Did you miss the debate like I did?

Filed at 8:28 am, Friday February 22nd 2008
by Arlen Parsa

I missed the debate itself, but was able to catch it later on YouTube. Here are the links if you did as well, or wanted to rewatch any of it.

You have GOT to be kiddding me. Clinton takes on Obama over “plagiarism” in the debate

Filed at 10:13 pm, Thursday February 21st 2008
by Arlen Parsa

The idea that Obama somehow “plagiarized” a line from one of his co-chairs is absolutely absurd. Still, CNN asked him about Clinton’s allegations. You can see for yourself how the audience reacted:

Is this really how the Clinton campaign hopes to turn around the momentum and win this race? If so then they’re more tone deaf […]

Dems debate at 8

Filed at 6:12 pm, Thursday February 21st 2008
by Arlen Parsa

The Democratic CNN debate tonight starts at 8:00PM, EST and will last an hour and a half. It will take place at the University of Texas in Austin. It’ll be fascinating to see how the two candidates interact what with the changing power dynamic.
Clinton no longer has a Texas-size lead and polls in the Lone […]

Video- Clinton surrogate steals a page from conservative talking points

Filed at 12:32 pm, Thursday February 21st 2008
by Arlen Parsa

Compare and contrast.
1. Television ad against Howard Dean from the conservative Club For Growth, aired in August 2006:

Transcript:

ANNOUNCER: What do you think of Howard Dean’s plan to raise taxes on families by $1900 a year?
MAN: What do I think? Well, I think Howard Dean should take his tax-hiking, government-expanding, latte-drinking, sushi-eating, Volvo-driving, New York Times-reading…
WOMAN: […]

It’s Eleven

Filed at 9:44 am, Thursday February 21st 2008
by Arlen Parsa

Obama wins the Democrats Abroad primary:

Barack Obama won the Democrats Abroad global primary in results announced Thursday, giving him 11 straight victories in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
The Illinois senator won the primary in which Democrats living in other countries voted by Internet, mail and in person, according to results released by the […]

Clinton campaign to reporters: Obama is practically a cult leader

Filed at 11:18 pm, Wednesday February 20th 2008
by Arlen Parsa

You know what really pisses me off? This new meme we keep hearing from the cynics in the media that because Barack Obama, the first viable African American candidate for president is able to inspire large swaths of people– his attraction must be cult-like. Before we ask who might be promoting this spin, let’s go […]

aside- clinton 527

Filed at 10:32 pm, Wednesday February 20th 2008
by Arlen Parsa

Is the new shady Clinton 527 group illegal by charter?

Clinton campaign official: Red state delegates are “second class” delegates

Filed at 8:18 pm, Wednesday February 20th 2008
by Arlen Parsa

Ben Smith:

A co-chairman of Hillary’s Michigan campaign and has a line that’s sure to drive a whole bunch of red state governors up the wall:
“Superdelegates are not second-class delegates,” says Joel Ferguson, who will be a superdelegate if Michigan is seated. “The real second-class delegates are the delegates that are picked in red-state caucuses […]

Reach high: Obama hopes for 1 million donors by March 4th

Filed at 8:14 pm, Wednesday February 20th 2008
by Arlen Parsa

Earlier today I reported:

Barack Obama’s presidential campaign was expected to announce Wednesday that they had received donations from a record 500,000 donors, most of them small, in the first 51 days of the year.
Before Obama’s decisive wins in Wisconsin and Hawaii, the campaign had received only about 460,000 donations this year. The publicity the campaign […]

Obama campaign to announce unprecedented number of donors

Filed at 8:46 am, Wednesday February 20th 2008
by Arlen Parsa

Barack Obama’s presidential campaign was expected to announce Wednesday that they had received donations from a record 500,000 donors, most of them small, in the first 51 days of the year.
Before Obama’s decisive wins in Wisconsin and Hawaii, the campaign had received only about 460,000 donations this year. The publicity the campaign received in the […]

MEET MR TEN-IN-A-ROW

Filed at 8:33 am, Wednesday February 20th 2008
by Arlen Parsa

“HOPEMONGER” CONTINUES STREAK WITH 10TH STRAIGHT WIN
Washington State… Louisiana… Nebraska… Maine… Virgin Islands… Washington DC… Virginia… Maryland… Wisconsin… Hawaii…
…. CAN HE MAKE IT ELEVEN?

Obama trounces Clinton in Hawaii

Filed at 8:27 am, Wednesday February 20th 2008
by Arlen Parsa

With turnout three times higher than local officials’ wildest expectations (and more than seven times more than the highest turnout in previous years), Barack Obama routed Hillary Clinton late Tuesday in his home state of Hawaii.
The final vote total stood at 76% to 24% Wednesday morning, an astonishing gap of more than 50%.
An official estimation […]

aside- obama big jan fundraising numbers

Filed at 10:59 pm, Tuesday February 19th 2008
by Arlen Parsa

Obama upwardly revises January fundraising estimate to $36M, 3 times what McCain hauled in.

TDB Factsheet: Clinton Tried (Hard) To Win Wisconsin

Filed at 10:10 pm, Tuesday February 19th 2008
by Arlen Parsa

Now that Obama has won Wisconsin by perhaps 10 points, we’ll start hearing spin from the Clinton campaign about how Wisconsin’s primary doesn’t count for one reason or another, even though many factors were supposed to favor her. Among those were the large numbers of union households n WI, the large female turnout, the primary […]

CNN, Fox, ABC, AP, NBC call Wisconsin for Obama

Filed at 8:34 pm, Tuesday February 19th 2008
by Arlen Parsa

The Illinois Senator leads 56% to 43% in Wisconsin, with about 3% of precincts reporting…
Preliminary exit poll data seems to show Obama won males by a big margin (66% to 32%) and lost females by a small margin (48% to 51%). 57% of Wisconsin (D) voters were female…
The only age group Clinton won were Whites […]



Asides


 # Did the GOP screw up McCain's speech background?

 # McCain raises $47M in August. Wow.

 # Glenn Beck is a tremendous, tremendous jerk

 # Now that Obama is going to be Vice President, who will be Obama's Secretary of State?

 # WSJ: Obama campaign netted over 3 million cell numbers with text message gimmick