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Deep down, I know the Senator Clinton believes the Democratic Party and the country need her. And who knows, maybe she’s right. She thinks Senator Obama isn’t up to the task of taking on John McCain. But in this bubble of conviction, she has started to lose touch with reality. Even on the day when [...]

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Joseph Andrew, former National Chairman for the Democratic National Committee under Bill Clinton, and longtime Clinton friend and supporter, has thrown his weight behind Barack Obama and written an extremely thoughtful essay on why he changed. I suggest everyone interested in the race read it. Here is a small piece:
I am changing my support from [...]

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It only took 10 hours from my last post to find something potentially much more explosive than yesterday’s problems: Hillary Clinton is now calling for a boycott of the Beijing Games’ opening ceremony. It is fairly easy political fodder since it essentially means she is targeting the most hated man in Democratic circles (Dubya).
Her own [...]

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I remember Bill Clinton’s first presidential election in 1992. He was cool, smart, likable and most importantly, he really cared about the average American. He gave people hope and made them feel like America’s best days were ahead of them. There was a Bush in the White House, a war in Iraq had just ended, [...]

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I posted something about Hillary’s “Xerox” quip in the debate with Obama, but decided against leaving it up. While I thought the line was lame, and I think she has run her campaign poorly, with her campaign going down the tubes, it doesn’t seem like attacking her now is the high road. As a result [...]

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I open the floor to my loyal readers to get in your predictions for vice presidential choices of the two parties. Please pick one for McCain, and then you can decide how you want to handle the Dems. You can pick someone for each candidate or go out on a limb and make a double [...]

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Super Tuesdays results were anything but decisive for either Democratic candidate. However, Senator Obama won the most states and the most delgates. The next several contests favor Obama, and if he can make a big push we will have a new face of leadership in America, after 28 years of Clintons and Bushes in the [...]

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American Su Fei has a video up where she goes around asking Beijingers what they think about the American election, primarily the Obama-Hillary aspect. I should mention that I was planning to do this bit based on message boards a few weeks back–except the discussions about Obama had almost no participants and made little sense. [...]

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Before I get to the endorsement, January 31 is the last day Americans living abroad can sign up for the global primary election. If you would like to do so you can register electronically here. As you go through the form you will become entirely convinced that it is an application to get an absentee [...]

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One rumor, and one piece of bizarre gossip/conspiracy theory:
1. Joe Lieberman might run with John McCain
2. (this from a normally sane person, who has possibly cracked): The Clintons have secretly hired Karl Rove
The first theory seems like something Joe would do just because it would be so irritating. The second I had to ask my [...]

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