Posts Tagged ‘2008 Presidential Race’

Huckabee on states’ rights

January 18th, 2008 | No Comments

I gotta score one for Huckabee today.  On the issue of the Confederate flag in South Carolina: “You don’t like people from outside the state coming in and telling you what to do with your flag,” Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor, told supporters Thursday in Myrtle Beach, S.C. “In fact, if somebody came to Arkansas [...]

Monica’s ex-boyfriend’s wife for President

January 16th, 2008 | 8 Comments

In case someone hasn’t noticed by this point, wer’e engaged in a primary season to choose our next President of the United States of America.  It’s all over the internet, it’s all over the news, it’s all over radio, it’s all over the papers.  And now, for those that ingest none of the above, it’s [...]

Hillary wins nothing, barely

January 16th, 2008 | No Comments

Hillary Clinton took Michigan.  Running against nobody, she claimed 57% of the vote, and got all of the none delegates.  Needless to say, this didn’t tell me much at all.  Michigan lost all of their Democrat delegates for moving their primary up too early in the process and the DNC did not approve.  For one [...]

When you know it’s time to give up

January 15th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Dennis Kucinich has barely made a blip on the polls so far.  More importantly, he hasn’t made a blip at all obtaining delegates.  Things have gotten so bad, NBC didn’t want him wasting their time at their next debate.  So, Kucinich sued to get into the debate, and won.  NBC, I guess part of the [...]

A vast left wing conspiracy?

January 13th, 2008 | No Comments

Sidney Blumenthal got nailed for DUI the night before the New Hampshire Democrat primary.  He got nailed in New Hampshire.  Sidney Blumenthal is a senior Hillary Clinton campaign advisor.  Now, although most media eventually ran the story, they did so usually starting the 12th or 13th.  The primary was the 8th. Gotta make ya wonder, huh?

2008 Primaries and the Misery Index

January 9th, 2008 | No Comments

A lot is being made over the minor primaries and not-primaries we’ve had so far in determining who the next president will be.  I’m not so keen on using Iowa, Wyoming, or New Hampshire as predictors of anything.  They’re too small and their histories don’t overwhelmingly prove anything.  So, since so many people desperately want [...]

Independent voters key to New Hampshire primary?

January 8th, 2008 | 2 Comments

First of all, here’s where I stand on the issue of independent voters: In United States politics, the term independent voter typically refers to an enrolled voter who is explicitly not a member of any political party……. Now, the purpose of a primary election is defined as: …primary elections are one means by which a [...]

Imagine, a contrived scene in politics

January 7th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Yeah, I know it seems far-fetched, almost to the level of conspiracy-theory material.  But, sometimes, I just can’t help but think some scenes in politics are totally contrived. Today we got yet another sampling.  To wit, Hillary was asked this question: “My question is very personal, how do you do it?” asked Marianne Pernold Young, [...]

Who’s really winning this race?

January 7th, 2008 | No Comments

A lot has been made of Iowa’s results.  Very little has been made of Wyoming’s results.  And, a LOT is being made of New Hampshire’s.  But, depending on which party you’re a member of, there has been either one or two votes trying to decide who the party’s candidate will be next fall.  A lot [...]

Crunch time, round two

January 6th, 2008 | No Comments

Lost in the debates last night, as well as the sports all over the networks, is the fact there was yet another caucus.  Mitt Romney won Wyoming.  This barely merited a blurb on Fox and not much more than that anywhere else.  Unlike Iowa, this one wasn’t close.  Romney got 67% of the vote, Thompson [...]