in Bosnia as First Lady, and said it suggested she would do anything to win. "I don't remember what movie I saw two weeks ago; I don't necessarily remember what I had for dinner last night," one superdelegate said. "But I would remember having to duck and run from sniper fire." The final straw, though, were Clinton's comments Tuesday, when she said the Rev. Jeremiah Wright "would not have been my pastor." Several superdelegates saw it as a direct, personal attack on Obama. "I think it's very dangerous for any candidate to constantly thrum on what they perceive as sensational criticisms of their opponent," said Debra Kozikowski, an uncommitted superdelegate from Massachusetts. "I would be more likely to respond positively to discussions of issues that effect Americans versus what might be perceived as character flaws." Clinton campaign officials said Clinton's comments were a direct response to a question she received at an editorial board meeting and suggested personal attacks have gone in both directions in the primary race. The party activists said they have been receiving calls from members, a majority of whom want them to support whoever has won the popular vote. Many superdelegates are themselves elected by the Democratic Party and believe most will follow the will of party members for the party's future, and their own viability. And they say they are not buying some of the Clinton campaign's explanations as to why they should support her, whether it is her victories in large states, primary states or those likely to go Democratic in the November election. "Periodically, over the last couple of weeks, you will see a news story or get something from the campaign, and you'll go, 'How stupid do you think I am?" one uncommitted superdelegate said. "All of us watch television all the time, read the newspapers. We all play with the little charts online too. We know it is virtually impossible." One delegate said the Clinton campaign is "using Jeremiah Wright to scare white people." "A full and fair debate about issues and differences and even fights is good," the delegate said. "Mud slinging, personal attacks and lying is never good for any political fight or party. And I see a lot of that coming from one side more than the other." The delegates said there is little the party or its leaders can do to prevent the current back and forth. But some said they were increasingly in touch with Clinton campaign officials to say their support is in jeopardy. "Uncommitted delegates can come out and say, 'If you don't stop this now, we won't vote for you,'" one uncommitted superdelegate said. </p> <p style="margin: 10px 0 0 85px;"><a href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/03/26/820834.aspx" title="Clinton tactics turn off some superdelegates -">http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/03/26/820834.aspx</a></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398ea32a50005?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> news hillary clinton 2008 primary 'NAFTAgate' NOT OBAMA but :someone from (Hillary) Clinton's campaign called the Canadians http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398e3e2ac0005.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(annamayknot) http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398e3e2ac0005.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398e3e2ac0005.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:15:14 -0800 <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080305.wharpleak0305/BNStory/National/?cid=al_gam_mostdiscuss" title=" 'NAFTAgate' NOT OBAMA but :someone from (Hillary) Clinton's campaign called the Canadians"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398e3e2ac0005-75pi" alt=" 'NAFTAgate' NOT OBAMA but :someone from (Hillary) Clinton's campaign called the Canadians" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 85px;"> The Canadian Press has learned.Ironically, the day before the story hit American TV, Brodie, told reporters questioning him on trade that "someone from (Hillary) Clinton's campaign is telling the embassy to take it with a grain of salt. . .That someone called us and told us not to worry." But that never made the headlines and no one raised it in the campaign. And as far as I've seen, only Keith Olbermann is seriously raising it since. </p> <p style="margin: 10px 0 0 85px;"><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080305.wharpleak0305/BNStory/National/?cid=al_gam_mostdiscuss" title=" 'NAFTAgate' NOT OBAMA but :someone from (Hillary) Clinton's campaign called the Canadians">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080305.wharpleak0305/BNStory/National/?cid=al_gam_mostdiscuss</a></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398e3e2ac0005?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> politics news hillary clinton 2008 primaries Did Clinton Win Ohio on a Lie? - http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398e3d9220004.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(annamayknot) http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398e3d9220004.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398e3d9220004.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:07:39 -0800 <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-loeb/did-clinton-win-ohio-on-a_b_90254.html" title=" Did Clinton Win Ohio on a Lie? -"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398e3d9220004-75pi" alt=" Did Clinton Win Ohio on a Lie? -" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 85px;">Suppose someone in the North Korean government released a false story that shifted a key American election. If Bush were negatively affected, we might be bombing Pyongyang by now. But this just happened with what Hillary Clinton called "NAFTAgate" Without it, she might never have won Ohio, or her margin would have been minuscule. But as a Canadian Broadcasting Company story reveals, practically the entire story was a lie, one that played so central a role in Clinton's Ohio victory as to thoroughly taint any claim she raises about a swing state mandate. </p> <p style="margin: 10px 0 0 85px;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-loeb/did-clinton-win-ohio-on-a_b_90254.html" title=" Did Clinton Win Ohio on a Lie? -">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-loeb/did-clinton-win-ohio-on-a_b_90254.html</a></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398e3d9220004?