For a diplomat, Hillary Clinton indulged in some pretty plain speaking in Pakistan yesterday:
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton expressed doubt Thursday over Pakistan’s failure to locate top al-Qaeda leaders in the eight years since they escaped over the border from Afghanistan, telling a group of Pakistani journalists that she found “it hard to believe [...]
Hillary Clinton clarifies the whole Nobel Peace Prize thing:
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she thinks President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize because of “his attitude toward America’s role in the world.”
“His willingness to really kind of challenge everyone … restores a kind of image and appreciation of our country,” Clinton [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
