Colbert’s first Better Know A District segment in a while. And because of how hilariously bad it made the Rep look, it’ll probably be his last for a while too.
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8:29 Hillary does this weird nodding thing when she listens, and it’s kind of distracting when Obama or the questioners talk.
8:32 In an earlier liveblogging post, I said that both H and B were running against the Republicans as well as each other. One thing is getting more and more clear […]
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7:51 Obama goes over Clinton’s confused stance on drivers licenses for undocumented workers– only because he says he wants to highlight what a difficult political issue it is. Sneaky.
7:53 Commercial break.
7:57 Annnnnnd we’re back.
7:58 Ooooh, Wolf asks what experience Hill gained as First Lady qualifies her to be president. Hill answers […]
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7:27 Obama says he wants to broadcast all health care negotiations on C-SPAN, live so that people know that his health care plan isn’t hijacked by special interests or drug companies or “a member of congress who’s carrying water for the drug companies.” Go transparency! (This, contrasted with Clinton’s original try […]
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7:05 Blitzer: “This will be a debate in the traditional sense… The only rules tonight are these: there are no rules.” No time limits too. They’re sitting at a table next to each other and will be given 90 seconds for an open ended opening statement. So much for the no […]
The Nation endorses Obama.
Hillary: Bill “may have” lost South Carolina for me.
Recently there have been indications that Hillary Clinton and her allies planned to steal a page from Karl Rove’s book of fear-mongering to scare up votes.
Now Clinton has a scary new ad which you just have to see to believe:
Remind anyone of any other (in)famous ads in the last 50 years? (Hint: Daisies and nukes.)
Another […]
Viral email smear about Hillary circulates in African American community
Congrats! Sen Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) will tie the knot at 83.
Obama in Oakland, California last year
CHICAGO, IL– Democrat Barack Obama’s campaign today revealed that they had raised 32 million dollars in January alone– equaling his total haul in the 2nd Q of 2007, the three month period where he had previously raised the most.
By contrast, John Kerry only hauled in $7.6M in January 2004.
Today’s astonishing […]
Endorsement Watch: Schwarzenegger to give McCain the nod
A “psychic” gets busted.
Hat tip- Tiffany.
The Great Pander
CNN’s GOP debate Wednesday night took place once again from the Reagan Library in California. How much did the candidates pander?
Mentions of Reagan by candidate:
Ron Paul: 3
Mike Huckabee: 7
John McCain: 8
Mitt Romney: 19
That’s 37 total, for those of you keeping count.
Dems debate Thursday
The Democratic debate, on Thursday, will be 90 minutes in length […]
July’s CNN Democratic debate:
A preview of Thursday night’s CNN Democratic debate:
Are we going to have a real debate now?
(Yes yes, I know, Vilsack dropped out before any debates took place and Gravel won’t be included in Thursday’s debate, but for all intents and purposes, these photos really do say quite a lot.)
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