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Published: 05/4/08

Hillary Doesn't Listen to Economists

By  David Knowles - Politics Daily
Hillary Doesn't Listen to Economists

From Robert Reich, Bill Clinton's former Secretary of Labor:When asked this morning by ABC News' George Stephanopoulos if she could name a single economist who backs her call for a gas tax holiday this summer, HRC said "I'm not going to put my lot in with economists."I know several economists who have been advising Senator Clinton, so I phoned them right after I heard this. I reached two of them. One hadn't heard her remark and said he couldn't believe she'd say it. The other had heard it and shrugged it off as "politics as usual."Er, you can say that again. Discounting expert opinions and ...

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Published: 04/18/08

Time's Up Superdelegates: Obama or Clinton?

By  David Knowles - Politics Daily
Time's Up Superdelegates: Obama or Clinton?

This is the message from DNC Chairman Howard Dean. Pencils down. Is that your final answer? Via CNN:An increasingly firm Howard Dean told CNN again Thursday that he needs superdelegates to say who they're for--and "I need them to say who they're for starting now.""We cannot give up two or three months of active campaigning and healing time," the Democratic National Committee Chairman told CNN's Wolf Blitzer. "We've got to know who our nominee is."If Dean has shown us anything over the course of this election cycle--and readers of this column have varying opinions on the subject--it's that he ...

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