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Media Cluster-Frenzy of the Year
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyAdmit it, you didn't think I was going to say frenzy.I'm not talking about the biggest stories in politics, necessarily, but the ones that just took over everything for what seemed like eons. With unprecedented interest in this year's election, there were lots of stories that burned brighter than they should have, but these were supernovas that obliterated everything around them.Rod Blagojevich - The Illinois Governor who treated Barack Obama's vacant senate seat like a really expensive set of Sham-Wows is still burning bright in the mediaverse. The initial "if you don't have Blago in your ...
Nader: Barack Should Be Like JFK, Pick Hillary
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyRalph Nader said, yesterday, that he thinks Barack Obama will select Hillary Clinton as his running mate, and that the current shortlist double-play combo of Biden to Kaine to Bayh is just a "smokescreen." From UPI:"I don't think he's that dumb," said Nader. "He just has to swallow hard and do what JFK did" in 1960 when he chose rival Lyndon Baines Johnson. Nader says his own sources lead him to believe that the New York senator remains in serious contention.Looks like Ralph and I are smoking from the same pipe. As the only 2 people in politics who still think the Dream Ticket could happen, ...
Obama Campaign Plays Good Cop
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyThe Obama campaign held a press conference call today to "discuss comments made by Senator McCain, President Bush's biggest supporter of the Iraq War, regarding his own judgment on the war, and his continued efforts to question Senator Obama's patriotism." This promised to be quite the exhibition of firepower, since Obama's response so far has been to say that Senator McCain should stop doing that, and loves America. Senator McCain's response is, invariably, "Hey, thanks, Traitor!" Or words to that effect. Yesterday, Senator Obama struck an even tougher posture, saying he would not allow his ...
Dream Ticket Lives! Update!
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyUpdate: 9 pm: Just got this statement, via email. It seems to clarify what Chris was talking about.Joint Statement from the Clinton and Obama Press Offices "We are working together to make sure the fall campaign and the convention are a success. At the Democratic Convention, we will ensure that the voices of everyone who participated in this historic process are respected and our party will be fully unified heading into the November election."Update: I think my colleague Chris Weber may have been "burying the lede" earlier when he presented video from Hillary Clinton's August 1st fundraiser. ...
The Dream Ticket Lives!
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyAll of the recent buzz on Barack Obama's search for a VP has centered around Tim Kaine, with a short-shortlist rounded out by Evan Bayh and Joe Biden. Hillary Clinton's candidacy has been all but left for dead. A fair amount of that dismissal of the "Dream Ticket" is the result of an email sent by the proprietors of VoteBoth.com, in which they announced they were shutting down the site: Because it seems that Senator Obama has made his decision to offer the slot on the ticket to another candidate, we believe that continuing to ask him to pick Hillary is no longer helpful to our party's chances ...
Obama: Hillary Still On VP List, But...
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyAccording to the LA Times, ardent Hillary Clinton supporter and top donor Jill Iscol spoke with Barack Obama by phone, and the sacrosanct topic of the Veepstakes came up:Obama replied that (Hillary Clinton) is on his list, Iscol recounted, and that it would be a mistake not to have her on such a list. But he also explained that he was thinking through a potential "complication" -- Bill Clinton. "He said once you're a president, even if you're a former president, you're always a president," Iscol said. ..."I said nobody has been vetted the way she has been vetted," Iscol said. "We need to pick ...
Bill Clinton Speaks to Barack Obama
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyUpdate: The Obama campaign Released the Following statement this afternoon, via email: "Senator Obama had a terrific conversation with President Clinton and is honored to have his support in this campaign. He has always believed that Bill Clinton is one of this nation's great leaders and most brilliant minds, and looks forward to seeing him on the campaign trail and receiving his counsel in the months to come," said Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton. 6/24/2008 - When Senator Hillary Clinton suspended her campaign, and offered her "full throated support" to Barack Obama, his future got so ...
Dream Ticket Update: Looking Good
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyOr at least, better than the current bad buzz in the media would suggest. According to a source who is very well-placed with the Clinton campaign, the prospect of a Dream Ticket of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton is alive and well. According to the source, now that the general election has begun, certain political realities are beginning to gel within the Obama campaign, things that bode well for Hillary's selection. ...
Unity: Barack, Hillary Live!
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyWell, that went as expected. It will be interesting to see what the spin on this is. It was a feel-good event, and Hillary spoke beautifully, but I want to see what she's like stumping by herself. I bet she really lets McCain have it then. 2:02 Ah, no Dream Ticket. Yet! 2:01 Can you imagine sitting next to him on a plane? "Can we get some extra peanuts here? Yes, We Can!" 1: 55 We will recruit an army of teachers? "Sing you're A-B-C's, you maggot!" 1: 51 "...they can do it better than the boys, and they can do it in heels!" That was a little clumsy. Hillary looks like she's having fun. "I ...
And, Unity In: Five..Four..Three...
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyUpdate: I spoke with a well-placed source in Hillary Clinton's campaign, who told me a couple of interesting things. He said Obama will definitely not be picking a VP just to win a state, and that the short list now includes Hillary, Joe Biden, Evan Bayh, and maybe Chuck Hagel. I've got a good feeling about this.He also said, as I have, that Obama is doing so surprisingly well against McCain that he can pretty much pick his own ticket, but that the longer the choice takes, the better it is for Hillary. Also, here's video of Bayh telling Andrea Mitchell today that he would say yes if asked to ...
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