Poll: Edwards has fewest 'haters'; Gore, Kerry, Hillary most
About two years out from the Democratic caucuses and primaries, negative poll numbers might be more significant than positive numbers. Support at this point can be very soft, but strong dislike is hard...
View ArticleEdwards tells Bush, IRS to stop war on poor people
Got the e-mail below the fold from John Edwards today. George Bush's IRS is letting huge corporations get off without paying their taxes ($300 billion per year), and instead is targeting poor people...
View ArticleDumbfucks' News: Not Even Pretending Anymore
It's 'Dayside with Linda Vester' (mercifully absent Ms. Vester) and it's once again time to play 'Let's Defend Bush's Ports Giveaway to His Arab Pals'... Now Dubai Ports World has so graciously agreed...
View ArticleSly dog McCain: 'Write in Bush's name in straw poll'
What a sly dog that John McCain has become. He apparently learned a trick or two the hard way from Karl Rove in 2000. Check out this stunt he pulled at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference....
View ArticleLet's make a point, thank Jessica, donate to OPERATION SMILE
The big story is that Jessica Simpson snubbed Bush. She snubbed the Republicans, who wanted to latch onto Simpson and Operation Smile to perpetrate the GOP's phony image of charity while they do...
View ArticleDemocrats Pledge To 'Eliminate' Bin Laden, Redeploy From Iraq
Democrats Announcing National Security Contract With America Today In a position paper that will be announced Wednesday, Democrats say they will double the number of special forces, add more spies,...
View ArticleTwo Americas: GOP Policies Create More Dem Voters
The NY Times article mentioned in Mr. Populist's diary on members of the middle class moving into their cars includes the following fact:Last year was the first year on record, according to an annual...
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108-yr-old survivor of 1906 SF Quake rips ... Bush?
Well, OK, Chrissie Martinstein doesn't actually use Bush's name, but it's pretty clear she's taking a shot at the federal government, especially in light of the Hurricane Katrina "response."...
View ArticleEarth to Tucker: There's a reason you didn't like Colbert.
On "The Situation" Tuesday night, poor Tucker Carlson tried to convince Air America's Rachel Maddow that Stephen Colbert's routine on Saturday night just wasn't very funny. Rachel did her best to...
View ArticleBush and the GOP are AT WAR with the CIA and America
The Bush administration and its Republican lackeys in Congress are fighting a clandestine war against the CIA in an effort to prevent the American people from learning the truth. To cover up their...
View ArticleWho are you and what have you done with Fox News?
Wow. Fox News just had a relatively in-depth look at the Hookergate scandal. They reported that Dusty Foggo is leaving, and that he claimed it was because "a new director will want his own team" but...
View ArticleU.S. Troops Cleared of Allegations in Ishaqi. Oh, good.
ABC News reports that U.S. troops were "following the rules of engagement" when 11 Iraqi civilians -- not 4, as the U.S. military had originally claimed -- were killed by being shot in the head -- not...
View ArticleEdwards: Front-Runner
John Edwards, in Iowa for the fifth time this year campaigning with new Democratic gubernatorial nominee Chet Culver and 1st District Congressional nominee Bruce Braley, said a new Des Moines Register...
View Article33 Polls Since Jan. 1: Dems' Average Lead = 10.4545%
"This poll is just a snapshot in time" is the common refrain you hear (I think Tim Russert might even have that phrase copyrighted). But 33 polls taken in the first 6 months of the year aren't really a...
View ArticleEdwards: Don't let Republicans choose the battlefield
"We should not let (Bush) define the terrain of this debate. We should define the terrain of this debate, and not just what's wrong with what he's done, but what we will do when we lead." -- John...
View ArticlePOLL: After-Iowa caucus and after-NH primary? Cast your vote.
MSNBC's First Read discusses potential changes to the 2008 primary season:The Democratic National Committee's rules and bylaws panel voted yesterday (Thursday) to add two state contests to the first...
View ArticleReader lists Iraq options for Sully: a) disaster b) disaster c) disaster -- d...
A reader "sums it up" according to Andrew Sullivan:Sorting through your blog entries and the readers' emails you've posted yields the following five Iraq options: (1) If we pull out now, it will be a...
