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Dose of Durst
Astronomers predicted the earth will disintegrate in 7.59 billion years. The good news is by then either Hillary or Obama will probably have the Democratic nomination nailed down....
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Dose of Durst
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton engaged in their twentieth debate together and God, it was riveting. Like listening to golf on the radio in Mandarin....
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Dose of Durst
Hillary Clinton said she plans to build a new energy industry in Texas AND in America. At least she recognizes the two have little to do with one another....
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Dose of Durst
Hillary Clinton has replaced her campaign manager. In related news, the White Star Line is now selling replica Titanic deck chairs....
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Stopping Sexism vs Stopping Retroactive Immunity
I've spent a great deal of time over the last four and a half months trying to pressure the major Democratic presidential candidates - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama - to use their platform as the two most important, most...
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Dose of Durst
I'm not saying Hillary's adopting a paler make-up to deliberately emphasize her Caucasian-ness, but she' s starting to look a bit Kabuki....
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I Told My Senators...
I want telephone companies held accountable for their behavior. When they behave well, let's reward them by renewing our contracts and singing their praises. And they they behave badly, let's make sure they are treated as they deserve. So when...
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Poverty? What Poverty?
After pledging to John Edwards to make poverty a key issue in their respective campaigns and a priority of their potential Presidential administrations, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton managed to nearly forget it entirely during their first head-to-head debate last...
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Clinton Blasts Republican Obstructionism
The Clinton campaign has released a statement from Senator Clinton on her intention to vote against cloture on the Intelligence Committee's bad bill and her desire to see the Senate continue meaningful debate of the legislation at hand. Today, I...
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What Clinton and Obama Can Do Now
Now that we know both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will be in the Senate to vote against cloture on the Intelligence Committee bill, you might be wondering what else they can do, besides show up to cast the right...
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Clinton Will Vote "No" on Cloture Tomorrow
Jane Hamsher at FireDogLake has received confirmation from the Clinton campaign that Senator Clinton will be in the Senate to vote "no" to cloture on the bad Intelligence bill tomorrow. This is welcome news. Hopefully she will be able to...
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Will Hillary Clinton Show Up Monday?
Matt Stoller at Open Left reports on a conversation he had with Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton yesterday in South Carolina on FISA. Stoller writes: I talked to Bill first, and asked him for help on the FISA fight. He...
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Dose of Durst
The whole moist-eyed thing is good positioning for Hillary because it places her in two worlds. She's crispy on the outside and gooey on the inside. Kind of like a deep-fried Twinkie....
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Thursday Absurdity
The creators of Obama girl have come back to satirize themselves...with the immediately-wildly-popular "I Have a Crush on Hillary" viral video. Whether these guys just think they're being goofy, or realize they are doing a brilliantly sophisticated job of lampooning...
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Hillary's Tears and Mysogyny
New York Times columnist Bob Herbert discusses how Hillary's success in New Hampshire can be an occasion for deeper reflection about the way women are treated in our society in his article "Politics and Misogyny." If there was ever a...
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It's Still The Economy, Stupid
Paul Krugman makes Monday morning easier, with his column in The Times that never ceases to push issues that deserve discussion. Today, he reminded us that the economy -- which is lurching toward a recession -- might be worth becoming...
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For Crying Out Loud
You'd think that if it's no use crying over spilled milk, it wouldn't be worth milking spilled tears...and yet, the media can not give up talking about the relationship between Senator Clinton's cracking voice and cracking New Hampshire expectations. As...
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Why are young people supporting Clinton?
Mike Connery discusses the huge youth turnout--43%--in yesterday's New Hampshire primary. I don't know what the data behind any of these theories looks like, but I hope that in future elections even larger sections of all demographic groups show up...
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Dose of Durst
Only one person in recent history has won the Presidency without winning either the Iowa Caucuses or the New Hampshire Primary. Fortunately, Hillary shares the same last name as that person....
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Dose of Durst
After the success of the Oprah/Obama tour, other campaigns are seeking similar daytime TV celebs combos. I'm thinking Hillary/Judge Judy, or would that be redundant?...
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Dose of Durst
Bill Clinton says voting for Obama is "rolling the dice." Is this our initial indication that the Clinton campaign has resorted to "crapping out?"...
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Keep Fighting Retroactive Immunity
Why is it so important to keep the pressure on over defeating retroactive immunity for the criminal phone companies that helped the Administration spy on the American people? Because even top candidates for President are hedging their words on the...
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Holding a Campaign Hostage
The news that a gunman, reportedly with a bomb, has taken over a campaign office for Senator Clinton in Rochester, New Hampshire, is terrifying and saddening and maddening. The campaign office is one of the few open, accessible symbols of...
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Dose of Durst
Hillary Clinton has been accused of planting questions in Town Hall meetings. Of course she could always claim she was just trying to help out due to the writer's strike....
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Dose of Durst
In the latest poll, Hillary Clinton leads her nearest competitor by almost double. The good news for the Obama camp is the last two Democrats to have this kind of a lead before the first primary were Walter Mondale...
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Hillary Unveils Her Healthcare Plan
Senator Clinton announced her healthcare plan today - you can see the executive summary here, with the full plan (in pdf form) here. Needless to say, this is an issue we care about deeply - Working Assets regularly supports the...
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YouTube as a Democratizing Force
Earlier in the day, we highlighted the DCCC's YouTube release -- today, OpenLeft also released a video, criticizing Senator Clinton's statements on Iraq and pushing New Hampshire voters to take seriously their opportunity to question that candidates over the next...
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Dose of Durst
Hillary Clinton maintains she's the candidate of change. Bush. Clinton. Bush. Clinton. Sounds more like rotation to me. Catch more of the wit of Will online or live in NYC where his show resumes next week....
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A Theme Song For Every Occasion
From Working Assets friend and former Activist-in-Residence Matt Stoller, we get word of a new online competition... Since Senator Clinton drummed up so much energy choosing a campaign song, why not choose a tune for every occasion...including the War?...
