Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Obama Camp: Clinton Foreign Policy A Dramatized Assertion, Clinton Calls His Iraq Plan "Just Words"
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The Obama campaign has released an exhaustive memo on Hillary Clinton's foreign policy experience. They argue that Sen. Clinton's claim that she has passed a Commander-in-Chief threshold is "mere assertion, dramatized in a scary television commercial." They also detail each of the foreign policy situations -- Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Kosovo, Rwanda and China -- that Sen. Clinton has mentioned during the campaign.
Meanwhile, Sen. Clinton has sought to preempt a scheduled environment speech for Obama today. Co-opting his phrase, she calls both his environmental policy and his promise to withdraw from Iraq "just words."
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Obama Camp: Clinton Foreign Policy A Dramatized Assertion, Clinton Calls His Iraq Plan "Just Words"
Huffington Post | March 11, 2008 09:26 AM
Read More: Clinton Commander In Chief, Clinton Foreign Policy, Commander-In-Chief, Hillary Clinton, Obama Commander In Chief, Obama Foreign Policy, Breaking Politics NewsThe Obama campaign has released an exhaustive memo on Hillary Clinton's foreign policy experience. They argue that Sen. Clinton's claim that she has passed a Commander-in-Chief threshold is "mere assertion, dramatized in a scary television commercial." They also detail each of the foreign policy situations -- Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Kosovo, Rwanda and China -- that Sen. Clinton has mentioned during the campaign.
Meanwhile, Sen. Clinton has sought to preempt a scheduled environment speech for Obama today. Co-opting his phrase, she calls both his environmental policy and his promise to withdraw from Iraq "just words."
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McCain Received Defense Firm Cash After Backing Its Contract
Sam Stein, The Huffington Post
Critics on Tuesday questioned whether Sen. John McCain catered to special interests when he aggressively threw his support behind a $35 billion Pentagon contract for a European plane maker.
McCain, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, played a crucial role in blocking the deal to build air tankers from going to U.S.-based Boeing, instead paving the path for EADS to score the loot. He framed his decision as an example of political integrity; Boeing has previously been exposed of contract abuse. But a review of campaign finance donations and lobbying records suggests that money and personal lobbying may have also been in play.
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Is Obama Or Clinton The Better General Election Candidate?
March 11, 2008 at 12:38 PM
Thomas B. Edsall, The Huffington Post
The extended battle between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton raises numerous interesting questions: Which candidate can better put the Democratic party back together for the general election? Is a nomination fight that could last all the way to the convention a negative or positive? Which is better going into the general election, the Clinton or Obama primary coalition?
These questions and others have captured the imagination of many of those closely watching the contest.
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3/11: Look At The Math, People!
March 11, 2008
The Hotline
Hillary Clinton's rough week in the liberal blogosphere continues as bloggers criticize HRC surrogate/ex-VP hopeful Geraldine Ferraro for saying, "If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position...He happens to be very lucky to be who he is." Meanwhile, Obama's netroots supporters -- including, most prominently, Markos Moulitsas -- are pushing back against the CW that the Dem race is "up in the air". In their view, Barack Obama's delegate lead -- combined with the rate at which he has been accumulating superdelegates since the 3/4 contests -- makes him the strong favorite to win the Dem nod. Because so many liberal bloggers believe that Obama (barring a massive collapse) will eventually win the nomination, it is easy to see why they react so angrily to HRC's repeated suggestions that John McCain is more qualified to be Commander-in-Chief than Obama. In their view, this line of attack undermines the future Dem nominee.
Obama trounces Clinton in Wyoming
ndy Carpenean / Associated PressSen. Barack Obama appears at a campaign rally in Laramie, Wyo., Mar. 7, 2008.
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CAMPAIGN '08
Andy Carpenean / Associated Press
Sen. Barack Obama appears at a campaign rally in Laramie, Wyo., Mar. 7, 2008.
His win after her victories in Ohio and Texas is another promise of a continued pitched battle for delegates.
CHEYENNE, WYO -- . -- In a sparsely populated state that unexpectedly found itself at the center of the Democratic political universe this week, Sen. Barack Obama handily beat Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in caucuses Saturday. The victory gave a psychological lift to a campaign that had had an uncharacteristically difficult week.click on headline for more...
Democrats kick around mail revote for Florida, Michigan
WASHINGTON -- Do-over Democratic primaries in Florida and Michigan drew new interest Sunday as party officials struggled to find a solution to a crisis that has taken on greater significance in the tight race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
"This is a big -- bigger issue than Florida and Michigan," Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said on ABC's "This Week, with George Stephanopoulos" warning that a solution is needed to unite the party behind the Democratic presidential nominee -- whether it's Sen.Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York or Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois -- against the presumptive Republican nominee, Sen. John McCain of Arizona. "The only thing that can beat us is that we're divided."
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"This is a big -- bigger issue than Florida and Michigan," Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said on ABC's "This Week, with George Stephanopoulos" warning that a solution is needed to unite the party behind the Democratic presidential nominee -- whether it's Sen.
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Obama says Clinton is trying to 'hoodwink,' 'bamboozle' Americans
CAMPAIGN '08
LA TIMES
The former first lady's offer of the vice presidency to her Democratic rival is a tactic to make voters think she is the front-runner, Obama says, noting that he has more delegates.LA TIMES
Emmanuel Dunand / AFP/Getty Images
Obama, at a rally in Columbus, Miss., on the eve of Mississippi's primary Tuesday, belittled the attempt by Clinton to portray herself as the top Democrat and said he is not running for vice president.
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Politico | Ben Smith | March 11, 2008 02:09 PM
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