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> politics news hillary clinton 2008 primaries Clinton's experience claim under scrutiny -- chicagotribune.com http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200f48ce23d010002.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(annamayknot) http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200f48ce23d010002.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200f48ce23d010002.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:55:57 -0800 <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-experiencemar07,0,51719.story" title="Clinton's experience claim under scrutiny -- chicagotribune.com"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00e398d7bdc5000200f48ce23d010002-75pi" alt="Clinton's experience claim under scrutiny -- chicagotribune.com" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 85px;">WASHINGTON - Surrounded by military leaders in a Cabinet-style setting, Hillary Clinton on Thursday said she has "crossed the threshold" of foreign policy experience to serve as commander in chief. Supporters of rival Barack Obama fired back immediately, arguing that the former first lady's trips abroad hardly constituted a practice run for managing global crises. "She was never asked to do the heavy lifting" when meeting with foreign leaders, said Susan Rice, who was an assistant secretary of state in the Clinton administration and is now advising Obama. "She wasn't asked to move the mountain or deliver a harsh message or a veiled threat. It was all gentle prodding or constructive reinforcement. And it would not have been appropriate for her to do the heavy lifting."</p> <p style="margin: 10px 0 0 85px;"><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-experiencemar07,0,51719.story" title="Clinton's experience claim under scrutiny -- chicagotribune.com">http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-experiencemar07,0,51719.story</a></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d7bdc5000200f48ce23d010002?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> politics news hillary clinton 2008 primaries Joe Vogel: The Clinton Meltdown - The Huffington Post http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398dff0280004.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(annamayknot) http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398dff0280004.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398dff0280004.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:33:23 -0800 <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-vogel/the-clinton-meltdown_b_88211.html" title="Joe Vogel: The Clinton Meltdown - The Huffington Post"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398dff0280004-75pi" alt="Joe Vogel: The Clinton Meltdown - The Huffington Post" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 85px;">After Hillary's gracious, if somewhat contrived, final statement at the CNN debate in Austin, Texas, I finally felt Democrats were ready to reconcile after a long, hard-fought election. Hillary would get her final shot in Ohio and Texas, and then, if it didn't work out, we could all move on and focus on a critical general election. Hillary would retain her dignity by at least going out on the high road, and possibly secure for herself and her husband some role in the Obama Administration. </p> <p style="margin: 10px 0 0 85px;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-vogel/the-clinton-meltdown_b_88211.html" title="Joe Vogel: The Clinton Meltdown - The Huffington Post">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-vogel/the-clinton-meltdown_b_88211.html</a></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398dff0280004?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> politics news hillary clinton 2008 primaries The Audacity of Hopelessness - New York Times http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398dfbf5f0005.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(annamayknot) http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398dfbf5f0005.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398dfbf5f0005.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:21:26 -0800 <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/opinion/24rich.html?_r=1" title="The Audacity of Hopelessness - New York Times"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398dfbf5f0005-75pi" alt="The Audacity of Hopelessness - New York Times" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 85px;">It’s not just that her candidacy’s central premise the priceless value of “experience” was fatally poisoned from the start by her still ill-explained vote to authorize the fiasco. Senator Clinton then compounded that 2002 misjudgment by pursuing a 2008 campaign strategy that uncannily mimicked the disastrous Bush Iraq war plan. After promising a cakewalk to the nomination “It will be me,” Mrs. Clinton told Katie Couric in November she was routed by an insurgency. </p> <p style="margin: 10px 0 0 85px;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/opinion/24rich.html?_r=1" title="The Audacity of Hopelessness - New York Times">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/opinion/24rich.html?_r=1</a></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398dfbf5f0005?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> politics news thought election opinion 2008 primaries Confidence or Derangement? http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200f48cdb7a8e0003.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(annamayknot) http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200f48cdb7a8e0003.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200f48cdb7a8e0003.html?_c=feed-rss-full Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:44:29 -0800 <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120302279226969393.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries" title="Confidence or Derangement?"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e398d7bdc5000200f48cdb7a8e0003-75pi" alt="Confidence or Derangement?" