I Did the Research: Billy Ayers Is an Irrelevant Show-Off
Why am I not surprised that Ayers, master of publicity is once more making front page headlines. I'm betting he's thrilled.
Why am I not surprised that Ayers, master of publicity is once more making front page headlines. I'm betting he's thrilled.
"In The Great Schlep, Jewish grandchildren visit their grandparents in Florida, educate them about Obama, and swing the crucial Florida vote."
I was in a hotel room breaking up with the man I'd been living with for five years when that white Bronco came on the TV. We stopped breaking up and stayed together through most of the trial.
Obama's second secret weapon will be a "Million Man March," organized to include men and women. May sound silly, but thats it.
Last week a mix of water and sanitation experts gathered for World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden to mull over the world's biggest public health crisis. The problem is that not enough people paid attention.
The race is indeed tightening, which explains why the Obama campaign wants a lot of money -- a little panic is probably a good thing from their perspective.
Obama is raising more money via the Internet in small donations than any candidate in history. Hooray! But it is just as true that he is raising more money from fat cat donations than any candidate in history.
It was McCain who never tried to meet Obama on campaign finance. As the story has unfolded, the press consistently fails to mention that McCain, not Obama, violated the campaign finance laws.
With this bold move, Obama is going straight past McCain to the source of real GOP election funding, the RNC, which will be spending massively to defeat the Democratic nominee in the fall.
There are many people like me who do are not experienced at raising campaign funds, but who are doing so for the first time, because of a newfound belief in politics, Obama and the urgency of the situation.
If Obama limits himself to not accepting more than $100 from any individual for the general election he could credibly claim a parallel public financing system.
Obama's brand involves a new kind of politics, something that doesn't involve political expediency -- which is why it was a blunder to flip flop on public campaign finance for the general election.