John McCain’s Florida victory speech.
** CALIFORNIA PRIMARY TEASE … Tomorrow morning, early, I will tell you why the Clintons are suddenly coming back to California.
** EXCLUSIVE: SCHWARZENEGGER BACKS MCCAIN FOR PRESIDENT. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is for Senator John McCain for president of the United States. According to very well-informed sources, Schwarzenegger will make his support for the Arizona senator and Vietnam War hero known tomorrow in a California event.
At 9:30 AM Thursday, according to an official source, Schwarzenegger will commend McCain and his candidacy for President to his California constituents and others in a Los Angeles event at a “green tech” firm. Schwarzenegger will make it clear that he is not only an admirer of John McCain but is voting for the Vietnam War hero and Arizona senator for president.
Schwarzenegger told some California reporters earlier in the month that he doubted he would support a presidential candidate. However, I seriously doubted that 10 days ago, and wrote at the time that I expected him to support McCain.
Schwarzenegger, who has championed the leading American effort, in the form of a comprehensive California law, against climate change, will join McCain in promoting new technologies to end American’s dependence on foreign oil and reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. McCain, for his part, is co-author of a bill with independent Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman, the 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee, to cut greenhouse gas emissions and establish a so-called cap & trade system on greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide.
Schwarzenegger and McCain will tomorrow morning tour Solar Integrated Technologies, located south of downtown Los Angeles, a manufacturer of what are said to be leading edge solar photovoltaic panels. Photovoltaic panels generate electricity from sunlight. The panels are ultra-thin, and in the newest iteration here are hard to be seen from street level.
The firm has, according to sources, doubled in both employment and size in the past two years. Schwarzenegger and McCain, according to sources in both camps, want to promote technologies and policies which are beneficial to the environment and promote America’s independence from foreign sources of energy.
Solar Integrated Technologies is, in the emerging parlance, a “green tech” firm, a new buzzword for a type of business that develops renewable energy and/or energy efficiency technologies. This is one of the emerging areas of interest to leading edge venture capital firms. Both men are committed to cutting the emission of greenhouse gases, Schwarzenegger with his California plan, McCain with a bill he co-authored with independent Senator Joe Lieberman, with whom he has also worked across the aisle on issues of energy independence and national security.
Beyond their mutual commitment to the environment and policies they say will promote energy independence, Schwarzenegger and McCain want America to do well in Iraq and in the overall war against Islamic jihadism.
In 2003, before he announced his surprising-to-most candidacy for governor of California — which I forecast in a series of columns — Schwarzenegger visited American troops in Iraq. He told me that they were doing some of the most important work in the world, following his Fourth of July visit to the troops.
Schwarzenegger, a veteran himself of the Austrian Army prior to becoming arguably America’s most famous legal immigrant, strongly respects McCain’s record as a Vietnam War hero, as well as his doggedness in pressing for many years for a new strategy in Iraq.
He also respects McCain for his efforts to develop a comprehensive immigration policy. Both men represent border states, and as sources close to Schwarzenegger put it, know that “the borders must be secured, and realistic solutions within America” must be found.
Schwarzenegger is also friendly with former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. While some close Schwarzengger observers would say he has greater rapport with McCain, the former action movie superstar holds Giuliani in high regard. While he was in the race, the choice was a bit awkward.
However, it has been apparent for some time that McCain — with his victories in New Hampshire and South Carolina — as well as his relatively strong bipartisan appeal, was definitely getting the best of the contest. So I felt confident in predicting in a column 10 days ago that Schwarzenegger would back McCain.
And as I told ABC correspondent Nanette Miranda yesterday, when I again predicted a Schwarzenegger endorsement of McCain: “They’re both mavericks. They’re both entertaining characters. They’re both funny guys. Both very bright.” In other words, they both have a great deal in common, beyond political and policy considerations.
This is a formidable pairing which should help win the biggest prize next Tuesday for John McCain.
** NWN NEWS BREAK …
… in the works.
