David Plouffe’s interns need to calm down get a grammar checker

Filed at 8:07 pm, Saturday March 22nd 2008
by Arlen Parsa

From
Craigslist:

WE ARE CHICAGO FILMMAKERS PRODUCING A ADD FOR THE SENATOR
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS THAT SUPPORT AND BELIEVE THAT THE SENATOR IS AMERICAS HOPE TO GET BACK TO THE TYPE OF GOVERNMENT THAT OUR COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED FOR
“FOR THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE”
WE NEED ALL AGES AND WALKS OF LIFE TO APPEAR IN THIS COMMERCIAL TO REMIND […]

Things I have learned from the Clinton campaign today

Filed at 5:48 pm, Saturday March 22nd 2008
by Arlen Parsa

1. Bill Richardson is a modern-day Judas (Who does that make Hillary a modern day version of?)
2. In order to have a general election contest in which there are two candidates who love America, Democrats must nominate Hillary Clinton– not Barack Obama.
3. Peaceful photo-ops with smiling children are equivalent to running from plane to armored […]

Those who attended Clinton’s 1990s NAFTA meetings say it’s “ludicrous” to claim she didn’t support it

Filed at 10:48 am, Saturday March 22nd 2008
by Arlen Parsa

More evidence that Clinton originally supported NAFTA from eyewitnesses and her recently-released White House schedule documents:

… the Clinton campaign continues to propagate this myth that she fought NAFTA tooth and nail because she opposed the substance of the bill.The campaign claims over and over that she did not support NAFTA. That may be emotionally and […]

Now here’s some *sophisticated* political discourse

Filed at 11:25 pm, Friday March 21st 2008
by Arlen Parsa

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in front of a giant Hollywood sign. On a page that has nothing to do with Hollywood. Gee, real subtle association, Senator Cornyn. And good luck with the re-election bid, asshat. You’ll need it.

Video- Bill Richardson endorses Obama

Filed at 6:29 pm, Friday March 21st 2008
by Arlen Parsa

Isn’t it ironic that the best speech of his political career happened after he dropped out of the race?
Maybe it was the beard that made the difference.

Poll: 70% of Americans say Rev Wright didn’t change their opinion of Obama

Filed at 6:01 pm, Friday March 21st 2008
by Arlen Parsa

CBS News polls on the impact of the Rev Wright story and Obama’s response:

“Most voters following the events regarding Senator Barack Obama and Rev. Jeremiah Wright think Obama’s speech was a success. Most agree with his thoughts on race, and think he did a good job explaining his relationship with Rev. Wright. However, the percentage […]

State Dept. Shocker: All 3 presidential candidates passport data compromised

Filed at 12:40 pm, Friday March 21st 2008
by Arlen Parsa

ABC News:

An embarrassed State Department admitted today that the passport files of all three presidential candidates — Sens. John McCain, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton — have been breached by its employees.
The bombshell announcement came within hours of the admission that Obama’s personal file was improperly accessed several times earlier this year and no one […]

Flash: Richardson to endorse Obama at campaign event today

Filed at 8:20 am, Friday March 21st 2008
by Arlen Parsa

Put another superdelegate in Obama’s column:

Mr. Obama’s address on race in Philadelphia on Tuesday appeared to sway Mr. Richardson, who sent word to the senator that he was inspired and impressed by the speech, in which Mr. Obama called for an end to the “racial stalemate” that has divided Americans for decades. Aides said the […]

BREAKING: OBAMA’S PASSPORT INFO BREACHED AT STATE DEPT

Filed at 7:53 pm, Thursday March 20th 2008
by Arlen Parsa

NBC News reports:

Two contract employees of the State Department were fired and a third person was disciplined for accessing passport records of Sen. Barack Obama “without a need to do so,” State Department officials confirmed to NBC News.
The three people who had access to Obama’s passport records were contract employees of the department’s Bureau of […]

Video- Obama BRINGS IT to McCain, Clinton, Bush on Iraq

Filed at 7:27 pm, Thursday March 20th 2008
by Arlen Parsa

Oh man. Ouch. Barack gets shots in at the threesome who supported the war on day one in another stellar speech, this time yesterday on the 5th anniversary of the Iraq war.
Watch the full half hour– it’s worth it. He hits all the right progressive notes on Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and stemming the tide of […]

Rev Sharpton quietly supports Obama for fear formal endorsement would do more harm than good

Filed at 2:39 pm, Thursday March 20th 2008
by Arlen Parsa

The NY Daily News reports:

The Rev. Al Sharpton is backing Barack Obama, but he’s made the strategic decision to keep his support quiet.
That’s the message Sharpton delivered to his flock last Saturday as he boasted of talking to Obama “two or three times a week” - and insisted the Democratic front-runner knows the rev is […]

Inconsistencies in Clinton’s rhetoric and First Lady schedules?

Filed at 10:50 am, Thursday March 20th 2008
by Arlen Parsa

The WSJ combs through Hillary’s freshly-released White House schedule documents:

Sen. Clinton has made much of a September 1995 speech she delivered in Beijing, in an effort to show she is willing to get tough on China. She said in her book “Living History” that she was briefed by the State Department and the Secret Service […]

aside- bush rock bottom in cnn poll

Filed at 10:45 am, Thursday March 20th 2008
by Arlen Parsa

Bush hits a new record low for CNN polls: 31%.

Good news from back in my home state of New Hampshire

Filed at 10:42 am, Thursday March 20th 2008
by Arlen Parsa

There’s a new American Research Group poll out in my home state showing Senator John Sununu (R) might just be getting trounced in November by challenger and former governor Jeane Shaheen (D).
The poll shows Shaheen with 47% support, and Sununu with an anemic 33%. ARG showed Sununu beating Shaheen in December 52%-41%, and he was […]

How much is the Obama campaign costing YouTube?

Filed at 12:37 pm, Wednesday March 19th 2008
by Arlen Parsa

Tech President notices about Obama’s speech on race:

The video of Obama’s 37-minute-long speech has been watched nearly a million times in less than twenty-four hours. Add the ability to get the YouTube generation to watch a 30+ minute political speech on their computer — YouTube only counts full viewings as a “view” — to the […]



Asides


 # Eugene Robinson eviscerates McCain on the economy

 # McCain & Palin are lying about their crowd sizes


 # Vote caging by the McCain campaign?

 # More of the same lies: Palin links Iraq with 9/11