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May 16, 2008
Posted: 01:24 PM ET
David M. Reisner  Sen. Barack Obama fires back after President Bush likened talking with Hamas to negotiating with Hitler.  Hey bloggers, Yesterday we told you about comments President Bush made in a speech to Israel’s parliament. The president compared calls to talk with unnamed terrorist groups a ‘foolish delusion.’ (read more here) Well today, Obama fired back. Sen. Barack Obama slammed President Bush for launching “exactly the kind of appalling attack that’s divided our country and that alienates us from the world.” Speaking at a campaign stop in Watertown, South Dakota, Obama also lambasted Sen. John McCain for “embracing” the president’s “attacks on Democrats,” and “suggesting that I wasn’t fit to protect this nation that I love.” “So much for civility,” Obama said, noting that McCain had talked about the need for civility in politics earlier Thursday. He went on: Filed under: Barack Obama • Election 2008 • John McCain • President George W. Bush • Raw Politics May 15, 2008
Posted: 10:44 PM ET
Dana Bash We were riding the bus from John McCain’s speech on his vision for 2013, after his 4 years as president.. a somewhat utopian speech. We asked him about President Bush’s comments before the Knesset, suggesting Democrats favor “appeasement” of terrorists in the way some Western leaders appeased Hitler in the run-up to World War II. Noting that Barack Obama took that to be a shot at him, we asked Senator McCain if he agreed. Mccain responded that he takes Bush at his word, but then criticized Obama repeatedly for saying he would talk with the president of Iran. He was clearly eager to talk about this, saying, “It is a serious error on the part of Sen. Obama that shows naivete and inexperience and lack of judgment to say that he wants to sit down across the table from an individual who leads a country who says that Israel is a stinking corpse.” McCain also recently charged that Obama is the favored candidate of Hamas, which the U.S. has listed as a terrorist group. Obama called that McCain remark a “smear,” and today called Bush’s comment, “a false political attack.” I later asked Senator McCain how much of an issue this will be and he said that of course national security – and their differences on it – will be big. A taste of the general election campaign to come. Filed under: Barack Obama • Dana Bash • Election 2008 • John McCain • President George W. Bush Posted: 12:48 PM ET
Barclay Palmer Barack Obama had already seemed to take a page from his forebear on the other end of the political spectrum — yes, Ronald Reagan — by running on a platform of optimism, which he has branded as “change.” And last night, the Illinois Democrat evoked the widely admired stagecraft of the Gipper, who could turn a speech into a celebratory rally timed perfectly for evening newscasts, complete with hundreds of balloons falling from above, and cheering, nearly ecstatic crowds. Fast forward to Obama last night: he comes bounding in before a roaring crowd. With his slow and pausing manner of speech, which somehow builds rather than depletes the drama, he promises “something special,” then introduces John Edwards, who comes bounding in to even greater cheers. What is this, a prize fight? Filed under: Barack Obama • Election 2008 • Hillary Clinton Posted: 12:05 PM ET
David M. Reisner  During a speech to the Knesset, Pres. Bush compares calls to talk with unnamed terrorist groups a 'foolish delusion.' Hey Bloggers, Wanted to get your thoughts on something that President Bush said today when adressing Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, on Israel’s 60th anniversary celebration in Jerusalem. Some are saying the President launched a sharp but veiled attack on Sen. Barack Obama and other Democrats, suggesting they favor “appeasement” of terrorists in the same way some Western leaders appeased Hitler in the run-up to World War II. The president did not say Obama’s name directly (or any other Democrat for that matter) but White House aides privately acknowledged the remarks were aimed at the presidential
Filed under: Barack Obama • Election 2008 • Israel • President George W. Bush • War on Terror Posted: 11:34 AM ET
Editor’s note: Bonnie Erbe is the host of PBS’s weekly news analysis program, To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe, and syndicated columnist for Scripps Howard News Service. Her blog ‘Racism in the Presidential Race’ appeared on UsNews.com. Bonnie Erbe Terry McAuliffe, Senator Clinton’s campaign manager was all over the cable news channels last night claiming Sen. Clinton’s 2-1 win in West Virginia is proof she and only she can win the White House for the Democratic party in November—that due to her support from white, working class voters. But an even more telling point about white, working class voters and how some of them will vote when (and it looks like when, not if) Sen. Barack Obama becomes the Democratic nominee was made in article in yesterday’s Washington Post. The monster lurking behind the curtain in the Democratic presidential race is racism. Up to now, Sen. Obama’s supporters in the extreme left wing of the Democratic party, have tried to ignore its existence. This article is proof, it not only exists, it is unfortunately alive and well, particularly in factory towns: Filed under: Barack Obama • Bonnie Erbe • Election 2008 • Hillary Clinton • Race Gender & Politics • Race in America May 14, 2008
