Howard Dean is first.

Well, that kitchen sink meme is amusing.  I'll have to do a little back-tracking and show you why.

I am not at all surprised that the Clintons are acting like the Bushes.  After all, they wear the colors of the same stable--the Stephens/Rockefeller/Tyson/Walton clan.  I call them the monopolists--our wealthy elite who operate from behind the closed doors of "family enterprise," "closely held corporations," charitable foundations and other eleemosynary institutions.  They have a century of practice in the art of transfering public assets into private wealth and then graciously letting the rabble have just a taste, crumbs from their feasts.

While the Bushes arrived with some pretense of aristocratic status, the Clintons and Clark and Huckabee are parvenus whose skill at dissembling hasn't quite matured.  That's why they keep being caught out.  They seem not to have caught on that dissembling is only successful, if you're willing to let someone else take the credit.  The Swiftboaters were successful because the people who paid them were never found out until it was too late.   Taking the swiftboating of Obama in-house was a really bad mistake, probably to be chalked up to hubris.

I may be wrong, but this is the first time I know of that the kitchen sink was referred to in the current presidential campaign.  Since it's an opportunity for me to correct a 'typo' I'll quote the offending paragraph.

And one more thing.  Caught on the fly by the media yesterday, Senator Obama was heard to object that the press is focusing on his swimming trunks and ignoring his policy positions.  Having read the speech prepared to be delivered in Springfield, Illinois (because that's where he made his mark as a legislator and where President Lincoln started his run), I think I know why the press is ignoring it.  The speech is a mess.  If there were room for a kitchen sink, you couldn't find it.  Even the transitions from 'I' and 'me' to 'us' and 'we' and then to 'you' and 'they' are dizzying.  It's really hard to figure out who's supposed to be doing what.  Certainly, there's little hint of what a President Obama, as chief administrator of an organization, is going to do to correct the corruption and mistakes that are all too obvious at present.

Clinton backers are now calling for Samantha Powers to be fired. What she said was really bad but Obama has been smeared so much by the Clinton machine including Hillary mocking Obama and his supporters. I'm sick of this already.

Hillary is going down, and taking her party with her.

There is no way she will have the delegates to win and those supers that go with her now are tainted. They tried to make a  big thing today that ed rendell of pa endorsed her. well, dah, he is a supporter from long ago.

so take your crayons and go home hillary, you are toast.

Here's some good news. Obama holds huge lead in MS.

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2008/0...

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrzMhU_4m...


----

http://www.collinscenter.org/initiatives...

http://www.ethics.state.tx.us/statutes/9...

Powers just resigned.

Linda b.......

Let's hope that Hillary is going down and will take her Party with her.

That would be the DLC..right?

That would leave the Howard wing, or the Democratic wing. Mission accomplished.

Hopefully not, but maybe we have to go through a term of Mc, and then start over in '12 with Howard as the candidate of our renovated Party.

this ended up on the end of th last thread.  for what it's worth:

as far as I can tell, this isn't about Obama vs Clinton so much anymore - it's morphed into dems representing their corporate interests vs dems representing the American public.  I don't think much of America is aware of this yet, but if that fraud trial is scrutinized the way it should be, the mining deals, the tax papers, the Rove-like dirty tricks and on and on and on - they should be.

with the changes in the way we wage campaigns now - internet fundraising, instant news, increasing civic involvement - this fight had to happen eventually - I'm just surprised it's come to a head so soon.  I hate this negativity but the truth is we either fight this fight now or we get 4 - 8 years of Clinton's/McCain's nastiness and corporate-sponsored greed or we drop the gloves and fight this fight now.  it's time for the grassroots to become more engaged than just working the campaign and attending rallys - their rapid response team may need a bit of tweaking, a bit of help.

Obama has been pretty quiet since TX so I do believe there may be a number of new shoes to drop over the next couple of weeks.  if it comes from surrogates rather than the campaign, good enough.  if the campaign decides to take her head on, so be it.

