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June 2, 2008, 9:16 am
Hillary Clinton is fudging her math to claim she has won the popular vote among Democrats, liberal bloggers charge, while conservatives pounce on new video of former Barack Obama pastor Rev. Michael Pfleger. Well wishes for Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) as he undergoes brain surgery and economic concerns over the Lieberman-Warner climate bill also draw discussion.
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June 2, 2008, 5:27 am
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June 1, 2008, 1:41 pm
Two big stories from late Saturday have the blogosphere buzzing as those on the right and left try to wrap their heads around what the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC) ruling and Barack Obama resigning from his church will mean in the closing days of the Democratic presidential primary race. But while Democrats dominate coverage, a silver-lining in the dark cloud hanging over the GOP actually has conservatives hoping to play some offense in solid blue territory.
Though Obama supporters are generally pleased by the RBC ruling, most liberal bloggers agree the compromise on Michigan
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May 31, 2008, 2:15 pm
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May 30, 2008, 7:00 pm
Former Sen. Bob Dole (R-Kan.) blasting former White House press secretary Scott McClellan for telling-all is dominating the conversation heading into the weekend. But bloggers are also wondering what
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May 30, 2008, 8:55 am
Another controversial pastor spells trouble for Barack Obama, conservatives charge, while liberals congratulate the Democratic National Committee (DNC) on a new video that, they say, exposes John McCain
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May 30, 2008, 5:10 am
The online debate over former White House press secretary Scott McClellan's tell-all book has shifted from the Bush administration to the media. McClellan was right to point the finger at reporters for not doing enough to question the rationale for war, liberal bloggers write. Bloggers on both sides lay out the paths to the White House for their respective candidates, while conservatives accept that Democrats will win Senate seats this year.
McClellan's admission that the Bush administration was less than forthcoming about its justifications for war shouldn't be a surprise to reporters, as Barack Obama, Phil Donahue and McClatchy's journalists treated them with skepticism in 2002 and 2003, according to The Huffington Post's Bob Cesca. Tucker Carlson shouldn't be shocked that the Bush administration had a "theoretical," nation-building rationale for the invasion, just as he shouldn't view the White House and John McCain's other rationale, "preemptive war," as defensible, Daily Kos's Kagro X writes. If reporters want to show they can hold the administration accountable, they should do more digging into the Pentagon's propanganda program, which used television networks to sell the war, Daily Kos's DarkSyde writes.
For McCain to win this year, he should push back against Democrats on the economy, as he's already running better on the issue than other Republicans and since economic growth under President Bush has been consistently good, according to The Next Right's Jon Henke. Obama, however, will benefit by tying McCain to Bush, since about three-quarters of voters in a new Pew Research poll want to end current policies or a new direction for the country, notes Josh Orton at MyDD. Both candidates will have opportunities to win states that their respective party's 2004 nominees lost, but Obama has the best odds of flipping more states, with Iowa, New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada in play, according to Chris Cillizza's Friday Line.
The outcome of this year's Senate battle is less murky. Democrats are likely to win, concedes The Next Right's Sean Oxendine, who gives the party a 50 percent chance of coming away with 57 seats. The Republicans' candidate in Colorado, Bob Schaffer, isn't likely to help his party, as he's now facing questions over whether he secured a $3.6 million earmark as a House member for a man just convicted of defrauding the government, TalkingPointsMemo's Josh Marshall writes.
