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Monday, January 28, 2008 - Posts

  • Giving Obama a Female Voice


    Obama has three new ads launching in Arizona, Missouri, and North Dakota, two of which feature Sen. Claire McCaskill and Gov. Janet Napolitano.* (Both available here .) The ads are timed to build support (and name recognition) for Obama in these critical Read More...
  • The Anti-Dynasty


    Watching Ted Kennedy share a stage with his niece Caroline, his son Patrick, and Barack Obama, I couldn’t help but think, One of these things is not like the others . No, not like that. The theme of Ted Kennedy’s speech here at American University, and Read More...
  • The Oprah-Morrison Connection


    The Obama literary cartel has spoken. Not one to let Ted Kennedy hog all the attention, Toni Morrison has added her endorsement to Obama's collection as well. The Nobel Prize-winning author and Princeton professor wrote a letter to Obama explaining her Read More...
  • If This POTUS Thing Doesn't Work Out ...


    Another presidency just opened up. Gordon B. Hinckley, president and "prophet" of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, died yesterday at the age of 97. We're always on the lookout for political omens , and this one can't be good for Mitt Romney. Read More...
  • Family Feud


    Also worth noting about the Kennedy endorsements: This is at least the third prominent political family to be publicly split among the presidential candidates. Jesse Jackson, who himself won the South Carolina primary in 1988, criticized Barack Obama Read More...
  • Fired Up, Teddy to Go


    Over the weekend, Barack Obama got two Kennedys (Kennedies?) for the price of one. First, Caroline Kennedy, daughter of JFK, penned a gushing op-ed in the New York Times endorsing the senator from Illinois. Then on Sunday, the campaign announced that Read More...
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