I hope the grassroots are ready for and have the stomach for this fight, because the outcome will decide what America is, what she stands for, for a long, long time to come.

the whole world is watching.  and we ARE the ones we've been waiting for.

audrey, you are right there!! the dlc is fighting and losing big time.

This is MONSTER-ously huge.

A new American Research Group poll in Mississippi finds Sen. Barack Obama way ahead of Sen. Hillary Clinton, 58% to 34%.

Key findings: Obama leads among men 49% to 42% and he leads among women 65% to 28%. Clinton leads among white voters 61% to 22% and Obama leads among African American voters 87% to 11%. African American account for 55% of likely Democratic primary voters. Obama leads 66% to 22% among likely primary voters under 50 and he leads 54% to 40% among likely primary voters 50 and older. 13% of white voters say they will vote for someone other than Clinton or Obama."

Mississippi Democrats hold their primary on Tuesday, March 11.

and he is leading in Wyoming. Yuck, hope cheney isn't there with his gun.

Brava Jo - nicely done :)

Samantha Powers just resigned. Good for her and good for Barack. Shows some class.

I see Jo posted the Powers news. Sorry for the repeat.

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHPOzQzk9...

I find this terribly sad,

Police: Student's Killing a Random Act

Chapel Hill authorities said they believe the shooting death of UNC Student Body President Eve Marie Carson was a random act of violence. Police plan to hold a news conference at 12:30 p.m. today about the case. Watch it LIVE on WRAL.com.

What in the world is going on?????

The only thing that is sad is that Hillary has become a monster.

I think things will only spiral downward.

Some lady was on cnn this a.m. and said good for howard dean for sticking to the rules. OMG, there are rules.

Note to Hillary. THERE WILL BE RULES.

Samantha Powers did the right thing.

Now I want to the Clinton campaign to fire whoever was responsible for darkening Obama's face on the video.

SUSAN, THAT VIDEO IS TOO FUNNY. i NEEDED TO LAUGH.

20. and had the canadians get into our politics with the nafta thing.

Jo wrote:

The whole world is watching. and we ARE the ones we've been waiting for.
-----
Amen!

Jo.....

I certainly agree...the grassroots needs to grow in it's role of shoe leather, mouse pads, and ATM.

Rapid response is definitely one of the ways.

If the super Ds IN oHIO can exert their influence to extract something from the candidates, why isn't the grass/netroots DOING SO?

We need to alter a little our mindset and
believe that WE CAN PLAY HARDBALL.

To not do so, turns the search for voters to the right and the Indys, while we are taken for granted.

11.

linda b
Fri, 03/07/08


All threats should always be taken very seriously, even if you may think the person was only kidding.


Hate is a very strong emotion.

Not Powers - Power.

Can the grass/netroots play HARDBALL?

Lou Dobbs: New World Order Can Be Defeatehttp://www.infowars.com/?p=659d

Lou Dobbs: New World Order Can Be Defeated

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Friday, March 7, 2008






CNN host Lou Dobbs says that the New World Order can be defeated but only if "Americans awaken and soon," as he attacked the Bush administration’s "shameless" destruction of U.S. sovereignty on a nationally syndicated radio show.

"What we have permitted in allowing the Bush administration to have effectively further reduced our sovereignty and respect for our laws and certainly regard for our borders and our ports - it’s been a shameless, shameless period in American history that we’re going to have to reverse," Dobbs told the Alex Jones Show.

Dobbs said that if people did not wake up to the unfolding North American Union agenda as well as the Trans Texas Corridor under the banner of the Security and Prosperity partnership, then America could "kiss its future goodbye."

The CNN host said that the New World Order could be defeated, but only if the American people awakened and did it soon.

Speaking on the subject of 9/11, Dobbs said the federal government had acted with deceit in failing to prevent the attack .

"We gave George Tenet a gold medal while the CIA failed to act intelligently or responsibly to stop that attack - I’m talking about a government that almost seven years after September 11th continues to leave our borders wide open and our ports insecure with 95% of what enters this country uninspected, it’s unconscionable," said Dobbs.

