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Hillary Clinton

Sen. Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) is the junior United States Senator from New York and a member of the Democratic Party. She is married to Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, and was the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001. (More at Wikipedia)

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Obama And Coal

It's a theme of his new Kentucky ad. But not new: Obama has been a proponent of coal-to-liquid legislation and even co-sponsored a bill with Kentucky Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning in 2007. "I am a strong believer in the... (Read more...)

From: The Daily Dish | Posted: 2008-05-11 22:14

Rangel critical of Clinton's 'white Americans' remark

By Keith Herbert, NewsdayOne of Hillary Rodham Clinton's most important supporters, Charles Rangel, repudiated her claims she has broader support among "white Americans," calling the comments "the dumbest thing she could ever have... (Read more...)

From: The Hillary Project | Posted: 2008-05-11 21:45

Hillary Clinton's Political Death

By Rupert Cornwell, The IndependentNever count a Clinton out. Not even when he – or, in this case, she – is sealed in a tomb. Bill came back from scandals that would have felled a less resilient politician. And now we have Hillary,... (Read more...)

From: The Hillary Project | Posted: 2008-05-11 21:39

Time has passed Hillary Clinton by

By Mark PatinkinIn the cold days of early January, when Hillary Clinton’s war chest still overshadowed Barack Obama’s, I got an unexpected e-mail. (Read more...)

From: The Hillary Project | Posted: 2008-05-11 21:24

Clinton adviser: Clinton 'willing' to lend campaign more money

Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe says the campaign will pay off all its debts. (CNN) — A top Clinton adviser this morning said that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is open to the possibility of loaning her... (Read more...)

From: CNN Political Ticker | Posted: 2008-05-11 21:08

Young Evangelicals And The GOP

They're leaving in droves - but where they're headed is harder to tell. Bottom line: "I just keep thinking, if Jesus were alive now, he wouldn't necessarily be voting Republican." More here. (Read more...)

From: The Daily Dish | Posted: 2008-05-11 21:01

A Roads Scholar

Some amazing maps of the US from Ben Fry: An image of 26 million individual road segments. No other features (such as outlines or geographic features) have been added to this image, however they emerge as roads avoid mountains, and... (Read more...)

From: The Daily Dish | Posted: 2008-05-11 19:55

Will Obama Lose West Virginia, Kentucky Because He's Black?

Given every metric, Barack Obama is obviously well positioned to win the Democratic presidential nomination. And yet, on Tuesday, he's going to lose the West Virginia primary by a very large margin. A week later, he's going to lose the... (Read more...)

From: HuffingtonPost | Posted: 2008-05-11 19:51

McCain And His Mother

McCain makes a Mother's Day ad: (Read more...)

From: The Daily Dish | Posted: 2008-05-11 19:33

Faith Beyond Fundamentalism

Every now and again, a writer gets an email or a letter from a reader that makes his day. I guess some will consider this self-indulgent, but what the hell: I, a 55 year old raised Catholic, turned Christian woman... (Read more...)

From: The Daily Dish | Posted: 2008-05-11 19:25

Can Clinton Still Win The Popular Vote? No.

While the nomination campaign might very well be effectively over, especially given the vast, pro-Obama superdelegate movement over the past week, it remains possible (Read more...)

From: Open Left | Posted: 2008-05-11 19:24

SNL treats Hillary like a Republican

Whoa! Are they ticked with her! She just got the Bush treatment.... (Read more...)

From: Reformed Chicks Blabbing | Posted: 2008-05-11 18:58

Einstein Writes

An Atlantic classic, Albert Einstein's 1947 article on the atomic bomb where he proposes a world government, an idea with some currency at the time: I do not hide from myself the great difficulties of establishing a world government, either... (Read more...)

From: The Daily Dish | Posted: 2008-05-11 18:35

Obama camp: Clinton not looking for a deal

Barack Obama’s campaign denied the suggestion that Hillary Clinton is looking for a deal. (CNN) – Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign rejected suggestions Sunday that Sen. Hillary Clinton is staying in the race in hopes of... (Read more...)

From: CNN Political Ticker | Posted: 2008-05-11 18:05

Shadow Elites And Religion--Part 2: Sun Myung Moon

Part 1 here. In 1995, Jerry Falwell was on the brink of financial ruin, $73 million in debt, when he was saved by the Korean cult leader Sun Myung Moon.  The transaction was hi (Read more...)