** LATE CAMPAIGNING IN CALIFORNIA BY CLINTON AND KENNEDY. Although the latest LA Times poll suggests a strong lead for Hillary Clinton, the Clintons themselves are acting quite differently. Former President Bill Clinton will be appearing shortly, once again, in the Golden State. The actual candidate, Senator Hillary Clinton, will spend Friday and Saturday in California. On this Friday, Hillary will hold a town hall on the economy at San Diego State University, then do some private fundraising (as the online money is not flowing for her as it is for Obama), and then hold rallies in San Jose and San Francisco.
On Saturday, Senator Clinton holds a rally at Cal State LA.
I’m not sure when Barack Obama will be back to California after he is in LA tomorrow, for a town hall at LA Trade Tech College — which is heavily Latino — and for the presidential debate with Hillary at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, new site of the Academy Awards.
But I can tell you that Ted Kennedy will be in California shortly. On Friday, he holds rallies for Obama in Los Angeles and Oakland. On Thursday, he will be campaigning in New Mexico, appearing at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque and at Santa Fe Community College.
Senator Kennedy, incidentally, is also the Obama campaign’s new enforcer with regard to former President Bill Clinton. As you see in his speech below, at the American University rally, he will counter every charge that Bill Clinton makes against Obama. So far, the former president is playing it very straight. And the press has been kept away from him at his recent public appearances.
** CAMPAIGN FURBALL. The Republicans are now all in California, some campaigning, like Mike Huckabee and John McCain, all, including Mitt Romney, prepping for tonight’s debate at the Reagan Library.
The Democrats are spread out. John Edwards, of course, this morning (Pacific time) ended his long march to the White House this morning in New Orleans with an eloquent speech relating to poverty and shrinking opportunities for the working and middle classes in America. In many ways, one could make a case for Edwards as the best candidate for Democrats to retake the presidency. But it was not to be, and that was obvious months ago.
Today Hillary Clinton is back in home state (sort of) Arkansas, for a town hall meeting on the economy in Little Rock, her home as Bill Clinton built his political career as the Razorback State’s youngest ever attorney general and then longtime governor. Tonight, she is in Atlanta for a J-J Dinner.
Barack Obama is also very much on the road. He spoke at the University of Denver this morning in Colorado, and this afternoon has a big rally at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix, Arizona.
Joining him today in Denver was Caroline Kennedy, the only surviving child of John F. Kennedy. In my experience with Democratic politics, she has been such a private person that merely catching sight of her has been a rare occurrence. Now she has spoken at two rallies in three days, in cities far from her home, and cut a TV ad running on cable news networks around the country. Here is part of what she had to say in the Mile High City, site of this year’s Democratic National Convention: “Over the years, I’ve been deeply moved by the people who’ve told me they wish they could feel inspired and hopeful about America the way people did when my father was president. This longing is even more profound today. Fortunately, there is one candidate who offers that same sense of hope and inspiration. …
“It’s rare to find a leader who can inspire us to believe in ourselves, to tie that belief to our highest ideals, and to imagine that together we can do great things. And when that kind of leader comes along, we need to put aside our plans and reach for what we know is possible. …
“When the Democratic Party holds its convention here in Denver this summer, I hope we’ll nominate the candidate who stands for the future of our party and the future of this country. … It is time for a President who understands that his responsibility is to articulate a vision and inspire others to achieve it; who holds himself, and those around him to the highest ethical standards; who appeals to the hopes of those who still believe in the American Dream, and those around the world who still believe in the American ideal; who can lift our spirits, and make us believe again that our country needs each of us to get involved.”
** PRO-HILLARY MAYORS BARNSTORM CALIFORNIA CITIES. In advance of tomorrow night’s Democratic presidential debate in LA — now a one-on-one match between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, three big city mayors backing Hillary are appearing at rallies today in San Francisco, Sacramento, and Los Angeles. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums, and LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa are out pushing her economic and urban programs, trying to drum up attention for her candidacy in an environment not marked by a paucity of campaign activity.
