While Mark Schmitt writes this in the context of whether or not there should be a “unity ticket” of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, it’s actually a great response to questions about how united Democrats will be with Barack Obama in the upcoming presidential election:
“[As opposed to “structural and ideological” fights,] there are fights that […]
Since Barack Obama is already the Democratic nominee in all but name, the real news last night is that the GOP Presidential nominee John McCain still has Republican primary voters voting against him even though he’s running uncontested and already has more than enough delegates to win the nomination officially. I’ve discussed the prior […]
It is a political campaign maxim, particularly for non-incumbents, that campaigns must jealously focus on their own race to win - and that any ‘distraction’ from their campaign comes at great or even unbearable cost. While examples may exist, how often have you heard of an underdog congressional campaign taking their volunteers to canvass […]
When their only principle is power, is it strange that the powerful are unprincipled?
Karl Rove feigns an innocent appreciation of John McCain.
Meanwhile, consider that John McCain believes it’s ok for the CIA to torture - although he uses other words for it.
Draw your own conclusion.
Forget about “straight-talk” when it comes to GOP Presidential nominee John McCain the standard is ‘don’t take his word for it, take ours’ according to the Republican National Committee (RNC), which is protesting the use of John McCain’s own words for a TV ad that describes John McCain’s objectionable policy position in Iraq.
Here’s the ad:
I […]
[OneMan provides a correction - it was the local GOP Party’s elephant, not Alan Keyes’ elephant.]
John Nichols reports about it here.
What I remember most of Alan Keyes’ 2004 GOP Senate bid against Barack Obama was that Keyes came to Naperville with a giant elephant float. The float got stuck within the first quarter mile […]
On Tuesday more than 27% of Pennsylvania GOP Primary voters cast a vote against their Republican Presidential nominee John McCain. Pennsylvanians are not alone in rejecting John McCain. Prior to everyone in the Republican presidential field dropping out, when McCain won, he often failed to win Republican majorities in the primaries and caucuses.
In […]
[Editor Note: Just experienced the dangers of Google cache. Not sure if my inadvertent “quote from behind the wall” of Rich’s Capitol Fax is kosher or not (I saw the Google cache of the Naperville Dems site, but grabbed the link to the current site where, after publishing this and then checking the […]
Congratulations Scott!
From the Scott Harper Campaign:
“Harper shatters fundraising marks, reports record filing
Democrat’s strong showing adds IL-13 to DCCC target watch list
Naperville – Scott Harper, the Democratic candidate for Congress in the 13th district, today filed his first-quarter fundraising report with the Federal Elections Commission, shattering every significant fundraising record ever held here by a Democratic […]