From: Open Left | Posted: 2008-05-11 18:01

Sunday Roundup: End of the road for Clinton?

(CNN) — This week’s Democratic primaries in North Carolina and Indiana brought disappointing results for the Clinton campaign. Senator Barack Obama handily won North Carolina by 14 points. While Senator Hillary Clinton edged out a win in... (Read more...)

From: CNN Political Ticker | Posted: 2008-05-11 17:59

Seven Years

Me, c. 2000 (I think). * Blogversary musings. I'm trying to remember what was going on in November of... (Read more...)

From: listenmissy | Posted: 2008-05-11 17:59

"Socialist"

A primer. Sticks and stones ... (Read more...)

From: The Daily Dish | Posted: 2008-05-11 17:44

The View From Your Window

Chicago, Illinois, 10.15 am. (Read more...)

From: The Daily Dish | Posted: 2008-05-11 17:39

Hillary Clinton Savaged By Saturday Night Live: Conventional Wisdom Shift

Back in February, Saturday Night did a peppery parody of a CNN televised debate in which it painted the press as fawning all over Democratic Senator Barack Obama and dismissing and being hard on Senator Hillary Clinton. Clinton’s campaign and (Read more...)

From: The Moderate Voice | Posted: 2008-05-11 17:35

Losing Faith Through Reason

From the achieves, Philip Wentworth's 1932 article on how college destroyed his faith: It is no accident...that the groups which are demanding ever more stringent laws to regulate our private lives are identical, almost to a man, with the religious..... (Read more...)

From: The Daily Dish | Posted: 2008-05-11 17:35

The Freaky Wilsons Release Campaign Ad For Hillary

Joe Wilson and his wife Valerie Plame have amazingly weathered the storm of interviews, photo ops, speaking engagements, book and movie deals and are still standing after 7 long years of the BushMcHitlerBurton regime. (Read more...)

From: Gateway Pundit | Posted: 2008-05-11 17:24

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CLINTON: THE WAY TO BEAT McCAIN IS TO KEEP FIGHTING EACH OTHERHillary Clinton at a Democratic forum in Kentucky last night: "The only way we c (Read more...)

From: No More Mister Nice Blog | Posted: 2008-05-11 17:21

AMERICAN POLITICS: WHOLE WORLD WATCHING

Note: On my new -- and, amazingly, popular -- blog: (http://hillarysuportersformccain.blogspot.com, I have a piece today by a superb political analyst, Jean Avery. It's called "The Agonies of Hillary Clinton." Yesterday's piece on the same blog... (Read more...)

From: Campaign 208 VictoryA | Posted: 2008-05-11 17:17

Face Of The Day

A baby cries as he is held by his father in Dedaye township, some 48 kilometers south of Rangoon on May 9, 2008. Polling stations opened on May 10 in parts of cyclone-hit Burma, as the military regime asked voters... (Read more...)

From: The Daily Dish | Posted: 2008-05-11 17:16

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IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE THIS WAY: Feminists sharply divided between Clinton, Obama. (Read more...)

From: Instapundit (v.2) | Posted: 2008-05-11 17:13

Clinton goes to church in W.V.

From NBC/NJ’s Mike MemoliHUNTINGTON, W.V. -- Hillary Clinton, traveling press corps in tow, started her Mother's Day trip through West Virginia with a stop at church, where the pastor's sermon urged the faithful to think of themselves as more than ... (Read more...)

From: First Read | Posted: 2008-05-11 16:59

Explaining Hillary's Tenacity: The Feedback Loop Hypothesis

We've seen a number of surprising events in this nomination battle.  Hillary beat polling expectations substantially in New Hampshire and Pennsylvania.  Obama d (Read more...)

From: Open Left | Posted: 2008-05-11 16:43

More Sunday Funnies: Hillary's Next Job When Obama Finally Wins

For those of you concerned about what Hillary Clinton is going to do once Barack Obama finally wins the Democrat nomination for President, our friend Doug Ross on Sunday offered a number of (Read more...)

From: NewsBusters | Posted: 2008-05-11 16:34

FOXNews Sunday Panel: Playing The "Name The Veep" Game

 Download | Play  Download | Play (h/t Heather) Where better to get reasonable analysis of the Veep sweepstakes than the GOP Propaganda office...er, FOXNews? As far as FOXNews is concerned (okay, to be... (Read more...)

From: Crooks and Liars | Posted: 2008-05-11 16:30

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