** OBAMA DOMINATES CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER ENDORSEMENTS. Barack Obama has dominated the contest for California newspaper endorsements, winning more than 20. The include, in alphabetical order: Black Voice News, Chico News & Review, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Long Beach Leader, Los Angeles Sentinel, Marin Pacific Sun, Modesto Bee, North Bay Bohemian, Palm Springs Desert Sun, Precinct Reporter, Riverside Press-Enterprise, Sacramento Bee, San Diego City Beat, San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco Bay View, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, Santa Barbara Independent, Santa Cruz Sentinel, and Tri-County Bulletin. I haven’t seen a list of Hillary Clinton Californai newspaper endorsements, and at the moment, they aren’t coming to mind.
** GIULIANI WILL ENDORSE MCCAIN AT 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani will formally withdraw from the presidential race and endorse John McCain in an event at 3 PM this afternoon at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley outside Los Angeles. Two hours later, the remaining Republican presidential candidates — McCain, Mitt Romney, and Mike Huckabee — will debate for the last time before Super Tuesday there at the Reagan Library.
** FULL DAY FOR SCHWARZENEGGER, LIVE WEBCAST JUST BEFORE NOON WITH PRESIDENT BUSH. An interesting day for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Yesterday, he gave a well-received, humorous, and somewhat self-deprecating speech in the annual gubernatorial address to the state Capitol’s Sacramento Press Club, acknowledging his setback on health care and vowing action on the state’s chronic budget difficulties. Today is a different sort of day. He greets President Bush late this morning at LAX. The two will then tour the Robinson Helicopter Co. in Torrance, a city south of Los Angeles. At 11:55 AM, Schwarzenegger and Bush do a live webcast statement on trade and economic issues from that location. Later in the day, Schwarzenegger appears on CNN with anchor Wolf Blitzer, then accompanies former First Lady Nancy Reagan as she gives her imprimatur to tonight’s Republican presidential debate in the Air Force One Pavilion of the Reagan Library in Simi Valley.
** EDWARDS TO DROP OUT OF DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL RACE. John Edwards will withdraw from the presidential race this morning in New Orleans, reportedly at a speech on poverty scheduled for 10 AM Pacific time. Edwards began his campaign in New Orleans 13 months ago, working with survivors of Hurricane Katrina. (You saw his casual, “pre-announcement” announcement video here on NWN.) According to AP, he will not immediately endorse a candidate. Barack Obama has asked for his support.
Caroline Kennedy appears in this new TV ad for Barack Obama.
** CAROLINE KENNEDY AD. The somewhat reclusive Caroline Kennedy, who had not endorsed a presidential candidate since her uncle Teddy ran in 1980, and surfaced for a rare rally appearance only Monday after her Sunday New York Times op-ed entitled “A President Like My Father,” has already made her first TV ad for Barack Obama.
It is airing now, in the first round, in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia, and New York, as well as national cable TV. You will note the prominent use of footage of JFK, Caroline’s father, and an astronaut planting an American flag on the moon.
The Obama campaign has raised some $6 million on its web site since Obama crushed Hillary Clinton Saturday night in the South Carolina primary.
** 24/7 LIVE TV NEWS FEED FROM RUSSIA TODAY. Russia has re-emerged as one of the world’s great powers. Click here for a live TV news feed on your computer, bringing you English-language, jargon-free, fast-paced coverage of global and Russian news from the new Russia Today channel.
You probably already know about CNN International, BBC World, and Al Jazeera. Russia Today, which also features culture, entertainment, and sports, is based in Moscow and is owned and operated by the TV Novosti division of Russia’s state news agency, RIA Novosti.
While it’s quite foolish to expect to see, say, criticism of Vladimir Putin on Russia Today, the channel is very interesting nonetheless. The NWN live link to RT does not constitute an endorsement of the channel’s views. It’s presented as an otherwise unavailable new media window.