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Newsweek (July 17): John Edwards is Back
Looks like last month's Iowa Poll has started to attract some significant attention. From the July 17 issue of Newsweek:One Hug at a Time - John Edwards is Back"Thirty-seven million of our people,...
View ArticleInstapundit links to analysis: GOP fears Edwards
Right-wing Instapundit Glenn Reynolds links to an analysis by Douglas C. Weinstein, blogger at Instalawyer.com. The premise: The Republican Party is afraid John Edwards will be the Democrats' nominee...
View ArticleEx-Clinton adviser Ickes sounds worried about Edwards
The Democratic National Committee's rules and bylaws committee on Saturday approved adding an early caucus for Nevada and an early primary for South Carolina in 2008. The schedule, if approved by the...
View ArticleRaleigh N&O: Edwards' Strategy Honed, Record Deeper
The News & Observer of Raleigh, N.C., published an in-depth article Sunday on John Edwards'"undeclared" candidacy for president in 2008. While it points out the obvious to anybody wondering when...
View ArticleGoing For Broke: Republiconomy Bankrupting Middle Class
Newsweek has a kickass Q&A with Elizabeth Warren, law prof at Harvard and co-author of "The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke." When it comes to the bankruptcy...
View ArticleNew Iowa Poll pits top Dems vs. Reps for 2008
The Des Moines Register released new Iowa Poll results Sunday, with head-to-head matchups between the four top Democrats and four top Republicans likely to run for president in 2008. The contenders (at...
View ArticleRepublican Recession: Economist Says Early 2007
Nouriel Roubini, chairman of Roubini Global Economics, tells Trish Regan of CBS that a recession is on the horizon for early 2007. Watch the video at CBS News (under THE ECONOMY in the left-hand...
View Article33,000 ballots remain in Fairfax Co. (Webb)
Webb, McCaskill and Testor will win. Democrats win House and Senate. Woo hoo! Woo hoo! Woo hoo! Woo hoo! Woo hoo! Woo hoo! Woo hoo! Woo hoo! Woo hoo! Woo hoo! Woo hoo! Woo hoo! Woo hoo! Woo hoo! Woo...
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And they're off! Vilsack will file for 2008 today
Word has it that Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack will file federal papers today to form a presidential campaign committee. Not an exploratory committee, a campaign committee -- Vilsack for President. He's...
View ArticleIowa GOP Official Blasts Religious Right
In the most conservative corner of Iowa (the northwest), the Republicans' devastating losses Tuesday prompted bitter recriminations from a Republican Party county chairman. His clear theme: The...
View ArticleUPDATED: SurveyUSA Head-to-Head 2008 Polls Are Up
SurveyUSA has polled 60 possible head-to-head matchups for 2008, in all 50 states, and determined the Electoral College outcome (as of now) for these matchups. As they say on their site, some pairings...
View ArticleD.M. Register: Party chiefs hedge Vilsack support
At the top of the Des Moines Register's front page on Monday, a story by staff writer Thomas Beaumont illustrates the uphill struggle that outgoing Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack's presidential campaign faces...
View ArticleEdwards: Still The Front-Runner, He Extends Iowa Lead
John Edwards, building on his support from the 2004 Iowa Caucus, is the clear front-runner in the latest poll of likely Iowa Democratic caucusgoers. From the Quad-City Times:BREAKING NEWS: (Updated...
View ArticleGallup: Edwards Catches McCain in Favorable - Unfavorable
Gallup's latest poll is out for potential 2008 presidential contenders. The standings remain essentially the same for both the Democratic and Republican fields. But the favorability ratings show that...
View ArticleEdwards plans 'special town hall' in Des Moines on Dec. 28
I wonder what THIS might be about :)Former Sen. John Edwards plans to visit Des Moines on Dec. 28 to hold what aides to the Democrat are calling a "special town hall."Edwards, who ran for the 2004...
View ArticleRasmussen: McSurge 19, Hillary 17, Edwards, Rudy, Obama 14
Now THIS is an intriguing poll taken Jan. 10-11 and released today by Rasmussen. The question: Who is most likely to be the next president? The answer: We've got 5 top contenders within 5 points of...
View ArticleEdwards applies a little more pressure (Update: YouTube of speech)
After Hillary Clinton's top aide Howard Wolfson lashed out at him over remarks he made in a New York church on Sunday, John Edwards has responded, and the response amounts to: "I didn't call out...
