Time.com has an article titled The Five Mistakes Clinton Made, that analyzes why the self-obsessed candidate who presumed that she was just waiting for George W. Bush to leave so that she could move in has seen her campaign derail.
The article says:
She missed the mood
She didn’t master the rules
She underestimated the caucus states
She relied on […]
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As the primaries draw to a close in the US, it is also time to remember that elections in the world’s largest democracy are also around the corner. I came to read a post from friend Selva’s archives that lists the issues and problems that prevent voters from casting their votes, and then offers solutions. […]
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Math tutor required urgently; must be competent in basic arithmetic, especially addition of 7-digit and 8-digit numbers*; to teach a 60 year-old busy woman. Contract begins immediately and ends in August. Position involves extensive travel. Pay negotiable. Interested parties contact Hillary Clinton for President.
*Prior experience ducking gunfire while rushing across foreign air-base tarmacs a plus.
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The Republican Media Machine is underway already. Of course, you may wonder when they ever stopped!
Senator McCain’s campaign is latching on to the politics-by-fear tactic of George W. Bush and Karl Rove by sending out fundraising e-mails citing Hamas’ support for Senator Obama. This is shameful, and does not become of a good man like […]
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Philadelphia Daily News today endorsed Senator Barack Obama for next week’s primaries in Pennsylvania.
In its endorsement, the editorial board states, in no uncertain terms, why the Illinois Senator is better equipped than Hillary Clinton. One of the main reasons behind the paper’s choice seems to be Senator Obama’s reaching out to everyone, irrespective of their […]
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T.V.R. Shenoy writes an article in Rediff titled “Our minister for youth affairs is 71!” He calls the appointment of Shri M.S. Gill, who is just shy of his 72nd birthday, as the Union Minister for Youth Affairs “silly”.
My immediate reaction to that was that it was Mr. Shenoy who was being “silly”. There is […]
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Barack Obama: “Yes, we can!”
Hillary Clinton: “Yes, we scam!”
(Wow, this is becoming some kind of a feature! Here is Politics, in four words)
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The IHT’s David Brooks on why Hillary Clinton insists on protracting the primary season.
For nearly 20 years, she has been encased in the apparatus of political celebrity. Look at her schedule as first lady and ever since. Think of the thousands of staged events, the tens of thousands of times she has pretended to be […]
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Supporters of Hillary Clinton: “Help Hillary make history!”
Supporters of Barack Obama: “Help make Hillary history!”
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Should an effing $10 million or thereabouts (some say it could easily be $30 million) be wasted to conduct Democratic primaries again in Michigan and Florida in order to undo their flagrant violation of rules? Bu115#!+
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Governor Eliot Spitzer’s downfall is not because he was involved in a prostitution ring. The technical details of the case aside, the real reason the New York Governor has his head under the guillotine is because he took the high moral ground so often in the past, and this has come to haunt him. (Maybe […]
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One thing I observe lately is the increased police presence in subways and train stations in Philadelphia. This was one of Mayor Michael Nutter’s election promises, and he seems to be keeping it up. It would be interesting to know the crime statistics under the new Mayor.
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Election night always throws up some excellent speeches and comments. As I write, Mike Huckabee is announcing in Irving TX that he is dropping out of the race. And his speech so far has been awesome, the most memorable line of which was:
I would rather lose an election than lose the principles that brought me […]
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Senator Hillary Clinton hits the airwaves with a fear-mongering ad.
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Senator Barack Obama hits back, with a message that he has been stressing all along - that Sen. Clinton just doesn’t get it!
I think Sen. Clinton must sue her campaign for ruining her run. My […]
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The media is at its best when it does a post-mortem. And beware, they could do this to anyone if they know they are losing. However, Frank Rich’s clinical piece in The New York Times dissecting Hillary Clinton’s stuttering campaign is worth a read.
If the press were as prejudiced against Mrs. Clinton as her campaign […]
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(Disclaimer: I am not a terrorist. I am not plotting anything.)
Now that Senator John McCain has virtually locked up the Republican nomination, it is surprising that Mike Huckabee is still staying in the race. Even more surprising is the fact that even in a dead race (like in Wisconsin), Sen. McCain is receiving only 55% […]
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If they continue at this rate, you can expect the Clinton campaign to announce tomorrow “Barack Obama is guilty of plagiarism! Yes, he has used the word CHANGE in his campaign speeches. This word appears in the Oxford Dictionary. And it was used in the 13th century. What a shame!”
Wake up. Stop being childish! Is […]
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Senator Barack Obama is projected to win the Wisconsin primary. And he is expected to take Hawaii later tonight. This will give him 10 straight victories over Senator Clinton - an unmistakeable momentum that will be hard to beat.
In the primaries season, we have already seen one clear case of momentum beating strategy - John […]
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(via Politico.com)
When Hillary Clinton said, way back in New Hampshire, that Vladimir Putin “doesn’t have a soul,” I figured that would be the sort of thing the Russian wouldn’t be pleased about. But when I called the foreign ministry the next day for comment, it was Orthodox Christmas, and I let it slide.
He was asked […]
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A day after declaring that she was in the “solutions business” while her opponent was in the “promises business”, Senator Hillary Clinton paraded yet another of her gimmicks that make her seem stupid.
Oh, those are boxing gloves! So the next time you intend to tell someone you are ready to contest against them in an […]
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