** TRACK GLOBAL AND U.S. ENERGY PRICES IN NEAR REAL TIME VIA BLOOMBERG ENERGY MARKET WATCH. Crude oil is back up, trading between $91 and $92 per barrel.
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Scott,
Great report. Thanks!
By the way, the old Solon pedicts that our good friend Kandy Kid will purchase a full case of Lynmar on the day Ralph Nadar formally launches his bid for the White House!
By the way, the old Solon pedicts that our good friend Kandy Kid will purchase a full case of Lynmar on the day Ralph Nadar formally launches his bid for the White House!
Thanks everybody.
It’s almost too much.
It seems to me that (sadly) the Edwards campaign did not significantly impact the debate. The mainstream (i.e., corporate) media discounted his argument and provided minimal coverage of his campaign or its themes. I’ve seen little in either Clinton’s or Obama’s speeches that reflects Edwards’s populist approach
I do maintain my belief that Obama is a crafty progressive organizer who knows he needs 60 votes in the Senate to pass any bills. He’s also black and risks scaring people if he’s not generally pleasant (in the same way that HRC tends to go out of her way to be “strong”). So I am happy to support Obama as a stealth progressive.
It seems to me that (sadly) the Edwards campaign did not significantly impact the debate. The mainstream (i.e., corporate) media discounted his argument and provided minimal coverage of his campaign or its themes. I’ve seen little in either Clinton’s or Obama’s speeches that reflects Edwards’s populist approach
I do maintain my belief that Obama is a crafty progressive organizer who knows he needs 60 votes in the Senate to pass any bills. He’s also black and risks scaring people if he’s not generally pleasant (in the same way that HRC tends to go out of her way to be “strong”). So I am happy to support Obama as a stealth progressive.
Hope everyone sees Andy Borowittz over at HUFFPO today: “Nader to Bloomberg: There is only room for one self-important gasbag in 2008!”
Well, maybe Nader is really for McCain. I know they have at least one good mutual friend in Hollywood.
That is because Edwards has not been a genuine competitive factor for a long time.
Iowa was his only shot. His “surge” there, let me tell you, was nonsense. And that was that.
>Chris M :
It seems to me that (sadly) the Edwards campaign did not significantly impact the debate. The mainstream (i.e., corporate) media discounted his argument and provided minimal coverage of his campaign or its themes. I’ve seen little in either Clinton’s or Obama’s speeches that reflects Edwards’s populist approach
That is because Edwards has not been a genuine competitive factor for a long time.
Iowa was his only shot. His “surge” there, let me tell you, was nonsense. And that was that.
>Chris M :
It seems to me that (sadly) the Edwards campaign did not significantly impact the debate. The mainstream (i.e., corporate) media discounted his argument and provided minimal coverage of his campaign or its themes. I’ve seen little in either Clinton’s or Obama’s speeches that reflects Edwards’s populist approach
I don’t think edwards hasn’t sent am email to his supporters yet…
Here is the Edwards message:
Dear Bill,
Let me start by saying, “Thank you.” You have stood with Elizabeth and me throughout this campaign. Your support has sustained us as we have traveled across this country.
Earlier today, I suspended my campaign for the Democratic nomination for the presidency. I made this announcement from where our journey began just over 12 months ago: New Orleans.
I began my presidential campaign in New Orleans to remind the country that all of us — as citizens and as a government — have a moral responsibility to each other, and what we do together matters.
Now, it’s time for me to step aside so that history can blaze its path. We do not know who will take the final steps to the White House — but what we do know is that our Democratic Party will make history.
And, along the way, all of you who have been involved in this campaign and this movement for change and this cause, I am asking you to continue speaking out for those who have no voice, just as Elizabeth and I will continue to do. We need you.
Do not turn away from the great struggles before us. Do not give up on the causes that we have fought for. Do not walk away from what’s possible, because it’s time for all of us — all of us together — to make the two Americas one. We need you.
