A Baker’s Dozen of International Headlines for Obama

June 3, 2008 in International, Politics & Government
Tags: 2008, Al-Jazeera, Barack Obama, Clinton, election, Elections, headlines, Hillary Clinton, International, John McCain, McCain, Obama, Politics & Government

Daily Kos (Meteor Blades diary):

El Pais (Madrid): Obama se convierte en el primer candidato negro a la presidencia de Estados Unidos
(Obama becomes the first black candidate to the presidency of the United States)
Financial Times (London): Obama clinches the Democratic nomination
The Telegraph (London): Final delegates push Obama over the line
Senator has support of enough delegates to [...]

A Baker’s Dozen of International Headlines for Obama

June 3, 2008 in International, Politics & Government
Tags: 2008, Al-Jazeera, Barack Obama, Clinton, election, Elections, headlines, Hillary Clinton, International, John McCain, McCain, Obama, Politics & Government

Daily Kos (Meteor Blades diary):

El Pais (Madrid): Obama se convierte en el primer candidato negro a la presidencia de Estados Unidos
(Obama becomes the first black candidate to the presidency of the United States)
Financial Times (London): Obama clinches the Democratic nomination
The Telegraph (London): Final delegates push Obama over the line
Senator has support of enough delegates to [...]

A Baker’s Dozen of International Headlines for Obama

June 3, 2008 in Elections, International, McCain, Obama, Politics, Veepstakes
Tags: 2008, Al-Jazeera, Barack Obama, Clinton, election, Elections, headlines, Hillary Clinton, International, John McCain, McCain, Obama, Politics

Daily Kos (Meteor Blades diary):

El Pais (Madrid): Obama se convierte en el primer candidato negro a la presidencia de Estados Unidos
(Obama becomes the first black candidate to the presidency of the United States)
Financial Times (London): Obama clinches the Democratic nomination
The Telegraph (London): Final delegates push Obama over the line
Senator has support of enough delegates to [...]

MSNBC Interrupts McCain Speech for Obama Call

June 3, 2008 in Elections, Humor, McCain, Obama, Politics, Video
Tags: Elections, Keith Olbermann, McCain, MSNBC, Obama, Olbermann, Politics

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Live Blogging: Alabama Primary Election Results

June 3, 2008 in Alabama, Elections, McCain, Obama, Politics
Tags: 2008, Alabama, Cheryl Baswell Guthrie, election, Figures, House, Jeff Sessions, Parker Griffith, primary, results, Senate, Sessions, Wayne Parker

June 03, 2008 – 11:00PM ET
(i) = incumbent

= winner

= runoff

U.S. Senate – Dem Primary

2585 of 2665 Precincts Reporting – 97%

Max Runoff Cands=2

Name
Party
Votes
Vote %

Figures, Vivian
Dem
108,055
63%

Swanson, Johnny
Dem
37,927
22%

Townsend, Mark
Dem
24,545
14%

U.S. Senate – GOP Primary

2585 of 2665 Precincts Reporting – 97%

Name
Party
Votes
Vote %

Sessions, Jeff (i)
GOP
189,601
92%

Gavin, Earl Mack
GOP
15,985
8%

U.S. House [...]

Chuck Todd: “This is the greatest political upset maybe in the history of American politics.”

June 3, 2008 in International, Politics & Government, Video
Tags: Barack, Barack Obama, Chuck, Chuck Todd, Clinton, Convention, Democrat, Democratic, Elections, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, McCain, MSNBC, Obama, Politics & Government, Todd

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Chuck Todd: “This is the greatest political upset maybe in the history of American politics.”

June 3, 2008 in International, Politics & Government, Video
Tags: Barack, Barack Obama, Chuck, Chuck Todd, Clinton, Convention, Democrat, Democratic, Elections, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, McCain, MSNBC, Obama, Politics & Government, Todd

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Chuck Todd: “This is the greatest political upset maybe in the history of American politics.”

