Girl in Hillary Ad an Obama Supporter King 5 News One of the actors in the Hillary Clinton ad was shocked to see herself, especially because she's a fierce supporter of Barack Obama. The so-called "red-phone ad" played a big role in Clinton's win in Texas, suggesting Barack Obama is too inexperienced to handle a national crisis. But the young girl starring in the ad will actually be voting age next month and says she's no fan of Hillary Clinton.
Obama Aide Quits After 'Monster' Remark The Scotsman Samantha Power made the remark in an interview with Scotsman political correspondent Gerri Peev. "She is a monster, too – that is off the record – she is stooping to anything," she told the newspaper. "Here, it looks like desperation. I hope it looks like desperation there, too."
Obama Won't Be Veep on 'Dream Ticket' London Telegraph Barack Obama yesterday rejected Hillary Clinton's suggestion that he stand as her vice-president on a Democratic "dream ticket". After bouncing back from defeats last week to claim an easy victory in Wyoming at the weekend, Mr Obama said: "You won't see me as a vice presidential candidate. I'm running for president.
We can’t afford to lose any more farmland. Fifty years from now, every hectare of agricultural land will be crucial.
March 10, 2008
Judging by the familiar campaign dialogue during the past week, it seems that our presidential candidates may have missed the Peterman's Eye post that ran February 12th about Benjamin Franklin's historic speech to the Continental Congress.
If they had logged in and read it, they might have learned that Benjamin Franklin proved that confession is not only good for the soul, it's smart politics.
With 723 simple words, he turned the concept of "changing his mind" into a virtue and persuaded a deadlocked Constitutional Convention to change their collective minds.
Namely, signing the final draft of the Constitution.
There's no telling what candidates today can accomplish by studying Franklin's methodology.
Here's the blog, "I Confess," in case Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Barack Obama and Ralph Nader change their mind and take a look.
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McCain Flashes Temper politico.com John McCain became hostile with the N.Y. Times' Elisabeth Bumiller on the campaign's plane after the reporter questioned him about a 2004 meeting with John F. Kerry, in which the Massachusetts senator suggested a VP slot
History of Electoral College. http://uselectionatlas.org In order to appreciate the reasons for the Electoral College it is essential to understand what the Founding Fathers had in mind.
How to Become a Super Delegate democrats.org How you become a delegate to the Convention depends on which state you live in. Each state will have their own Delegate Selection Plan that will describe how delegates are chosen in that state.
still thinking about today...
Which candidate would do best to heed Franklin's advice?
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Georgia said...
Might we make that reading prerequisite, even, to tossing into the ring one's proverbial hat, and requisite, thererafter, daily? Without a smidgen of doubt Mr. Franklin chose words for himself; sadly, today we must include in our reading-plan writers of speeches.
Humanly, brilliantly, Franklin underscores the significance of the long view, and of how vantage alters view.
Thank you for this, JP. Who but you?
Of course most candiates today are mere political players in the realm that is American Politics. Times have changed and with that change comes the change in a nations very own citizens. Everything is much faster in today's society, faster cars, faster services, faster people... when this happens we all loose our sense of why we are even here. Even our leaders loose a sense of why they choose a career in public service. The reason why I am making this point is because when Mr. Franklin got up and spoke in front of the Continental Congress he was not pushed in what to say by a lobbyist, his press secretary or even a top dollar muliti-billion dollar corporation, cause those didn't exsist yet... he spoke on experience and a keen sense of leadership. He stood up for what he believed in and was not pressured by any other thing, besides a love of country and a determination to do the right thing. We can all take something from Mr. Franklin's wisdom, including our future leaders of this country! Even though we were fighting for our freedom and drafting the beginnings of a new nation... those were simplier times and may how times have changed!
LadyL said...
Are we going to deal only with the election for the next eight months? I am tired of it already.
LadyL