I hope you will take a few moments to listen to the video clip of my speech in New Orleans earlier this afternoon or to read it below.
In the meantime, Elizabeth and my family join me in thanking all of you for your support and for working so hard on my behalf. We are truly blessed to have such friends.
Thank you.
John Edwards
January 30, 2008
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Thank you all very much. We’re very proud to be back here.
During the spring of 2006, I had the extraordinary experience of bringing 700 college kids here to New Orleans to work. These are kids who gave up their spring break to come to New Orleans to work, to rehabilitate houses, because of their commitment as Americans, because they believed in what was possible, and because they cared about their country.
I began my presidential campaign here to remind the country that we, as citizens and as a government, have a moral responsibility to each other, and what we do together matters. We must do better, if we want to live up to the great promise of this country that we all love so much.
It is appropriate that I come here today. It’s time for me to step aside so that history can blaze its path. We do not know who will take the final steps to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, but what we do know is that our Democratic Party will make history. We will be strong, we will be unified, and with our convictions and a little backbone we will take back the White House in November and we’ll create hope and opportunity for this country.
This journey of ours began right here in New Orleans. It was a December morning in the Lower Ninth Ward when people went to work, not just me, but lots of others went to work with shovels and hammers to help restore a house that had been destroyed by the storm.
We joined together in a city that had been abandoned by our government and had been forgotten, but not by us. We knew that they still mourned the dead, that they were still stunned by the destruction, and that they wondered when all those cement steps in all those vacant lots would once again lead to a door, to a home, and to a dream.
We came here to the Lower Ninth Ward to rebuild. And we’re going to rebuild today and work today, and we will continue to come back. We will never forget the heartache and we’ll always be here to bring them hope, so that someday, one day, the trumpets will sound in Musicians’ Village, where we are today, play loud across Lake Ponchartrain, so that working people can come marching in and those steps once again can lead to a family living out the dream in America.
We sat with poultry workers in Mississippi, janitors in Florida, nurses in California.
We listened as child after child told us about their worry about whether we would preserve the planet.
We listened to worker after worker say “the economy is tearing my family apart.”
We walked the streets of Cleveland, where house after house was in foreclosure.
And we said, “We’re better than this. And economic justice in America is our cause.”
And we spent a day, a summer day, in Wise, Virginia, with a man named James Lowe, who told us the story of having been born with a cleft palate. He had no health care coverage. His family couldn’t afford to fix it. And finally some good Samaritan came along and paid for his cleft palate to be fixed, which allowed him to speak for the first time. But they did it when he was 50 years old. His amazing story, though, gave this campaign voice: universal health care for every man, woman and child in America. That is our cause.
And we do this — we do this for each other in America. We don’t turn away from a neighbor in their time of need. Because every one of us knows that what — but for the grace of God, there goes us. The American people have never stopped doing this, even when their government walked away, and walked away it has from hardworking people, and, yes, from the poor, those who live in poverty in this country.
For decades, we stopped focusing on those struggles. They didn’t register in political polls, they didn’t get us votes and so we stopped talking about it. I don’t know how it started. I don’t know when our party began to turn away from the cause of working people, from the fathers who were working three jobs literally just to pay the rent, mothers sending their kids to bed wrapped up in their clothes and in coats because they couldn’t afford to pay for heat.
We know that our brothers and sisters have been bullied into believing that they can’t organize and can’t put a union in the workplace. Well, in this campaign, we didn’t turn our heads. We looked them square in the eye and we said, “We see you, we hear you, and we are with you. And we will never forget you.” And I have a feeling that if the leaders of our great Democratic Party continue to hear the voices of working people, a proud progressive will occupy the White House.
Now, I’ve spoken to both Senator Clinton and Senator Obama. They have both pledged to me and more importantly through me to America, that they will make ending poverty central to their campaign for the presidency.
And more importantly, they have pledged to me that as President of the United States they will make ending poverty and economic inequality central to their Presidency. This is the cause of my life and I now have their commitment to engage in this cause.
