First, it was Peggy Noonan. Now, it’s Geraldine Ferraro. What is it with white women using the race card to demean Barack Obama’s candidacy?
Geraldine Ferraro, the 1984 vice presidential candidate on the Democratic ticket with Walter Mondale — the first and only woman to ever hold a VP bid — said this to a Torrance, [...]
Election 2008
The race card
March 12, 2008 – 9:24 pm
Dems Need Florida
March 12, 2008 – 8:58 am
While Sen. Obama was increasing his lead in the delegate race Tuesday night in Mississippi, Democrats were digging trenches over what to do with Florida.
A headline on the New York Times website read: “Democrats in Florida Are Near Plan for New Vote.”
According to the article, Florida Democrats were outlining plans to give the state a [...]
The election on blog in Farsi
March 10, 2008 – 12:45 am
The enthusiasm about the 2008 presidential election does not end at the U.S. borders.Because of the Internet and satellite dishes, millions of people outside the country follow the tight marathon that might take the United States in a new direction in November.
Since I’ve started blogging on presidential elections in the United States on my Farsi [...]
Education and the youth vote
March 9, 2008 – 9:33 pm
It’s a question my parents, grandparents and teachers have been asking me for years. Why don’t young people vote?
And then the Iowa caucuses arrived. Record turnout of young people delivered the state to Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and suddenly, the question from my elders changed.
“Why Obama?” they asked. Is it his age? Is it [...]
Talking Politics with Grandma
March 9, 2008 – 5:48 pm
Sometime between the banter about Georgia weather and a riveting discussion on the redeeming qualities of lettuce, it hit me. My grandmother and I were talking politics.
And not just the “our country is in a mess” rhetoric. We were analyzing candidates as this 80-year-old Southern woman articulately explained NAFTA to me. She even knew the [...]
McCain Uses the Fear Factor in Earning His Votes
March 3, 2008 – 12:10 am
During the past few months, Senator McCain has been the only presidential candidate to defend the presence of U.S. troops in Iraq, in response to fear that Iran will destabilize Iraq after their departure. But the truth is that despite all the accusations by U.S. officials of Iran’s involvement in insurgency in Iraq, there has [...]
The Next Power Block
March 2, 2008 – 7:13 pm
Forget 2008 and courting the Latino vote. When elections came around again in two years, the knock out vote will come from the country’s growing number of….Indians.
Asian Indians, as the census refers to this ethnic group, are steadily increasing, not only in number but in prestige, financial power and political involvement. Take for example one [...]
Daisy’s still awake at 3AM
February 29, 2008 – 5:21 pm
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 [...]
Street Team’ 08:What if Hillary is a He
February 27, 2008 – 10:50 pm
Will people who hate Hillary change their opinions if she were a he? What are the exact reasons for people to hate Hillary? Students at the University of Delaware already made their decisions. See this AP video clip via Live Video:
Street Team ‘08: What if Hillary were a he?
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For Universal Healthcare, the Answer is in the Stars
February 27, 2008 – 10:54 am
For Universal Healthcare, The Answer is in the Stars
For the first 16 minutes of Tuesday night’s Democratic Presidential debate on MSNBC, Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama squabbled over the specifics of their proposed health care plans.
And we didn’t hear anything that hasn’t been argued at nauseam over the course of the first 19 debates:
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