The general election campaign has informally begun. And there’s the usual spate of stories wondering when — and if — Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton will get out…and blogs blasting those who are wondering. Here’s our highly-popular linkfest that takes you to blogs of various opinions.
IS EVERYONE WRONG ABOUT HILLARY CLINTON? Is her camp really hoping for a decision on seating Michigan and Florida that isn’t in their favor so they can whip up their supporters? John Cole thinks everyone is missing what is really going on.
BUT HERE’S ANOTHER VIEW from TalkLeft’s Big Tent Democrat, one of the best pro-Clinton bloggers on the Internet (who also wrote great stuff some years ago on Daily Kos).
TO SOME, THE POLITICAL QUESTION OF THE DAY involves Barack Obama.
THE REAGAN DEMOCRATS: Are they gone for good?
SO WHO WILL WIN? Patrick Porter, writing on Oxblog, one of TMV’s favorite blogs, has some thoughts (but, no matter what, he doesn’t foresee Bill Clinton hanging around the White House with nothing to do..)
BY THE WAY, JOHN McCAIN…Joe Irvin has a few things to say about experience and a way to hold the civilians who direct the military accountable.
HAS OBAMA ABANDONED THE U.S. ECONOMY FOR THE TEAMSTERS? Red State.com thinks so.
YOUNG TURK GOPer TOM COBURN HAS FIRED A SHOT ACROSS THE REPUBLICANS’ BOW telling them they must shape up or have the voters ship out by returning to conservative ideals. And who better to take a look at that then the always-thorough conservative blogger Ed Morrissey? (If you don’t read Morrissey he is a MUST read). He adds:
The big question: will this missive from Coburn help bridge the gap between McCain and conservative activists? As Coburn knows from personal experience, McCain is by far the one nominee who will work toward conservative principles in spending and limitation of federal power in the upcoming general election. The question for Coburn is whether he becomes the leader of the Republicans that keeps McCain on track with his pledges in other areas, notably border security. If Coburn can do that, he may find himself the next national leader for conservatives.
Read it all.
WILL JIM WEBB RUN FOR VEEP WITH OBAMA? Or did he just say something that rules him out.. And has there been backlash to the idea?
BOB BARR IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AS THE LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE but what does it really mean?
JOE LIEBERMAN CONTINUES HIS INDEPENDENT PATH — OR IS IT THE PATH OF A REPUBLICAN WITH AN “I” IN FRONT OF HIS AFFILIATION? The Gun Toting Liberal looks at the latest controversy into which Lieberman has chosen to insert himself. (Will Lieberman’s bar mitzvah be revoked for this one?) What Lieberman does is increasingly political news in Campaign 2008 since he is now closely allied with GOP presumptive nominee John McCain (and it’s likely Lieberman will speak at the Republican convention and campaign for McCain).
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.