And I want to say to everyone here, on the way here today, we passed under a bridge that carried the interstate where 100 to 200 homeless Americans sleep every night. And we stopped, we got out, we went in and spoke to them.
There was a minister there who comes every morning and feeds the homeless out of her own pocket. She said she has no money left in her bank account, she struggles to be able to do it, but she knows it’s the moral, just and right thing to do. And I spoke to some of the people who were there and as I was leaving, one woman said to me, “You won’t forget us, will you? Promise me you won’t forget us.” Well, I say to her and I say to all of those who are struggling in this country, we will never forget you. We will fight for you. We will stand up for you.
But I want to say this — I want to say this because it’s important. With all of the injustice that we’ve seen, I can say this, America’s hour of transformation is upon us. It may be hard to believe when we have bullets flying in Baghdad and it may be hard to believe when it costs $58 to fill your car up with gas. It may be hard to believe when your school doesn’t have the right books for your kids. It’s hard to speak out for change when you feel like your voice is not being heard.
But I do hear it. We hear it. This Democratic Party hears you. We hear you, once again. And we will lift you up with our dream of what’s possible.
One America, one America that works for everybody.
One America where struggling towns and factories come back to life because we finally transformed our economy by ending our dependence on oil.
One America where the men who work the late shift and the women who get up at dawn to drive a two-hour commute and the young person who closes the store to save for college. They will be honored for that work. One America where no child will go to bed hungry because we will finally end the moral shame of 37 million people living in poverty.
One America where every single man, woman and child in this country has health care.
One America with one public school system that works for all of our children.
One America that finally brings this war in Iraq to an end. And brings our service members home with the hero’s welcome that they have earned and that they deserve.
Today, I am suspending my campaign for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency.
But I want to say this to everyone: with Elizabeth, with my family, with my friends, with all of you and all of your support, this son of a millworker’s gonna be just fine. Our job now is to make certain that America will be fine.
And I want to thank everyone who has worked so hard – all those who have volunteered, my dedicated campaign staff who have worked absolutely tirelessly in this campaign.
And I want to say a personal word to those I’ve seen literally in the last few days – those I saw in Oklahoma yesterday, in Missouri, last night in Minnesota – who came to me and said don’t forget us. Speak for us. We need your voice. I want you to know that you almost changed my mind, because I hear your voice, I feel you, and your cause is our cause. Your country needs you – every single one of you.
All of you who have been involved in this campaign and this movement for change and this cause, we need you. It is in our hour of need that your country needs you. Don’t turn away, because we have not just a city of New Orleans to rebuild. We have an American house to rebuild.
This work goes on. It goes on right here in Musicians’ Village. There are homes to build here, and in neighborhoods all along the Gulf. The work goes on for the students in crumbling schools just yearning for a chance to get ahead. It goes on for day care workers, for steel workers risking their lives in cities all across this country. And the work goes on for two hundred thousand men and women who wore the uniform of the United States of America, proud veterans, who go to sleep every night under bridges, or in shelters, or on grates, just as the people we saw on the way here today. Their cause is our cause.
Their struggle is our struggle. Their dreams are our dreams.
Do not turn away from these great struggles before us. Do not give up on the causes that we have fought for. Do not walk away from what’s possible, because it’s time for all of us, all of us together, to make the two Americas one.
Thank you. God bless you, and let’s go to work. Thank you all very much.
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Whoa. Arnold and McCain. That’s pretty powerful.
Schwarzeneger. Of course you know what he’s going to do. You probably told him. lol
Schwarzeneger. Of course you know what he’s going to do. You probably told him. lol
This has sure been a week for some eloquent rhetoric hasn’t it? I thought JRE’s speech today was among the most moving of the whole campaign. And earlier we were given Teddy’s best since Bob Shrum wrote that “The Dream will Never Die” speech for the 1980 convention.
If this were a speech contest it would be all over!
Arnold must think McCain punks Hillary. Makes sense.