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 85px;">Three more primary losses, not even close. Now it's eight in a row. A slide in the national polls. Staff shakeup: soap-opera-watching campaign manager out, deputy out. Bill's former campaign manager, David Wilhelm, jumps for Barack Obama. Josh Green, in a stunning piece that might be called a meticulously reported notebook dump, says, in The Atlantic, that Mrs. Clinton made personnel decisions based only on loyalty, not talent and skill. (There's a lot of that in the Bush White House. The loyalty obsession is never a sign of health.) The Wall Street Journal reports "internal frictions" flaring in the open, with Clinton campaign guru Mark Penn yelling, "Your ad doesn't work!" to ad maker Mandy Grunwald, who fires back, "Oh, it's always the ad, never the message." (This is a classic campaign argument. The problem is almost always the message. Getting the message right requires answering this question: Why are we here? This is the hardest question to answer in politics. Most staffs, and gurus, don't know or can't say.) On a conference call Tuesday morning, Mr. Obama's campaign manager, David Plouffe, told reporters Mrs. Clinton simply cannot catch up. It is "next to impossible" for her to get past him on pledged delegates, she'd need "a blowout victory" of 20 to 30 points in the coming states, the superdelegates will "ratify" what the voters do. (I wrote in my notes, "not gloating--asserting as fact.") Within the hour Mr. Plouffe's words were headlined on Politico, made Drudge, and became topic one on the evening news shows. Veteran Associated Press reporter Ron Fournier took a stab at an early postmortem in what seemed a long-suppressed blurt: The Clintons always treated party leaders as "an extension of their . . . ambitions," "pawns in a game of success and survival. She may pay a high price for their selfishness soon." He cited party insiders: Superdelegates "won't hesitate to ditch" Mrs. Clinton if her problems persist. To top it all off, Mrs. Clinton has, for 30 years, held deep respect for her husband's political acumen, for his natural, instinctive sense of how to campaign. And he's never let her down. Now he's flat-footed, an oaf lurching from local radio interview to finger-pointing lecture. Where did the golden gut go? How did his gifts abandon him? Abandon her? Her campaign blew through $120 million. How did this happen?</p> <p style="margin: 10px 0 0 85px;"><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120302279226969393.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries" title="Confidence or Derangement?">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120302279226969393.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries</a></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d7bdc5000200f48cdb7a8e0003?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> news election 2008 primaries Clinton Latest shake up- deputy manager quits - Decision '08 http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398dc0acb0002.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(annamayknot) http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398dc0acb0002.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398dc0acb0002.html?_c=feed-rss-full Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:39:03 -0800 <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23135720/" title="Clinton Latest shake up- deputy manager quits - Decision '08 "><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398dc0acb0002-75pi" alt="Clinton Latest shake up- deputy manager quits - Decision '08 " style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 85px;">WASHINGTON - Trying to overcome a string of losses and a staff shake-up, Hillary Rodham Clinton sought new energy Tuesday night from a boisterous crowd of about 12,000 in a state she hopes will provide a rebound in her quest for the Democratic presidential nomination.</p> <p style="margin: 10px 0 0 85px;"><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23135720/" title="Clinton Latest shake up- deputy manager quits - Decision '08 ">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23135720/</a></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398dc0acb0002?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> politics news clinton news and politics 2008 primaries primaries 2008 Obama sweeps Maryland, Va., D.C. - Decision '08 http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398dc1a850004.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(annamayknot) http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398dc1a850004.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398dc1a850004.html?_c=feed-rss-full Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:32:52 -0800 <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23123924/" title="Obama sweeps Maryland, Va., D.C. - Decision '08"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398dc1a850004-75pi" alt="Obama sweeps Maryland, Va., D.C. - Decision '08" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 85px;">WASHINGTON - Sen. Barack Obama was projected to sweep Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in Tuesday's primaries in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, NBC News said, giving him an unbroken string of victories since Super Tuesday. </p> <p style="margin: 10px 0 0 85px;"><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23123924/" title="Obama sweeps Maryland, Va., D.C. - Decision '08">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23123924/</a></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398dc1a850004?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> president politics news barack obama obama 2008 primaries primaries 2008 new and politics Brainwashing America: will past history repeat itself with the elections of today? http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398dbe52e0004.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(annamayknot) http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398dbe52e0004.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398dbe52e0004.html?_c=feed-rss-full Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:11:23 -0800 <a href="http://www.new-enlightenment.com/brainwash1.htm" title="Brainwashing America: will past history repeat itself with the elections of today?"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398dbe52e0004-75pi" alt="Brainwashing America: will past history repeat itself with the elections of today?" