Fox News: One gets the feeling, that the Clinton Campaign knowing it cant win on pledge delegates and needs Super Delegates is pushing the idea, if Clinton can steal the election she will place Obama on the ticket. Advice to the Senator, don't take it if offered, will make LBJ under Kennedy look like happy hour, there will be Hillary and Bill Clinton, the Vice - President will be sent abroad a lot and I mean a lot. Look what happened to Al Gore, he should have won but the damage of years close to the Clinton's was to much for the folks. What about the other way around, Obama - Clinton ticket, would drive Bill up the wall!!
Saturday, March 08, 2008
The Road Ahead for Clinton
US News & WR: Looks at the road ahead for Clinton, the micro results from Texas and Ohio, how this might effect the long race. What McCain needs to do to make sure he wins. Must Read of the Day.
Waterboarding and the New York Times
New York Times: The Liberal Paper has a go at the President for his use of a veto to prevent Congress passing a bill that would prevent waterboarding. The Liberal Paper states the following, " Many such techniques are prohibited by the military and law enforcement agencies. " One gets the impression if the NYT had caught UBL before 9/11 it would have given him a tea and just asked for his name and rank. The point of the Presidency is to protect the country, the point of the NYT is not that clear at present.
Results from Wyoming
Fox News: Reports that Obama is ahead in Wyoming, here are the early results, with 30% of the vote in, Obama 58%, Clinton 40%. If Obama can win by this margin and on Tuesday, the gains made by Clinton in Texas and Ohio will be wiped away. It is still early folks.
Nixon and Kissinger, Partners in Power – Robert Dallek
I can highly recommend this book, one of the best reads in a long time. Alpha Read.
The Right Veto
New York Times: Reports that the White House will Veto a bill that would have put limits on the actions of the CIA when it comes to the interrogation of Terrorist suspects. The aim was to prevent Waterboarding, an essential tool in the War on Terror. The President is right in his veto.
The Outcome?
Newsweek: Reports on the prospects of the Democrats getting a very messy National Convention. The first real active conventions since the 1950s. As the article points out Clinton is in the same position that Reagan was in 1976, the article states the following, “ Governor Reagan stayed in the fight all the way to the convention. He had a hundred delegates fewer than Ford, roughly the same deficit Clinton has today. Reagan helped insure his party's defeat but nailed the nomination four years later. ” But there is a difference, the Clinton's don’t want to damage the Post Presidential reputation of Bill Clinton, also Reagan could run again in 1980, Clinton in today's 24/7 news cycle would be old news. Many thought that after the 1976 speech by Reagan that the Republicans had chosen the wrong nominee. Thus Clinton just might get her chance, the cost would be great for the Democratic Party. In less Obama was the VP one can see African Americans not voting or voting for McCain. The Democratic Party has a heavy choice to make at its convention.
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