I do believe you mentioned something about Arnold’s endorsement last week. Think someone wrote about him “yanking a reporter’s Charlie” by telling him he wasn’t. Yes, do recall that.
I do believe you mentioned something about Arnold’s endorsement last week. Think someone wrote about him “yanking a reporter’s Charlie” by telling him he wasn’t. Yes, do recall that.
Richard, dude, you “forgot” OBAMA again.
richard locicero :
This has sure been a week for some eloquent rhetoric hasn’t it? I thought JRE’s speech today was among the most moving of the whole campaign. And earlier we were given Teddy’s best since Bob Shrum wrote that “The Dream will Never Die” speech for the 1980 convention.
If this were a speech contest it would be all over!
Jan 30, 2008 05:53 PM
I like Ron Paul…cool dude!
lol
lol
I didn’t get my Edwards email until 4:35pm…what’s up with that!
For NWN readers, the Schwarzenegger endorsement seems almost like old news now!
Sigh, is there ANY chance now that Meat Romney will be the nominee?
I watched him in the Republican “debate” (how can you debate sitting down?!) — he just comes across as such a fake.
Well, don’t say THAT. I’ve been dealing with this story for weeks.
Well, don’t say THAT. I’ve been dealing with this story for weeks.
Well, I guess I was a bigger John Edwards kind of guy …
>Brasky :
I didn’t get my Edwards email until 4:35pm…what’s up with that!
Jan 30, 2008 06:16 PM
Let’s hear it for the Gold Standard.
>Sacramento Solon :
I like Ron Paul…cool dude!
Jan 30, 2008 06:12 PM
Let’s hear it for the Gold Standard.
>Sacramento Solon :
I like Ron Paul…cool dude!
Jan 30, 2008 06:12 PM
Okay…didn’t say I agree with him, just said I liked him. Big difference, Mr. Bradley.
Okay…didn’t say I agree with him, just said I liked him. Big difference, Mr. Bradley.
Best speech. NO QUESTION.
Obama in Iowa.
I don’t instruct. I sometimes complain.
>Ann :
Schwarzeneger. Of course you know what he’s going to do. You probably told him. lol
Jan 30, 2008 05:46 PM
I don’t instruct. I sometimes complain.
>Ann :
Schwarzeneger. Of course you know what he’s going to do. You probably told him. lol
Jan 30, 2008 05:46 PM
Indeed.
>Capitol Boy :
Whoa. Arnold and McCain. That’s pretty powerful.
Jan 30, 2008 05:36 PM
Indeed.
>Capitol Boy :
Whoa. Arnold and McCain. That’s pretty powerful.
Jan 30, 2008 05:36 PM
Arnold endorsing McCain is my favorite endorsement of the entire presidential campaign(s)? What’s wrong with me?
I think this is a very powerful endorsement! Smart move.
Good call.
Obama has really closed in the national poll.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/104044/Gallup-Daily-Tracking-Election-2008.aspx
McCain’s choice for a VP is the next important decision. If he picks Huck or Rudy, he looses female votes. If he picks Lieberman…wow.
McCain’s choice for a VP is the next important decision. If he picks Huck or Rudy, he looses female votes. If he picks Lieberman…wow.
loses…oops
I believe Lieberman has recently said he will not run as mccain’s running mate…
I believe Lieberman has recently said he will not run as mccain’s running mate…
Don’t mean to be a stick in the mud here, but seems to me that McCain must shore up his right.
Plus, I just can’t see the Republican convention voting to name a man who once ran as the Democratic VP candidate as its number two man.
Nope, got to be someone from the right and the party.
It’s already been announced it won’t be Lieberman …
WON’T be Lieberman.
>carole w :
McCain’s choice for a VP is the next important decision. If he picks Huck or Rudy, he looses female votes. If he picks Lieberman…wow.
Jan 30, 2008 07:25 PM
Why, yes he has …
>Jonas Blane :
Obama has really closed in the national poll.
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Jan 30, 2008 07:20 PM