During the interview, Dobbs also said that the U.S. economy is heading for a stagflation crisis as a result of the U.S. government’s policy of dollar depreciation and that the only solution is for the American people to restore a proper Constitutional system of government.

"We have the specter of stagflation staring at us coldly and inevitably right now," said Dobbs, adding, "There’s no doubt that those who would degrade the sovereignty of this country would want to certainly the power, the strength, and the respect of the U.S. dollar and it is the last thing we should permit," he concluded.

These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.

24.

audrey.nc
Fri, 03/07/08


Contrary to the popular belief and magical thinking of most all the D.C. training political operatives there is just no such thing as a Yellow Dog Democrat these days.

If a candidate wants my vote they need to ask for it and give me a very good reason why I should even go an bother to do so.

I can think of about a dozen or more other things I would much rather be doing on election day than helping just another politician and their hacks maintain the DC status quo.

hopefully the polls in Mississippi are indicative of the rest of the nation.  perhaps this 6 or so weeks until PA will make the real Hiallry (and Bill - time to take him OFF that pedestal!) well-known to all of America.

I want to send my symapathies to the friends and family of the firemen who have died in NC this morning.  bless them for their sacrifices.  and hope for no further tragedies as they fight this huge blaze.

I also want to take a minute out of my focus on the campaign to send my sympathies and gratitude to the friends and family of our injured and fallen soldiers across the planet.  Thank You and bless you, as well.  my hope is that your number will not grow much larger than it has - may we end this madness soon.

Hi again,

Thanks for the Monty Python YouTube, Susan.

I used to have sympathy for the Clintons, thinking that they had been unjustly and unmercifully targeted by the right wing.  Now I think they at least played a part in the polarizaiton.  I also think that it's possible they will tear the Democratic Party apart to retain power.  No, I cannot and will not vote for someone who I feel is unethical, and will do anthing to maintain and obtain power.

John Kerry was weak and not very bright in my mind, but at least ethical and showing good will and  honor.  Not so, the Clintons.  

I think that one campaign using another candidates' picture and words is fundamentally deceptive.  Putting the coda at the end "and I approve this message" violates the intent because it's really hard to determine what the message is.  What is it that the public is supposed to take away from the fact that the subcommittee chaired by Senator Obama did not meet?  What is the public supposed to make of the fact that subcommittees meet to deal with referrals and, if nothing is referred, there's nothing to meet on?  How is the public supposed to find out that was the case?  What can we do about the fact that Senator Clinton did not tell "the whole truth" in her ad that she approved?

The Democratic demolition derby continues...................

12:49pm

Paul Craig Roberts | Why is the speaker of the House afraid to use the power the Constitution gives her to remove from office a president who deceived Congress and the American people, who violated US and international law, and who is a clear and present danger to American liberty, to the US Constitution, and to peace and stability in the world?

Donnie Fowler on what if MI and FL determine the nominee.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3...

Jim Hightower on Health Care

http://www.alternet.org/story/78934/

Who would've thought that in the moral morass of what is now called the health "industry," the flower of social responsibility could still bloom?

The industry is controlled by insurance middlemen, HMO chains, and rip-off drug makers -- all putting profits over patients. The industry's lobbyists impose public policies that leave forty-seven million of our fellow Americans with no health plan whatsoever, while tens of millions more hold miserly plans that provide very little balm in times of need. The industry has created such a screwed-up system that we Americans spend more each year on health care ($6,280 per capita) than people in any other country, yet the treatment we get ranks a pathetic thirty-seventh in the world.

And both Democratic presidential candidates are pandering to this monstrous "health Industry"

Welcome to Prison Nation
Bill Anderson
LRC Blog
February 28, 2008

It seems that the USA continues to reach "great" milestones in the effort to subdue us. Here is the latest on those efforts:

"NEW YORK (CBS/AP) ― Don’t ask the U.S. prison system if this is indeed "the land of the free."

"For the first time in history, more than one in every 100 American adults is in jail or prison, according to a new report tracking the surge in inmate population.