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 85px;"> This is the psychological dimension of the demonic cabal's general onslaught against American workers, just as the "war on terrorism" is the military dimension and corporate crime and tax cuts for the rich comprise the economic dimension. </p> <p style="margin: 10px 0 0 85px;"><a href="http://www.new-enlightenment.com/brainwash1.htm" title="Brainwashing America: will past history repeat itself with the elections of today?">http://www.new-enlightenment.com/brainwash1.htm</a></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398dbe52e0004?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> politics news election 2008 primaries Obama to take two more states, http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398daf9fa0002.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(annamayknot) http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398daf9fa0002.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398daf9fa0002.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:17:13 -0800 <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/09/feb.9.contests/index.html" title="Obama to take two more states,"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398daf9fa0002-75pi" alt="Obama to take two more states," style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 85px;"> Obama has done well in caucus states like Iowa because he has been able to generate enthusiastic crowds and volunteers. He also picked up the endorsement of Washington's governor, Christine Gregoire, on Friday.</p> <p style="margin: 10px 0 0 85px;"><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/09/feb.9.contests/index.html" title="Obama to take two more states,">http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/09/feb.9.contests/index.html</a></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398daf9fa0002?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> president obama 2008 primaries Colin Powell: I'm "Taking Joy" In Barack Obama's Success http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398daaf220004.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(annamayknot) http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398daaf220004.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398daaf220004.html?_c=feed-rss-full Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:55:49 -0800 <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/07/colin-powell-im-taking_n_80345.html" title="Colin Powell: I'm "Taking Joy" In Barack Obama's Success "><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398daaf220004-75pi" alt="Colin Powell: I'm "Taking Joy" In Barack Obama's Success " style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 85px;">Former Secretary of State Colin Powell appeared Monday on PBS's season premier of "Tavis Smiley" to share his views about the Barack Obama phenomenon, as well as recent global developments, including the assassination of Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, the military situation in Iraq and social unrest in Kenya. Powell also discussed his successful recovery after undergoing prostate cancer treatment.</p> <p style="margin: 10px 0 0 85px;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/07/colin-powell-im-taking_n_80345.html" title="Colin Powell: I'm "Taking Joy" In Barack Obama's Success ">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/07/colin-powell-im-taking_n_80345.html</a></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398daaf220004?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> 2008 primaries Five reasons Hillary Clinton should be worried http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398da9fb50002.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(annamayknot) http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398da9fb50002.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398da9fb50002.html?_c=feed-rss-full Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:31:43 -0800 <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8363.html" title="Five reasons Hillary Clinton should be worried "><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398da9fb50002-75pi" alt="Five reasons Hillary Clinton should be worried " style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 85px;">Hillary Clinton survived a Super Tuesday scare. But there are five big reasons the former first lady should be spooked by the current trajectory of the campaign. Longtime Clinton friends say she recognizes the peril in careening between near-death primary night experiences and small-bore victories. Although the friends did not have details, they believe she may go ahead with the campaign shake-up she had been planning just before her surprise victory in New Hampshire. Her team is girding for trench warfare, telling reporters that the nomination will not be decided until at least the Pennsylvania primary on April 22, if then. Clinton aides told reporters on a conference call today that the Democratic Party’s complex delegate allocation rules mean that neither candidate is likely to take a sizable lead in the foreseeable future. While Clinton’s campaign gloated about having the most total delegates for the cycle so far, her staff nevertheless recognizes that Super Tuesday was no triumph. Here’s why:</p> <p style="margin: 10px 0 0 85px;"><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8363.html" title="Five reasons Hillary Clinton should be worried ">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8363.html</a></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398da9fb50002?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> 2008 primaries Can Mrs. Hillary Clinton Lose? http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398da9b940002.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(annamayknot) http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398da9b940002.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398da9b940002.html?_c=feed-rss-full Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:14:01 -0800 <a href="http://www.hillaryproject.com/index.php?/en/story-details/can_mrs_clinton_lose/" title="Can Mrs. Hillary Clinton Lose?"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398da9b940002-75pi" alt="Can Mrs. Hillary Clinton Lose?" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 85px;">If Hillary Clinton (Billary) loses, does she know how to lose? What will that be, if she loses? Will she just say, "I concede" and go on vacation at a friend's house on an island, and then go back to the Senate and wait?