(84) Sen. Joe Biden
Sen. Barack Obama: Sir Galahad or Kid Galahad?
When Senator Hillary Clinton lobbed the slum-lord grenade at Sen. Barack Obama during the South Carolina debate last Tuesday most of us had never heard of this “Rezko” character.
What is instructive here was the way in which Senator Barack Obama parsed his official response the next day.
Sen. Obama distanced himself from Rezko by saying that […]
Senators Biden and Dodd withdraw
……….6:15AM EST
The pity of the situation we find ourselves in, is not that we may need to go to someone like Michael Bloomberg at the end of this campaign, but that we ignore solid, capable, disguinshed statesmen like Sens. Biden and Dodd. Whatever else may said for them, they have given this country many years […]
What if Iowa Settles Nothing for Democrats? Jan 1 New York Times Nagourney
January 1, 2008
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What if Iowa Settles Nothing for Democrats?
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
Published: January 1, 2008
DES MOINES — Iowa is packed with presidential candidates and hundreds of campaign aides, advisers and contributors. Twenty-five hundred representatives of news organizations have been granted credentials to cover the caucuses Thursday night, twice as many as in 2004. […]
Hillary may have the last word on Pakistan and the Bhutto killing
………11:00AM EST
Well, I must say, Senator Clinton probably ends up with the response
closest to reality in assessing the situation in Pakistan and how America should respond to it. She was also pretty impressive with Wolf Blitzer on CNN. Although I hate to use the tired word, “Presidential” I am hard pressed to find any […]
Candidates React to Bhutto’s Death Dec 27 New York Times The Caucus
December 27, 2007
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December 27, 2007, 12:14 pm
THE CAUCUS, New York Times
Candidates React to Bhutto’s Death
By Marc Santora
Updated | 5:15 p.m. The assassination of Benazir Bhutto is already rippling through the race for the White House, and presenting a real-time test for candidates to show how their campaigns react to an unfolding […]
Candidates on Executive Power Dec 22 Boston Globe Charlie Savage
December 22, 2007
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Candidates on executive power: a full spectrum
They assess use of signing statements
By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff | December 22, 2007
WASHINGTON - Republican John McCain says that if he is elected president, he would consider himself bound to obey treaties because they are “the law of the land.” But […]