Hillary Clinton

Sister Christian, Oh, Your Time Has Come

Via Wonkette, which is going to war against a PUMA (the “Party Unity My Ass” anti-Obama “Democrats”) blog, I see that Harriet Christian wants to be appointed to Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Senate seat in New York. More to the point, she wants to bash Caroline Kennedy. Hey, who doesn’t these days?
I am definitely closer, I [...]

Barack Obama on Gaza

This is the Obama transition’s official statement on Gaza as of right now, courtesy of chief transition national-security spokeswoman Brooke Anderson:
“President-elect Obama is closely monitoring global events, including the situation in Gaza, but there is one president at a time.”
The current president demanded for years that the Palestinians elect new leadership to replace Yasir Arafat’s [...]

Fran Drescher Wants Clinton’s Senate Seat

I’m not making this up. Fran Drescher has actually asked to be considered for Hillary Clinton’s U.S. Senate seat.
From CNN:

Will Clinton Fill State Dept. With Loyalists?

Many foreign policy experts wonder whether a Sec. of State Hillary Rodham Clinton would reach beyond loyalists to bring in progressive Obama supporters after an acrimonious primary season.

Obama’s Slam Dunk?

As dynamic as Sen. Barack Obama is seen in the popular imagination, what has gotten him here today — 15 points ahead of Sen. John McCain in the latest Pew poll — is his and his organization’s ability to methodically achieve one goal, and then another.

Cracking Ohio’s Political Code

Unlike previous Democratic presidential candidates, Obama has taken a cue from the state’s governor and freshman senator and launched an all-inclusive 88-county strategy with an unprecedented grassroots campaign. Ohioans have never seen anything like it.

Gurus Handicap the Nominees

So how did we get these nominees, anyway?
Top strategists in both parties tackled that question Tuesday on a “puppet masters” panel at the high-flying TimeWarner politics summit in Manhattan. (I also spoke at the conference.)
Matthew Dowd, the chief strategist for President George W. Bush’s reelection, said Sen. Barack Obama has “begun to dominate the landscape” [...]

“A leash around women’s necks…”

Late in the morning on the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, I sat down with Lynn Forester de Rothschild.
In addition to sitting on the Democratic Party’s Platform Committee, de Rothschild was an ardent supporter of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s run for the presidency. She acted as a surrogate, raised large amounts [...]

McCain Adviser: Fey’s SNL Spoof of Palin Was ‘Sexist’

When asked for her reaction to Tina Fey’s portrayal of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on “Saturday Night Live,” McCain campaign adviser Carly Fiorina told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell today that the lampooning was, you guessed it, “sexist.”
Here’s the full quote:

Obama Regains His Balance

Up until Thursday night it had been a crowded week for the Democratic National Convention. There were too many delegates and reporters jammed into the Pepsi Center. The conversations of the faithful were crowded with anxieties about slipping poll numbers, soft messaging, elusive unity, and the omnipresent Clintons. Memories of disastrous Augusts (John Kerry in [...]