"The report, released Thursday by the Pew Center on the States, said the 50 states spent more than $49 billion on corrections last year, up from less than $11 billion 20 years earlier. The rate of increase for prison costs was six times greater than for higher education spending, the report said.

"Using updated state-by-state data, the report said 2,319,258 adults were held in U.S. prisons or jails at the start of 2008 — one out of every 99.1 adults, and more than any other country in the world.

"By contrast, in mid 2002 the ratio was 1 in 142, with the prison population surpassing 2 million for the first time."

Just one more thing for Bush Nation, another "point of pride."

McCain, Obama Trade Fairy Tales Over al-Qaida in Iraq
Associated Press
February 27, 2008

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain mocked Barack Obama’s view of al-Qaida in Iraq, and the Democratic contender responded that GOP policies brought the terrorist group there. The rapid-fire, long-distance exchange Wednesday underscored that the two consider each other likely general election rivals, even though the Democratic contest remains unresolved.

McCain criticized Obama for saying in Tuesday night’s Democratic debate that, after U.S. troops were withdrawn, as president he would act “if al-Qaida is forming a base in Iraq.”

“I have some news. Al-Qaida is in Iraq. It’s called ‘al-Qaida in Iraq,’” McCain told a crowd in Tyler, Texas, drawing laughter at Obama’s expense. He said Obama’s statement was “pretty remarkable,”

Obama quickly answered back while campaigning in Ohio. “I do know that al-Qaida is in Iraq and that’s why I have said we should continue to strike al-Qaida targets,” he told a rally at Ohio State University in Columbus.

HERE IS THE ANSWER TO WHY SHE IS DOING IT:

I just figured it out. The corporate-crony-controlled DLC wing of the Dem Party has decided now's the time to BOLT! It's the only explanation for Hillary's recent bizarre behavior.

The DLC now realize they've lost control of the young and too-progressive wing; of Dean's newly state-centered DNC, which had been their power tool and access to needed $$; AND of at least half of the "Super-Delegates", formerly their secret weapon to dictate the nominee.

So if Hillary does NOT get the nomination, they will walk out, taking with them all the DLC Senators such as FL's Bill Nelson, other elected Sens, Reps, Govs, and of course their corporate base. And they figure to take 30 to 40%, possibly almost half the electorate with them. They know it will split the white vote, they get the hispanic vote, the older population, the centrists, even some of the independents and repubs/hawks who can't stand McC.

They will put either Wes Clark or some other hawkish or military guy -- hey, how about Colin POWELL???? -- on the ticket, and that's the end of the Dem Party as we know it. But what do they care, since they have lost control of it? They will have extremely strong corporate support, and will become known as, what?... The global-democratic party? The progressive-corporate party? The popular-earth-sanctimonious party?

Get ready. In the sense of the Chinese curse: it is gonna be an interesting year.

Hope? Change?

http://www.counterpunch.org/frank02292008.html

Speaking to a group of 100 pro-Israel supporters in Cleveland this week, Obama assured the crowd that as president he would keep Iran in the crosshairs to protect Israeli interests.

"Now the gravest threat ... to Israel today, I believe, is from Iran. There the radical regime continues to pursue its capacity to build a nuclear weapon and continues to support terrorism across the region," he explained. "Threats of Israel's destruction can not be dismissed as rhetoric. The threat from Iran is real and my goal as president would be to eliminate that threat."

After reiterating that he'd end the war in Iraq first, Obama then promised he would turn his attention to the country's neighbor. "My approach to Iran will be aggressive diplomacy: I will not take any military options off the table."

Obama has called Israel a "democracy," but as the former editor of the Harvard Law Review you'd think he would know what the term actually means. Sure Israeli Arabs can vote, but they can't hold office if they are democratic secularists who want civil rights for all of the country's citizens. They have no constitutional protections (Israel has no formal constitution) and can only own land in certain locales as a consequence of unfair laws that grant special treatment to Jewish residents.

Simply put, as Jimmy Carter took so much heat for rightly observing, Israel is an apartheid-ridden country where the Arab population is not exactly welcomed with open arms.