FROM THE BLOGS: McClellan And No War For BBQ - Bob Cesca, Huffington Post Media-Types Straddle Fence On McClellan - Kagro X, Daily Kos David Gregory To The Rescue! - DarkSyde, Daily Kos McClellan's Motive - Jason Zengerle, The Plank McClellan: Hey, Wha' Hoppened? - Josh Marshall, TalkingPointsMemo Reviewing Doug Feith's Book - Paul Mirengoff, Power Line Economic Narrative And Counterfactuals - Jon Henke, The Next Right What Ailments Is Obama Hiding? - Erick Erickson, RedState Obama In Full Retreat: 4 Issues, 48 Hours - Soren Dayton, RedState Pew Confirms McCain's Huge Weakness: Bush - Josh Orton, MyDD Ranking The McCain-Obama Battlegrounds - Chris Cillizza, The Fix Declaring Victory In Dem Race - Todd Beeton, MyDD '08 Senate -- GOP In For Rough Ride - Sean Oxendine, The Next Right Bob Schaffer: Going, Going... - Josh Marshall, TalkingPointsMemo
OTHER NEWS SOURCES: U.S. Cites Big Gains Against al Qaeda - Washington Post Reid, Pelosi See End To Party Race - Washington Post McClellan Disputes 'Disgruntled' Label - USA Today Senate's Allure Drew McCain From Military - New York Times
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May 29, 2008, 1:44 pm
Strong support for Democrats in one Mississippi Senate Race has liberals anticipating another deep south Democratic pick-up. A compromise on Michigan and Florida delegate being floated ahead of this weekend
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May 29, 2008, 8:57 am
Whether an intervention by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) could actually affect the Democratic primary is a topic on liberal bloggers
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May 29, 2008, 5:11 am
Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan's new memoir has earned him the ire of old colleagues and friends in the conservative blogosphere on Thursday. Barack Obama takes heat from conservative writers online for changing his positions on an Iraq trip and talks with Iran. And the pros and cons of Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) as Obama's running mate are debated by bloggers on both sides.
McClellan is "worthy of contempt" for serving and defending the president at the highest levels for months while believing that the administration took the country to war on false premises, The Corner's Mark R. Levin writes. McClellan's predecessor Ari Fleischer notes that McClellan had told him in private that his publisher had "tweaked" passages for effect, notes Hot Air's Ed Morrissey, who suggests that McClellan either lied to Fleisher or threw out his his principles in going along with his publisher.
McClellan has critics and defenders on the left. He should have raised his disagreements over the war five years earlier, when they could have made a difference, writes Arianna Huffington. But the Bush administration's defenders are absurdly trying to insinuate that McClellan was the victim of a liberal ghostwriter or editor, writes The Plank's Jason Zengerle.
Obama may now be considering a trip to Iraq, but he's doing it only after John McCain shamed him into it and after his campaign had called McCain's proposal for a joint trip "a political stunt," writes Moe Lane at RedState. Obama has shown that he might have trouble standing up to rogue nations by backing away from his plan to meet with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the face of conservative criticism, according to RedState's Erick Erickson.
With Webb and Congress enjoying a recess this week, blogs have turned to debating whether the first-term senator could help Obama as his ticket mate. By picking Webb, who is a strong supporter of the military and a skeptic of affirmative action and increased immigration, Obama could show the rest of the country that there's room in his coalition for someone with views that aren't in line with the "left-liberal" wing of the Democratic party, Ross Douthat writes. Webb, however, hasn't taken any positions that go against the Democratic line since joining the Senate, notes Ramesh Ponnuru at The Corner. If Obama doesn't want to hurt his chances with winning women voters, he should think about offering the job to Hillary Clinton before turning to Webb, Zengerle writes.
FROM OTHER BLOGS: McClellan Worthy Of Contempt - Mark R. Levin, The Corner Fleischer: Maybe His Publisher Wanted $ - E. Morrissey, Hot Air Scotty Come Lately - Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post The Manchurian Memoirist? - Jason Zengerle, The Plank Obama Hopes To Change Course On Iran - E. Erickson, RedState Obama May Go To Iraq After All - Moe Lane, RedState Surprise: Obama Considering Iraq Trip - Allahpundit, Hot Air Obama: A Legend In His Own Mind - Paul Mirengoff, Power Line The Case Against Webb - Ross Douthat Debating Webb - Ramesh Ponnuru, The Corner More Webb Obsessing - Jason Zengerle, The Plank McCain On 'Nuclear Security' - William Hartung, TPMCafe Hillary Clinton's General Election Strength - Todd Beeton, MyDD Clinton's (And Supporters') Situational Ethics - kos, Daily Kos Gay Marriage Headed For Political Dustbin - Devilstower, Daily Kos
OTHER NEWS SOURCES: Dem Panel Set To Resolve Clinton-Obama Delegate Dispute - LA Times Florida And Michigan May See Delegates Halved - New York Times On Policy, Obama Breaks Little New Ground - Washington Post McClellan Says He Believed In Bush As War Started - Associated Press
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