</p> <p style="margin: 10px 0 0 85px;"><a href="http://www.hillaryproject.com/index.php?/en/story-details/can_mrs_clinton_lose/" title="Can Mrs. Hillary Clinton Lose?">http://www.hillaryproject.com/index.php?/en/story-details/can_mrs_clinton_lose/</a></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398da9b940002?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> 2008 primaries A Stunt? Clinton Campaign Staffers Not Going Without Pay http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398daa9820004.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(annamayknot) http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398daa9820004.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398daa9820004.html?_c=feed-rss-full Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:09:43 -0800 <a href="http://www.hillaryproject.com/index.php?/en/story-details/a_stunt_clinton_campaign_staffers_not_going_without_pay/" title="A Stunt? Clinton Campaign Staffers Not Going Without Pay"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398daa9820004-75pi" alt="A Stunt? Clinton Campaign Staffers Not Going Without Pay" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 85px;">After offering on Wednesday to go without paychecks to help save precious campaign resources, senior staff members on Hillary Clinton's campaign are in fact not going without pay during the month of February, ABC News has learned. </p> <p style="margin: 10px 0 0 85px;"><a href="http://www.hillaryproject.com/index.php?/en/story-details/a_stunt_clinton_campaign_staffers_not_going_without_pay/" title="A Stunt? Clinton Campaign Staffers Not Going Without Pay">http://www.hillaryproject.com/index.php?/en/story-details/a_stunt_clinton_campaign_staffers_not_going_without_pay/</a></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398daa9820004?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> 2008 primaries Hillary Clinton- the Vulnerable http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398dab1590005.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(annamayknot) http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398dab1590005.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398dab1590005.html?_c=feed-rss-full Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:07:15 -0800 <a href="http://www.hillaryproject.com/index.php?/en/story-details/hillary_the_vulnerable/" title="Hillary Clinton- the Vulnerable"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398dab1590005-75pi" alt="Hillary Clinton- the Vulnerable" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 85px;">Why are so many women — especially white women — voting for Hillary Clinton? Not because they are so very supportive of her becoming the first female president. I think it’s because they feel sorry for her. And this time, it’s not because she’s craftily played the victim card, which she’s done on more than one occasion. This is real pity.</p> <p style="margin: 10px 0 0 85px;"><a href="http://www.hillaryproject.com/index.php?/en/story-details/hillary_the_vulnerable/" title="Hillary Clinton- the Vulnerable">http://www.hillaryproject.com/index.php?/en/story-details/hillary_the_vulnerable/</a></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d7bdc5000200e398dab1590005?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> 2008 primaries Hillary Clinton: Secret Service Talks about Queen Hillary http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200f30f59e6c40001.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(annamayknot) http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200f30f59e6c40001.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200f30f59e6c40001.html?_c=feed-rss-full Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:02:06 -0800 <a href="http://www.nohillaryclinton.com/2008/02/07/behind-the-scenes-with-hillary-secret-service-talks-about-queen-hillary/" title="Hillary Clinton: Secret Service Talks about Queen Hillary "><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e398d7bdc5000200f30f59e6c40001-75pi" alt="Hillary Clinton: Secret Service Talks about Queen Hillary " style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 85px;"> Guarding presidential candidates 24 hours a day, Secret Service agents know better than almost anyone what they are really like. Among Secret Service agents, no protectee evokes more disdain than Hillary Clinton. </p> <p style="margin: 10px 0 0 85px;"><a href="http://www.nohillaryclinton.com/2008/02/07/behind-the-scenes-with-hillary-secret-service-talks-about-queen-hillary/" title="Hillary Clinton: Secret Service Talks about Queen Hillary ">http://www.nohillaryclinton.com/2008/02/07/behind-the-scenes-with-hillary-secret-service-talks-about-queen-hillary/</a></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d7bdc5000200f30f59e6c40001?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> election 2008 primaries Barack Obama won the last-minute endorsement Friday of Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200f30f59e2330001.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(annamayknot) http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200f30f59e2330001.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://annamayknot.vox.com/library/link/6a00e398d7bdc5000200f30f59e2330001.html?_c=feed-rss-full Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:52:22 -0800 <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23068044/" title="Barack Obama won the last-minute endorsement Friday of Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e398d7bdc5000200f30f59e2330001-75pi" alt="Barack Obama won the last-minute endorsement Friday of Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a> <p style="margin: 0 0 0 85px;">WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton told roaring partisans she's the candidate of "dreams and practicality," Barack Obama packed in a Nebraska crowd of more than 10,000, and Mike Huckabee campaigned in Kansas like he never heard the Republican race is supposed to be over.</p> <p style="margin: 10px 0 0 85px;"><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23068044/" title="Barack Obama won the last-minute endorsement Friday of Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23068044/</a></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d7bdc5000200f30f59e2330001?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> 2008 primaries