Barack Obama won't confront this reality, nor will he end Israel's violent incursions into the occupied territories or halt the US military threats toward Iran. The Obama campaign may pledge to bring "hope" and "change" to the White House, but when it comes to what the Democratic frontrunner calls our "special relationship" with Israel, that promise an out-and-out lie.

Stop fumigation of citizens without their consent in California

Tens of thousands of residents of the State of California are being sprayed under the cover of night with pesticides containing partly unknown chemicals. These sprayings, conducted without adequate health studies, are done not to protect residents from a clear and present public health danger, but rather to protect special interests worried about eradicating the Light Brown Apple Moth.

The spray operations in Central Coast counties of Monterey and Santa Cruz, resulted in over 600 reports of health illnesses. State authorities have not only failed to respond, but now plan new aerial spray operations in the San Francisco Bay Area.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-fumigation-of-citizens-without

Hope? Change?

http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/04/news/companies/pharma_votes/index.htm

Democratic senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are the top recipients of donations from the pharmaceutical industry, according to The Center for Responsive Politics, a non-profit, non-partisan research group in Washington, D.C. Meanwhile, donations to Sen. John McCain, who was recently endorsed by President Bush as the official Republican candidate, pale in comparison.

Obama maintains a slight edge over his Democratic rival, with $181,000 in Big Pharma donations through Jan. 31, compared with Clinton's $174,000, according to the center. McCain is far behind with $44,000.

This is in spite of the fact that all three candidates have consistently bashed the pharma industry and vowed to lower drug prices, which would take a bite out of corporate profits.

As with NAFTA, I'm sure there have been some private assurances not to "rock the boat"

Samantha Power, an unpaid foreign policy adviser and Harvard professor, announced her resignation in a statement provided by the Obama campaign in which she expressed "deep regret."

How do you *resign* from an 'unpaid' position!?!

Huron, who are you voting for?

A canadian perspective on "NAFTAgate"

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080306.wnafta07/BNStory/National/home

Prime Minister Stephen Harper promised Thursday that an internal investigation would probe all facets of how information was leaked that may have influenced the U.S. Democratic presidential primaries, including the alleged comments by his own chief of staff, Ian Brodie, and the subsequent leak of a sensitive memorandum.

Opposition politicians yesterday demanded Mr. Brodie's dismissal amid reports that he leaked information that set off a chain of events that some say resulted in Senator Barack Obama's loss in Tuesday's Ohio primaries.

"New reports indicate very clearly that it was Ian Brodie, the chief of staff," New Democratic Party Leader Jack Layton said yesterday in the Commons.

"My question to the Prime Minister is very simple. Will he now apologize to this House, the American people and Senator Obama, and will he fire his chief of staff?"

The controversy began after Mr. Brodie allegedly told a group of journalists from CTV News that candidate Hillary Clinton was not serious about earlier suggestions that she would reopen NAFTA if she became president. The network later reported that it was Mr. Obama's campaign that had informed Canadian diplomats not to be overly concerned that he would fundamentally change the deal. The network also reported that Ms. Clinton's officials indirectly tried to deliver the same message, a report the campaign denied the next evening.

Later, a memo from a Canadian diplomat in Chicago emerged in which Mr. Obama's chief economic adviser, Austan Goolsbee, was quoted as saying that Mr. Obama's NAFTA stand was about "political positioning," rather than an articulation of policy.

1:17pm

s m - sorry I got the last name wrong - I just typed what I heard from the 'breaking news' on the tube in the other room.  since first reading about this I thought of her as Samantha and hadn't really paid attn to her full name.

1:17 PM EST

Michigan today:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/rasmussen/20080307/pl_rasmussen/michiganprimary20080307_1

Michigan: Clinton 41% Obama 41%

rasmussenreports.com

1 hour, 34 minutes ago

If Democrats hold a second Presidential Primary in Michigan, the race could be one of the most competitive all year. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that Hillary Clinton would attract 41% of the Primary Vote while Barack Obama would earn an identical 41%.

...