View ArticleIowa Caucus Race 2008: 12 Months Out
We're a little less than a year away from the 2008 Iowa Caucus. With the latest poll in hand and the field of candidates coming into focus, we can start to size things up. (I took a stab at an...
View ArticleD.M. Register: Stakes go up for Edwards in Iowa
The Des Moines Register examines Tom Vilsack's departure from the 2008 presidential race: Edwards' campaign rides on Iowa: Vilsack's exit from race raises expectations for front-runner:If any candidate...
View ArticleEdwards sending DVD to 70,000 Iowans: Universal health care
John Edwards is introducing his universal health care plan to more than 70,000 Iowans via DVD. It's not quite the same as "going up" with TV ads, but considering that only about 120,000 people go to...
View ArticleTom Vilsack endorses DLC pal Hillary Clinton
UPDATE: I should point out that this obviously raises the stakes to "All In" for Hillary in Iowa. I've mentioned before that the third-place finisher in Iowa will look an awful lot like the last-place...
View ArticleSEIU official: If election were today, we'd support Edwards
Marc Cooper blogged for The Nation last night about the SEIU Health Care forum in Las Vegas: "Edwards Stands Out On Health Care Debate"Seven of the Democratic presidential contenders spent all of...
View ArticleUPDATES: Edwards leads McCain by NINE; near $2.5 million on ActBlue
John Edwards is now trouncing John McCain by NINE points, 47%-38%, and he's also annihilating Mitt Romney by TWENTY-SIX POINTS, 55%-29%, in the latest Rasmussen polls.Those are 8-point increases over...
View ArticleNew Iowa Poll: Edwards leads, viewed as most electable
John Edwards leads among likely Iowa caucus-goers, according to the latest poll by the University of Iowa released today, with a 5.7% lead over Hillary Clinton and a 14.9% lead over Barack...
View ArticleEdwards goes on air in Iowa: Compromise is concession on Iraq
John Edwards' first TV ad hit the air in Iowa today, on broadcast and cable channels. It features Iowans calling on Congress to stand up to Bush’s veto of the Iraq war funding bill."The American people...
View ArticleInternal Clinton memo leaks, urges her to skip Iowa
UPDATE: Didn't take the Des Moines Register long, did it? My favorite quote:"I believe we need a new approach to winning the Democratic nomination," deputy Clinton campaign manager Mike Henry said,...
View ArticleEdwards leads in new Florida primary poll
John Edwards has surged into the lead in the latest poll of likely Florida Democratic primary voters.Edwards: 26 Clinton: 24 Obama: 19 Undecided: 12 Richardson: 7 Biden: 6 Kucinich: 3 Other: 2 Dodd:...
View ArticleNBC: 'Frenzied enthusiasm' for Edwards in Iowa
This might explain why Obama has started attacking Edwards by name over the past few days (from NBC/National Journal):The two candidates both spoke at Mason City on Saturday night, and experienced a...
View ArticleMy take on Edwards' strategy (it just might work)
"Why," the media ask, "is Edwards going after Hillary instead of Obama? Shouldn't he be attacking the new front-runner? That's the way this game is supposed to be played! How dare Edwards not follow...
View ArticleMSNBC's Curry: What if it's Obama vs. Edwards?
The amazingly quick collapse of Hillary Clinton's campaign could be the opening that John Edwards was looking for.In 2004, Edwards wanted a one-on-one vs. John Kerry but didn't get that until far too...
View ArticleAfter 6 weeks, Trump's new political director had had enough of amateur hour
The Trump campaign just dumped Rick Wiley, the political director they hired just six weeks ago. CNN says tensions between Wiley — a former national political director for the RNC who was brought on...
View ArticleWho Said It, Trump Or Borat?
POP QUIZ: Who said it, Trump or Borat? Can you guess which one said each quote?1) "I like money, I'm very greedy. I'm a greedy person. I shouldn't tell you that."2) "My sister, she is prostitute. Why?...
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Pew Research Polls Favorability of Democrats, Republicans
The latest from the Pew Research Center:Telephone interviews by Princeton Survey Research Associates International among a nationwide sample of 2,006 adults, 18 years of age or older, from October...
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