June 3, 2008 in Elections, International, McCain, Obama, Politics, Veepstakes, Video
Tags: Barack, Barack Obama, Chuck, Chuck Todd, Clinton, Convention, Democrat, Democratic, Elections, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, McCain, MSNBC, Obama, Politics, Todd

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Pawlenty: McCain Will Compete For Clinton Backers

June 3, 2008 in Alabama, Elections, McCain, Obama, Politics, Veepstakes
Tags: 2008, Barack Obama, Clinton, Convention, DNC, Elections, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, McCain, Minnesota, nomination, Obama, Pawlenty, Politics, president, RNC, speech, Veepstakes, vice, VP

Politico: John McCain portrayed her as a trailblazing model for aspring female politicians yesterday and now one of his top surrogates and vice-presidential prospects is taking the next natural step and promising that they’ll compete for Hillary Clinton’s supporters.
“I think many of those voters are going to consider and support Senator McCain,” said Minnesota Gov. [...]

Superdelegate Flood Coming?

June 3, 2008 in Elections, McCain, Obama, Politics, Veepstakes
Tags: 2008, Clinton, delegate, DNC, Elections, Obama, Politics, superdelegate

2008 Democratic Convention Watch:
Reported upcoming endorsements: Sen Herb Kohl (WI), Rep. Jerry McNerney (CA), DNC Ralph Dawson (NY), Gov. Bill Ritter (CO), Sen Ken Salazar (CO), Gov. Brian Schweitzer (MT), Sen. Max Baucas (MT), Sen. Jon Tester (MT), Dennis McDonald (MT) and Margaret Campbell who endorsed Obama but had to back down due to her [...]

AP: Obama Clinches Nomination Based on Tally

June 3, 2008 in Elections, McCain, Obama, Politics, Veepstakes
Tags: Barack Obama, Clinton, delegates, Democrat, Democratic, Democrats, DNC, Elections, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, McCain, nomination, Obama, Politics, superdelegates

The Associated Press is reporting:
Barack Obama effectively clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, based on an Associated Press tally of convention delegates, becoming the first black candidate ever to lead his party into a fall campaign for the White House.

Alabama House Elections Update

June 3, 2008 in Alabama, Elections, McCain, Obama, Politics, Religion, Siegelman
Tags: 2008, AL-02, AL-05, Alabama, Baswell Guthrie, Bobby Bright, Cheryl Baswell Guthrie, Craig Schmitdke, David Woods, Elections, Griffith, Harri Anne Smith, Jay Love, Mancuso, McCain, Obama, Parker, Parker Griffith, Politics, Riley, Siegelman, Wayne Parker

Doc’s Political Parlor:
Let’s take a quick look at some of today’s races…
AL-02

Republican
This has been the most competitive and expensive race of the primary cycle with four of the Republican candidates spending several hundred thousand dollars, each digging in their own pocket for a large percentage of their overall budget. While this race has had its [...]

Is She Quitting?

June 3, 2008 in Elections, International, McCain, Obama, Politics, Religion, Veepstakes
Tags: 2008, Barack Obama, Bush, Clinton, College, electoral, electoral college, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, map, McAulliffe, McCain, Montana, Obama, primaries, primary, South Dakota, Terry McAulliffe

AP: Clinton set to concede delegate race to Obama. (UPDATE: HRC CAMP DENIES.)
Hillary Rodham Clinton will concede Tuesday night that Barack Obama has the delegates to secure the Democratic nomination, campaign officials said, effectively ending her bid to be the nation’s first female president.
Politico: Superdelegates surge to Obama.
A tsunami of superdelegates is poised to rush [...]

The New Yorker: A Few Too Many

June 3, 2008 in Alabama, Elections, Food, Gay, Humor, International, Lost, McCain, Music, Obama, Politics, Religion, Siegelman, Veepstakes, Video
Tags: alcohol, beer, booze, bourbon, College, culture, Food, gin, hangover, life, New Yorker, remedies, remedy, scotch, vodka, whiskey, whisky, wine

The New Yorker has a fascinating little article about the dreaded hangover, and moreover, potential remedies from around the world.

New Yorker: Of the miseries regularly inflicted on humankind, some are so minor and yet, while they last, so painful that one wonders how, after all this time, a remedy cannot have been found. If [...]