Posted: 05:16 PM ET
David M. Reisner Hey Bloggers, Breaking News: John Edwards is to endorse Sen. Barack Obama as the Democratic candidate for President…The Obama campaign tells us the announcement will occur tonight in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
We’ll have the story at 10p ET. Please join us. Filed under: Barack Obama • Election 2008 • John Edwards Posted: 01:20 PM ET
David Gergen Her landslide victory gives Hillary Clinton a large measure of vindication for staying in the race. Clearly, many Democrats want to continue the race until the primaries and caucuses conclude, and she is giving voice to their legitimate concerns about the economy. The party will be much better positioned in the fall if it fully hears the anxieties of voters about their lives and can respond not only with a sense of hope but with a set of ideas and policies that will put America’s house in order. The continued Clinton campaign is giving the public a chance to be more fully heard. Yet it is also clear that unless the wheels come totally off the Obama campaign — and there is no sign of that, just the opposite — he will soon have the nomination in his grasp. That raises two questions for Mrs. Clinton: Will she go gracefully? Filed under: Barack Obama • Election 2008 • Hillary Clinton • Raw Politics Posted: 09:41 AM ET
Barclay Palmer Ok, West Virginia was a nice side show on our way to the big tent, and we’ll have a few more of those. But let’s look ahead for a moment to the human cannonball act: Is this the year Dems rocket back into the White House, fueled by discontent over gas prices, the economy and the war? Or will they have a candidate so battered by the lion taming act that a Republican packagable as moderate and will capture Reagan Democrats and the political center, and win the brass ring for the Republicans yet again? Mississippi might offer a better clue to this riddle than West Virginia. Democrat Travis Childers won the race in Mississippi’s first congressional district, held by Republicans have held since 1994. This is the second time in two weeks that a Democrat has defeated a Republican in an open Congressional seat in the south. On May 3rd, Democrat Don Cazayoux won a special election in Louisiana. Filed under: Barack Obama • Election 2008 • Hillary Clinton • Raw Politics Posted: 09:33 AM ET
Sen. Hillary Clinton used her big win in West Virginia on Tuesday to make her case that she has a better chance of beating the Republicans in the general election. “I am more determined than ever to carry on this campaign,” she told supporters in Charleston, West Virginia. “I am in this race because I believe I am the strongest candidate. … I can lead this party to victory in the general election if you lead me to victory now.” With half of the results in, Clinton was ahead of Sen. Barack Obama by a margin of more than 2-1. Clinton has faced calls to drop out of the race because she trails Obama in delegates won, states won and the popular vote this primary season. Clinton also now trails Obama when it comes to the support of superdelegates, and her campaign is $20 million in the red Filed under: Barack Obama • Election 2008 • Hillary Clinton May 12, 2008
Posted: 09:42 AM ET
Carl Bernstein writes that Hillary Clinton's campaign recognizes that it faces an uphill battle.
Carl Bernstein Clinton “is trying to figure out how to land the plane without looking like surrender,” a prominent figure in the Obama camp said Friday. This means, in all likelihood, bringing her campaign to a close in the next few weeks and trying to leverage her way onto an Obama ticket from a position of maximum strength, said several knowledgeable sources. A person close to her, with whom her campaign staff has counseled at various points, said this week, “I think the following will happen: Obama will be in a position where the party declares him the nominee by the first week in June. She’ll still be fighting with everybody — the Rules Committee, the party leaders — and arguing, ‘I’m winning these key states; I’ve got almost half the delegates. I have a whole constituency he hasn’t reached. I’ve got real differences on approach to how we win this election, and I’m going to press the hell out of this guy. … Relief for the middle class, universal health care, etc.; I’m Ms. Blue Collar, and I’m going to press my fight, because he can’t win without my being on the ticket.’ “ Filed under: Barack Obama • Carl Bernstein • Election 2008 • Hillary Clinton |
 
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