The long-predicted parade of Democratic party superdelegates to front-runner Senator Barack Obama has now begun -- but it's happening during a period when Obama's campaign is ending its campaign with a relatively weak finish. According to MSNBC's First read, the line of superdelegates who are expected to either push Obama over the top by the end of the weak or very close to … [Read more...] about Expected Parade Of Superdelegates To Obama Begins Amid Weak Finish
…Or not? Ickes says ixnay on the concessionay
With Harold Ickes of Hillary Clinton's campaign getting all in red and uppercase letters at TIME: AIDES DENY AP REPORT ON END OF CLINTON CAMPAIGN Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 Justin Sullivan/Getty CLINTON CAMPAIGN CHAIR MCAULIFFE CALLS CABLE NETWORKS TO SHOOT DOWN WIRE REPORT THAT CLINTON PLANNED TO ALL BUT CONCEDE IN TUESDAY NIGHT’S SPEECH Top adviser Ickes also tells … [Read more...] about …Or not? Ickes says ixnay on the concessionay
Reports that Clinton “will” concede tonight, watch AIPAC in the a.m.
Update: From Terry McAuliffe at TPM too. I'm telling you again like I did last night: tomorrow morning, AIPAC, Clinton, Obama, Pelosi, Reid - facing down John McCain and the group of supporters he thinks he can wrap around his fingers. From My Way news: WASHINGTON (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton will concede Tuesday night that Barack Obama has the delegates to secure the … [Read more...] about Reports that Clinton “will” concede tonight, watch AIPAC in the a.m.
Scott McClellan Symbolized Historic Bush Administration Shift In News Media Treatment
Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan's name is now all over the best-seller charts, airwaves, newspapers and weblogs due to his anti-Bush administration memoir and the heated debate over his role -- but is a key point getting lost in the book hype brou-ha-ha? In fact, journalism prof/blogger Jay Rosen points out, McClellan is the symbol of a key Bush … [Read more...] about Scott McClellan Symbolized Historic Bush Administration Shift In News Media Treatment
Blogroll Glitch (UPDATE)
Due to a system glitch, our Center Voices links on our blogroll has vanished -- and the system dumped all of them into Other Voices. We're working on the problem. If our Center Voices blogroll category can't be restored, I'll go through each link under Other Voices and transfer the ones I think belonged there into that category. We regret the glitch. UPDATE: It turns out the … [Read more...] about Blogroll Glitch (UPDATE)
Hillary Spelling Bee
Nate Beeler, The Washington Examiner … [Read more...] about Hillary Spelling Bee
Quote Of The Day: Richard Cohen On “A Campaign To Hate”
Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen, from a column titled "A Campaign To Hate," detailing why campaign 2008 has been unfortunate: Wherever I go -- from glittering dinner party to glittering dinner party -- the famous and powerful people I meet (for such is my life) tell me how lucky I am to be a journalist in this the greatest of all presidential contests. I tell them, … [Read more...] about Quote Of The Day: Richard Cohen On “A Campaign To Hate”
Yves Saint Laurent (1936-2008)
President Nicolas Sarkozy was joined by fashion giants from around the globe yesterday in paying tribute to the iconic French designer, Yves Saint Laurent, who has died aged 71, reports The Independent. "Yves Saint Laurent was the last of the French pioneers, including Chanel and Christian Dior, who established Paris as the fashion capital of the world. His death late on … [Read more...] about Yves Saint Laurent (1936-2008)
Bill Clinton Goes Ballistic (Again): Calls Vanity Fair Journalist Purdum “Dishonest…Scumbag”
Former President Bill Clinton has provided yet another example of why some feel he has proven to be a strategic and imagery-negative for his wife Senator Hillary Clinton's Presidential nomination campaign -- delivering a new lashing-out tirade to a writer for The Huffington Post, this time aimed at a former New York Times reporter who wrote a highly unflattering piece about … [Read more...] about Bill Clinton Goes Ballistic (Again): Calls Vanity Fair Journalist Purdum “Dishonest…Scumbag”
On Bill Clinton’s critique of the Vanity Fair piece about him
I said I'd comment after reading Bill Clinton's 2,500 word critique of Todd Purdum's Vanity Fair piece. I haven't read it. Yet. Slate's Jack Shafer has: "A tawdry, anonymous quote-filled attack piece," the critique seethed, one that "repeats many past attacks on him, ignores much prior positive coverage, includes numerous errors, and ultimately breaks no new ground. It is, … [Read more...] about On Bill Clinton’s critique of the Vanity Fair piece about him
Apple moving from .Mac to Me? Adobe too?
