Lou Dobbs weighed in this weekend on the new air refueling tanker contract.With typical Dobbsian diplomacy, he labelled it idiotic, and questioned the intelligence of Air Force officials who made it.The controversy apparently has "legs", which is to say, it'll be around for a while…
With Episode 2, the animators decide to add more genres. You'll need to know Star Wars as well as "24" to get the most laughs.
Not with a bang, but with this video, Republican presidential candidate tiptoed out of the race on Thursday.
Here's Friday's mid morning quick look at what's going on in politics, courtesy of The Associated Press.The HeadlinesObama adviser resigns after telling UK newspaper Clinton is “a monster”Clinton, in Mississippi, again raises possibility of ticket with ObamaMcCain calls for tax cuts, job training to lift…
The mid-morning report had Hillary Clinton's fund-raising total. The Associated Press afternoon update has numbers for Barack Obama, too:WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama raised a record $55 million in February for his presidential campaign, eclipsing rival Hillary Rodham Clinton’s own substantial fundraising for the…
There are no big primaries, caucuses or prima-caucuses on today's agenda, but here's a quick look at what's going on in the political world from the Associated Press.Clinton raises $4 million online after Ohio, Texas, RI wins ... McCain, campaigning with Florida governor, is noncommittal…
With all the hand-wringing taking place on national news networks today, you'd think that the continuation of the Democratic primaries, without a clear winner, is the worst thing since1. Bubonic PlagueB) Polyester leisure suitsThird: A new baby for Britney SpearsLastly, another round of The Bachelor.Not…
Hillary Clinton won big in Ohio.The exit polling available on the CNN campaign site shows just exactly how.She beat him among women voters 58 percent to 40 percent, and among men, 51 percent to 47 percent.She won among most reliegions denominations, and she did better…
Ron Paul supporters may not be as numerous as they once were, but they are no less vocal. So all this news about John McCain clinching the GOP nomination and Mike Huckabee dropping out probably has them asking:What about Ron? Why are you folks in…
Hillary Clinton snapped Barack Obama's winning streak by winning the Rhode Island primary, and maintains a commanding lead in Ohio, where she currently has 57 percent of the vote with about 750,000 ballots counted.That's about 35 percent of the precincts.Obama remains ahead in Texas, but…
Hillary Clinton picked up her first campaign victory in weeks, beating rival Barack Obama in Rhode Island, the Associated Press says.CNN -- which has not yet called the race for Clinton -- is reporting she's ahead of Obama with 53 percent of the vote to…
Arizona Sen. John McCain has all the delegates he needs to secure the Republican nomination, the Associated Press and CNN say.The AP's count of delegates says McCain picked up enough delegates from wins tonight in Vermont, Ohio and Texas. He's expected to win Rhode Island,…
Depending on what source you use, numbers can be a bit different on election night.Right now, Spin Control is using the Associated Press, and here's what they tell us about the Democratic races:Ohio5 of 11,238 precincts - 0 percentHillary Clinton 9,974 - 60 percentBarack Obama…
Barack Obama moved into the lead in the Texas Democratic primary, partly on a strong showing in early returns from Dallas County.With about 850,000 votes counted, CNN was reporting Obama had 56 percent of the vote compared to431 percent for Hillary Clinton. Clinton was reported…
Early counting in Texas has John McCain way ahead of the field there, as he has been in other contests tonight.In Texas, were only about 3,000 votes have been counted, he has 60 percent, to Mike Huckabee's 31 percent.In Ohio, McCain has 66 percent to…
Hillary Clinton took an early lead in the Ohio presidential primary in her bid to end a string of victories by Democratic rival Barack Obama.With only a few thousand votes counted, Clinton was polling 56 percent and Obama 42 percent. Chlinton was also ahead of…
Barack Obama and John McCain won the primaries in Vermont, the Associated Press, CNN, NBC, and practically everyone else said as soon as the polls closed.There are no results yet. Exit polling says Obama beat Hillary Clinton pretty much across the board, winning among white…
Zogby has Hillary Clinton slightly ahead of Barack Obama in Texas in this morning's polling, and the two Democrats dead even in Ohio.In Texas, the numbers flipped, with Clinton at 47 percent and Obama at 44 percent. Obama had been a few percent ahead for…
Two television commercials started airing over the weekend in Ohio. They represent an interesting punch-counterpunch in the race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama over who has the most -- or the right -- experience.Here's the opening gambit, from Clinton: Here's the Obama response: Today's…
Sen. Hillary Clinton alluded to it in Tuesday's debate.Saturday Night Live spoofed it in their opening skit last week.The question, as asked in this video clip from Reuters (via YouTube) is a good one, however. Is Obama getting favorable treatment from a media that's usually…
The AP and Gallup are polling almost constantly on the presidential election. Here's a look a what they call the age factor, which could work both ways in the campaign in coming months.For more poll videos, click on Read Full Entry.To offer an opinion or…
For those who read about the controversy in this morning's paper or elsewhere on the Web:Here's a clip of what radio talk jock Bill Cunningham said about Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama at a rally for GOP candidate John McCain, and McCain's reaction/repudiation.Watch it, read…
A picture may have been worth a thousand words in the pre-Internet days. This one might be worth about a thousand times that, in terms of charges, counter-charges, rumors, innuendo and blog posts.This is the photo of Sen. Barack Obama in local garb during a…
Sen. Barack Obama continued to pull ahead of Hillary Clinton in tallies of the Democratic votes cast statewide and in Spokane County for the Feb. 19 presidential primary. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee took firm control of second place in the Republican primary, but still…
Sen. Barack Obama inched ahead of Sen. Hillary Clinton for the first time Friday in the counting of presidential primary ballots in Spokane County.With more than 56,000 Democratic ballots tallied countywide, Obama has 27,349 ballots, or a lead of 335. Clinton had a lead of…
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