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Should Clinton have done more than “regret” Ferraro”?

Should Clinton have done more than “regret” Ferraro”?

How MSNBC is reporting the “racist comment” row If you’ve got ten minutes just check out how MSNBC is covering the remarkable attack on Barack Obama by the Hillary fundraiser and campaigner, Geraldine Ferraro, who ran on the unsuccessful Democratic ticket with Walter Mondale in 1984. It gets over far better than anybody could write the nature of this latest issue to blow up in the Democratic nomination. It’s also (see my previous article) great political television. Hillary’s reaction has…

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What about Hillary being on the ticket as Obama’s V-P?

What about Hillary being on the ticket as Obama’s V-P?

Is she worth backing at 5/1? After the weekend suggestions from the Clinton Camp that the current delegate leader, Barack Obama, could join Hillary on the ticket as the V-P nominee there’s increasing discussion that she could accept it the other way round. One of her most outspoken and influential backers, Governor Edward Rendell of Pennsylvania, says he would be happy to support an Obama-Hillary ticket even if it meant that his choice was in the number 2 slot. Such…

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Did Hillary really bring peace to Northern Ireland?

Did Hillary really bring peace to Northern Ireland?

Will the First Lady records substantiate her “experience” claims? After managing to turn up the heat last week on Obama’s experience the media narrative has turned the other way and what she says she did as First Lady is being put under the microscope. One of the specific claims that is under scrutiny is her statement: “I helped bring peace to Northern Ireland”. A comment from the unionist leader at the time and Nobel Prize winner, David Trimble, is causing…

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Is it worth a covering bet on Gore?

Is it worth a covering bet on Gore?

Could he be the only one to break the Clinton-Obama deadlock? It was bound to happen but it does sound plausible – there’s now discussion from respected bloggers that should the Democratic nomination remain deadlocked then there could still be an opportunity for the ex-VP and Nobel Prize winner, Al Gore. Taegan Goddard on “Political Insider” writes: “It’s clear that for either Sen. Barack Obama or Sen. Hillary Clinton to win the Democratic presidential nomination, they’ll have to win the…

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Why I think Hillary is still in with a shout

Why I think Hillary is still in with a shout

This could be about the narrative – not the numbers Firstly can I make clear that the last post was by my son Robert and not me – as some on the thread suggested. I have not changed my mind from Wednesday and believe that in spite of the apparent mathematical disadvantage that Hillary might just still do it. A good test of US opinion is the Iowa Electronic Market – an institution that was set up by the state…

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Did Hillary ad darken Obama’s skin?

Did Hillary ad darken Obama’s skin?

A new storm is brewing tonight in the fight for the Democratic nomination – a suggestion that in one of her Ohio and Texas TV ads that the Hillary campaign darkened Obama’s skin. The above is from the American Blog although the story first started on the Daily Kos. This one is bound to run. Mike Smithson

Who is writing Hillary off now?

Who is writing Hillary off now?

The delegate totals might be a problem – but the narrative’s changed On Monday night it was suggested here that it was “being premature” to write Hillary’s political obituary because the numbers coming from the latest polls suggested that there had been a significant shift away from Obama. Late polling changes like that on the eve of an election are usually significant and so it has been with Super Tuesday 2. As I write the Texas results are not yet…

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Election night: Is the trend moving to Hillary?

Election night: Is the trend moving to Hillary?

But could the mass of early voting underpin Obama? With less than two hours to go before the polls closed in the first of the four key primaries tonight the latest Gallup tracking poll suggests that the momentum might be moving back to Hillary. A big issue though, particularly in Texas, is how the hundreds of thousands of people who took part in the early voting will have gone. Could this be Obama’s secret weapon tonight? We will see. All…

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