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The "Disenfranchised" Who Didn't Vote at All


One talking point we're hearing a bit more about today has to do with the Democrats in Florida and Michigan who didn't bother voting in their state primaries because the DNC had told them their votes wouldn't count. Would counting...

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May 31, 2008 in 2008: Democrats | Permalink | User Comments (195)

The Protests Outside


Hillary Clinton supporters inside the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee brouhaha here tell me that a number of the pro-Clinton protestors outside the hotel seem to be under the mistaken impression that if Michigan and Florida were seated at 100...

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May 31, 2008 in 2008: Democrats | Permalink | User Comments (87)

Ickes Sees "Perversion" at the DNC Meeting


Harold Ickes, a senior adviser to the presidential campaign of Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., took issue just now with any notion that the campaign of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is conceding anything by agreeing to a proposal being floated to...

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May 31, 2008 in Clinton, Hillary | Permalink | User Comments (103)

A Clinton Hurricane Hits Outside the DNC Hearing Room


There was a tornado watch outside the Democratic National Committee's Rules & Bylaws Committee meeting at the Marriot Wardman Park Hotel Saturday afternoon. And there was a brewing storm inside the hotel as well. A group of public officials --...

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May 31, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (133)

McClellen's Book Gets Up McAuliffe's Irish


Hillary Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe tells the National Journal's splendiferous Tammy Haddad that he doesn't care for former Bush White House press secretary Scott McClellen's scathing memoir. "I never like it when someone works for someone and then comes...

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May 30, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (59)

With Friends Like McCain's...


ABC NEWS' Z. BYRON WOLF WRITES FROM THE ABC BOOTH IN THE U.S. SENATE: The second measure in weeks to pit Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., against two of his strongest supporters is coming down the pipeline. Sen. John Warner was...

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May 30, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (23)

McCain Says It Was Inappropriate to Use Petraeus in His Fundraising Solicitation


Per ABC News' Bret Hovell, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., was asked today if it was appropriate to use an image of Gen. David Petraeus in a fundraising soliciation. "No," McCain said. "It won't happen again." - jpt

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May 30, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (34)

Zimbabwean Ambassador Takes Umbrage at Clinton's Florida Remarks


The ambassador to the United States from Zimbabwe, Machivenyika Mapuranga, took issue this week with comments Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, made in Florida last week to urge that the Democratic National Committee count every vote as cast from disputed contests...

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May 30, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (28)

Archdiocese of Chicago Hammers Father Pfleger


Cardinal Francis George of the Archdiocese of Chicago just issued this statement about Father Michael Pfleger's ridicule of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in a sermon at the church of Sen. Barack Obama, Trinity United Church of Christ, on Sunday: "The...

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May 30, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (230)

David Caruso, Underrated Genius


Jim Carrey pays homage. A compilation. A special compilation dedicated to sunglasses. Happy Friday. - jpt

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May 30, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (14)

 

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