I don't know how many of us here at TMV are Apple aficionados (here's the latest iPhone rumor) but for those who are (and to those who aren't, Apple is the tech news story of the early 21st century so you may want to read on) there's a rumor going 'round that the overpriced under-performing .Mac service that people like me pay a $100 for year after year thinking maybe one day … [Read more...] about Apple moving from .Mac to Me? Adobe too?
AIPAC Conference: Perfect place for Pelosi, Reid, Clinton, Obama unity
I could be dreadfully wrong, both in the prediction that they will show unity in anyway related to the who will be the presidential nominee for the Democratic party, and in other ways, but hey, weirder things have happened. Read about the conference here. Read about GOP presidential candidate and US Senator John McCain's speech here. View it here or listen or get the … [Read more...] about AIPAC Conference: Perfect place for Pelosi, Reid, Clinton, Obama unity
Long-Term Security Treaty Between Iraq and America ‘Rejected’
On top of all the other Iraq-related news -- including the book by Scott McClellan -- last week, the leader of Iraq's Parliamentary majority rejected the one piece of legislation Washington wants the most: a convention codifying America's long-term presence in that nation. According to this news item from Iraq's Sotal Iraq newspaper: "Abdul-Aziz Al-Hakim, the leader of … [Read more...] about Long-Term Security Treaty Between Iraq and America ‘Rejected’
McClellan Highlights American Media’s ‘War Within a War’
What is the role of the media in a democratic society? In examining the contents of Scott McClellan's new book, O Globo of Brazil's chief foreign affairs columnist William Waack writes: "In light of what has happened since 2003, it's easy to say today that some examples of the always admired American press (The New York Times, CNN, Newsweek, and others) could have been more … [Read more...] about McClellan Highlights American Media’s ‘War Within a War’
You Have To Pick and Choose Your Crazy Folk Carefully
When crazy folk talk, people listen. Especially when that crazy folk is Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (via Agence France Presse): Ahmadinejad says Israel will soon disappear Jun 2 08:43 AM US/Eastern Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad predicted on Monday that Muslims would uproot "satanic powers" and repeated his controversial belief that Israel will soon … [Read more...] about You Have To Pick and Choose Your Crazy Folk Carefully
More Signs Hillary Clinton Will Soon Quit The Democratic Race?
Is this all overdosed-on-politics tea leaf reading, or are we now seeing accelerating indications that Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton will soon head for the exit door of the 2008 Democratic Presidential race racetrack? ABC's Political Radar has this: Speaking to a crowd in Milbank, SD former President Bill Clinton admitted that today could be the last time he has … [Read more...] about More Signs Hillary Clinton Will Soon Quit The Democratic Race?
Last Exit to Graceland; or, “When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It.”
Someone call Yogi Berra. Hillary's ripping him off. Here's what she told reporters en route to South Dakota last night: "It is not over 'til it's over." Thanks for the clarification. ********** She prefaced that remark with this: "My political obituary has yet to be written, and we're going forward." Well, of course, she's going forward to Montana and South … [Read more...] about Last Exit to Graceland; or, “When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It.”
In Praise Of Gas Taxes (Poetic Commentary)
Gas prices paid by Western Europeans are much higher than those paid by Americans. But at least Europeans get something good back for their pain at the pump—first rate public transportation infrastructures. What's our own return from gas prices that have risen almost a buck a gallon in recent months? In Praise Of Gas Taxes I know free markets generate A host of things … [Read more...] about In Praise Of Gas Taxes (Poetic Commentary)
Hypersensitivity at Work
RCP's Tom Bevan is forced to revise the title of a post about Hillary possibly calling it quits tomorrow night. See his update paragraph at the end. … [Read more...] about Hypersensitivity at Work
Clinton Obama
Cam Cardow, The Ottawa Citizen … [Read more...] about Clinton Obama