The 2008 Race

Political Thoughts Through the 2008 Election

Obama to Use Hillary’s Words Against Her

The Obama Campaign is now pushing hard to promote their delegate victory. The campaign is convening a post-caucus conference call for reporters — something that only winning campaigns usually do — and circulating numerous Clinton quotes about how delegates are “the only thing that matter.”

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January 19, 2008 11:46 pm Posted by the2008race | Barack Obama, Caucus, Hillary Clinton, Nevada | , , , | No Comments Yet

Widespread Cheating & Vote Suppression by Clinton Campaign

There is widespread cheating and voter suppression going on all over Clark County–and it’s obviously coming in from the top down. Whether it made enough of a difference to swing the election is another question–but there is no question that Hillary was running a campaign in which all of her surrogates were to cheat in every way possible.

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January 19, 2008 11:35 pm Posted by the2008race | Caucus, Cheating, Hillary Clinton, Nevada, Vote Fraud | , , , , | No Comments Yet

Supreme Court Denies Kucinich Bid to Get on Texas Ballot

Kucinich and singer-supporter Willie Nelson objected to the party oath that a presidential candidate must “fully support” the party’s eventual nominee. Kucinich crossed out the oath when he filed for a spot on the primary ballot.

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January 19, 2008 11:27 pm Posted by the2008race | Supreme Court, Texas | , , | No Comments Yet

Candidate Calculators- Try Them Out Then Vote

Two Candidate Calculators, try them out and then vote

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January 19, 2008 11:26 pm Posted by the2008race | Candidate Calculator | , | No Comments Yet

Atlanta Journal-Constitution Endorses Barack Obama

Different moments in history require different types of leaders, and part of the art of picking a president is matching the person to the challenge and to the time. So while both Clinton and Obama would make very good presidents, Obama is the person; this is his time.

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January 19, 2008 11:23 pm Posted by the2008race | Barack Obama, Endorsements, Hillary Clinton | , , | No Comments Yet

Does Hillary Really Have “35 Years of Experience”?

That Clinton has sufficient experience under her belt to be president. I agree, but where the hell does she come off claiming superior experience?

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January 19, 2008 11:23 pm Posted by the2008race | Hillary Clinton | | No Comments Yet

Huckabee = Supremacy. You + me=Bestiality.

very funny — awesome point by point on Mike Huckabee and his latest revelations about the confederate flag and bestiality. very well written and hysterical — “Grand Wizard Huckabee” lol. From the piece:”It takes a bold, fearless, once morbidly obese leader to come out with two wildly offensive and regressive statements in one day …

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January 19, 2008 11:22 pm Posted by the2008race | Gay Marriage, Mike Huckabee | , | 1 Comment

When Attacked, Obama’s Now Hitting Back

The hundreds of people who turned out at the University of Nevada on Friday heard Sen. Barack Obama deliver a lofty stump speech about bridging the nation’s divides and creating a groundswell for change. But they also witnessed him engage in the more mundane task of rebutting attacks from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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January 19, 2008 11:22 pm Posted by the2008race | Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton | , | No Comments Yet

National ID Card Won’t Stop Terrorism/Illegal Immigration

Criminals don’t obey laws! As with gun control, national ID cards will only affect law-abiding citizens. Do we believe that people who openly flout our immigration laws will nonetheless respect our ID requirements? Any ID card can be forged. The only people tracked by a federal ID will be law abiding citizens!!!

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January 19, 2008 11:20 pm Posted by the2008race | Immigration, National ID, Terrorism | , , | No Comments Yet

Nevada Caucus Results In

As of 5:20 EST, it appears Clinton has withstood a Culinary Union endorsement of Barack Obama to get the Democratic win in Nevada. Romney handily defeated all Republican challengers with Ron Paul and John McCain battling for 2nd place. The results of 2nd and 3rd place should not effect the projected delegate count for Paul or McCain.

Democrats:

89%
reporting

Clinton 5,229 51%

Obama 4,647 45%

Edwards 388 4%

Uncommitted 31 0%

Kucinich 4 0%

Richardson 0 0%

 

Republicans:

78%
reporting

Romney 17,859 52% 16

Paul 4,426 13% 3

McCain 4,404 13% 3

Thompson 2,606 8% 2

Huckabee 2,583 8% 2

Giuliani 1,553 4% 0

Hunter 596 2% 0

Tancredo 0 0% 0

January 19, 2008 10:18 pm Posted by the2008race | Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Caucus, Dennis Kucinich, Duncan Hunter, Election Results, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, John McCain, Mike Gravel, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Nevada, Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet