From the LA Times:
Update: Headline now changed to “Obama poised to make gains.” For futher resonance, Clinton today chides press for ignoring sexism.
From the LA Times:
Update: Headline now changed to “Obama poised to make gains.” For futher resonance, Clinton today chides press for ignoring sexism.
When will this be over?
If you think you like Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for president better than his Democratic alternative, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), now’s the time for you to prove it.
Well, Wednesday actually. As the Press-Telegram’s Paul Eakins tells us this morning, the Vault 350 will host the “Barack the Vote Concert & Fundraiser” that night, featuring ex-Booker [...]
A lot of air time is being dedicated to Obama’s “bitter” comments, but it looks like everyone (except Taegan Goddard over at Political Wire) forgot about this:
“If [Republicans] could cut funding for Medicare, Medicaid, education, and the environment, middle-class Americans would see fewer benefits from their tax dollars, feel more resentful paying taxes, and become [...]
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By now the above video is more or less common viewing for anyone following the protracted primary race, but Clinton now has an [...]
The other day, my Ghetto Self (28-year resident of the North LBC, government cheese eater, third-world refugee) sat down with my Educated Self (two graduate degrees, former legislative aide, now university instructor) to talk Obama, Hillary, and Shakespeare.
Ghetto Self: Thanks for making time, cuz. Glad to see your edumacation ain’t made you [...]
* McCain gets his delegates
* Huckabee has already conceded
* Rumor has it that Bush will endorse McCain tomorrow
* Obama takes Vermont (no one is surprised)
* Clinton gets Rhode Island
* Ohio and Texas Democratic races too close to call
Per The Stranger and the ever-vigilant Eli Sanders:
It seems that the run-up to today’s contests in Texas, Ohio and elsewhere just isn’t enough political fodder, as some following the Democratic race are starting to cry foul over the Clinton campaign’s portrayal of Barack Obama’s skin color in recent ads.
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