Coincidences Will Never Cease

by sarabeth

The Huffington Post reported yesterday that the $52 million that the Obama campaign raised in June came largely without help from Hillary Clinton’s most ardent fundraisers
When comparing Obama’s full FEC filing for June with a list of 311 “Hillraisers” — or supporters who bundled more than $100,000 in contributions for Sen. Clinton — the Huffington […]

Presidential Regression

by sarabeth

Once upon a time, it was common to regard Bill Clinton as an adult. It’s pretty hard to do so these days, especially, when you read stuff like this:
Is Bill Clinton still fuming over the outcome of the primary contests?
Although he has yet to pick up the phone when Barack Obama calls, a close […]

Crystal Balls

by sarabeth

Here’s a two-fer. The GOP’s crystal ball on Iraq. And mine on Obama and the Clintonites.
The Republican party has made a lot of predictions about Iraq. Not a single one has turned out to be true. To keep that unbroken streak alive, they offered up another one yesterday to celebrate […]

The Source Of Clintonite Bitterness

by sarabeth

I keep reading about the Clinton and Obama campaigns’ mutual bitterness. Take Charlie Rangel’s editorial in the New York Daily News on June 10:
There may be some residual bitterness among supporters on both sides, but there’s no question the wounds will heal, and the Democratic Party will enter this election season stronger than it […]

Frustrating Her Own Supporters

by sarabeth

There was Hillary Clinton early Tuesday afternoon, saying the stuff she has no choice but to say (especially in response to a direct question):
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) said she was willing to do “whatever it takes” to elect a Democrat in the fall in response to a question from Rep. Nydia Velasquez about the […]

Sad, Funny, But Hardly Surprising

by sarabeth

Of course, she didn’t concede the nomination. Or call it quits. Or suspend her race. Or even acknowledge that Obama has indeed hit the magic number of 2,118. (As of 6 am today, RealClearPolitics puts Obama at 2,165.5.)
Instead — in another of those bizarre statements that would make an excellent Cliff’s […]

Recipe For Balancing The Federal Budget

by sarabeth

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It was foretold these seven days ago that 1115 would turn into a poetry-and-cooking-and-snorkeling-and- skiing blog.
Today we begin that transition, by bringing you one of my favorite recipes. This one is for balancing the budget, and is evidently a great favorite of the McCain family.
• Take one budget deficit, of $400 billion per year, give […]

Sober Reflections On Delegatery

by sarabeth

So what if Obama leads in terms of total delegates? So what if Obama is likely to clinch 2,118 delegates in the next few days? Jake Tapper of ABC News put that into proper perspective:
By ABC News‘ calculation, Obama only needs 47.5 more delegates to reach what he considers to be the […]

Hillary’s Alternate Universe

by sarabeth

If there’s one thing that became abundantly clear this weekend, it is that Hillary Rodham Clinton no longer inhabits the same universe as the rest of us.
When the Democratic Party’s Rules and Bylaws Committee made its decision on the Florida-Michigan delegate stalemate, and awarded her 24 delegate-votes on Saturday, the Clinton campaign celebrated by having […]

Hillary Today, The Republicans Tomorrow?

by sarabeth

Barack Obama is not only going to bring to the American people the CHANGE we have all been craving, he is also going to INSPIRE us all, and UNITE the country by the magnificence of his rhetoric and the magnetic force of his personality, HOORAY!
He’s going to do this by finding middle ground […]