"political positioning," rather than an articulation of policy.

That's what much of the campaign boils down to

1:19pm

After re-listening to my taped yesterday's local news interview with Michigan Gov. Granholm, this is what she said about a possible Michigan primary/caucus re-do...

"I haven't had a call from Warren Buffet yet saying that  he's willing to fund it. And he'd have to do us and Florida. It's a big ticket item so I'm not at all certain that that's where it's going to end up."

42. Huron John 

Obama has called Israel a "democracy," but as the former editor of the Harvard Law Review you'd think he would know what the term actually means. Sure Israeli Arabs can vote, but they can't hold office if they are democratic secularists who want civil rights for all of the country's citizens. They have no constitutional protections (Israel has no formal constitution) and can only own land in certain locales as a consequence of unfair laws that grant special treatment to Jewish residents.

Simply put, as Jimmy Carter took so much heat for rightly observing, Israel is an apartheid-ridden country where the Arab population is not exactly welcomed with open arms...

============================

This is true.... calling Israel a "Democracy" is a false statement.  Politician often challenge a race in the courts if it is won with Arab (Palestinian) votes.  Arab citizens pay taxes but get few government services in their neighborhoods that are lavished upon the Jewish areas.

The 1950 "Law of Return" applies only to Jews and not to Palestinian refugees of the 1948 war.

"Europe and America are usually breaking the law when they discriminate....The same is far from true in Israel: Institutionalized discrimination is not a reflection of the bad faith of individual officials...but a reflection of the bad faith of organizations and the state structures in which they operate..."

-Jonathan Cook,  Blood and Religion p.14

Point of information:

Today, the Children’s Defense Fund Action Council released its 2007 Nonpartisan Congressional Scorecard. CDF reports some positive news, particularly that average scores for members of Congress “improved from the previous three years with more Members scoring 100 percent than in 2004, 2005 or 2006.”

Many, however, did not fare so well. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) received a 10 percent rating — the worst in the U.S. Senate.

CDF ranked members on 10 votes affecting children:

1. Increase minimum wage (H.R. 2)
2. Increase funding for children with disabilities (S. Con. Res. 21)
3. Protect children from unsafe medications (S. 1082)
4. 2008 Budget resolution (S. Con. Res. 21)
5. SCHIP Reauthorization (H.R. 976)
6. College Cost Reduction and Access Act (H.R. 2669)
7. SCHIP (H.R. 976 - motion to concur)
8. DREAM Act (S. 2205)
9. Funding child health and education (H.R. 3043)
10. Improving Head Start programs (H.R. 1429)

McCain has missed 57 percent of Senate votes this session, being absent or voting “present” for 8 out of 10 children-related votes. McCain voted “yes” to increase the minimum wage; his only other vote was voting “no” on SCHIP reauthorization on Aug. 2, 2007:

Please recommend. Fair is fair.

http://www.blogforamerica.com/view/24140...

I am always playing hardball.

yesterday I was at costco, getting some pix done.

The young technician who is from Vietnam and who has become a friend , asked me how the delegate process works. I was trying to tell her as simply as possible. A lady next to me chimed in about it and I listened, then told her what she was saying wasn't true. That we elect delegates in primaries according to the last election. That way a district that doesn't have a strong voter turnout doesn't get the same weight as one that does.

Well she got all in a snit and in the mddle of my explanation yelled at the young technician "I'm in a hurry, where are my pix? " The young lady said, they will be ready in ten minutes and WE continued talking.

The other lady just walked off.  I guess she was from the other side but I said NOTHING about party but just the process.

Bee otch.

38. FRED from Ashland OR

42. Huron John

=================

Palestinian citizens in Israel are barred ( "excused" ) from serving in the IDF.   Some will spin this as some kind of benefit.  "They are treated even better than Jews" 

Maybe when Obama is elected someone will remind him of when African-Americans were barred from military service, as Palestinian citizen of Israel are now.

1:32 PM EST

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/wyhome

...

you can join Barack Obama for a special Stand for Change Rally in Laramie tonight, Friday, March 7th.

