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I'm not sure if it's just my viewing or if everyone can see that everything on this blog is center spaced. Clearly, something has gone crazy with Blogger. I have no idea what happened or how to fix it but I'm still on vacation and will try and trouble shoot it when I get home this weekend.
What is Clinton's argument now? The Politico Last week, Clinton won West Virginia by an incredible 41 percentage points — a quadruple landslide! — and since then Barack Obama has picked up 22 superdelegates and Clinton has picked up four. And when you are in a place where your victories don’t matter, then you are in a very bad place.
Missing: One Concession Speech, Times of London “We have returned to Iowa with a majority of delegates elected by the American people, and you have put us within reach of the Democratic nomination for president of the United States in America,” he said. And yet, there was still something missing. A concession speech by his opponent.
Clinton's Claim, The New York Sun Her claim rests on arguments vociferously and passionately put forward by Democrats when Vice President Gore lost the general election to George W. Bush by a whisker in 2000. The lesson of Gore 2000, Mrs. Clinton suggests, is that in a true democracy it is winning a majority of the popular vote that should be paramount. Any other way of gauging public opinion, such as the disproportionate system of allocating electoral college votes that doomed Mr. Gore in 2000, must come second to the simple Jeffersonian notion that the person who wins the most votes should be the victor. She has a point.
The issue that has dominated much of the news over the last month has been how to resolve the race for the Democratic nomination. Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Party, announced today an idea that is rapidly gaining steam among pundits and the public that would not only unify the party but would bring the best of both worlds to the table. According to Dean,
The DNC has proposed to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton the creation of the office of co-president of the United States. This would allow both candidates to serve side-by-side in accordance with the public's wishes and also tap into the vast experience and wisdom these candidates possess. This type of compromise would send a clear signal to the world that the U.S. is doubly committed to peace efforts in the Middle East and a co-presidency could even serve as a model of how waring factions can work together for the good of the human race.
Although there are still many details to work out, specifically those dealing with the constitution, Dean is confident that a deal is imminent. The ticket in the fall would list both names together as President.
The only questions that remain is whose name would go first on the letterhead (Al Gore is quoted as preferring alphabetical ranking) and how to arrange the furniture in the oval office so that one president doesn't have a better view of the Rose garden over the other president.
I thought we had pretty much hit rock bottom when we saw this video, but after seeing these two today, I think that opinion may have been a little premature. In fact, it's starting to look pretty good. However, it does beg the question...what happens when people take their passion for a candidate, home camcorder, and unsurpassed creativity and decide to use it to help their candidate win the presidency? Well, I'll let you decide for yourselves, but I'm thinking maybe the candidates would rather try to win it on their own.
This video is a salute to Hillary as she's Making Our Dreams Come True:
But just when you thought McCain was going to be left out, along come the McCain girls to let us know It's Raining McCain.
I'm no expert, but I think that was a little pitchy.
It's a rainy and dreary day and since there isn't much political news, at least that's newsworthy, then I thought we could take the day to think about who would make a good running mate for John McCain. Will Durst had some excellent choices:
WARREN BUFFET: World’s richest man can’t hurt, in case the campaign needs a loan. Or the country.
JAMES EARL JONES: The most trusted voice in show business.
DAN QUAYLE: Knows the drill.
ED MCMAHON: Knows the drill AND he knows the intro, “Here’s Joohhhnyyyyyy!”
RONALD REAGAN: It’s what the base wants. Who cares if he’s dead? How much less animated is that from second term?
JEB BUSH: Ups the Bush streak to seven of last eight GOP tickets.
JOE LIEBERMAN: Invests campaign with bipartisan spin. Also returns “Joementum” to national lexicon.
KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON: Takes “woman” thing out of play.
CINDY MCCAIN: Takes “woman” thing out of play, and keeps it in the family.
COLIN POWELL: Takes “black” thing out of play.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE: Takes “woman and black” things out of play.
GEORGE CLOONEY: Takes “woman” thing out of play.
JOAN RIVERS: Takes “old” thing out of play. “Woman” thing still in play.
DICK VITALE: Takes “old” and “woman” things out of play, BABY.
ANDY ROONEY: Really takes “old” thing out of play. No, really.
ALAN GREENSPAN: Wasn’t everything a whole lot better when he was in charge? And takes “old” thing out of play.
DICK CHENEY: Something to be said for continuity.
FRED THOMPSON: Throws a bone to the conservative wing and makes candidate appear vibrant.
REGIS PHILBIN: A touch of Hollywood. Old Hollywood, but Hollywood nonetheless.
MIKE HUCKABEE: Plays popular former “Governor of Arkansas” card.
RUDI GIULIANI: Sop to huge pro-choice, pro-gay rights, pro-gun control wing of the GOP. Not to mention NEW YORK.
HILLARY CLINTON: Wants it so bad, she’d cross the aisle for death-watch slot.
Surely there's a winning combination in there somewhere. To read the complete list, visit here.
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