Today the networks are echoing what I heard from Pennsylvania Democrats last week: a discernible number who voted Hillary were swayed by Obama’s “cling to guns and religion” comments, and why shouldn’t they have been? The comments were insulting and oozed with stereotype, period. If a white …
Looks like a big win—55 percent to 45 percent–for Senator Clinton tonight in Pennsylvania, despite having been outspent nearly three to one there by Senator Obama. But having conducted my own informal poll of Pennsylvania Democrats over the past week and a half, I am not the least bit surprised by tonight’s result.
Obama’s heavily funded …
In my home town of Pittsburgh over the weekend and early this week, I conducted an informal poll of western Pennsylvanians concerning Barack Obama’s remarks about people in “these small towns in Pennsylvania.” I would speculate that his remarks will hurt him in next Tuesday’s democratic primary.
In all, I talked with fourteen people: seven …
From The Huffington Post
BY HEATHER ROBINSON
As a long-term registered Democrat who increasingly identifies as an independent and has weathered a torrid, post-9/11 love affair with conservatism, I am in a good position to judge Democratic prospects this nominating season. And I think we ought to listen to Mama …
Just returned from an AIPAC Manhattan Club dinner at which Newark Mayor Cory Booker spoke. He told many inspiring stories about his efforts to revitalize Newark and make it safer. Apparently it is the city with the greatest reduction in crime in 2007.
Those of us who have followed Mayor Booker’s career know his ascension is …
To my piece than ran in yesterday’s Jewishworldreview.com concerning Senator Barack Obama’s high tolerance for negativity towards the United States, I would like to add one thought. Senator Obama has known Pastor Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. for many years. They have a close personal relationship, and are far from enemies.
Presumably they discuss, or at …
Tonight on the Upper West Side, while waiting for traffic to pass before crossing the street, I spotted Hank Sheinkopf, a regular commentator on CNN and other networks. He was so nice I was momentarily nostalgic for my firmly Democratic days (I’m now an independent). Anyway, I asked Hank who he thought would pull out …
Following the appearance yesterday on the Drudge Report of a photograph of Barack Obama in traditional Somali dress (some lame brained attempt, it would appear, to smear him by associating him with things Muslim), Obama seems to have pulled slightly ahead of Hillary in Texas and her lead in Ohio appears to be …
…in both the positive and negative sense. On the one hand, she’s no Stepford Wife (one thinks of Ann Romney. The only words I heard out of that woman’s mouth during her months with Mitt on the campaign trail were the strikingly original, “We’re gonna go to Washington…and clean up that mess.” Yikes.)
But Michelle Obama’s …
Letter from Penny in Pennsylvania: Forget You, Barack
From The Huffington Post
BY HEATHER ROBINSON
Note: Writing this post helped this Pennsylvania girl — me — to lighten up in the midst of a contentious campaign season. I hope it provides a few laughs.
Dear Barack,
Since you have got BIGGER and BETTER things to do than speak with me in …