In an interesting turn, Hillary Clinton’s campaign released a rather interesting commercial.
On the heels of their debate in Cleveland, Ohio–the final debate before crucial primaries in Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont–this advertisement comes as an exclamation point at the end of a very contentious week between Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama.
Last week, Clinton said [...]
In what CNN’s Bill Schneider billed as Hillary Clinton’s last chance to prove her worth to voters, the Texas debate on Thursday seems not to have changed the race.
It wasn’t quite the love-fest of the CNN debate in Los Angeles, California, three weeks ago, but Clinton repeatedly shied away from challenging her rival, even when [...]
The BBC’s top page today showcases an interview in which President Bush defends his decision not to go into Darfur.
He called it a “seminal decision” not to intervene with force, taken partly out of the desire not to send US troops into another Muslim country.
Other than sounding more and more like a moderate with each [...]
Published Feb. 12, 2008 in the San Francisco Chronicle.
Count the Delegates, If You Can
by Ian Sherr
Just when I thought I had figured out why the Democratic Party has superdelegates, Nancy Pelosi comes along and says I have got it all backward.
“The superdelegates were established to give many more people at the grassroots level the opportunity [...]
Kimberly Geiger asks An Important Question
Published in Capitol Weekly
As Super Tuesday dawns in the state with the greatest trove of convention delegates, members of California’s Democratic congressional delegation face an uncomfortable choice in backing Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton. Some have decided that making no endorsement at all is the better part of wisdom.
“I just [...]
Wu Nan reports on the Chinese vote in this year’s election
Published in Capitol Weekly
Hillary Clinton? Or Barack Obama? Democrats in the Chinese American community in the Bay Area seems to be divided by generation when it comes to choosing a Democratic presidential nominee on Tuesday – just like all the other Democrats in California.
“Many of [...]
