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Blog Entries by Thomas de Zengotita from 06/2008

A Question For Angry Hillary Supporters

| Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics
Read More: Florida, Democratic Unity, Superdelagates, Michigan, Swing States, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Anger, Popular Vote, Politics News

If the situation today were precisely reversed and if Hillary were in Barack's place and she were in his -- what would you be saying about Florida and Michigan?

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How Obama Might Frame His Shift On Public Financing

| Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics
Read More: Campaign Financing, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance Reform, Campaign Finance, Politics News

He should say that the whole point of the public financing legislation was to limit the influence of just such donors, so he is being true to the spirit of that legislation.

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Why Obama Should Announce Key Cabinet Members When He Announces His VP Choice

| Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics
Read More: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Lincoln, Arlen Specter, Obama Cabinet, Ed Rendell, Joe Biden, Jim Webb, Cabinet Appointments, Bill Richardson, Obama Administration, Richard Lugar, Politics News

Putting Obama at the center of a team of rivals, all of them familiar, even venerable, pieces of political furniture would dampen the he's-not-one-of-us factor that is still his greatest danger.

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Don't Worry About Obama's Brand For God's Sake!

| Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics
Read More: Barack Obama, Barack Obama Moves Center, MoveOn.Org, Politics News

But let none of us be naïve in our hearts. Barack knows what he's doing, his people know what they're doing -- this is all very carefully calibrated.

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