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Obama Pushback on National Journal Rankings

The Obama campaign is taking serious issue with the National Journal rankings of him as the most liberal Senator in 2007. Spokesman Bill Burton points out that because Sen. Obama was campaigning for much of 2007, he missed 32 out...

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January 31, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (22)

Whither Conservatives?

They dislike McCain, they distrust Romney, they don't think Huckabee or Ron Paul are serious candidates. What next for them? Read more HERE Or watch the World News report HERE. - jpt

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January 31, 2008 in Weblogs | Permalink | User Comments (9)

Couple Things

First, because a few of you have I asked, I have nothing to do with which comments get deleted. ABCNews.com has certain standards for what posts they consider unacceptable -- I think personal attacks and cursing do not meet those...

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January 31, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (35)

Obama Was THE Most Liberal Senator Last Year?

In the National Journal's annual ratings of senators' standings on the political prism you have to hang a Left before you find Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois. Pass Barbara Boxer...Ted Kennedy...keep going. Pass Sheldon Whitehouse....Robert Menendez... Keep going.... Oh, look, here's...

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January 31, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (33)

Being Accused of "Parsing" By the Clinton Campaign

Wow, I hardly know how to take this. This morning, trying to understand what former President Bill Clinton was driving at when he made a statement about effort to combat global warming, I posted a quote of his, put it...

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January 31, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (54)

Well, This Will Get Him the Votes of All My College Friends

Obama favors decriminalizing marijuana. Obama: The "green" party candidate?... Obama: Spleef Through Strength… Obama: A Kinder, Gentler, Bud… I got a million of 'em. Thank you! I'll be here all week! Try the veal! - jpt

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January 31, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (19)

What Did Bill Clinton Mean By "We Just Have to Slow Down Our Economy" to Fight Global Warming?

Former President Bill Clinton was in Denver, Colorado, stumping for his wife yesterday. In a long, and interesting speech, he characterized what the U.S. and other industrialized nations need to do to combat global warming this way: "We just have...

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January 31, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (601)

Kathleen Willey Warns Obama About Clintons

In an open letter to Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, on the conservative website WorldNetDaily, self-described Clinton victim Kathleen Willey warns him to no be naïve….to watch out …and to get a shredder…among other advice. Among the unusual warnings she issues,...

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January 30, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (46)

The Edwards Endorsement

Something to keep in mind about John Edwards and endorsing… He has never come out and said he would endorse Barack Obama, but he has always made it clear that he preferred Obama's politics to Clinton's. Before the Iowa caucus,...

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January 30, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (39)

Obama in 2001: Rumsfeld in the Mainstream

It was January 17, 2001, and Illinois state senator Barack Obama was on WTTW11’s “Chicago Tonight." Discussing his opposition to Attorney General nominee John Ashcroft, Obama praised newly-elected President Bush's new nominee for Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld. “The proof...

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January 30, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (152)