Clintons

The Vice Presidency of Al Gore, 2009-2017

Norman MacAfee | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics


Norman MacAfee

Hillary Clinton is being talked about as a possible vice president; her supporters say she is the strongest choice, and that anyone else is inferior. But Al Gore is certainly the most qualified for the job.

Hillary: It Ain't Over Yet!

Beverly Davis | Posted 06.04.2008 | Home


Beverly Davis

The Hillary speech not only ignored Obama's historic win but was so laden with self-preservation and -aggrandizement it's clear that, although she is at the end of her candidacy, she is not done with her self-deluded power plays.

To Control the Endgame, Obama Should Announce a Date-Certain in June to Name his VP

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.24.2008 | Politics


Paul Abrams

If Barack Obama states a date -- certain by which he will choose a vice president, then a minimum of one week earlier is the date by which Hillary withdraws or is not considered for vice president.

Revenge of the Wimp Factor: The Ironies of Proving Manhood in the Democratic Primary

Stephen Ducat | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics


Stephen Ducat

Hillary Clinton is not merely carrying the torch of the "old politics." She is also the ironic bearer of the old masculinity, a knuckle-dragging version of manhood that is defined in terms of domination.

Do the Clintons Feel Our Pain, or Do They Cause It?

Julia Gorin | Posted 05.09.2008 | Politics


Julia Gorin

That's the question that Clintonisms: The Amusing, Confusing and Suspect Musing of Billary attempts to answer. Dating back to the 1960s and through b...

Race Is All the Clintons Have Left

Mike Barnicle | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics


Mike Barnicle

Hillary Clinton, always ambitious, an over-achiever, tough, smart and resilient. And now on the edge of writing a truly ugly chapter for all to see.

Clintons On Site and On Fox, Pulling Close in NC

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 05.06.2008 | Home


Mayhill Fowler

Many North Carolina voters say they saw Hillary on Fox with OReilley, which was a good thing. They were also swayed by live interaction with one of the three Clintons. Obama, they say, just wasn't around.

The Question of Hillary Clinton's Guilt-By-Association Tactics

Carl Bernstein | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics


Carl Bernstein

The resort by Hillary and her campaign to guilt-by-association, of which the Bill Ayers allegations are but one example, is, even for some of her most steadfast advocates, particularly dismaying.

Four Reasons Why Hoosiers Should Pass the Ball to Obama

Mike Bonifer | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics


Mike Bonifer

I am writing this partially in support of Sen. Obama, but just as much as an homage to all my deer-hunting, Pucker drinking, four-wheel riding Hoosier homies, many of whom are blood.

Clinton: Not Exactly The Great White Hope

Paul Jenkins | Posted 04.26.2008 | Politics


Paul Jenkins

Were Hillary the great rural white savior that her campaign is depicting, she would have been able to dispatch a presidential neophyte like Barack Obama.

What Will a Hillary Clinton Presidency Look Like?

Carl Bernstein | Posted 04.13.2008 | Politics


Carl Bernstein

We can expect the essential Clintonian experience that mesmerizes the press, confuses the citizenry, confounds members of Congress and keeps the rest of the world constantly amused and fixated.

Wild Theories About Bill's Unconscious Need To Sabotage Hillary Don't Look So Wild Now

Thomas de Zengotita | Posted 04.11.2008 | Politics


Thomas de Zengotita

Originally, I was just funning, enjoying the latitude of a blog post, free associating into a possibility that could never be confirmed. But yikes. This latest feels like confirmation.

Mark Penn, Not Reverend Wright, is the Mega-Embarrassment of this Campaign

Adam Hanft | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics


Adam Hanft

Mark Penn represents everything that's wrong with the American political system: paid access, unfettered lobbying, market-tested nothingness, cross-over conflicts.

Why This Is The End For The Clintons

Dave Winer | Posted 04.05.2008 | Politics


Dave Winer

Who pays $1 million for an after-dinner speaker and why? Maybe I'm missing something, but something doesn't sound right here.

The New Assassins Don't Use Guns

RJ Eskow | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics


RJ Eskow

A new form of political murder has taken its place -- character assassination. Over the last two decades, the Right has learned how to destroy its enemies without leaving a body.

It's 2:59 a.m. for Hillary

Bill Katovsky | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics


Bill Katovsky

It's 2:59 a.m. for Hillary and her chances appear increasingly bleak. Hillary's crime is one of hubris coupled with her addiction to being a pathological triangulator.

The Public Self-Destruction of Bill Clinton

John Eskow | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics


John Eskow

The saddest part of what Bill Clinton is doing is that he's driving home the point, once and for all, that whatever grandeur we saw in him was a sham right from the start.

America's Twisted Marriage of Religion and Politics

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics


Paul Jenkins

In a presidential campaign infused like never before with the candidates' efforts to sell their religious beliefs as best-fitting an illusory mainstream, Obama hasn't quite pulled it off.

McCain's Church Hates America, Clinton's Friends Do Too -- But Let's Get the Black Guy (Or Not?)

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics


Frank Schaeffer

If the Clintons were authentic progressives or even ordinary decent Americans, they would have led a furious defense of Obama and his pastor by putting things in perspective.

Breaking the Rules

Lucy Carrigan | Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics


Lucy Carrigan

The Democratic Party is not operating in a logical world, in a logical way, in a logical fashion. It is is kow-towing to the Clintons.

Obama of Chicago: Carl Sandburg Should Have There Been!

William E. Jackson Jr. | Posted 03.08.2008 | Politics


William E. Jackson Jr.

Like old Abe, the lean, young Senator, announced in Springfield; and promises, in soaring rhetoric, to hold us to our ideals.

Clinton Superdelegate Defects to Obama: "I'm Not That Important to Them"

Beverly Davis | Posted 02.14.2008 | Home


Beverly Davis

Asked if she had heard from the Clintons before or since she made her super delegate switchover, Samuels said, "I haven't heard from the Clintons and to be truthful, I guess I'm not that important to them. I'm only one of 13 SuperDelegates in New Jersey and I'm following my heart."

Hillary's "Husband Problem"

Letty Cottin Pogrebin | Posted 02.14.2008 | Politics


Letty Cottin Pogrebin

History suggests that rather than enhance her image the way a wife enhances a male candidate, a husband can complicate a woman's leadership aspirations.

Clinton Superdelegates Echoing "Screw Democracy" Message

David Sirota | Posted 02.14.2008 | Politics


David Sirota

Egomania knows no bounds and no loyalty -- not even to the founding principles of democracy.

Missouri Trends Toward Obama

Beverly Davis | Posted 02.04.2008 | Home


Beverly Davis

Missouri has 88 Democratic delegates up for grabs on Super Tuesday and if the tracking polls and the opinions of several state consultants and politic...


 

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