Here are the details:

Arena Auditorium
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071

Friday, March 7th, 2008
Doors Open: 5:00 p.m.
Program Begins: 7:15 p.m.

The event is free and open to the public.

1:38 PM EST

http://openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=4374

Survey USA has released fifty-state polls for the general election. When looking at this data, keep in mind that about one in twenty polls is way, way off (there are 100 polls here). Here is the Clinton vs. McCain map, which is Clinton 276-262 McCain:

...

And here is the Obama vs. McCain map, which is Obama 280-258 McCain:

...

Despite seemingly similarity in their performance against McCain, this breakdown shows real differences between Obama and Clinton in the general election. Against Obama, McCain's "solid" and "lean" states only add up to 123, while Obama's add up to 229. In a matchup against Clinton, the "solid" and "lean" states are of equal size: 201 for McCain, and 203 for Clinton. In other words, while McCain and Clinton appear evenly matched, McCain is only able to keep it close against Obama by running up a series of narrow wins in the toss-up states.

...

1:44 PM EST

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/print?oid=599507

News: March 7, 2008

...

By Jim Hightower

...

Young people have long cared, but politicians and the media have not cared about them. This year, as one 22-year-old put it, "The candidates, particularly Obama, are talking about things that relate to us." In other words, if the system actually reaches out in specific terms to invite youngsters in – they will come.

...

Hillary Clinton; Executive Experience Explained.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3...

Please folks - read this diary. It's extremely long but incredibly well thought out and written.

I wonder when the people in the Middle East: Israelies, Arabs, Palestinians, Persians, Sunnis, Shiites are going to realize that they are killing their children and their children's future?  When and if that realization comes, ideologies are trivial.

Gary Hart: Breaking the Final Rule.

All about what Hillary has now done.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-hart/...

Pat, I don't mean to be flip, but males in the middle east are probably the same as elsewhere in thinking that making more children is easy and fun.  They really don't have much of an emotional or physical investment and most tend to think that only the obedient ones deserve to live, anyway.

Abraham, who's the progenitor of all the religions in the region, was quite content to 'sacrfice" his son until he was told he could slaughter a ram instead.  Any number of civilizations have disappeared, most likely because they didn't properly rear and educate their children.  Males consider off-spring, once they are delivered, a drain on their resources that has to be compensated by filial obedience.  Their love of their children seems like a thin reed on which to hang hopes for peace. 

Let Bloomberg do it.

We could call them the "Bloomberg Priaries".
You know how the big donors always have to get something out of it, like have the building named after them, or a room, even a chair.

If Howard is willing to have another election in Fl, Mi, let Bloomberg pay for them.
It would help to make up for financing Lieberman's campaign and thereby prolonging the war and the casualties.

Palestinian citizens in Israel are barred ( "excused" ) from serving in the IDF. Some apologists for Revisist Zionism will even spin this as some kind of benefit.

Maybe when Obama is elected someone will remind him of when African-Americans were barred from military service, as Palestinian citizen of Israel are now.

Pat in Colorado
Fri, 03/07/08
____________________________________________________________________________

Yes pat, that they are .......its 2.07 pm.  But these peoples are not entirely to blame, for one must research out the curent map of that region today and see, over the last 100 years of so the mistakes western nations have made in that region and why over the course of decades resentment towards the west has been perpetrated..............oil, colonialism, land grabs and partitions etc......all have contributed to the mess we see............

Peace, of course is the only viable alternative......getting that result has not, will not and is not easy.

THERE IS A NEW THREAD

http://www.blogforamerica.com/view/24137#comment-1177154

it's 3 am, and the MONSTER is answering the phone.  she'll do anything and say anything.

must-read:  mark benjamin's piece on presidential temperament on salon.com

Hillary Clinton has now won more primary votes than any Democratic nominee in history POLITICAL CONNECTIONS For Clinton's Fans, 'Our '68' By Ronald Brownstein, NationalJournal.com National Journal Group Inc. Friday, March 7, 2008 http://nationaljournal.com/brownstein.htm