Posts Tagged ‘Hillary Clinton’
Congress reduced Obama’s Secretary of State »
Congress voted Wednesday night to reduce the Secretary of State's salary back to its pre-2007 level of $186,000 to conform to a clause in Article 1, Section 6 of the Constitution which stipulates that a member of congress cannot be appointed to a government job if the position's salary has increased during the lawmaker's current term. Clinton's [...]
Hillary Sent Me! »
The political action committee of Sen. Hillary Clinton, HillPAC, is launching a new grassroots movement on Saturday morning that will help mobilize volunteers to phone-bank, blog and canvass for Sen. Barack Obama and other Democrats in tough congressional races. This effort by HillPAC, called “Hillary Sent Me!” will focus on a [...]
Lynn Forester de Rothschild: I don’t Like Obama »
Lynn Forester de Rothschild, a former Hillary Clinton supporter and member of the Democratic National Committee’s Platform Committee, is expected to endorse the Republican presidential candidate, John McCain, for president today. Forester did not hide her dislike for Illinois senator Barack Obama. “This is a hard decision for me [...]
Bill and Hillary : All the world’s a democratic »
A video recently surfaced of New York Senator Hilliary Clinton telling backers that her delegates should have a role in Denver. Despite the video, Barack Obama said he doesn’t anticipate any problems with Hillary Clinton supporters at the Democratic National Convention. Last week, Senator Clinton seemed to leave open the option for a [...]
Obama: Ludacris should be ashame of his lyrics »
Yesterday Senator Obama sharply condemned rapper Ludacris over his new song celebrating the U.S. Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama presidential bid while referring to Hillary Clinton as an "irrelevant bitch." The song, called "Politics: Obama Is Here," was released yesterday. Ludacris, aka Christopher [...]
Clinton and Obama heads to Unity for unity »
Former rivals Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama announced today that they will hold a “Unite for Change” Rally this Friday in Unity, New Hampshire. The location, was chosen not only for the symbolism of its name, but because both candidates received exactly 107 votes in the western New Hampshire town in the primary. Obama [...]
Is Patti Solis Doyle appointment a slap in »
Patti Solis Doyle has been named chief of staff to the Vice Presidential Nominee by the Obama campaign. Patti Solis Doyle was Hillary Clinton's former campaign manager. She was demoted mid-campaign by Hillary Clinton and replaced with Clinton's longtime aide Maggie Williams Solis Doyle is a native Chicagoan with deep ties to many of Obama [...]
Hillary conceded NOT! »
During the early parts of yesterday, there were rumors that Sen. Hillary Clinton will concede defeat before the end of the day or at least end her attempt to make history by becoming the first female presidential nominee. Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe rushed onto CNN yesterday morning to deny an Associated Press report that Clinton [...]
DNC Rules Committee increased goalpost to 2,118 »
The DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee concluded their day long meeting with a new goalpost of 2,118 to clinch the Democratic party nomination. Previous target was 2024. According to the committee Co-chairwoman Alexis Herman in her opening remarks “seating all of the states' delegates is not on the table.” She added "We had many states [...]
In the land of Ritalin Assassination Joke is not funny »
First it was a so-called joke by former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee follow by another assassination joke (analysis) by Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and lately a joke by Fox contributor Liz Trotta. Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee During a recent speech before the National [...]
Hillary’s right, nomination process needs to »
“We’re going to have to change the system by which we pick the nominees, I believe, and we are with the system we have now,” Clinton said, responding to a supporter in Brandon, South Dakota who lamented the role of superdelegates in selecting the party’s nominee. “And I’m a big believer in one person one vote, and I believe in as much [...]
Is Hillary Clinton a fighter or a divider? »
Obama now has a majority of pledged delegates to the Democratic Convention. Despite the daunting odds of overtaking Obama in the overall delegate count, Hillary Clinton remained defiant and promised to stay in the race. "You've never given up on me, because you know I've never given up on you," Clinton told supporters in Kentucky. With only two [...]
Terrible mistake to vote for John McCain »
Senator Clinton said today "Anybody who has ever voted for me or voted for Barack has much more in common in terms of what we want to see happen in our country and in the world with the other than they do with John McCain," Clinton said on CNN. She further noted: "I'm going to work my heart out for whoever our nominee is. Obviously, I'm still [...]
Clinton’s decisive victory in West Virginia »
Clinton's largest margins, as expected, were registered among voters at the lower end of the socioeconomic ladder or poor whites. Clinton defeated Obama by 50 points among white voters without a college degree. Her margin of victory was more than 60 points among white voters making less than $30,000 a year. Part of Clinton's core constituency, [...]
Bob Johnson: If Obama Was a White Man…. »
In a recent interview with the Charlotte Observer, African American Billionaire Bob Johnson, the founder of BET says that former vice presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro was right when she said "If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position." Ms. Ferraro was forced to step down as an adviser to Obama rival Hillary Clinton. Mr. [...]
