The Big Tent

You know, the first decision a president makes is his (or her) choice as Vice President.  Who sounds like more of a candidate poised to deliver change?
Someone who picks a 30-year Washington insider white male, or someone who chooses a female Governor with five kids and a 80+ percent approval rating and decent reform accomplishments [...]

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Here’s some new poll numbers for the presidential race.  Remember, it’s the DNC’s convention, so if they’re ever going to get a bounce, it’s now.
COLORADO (CNN/Time/Opinion Research): McCain - 47%, Obama - 46%, Others - 1%.
FLORIDA (Mason-Dixon): Obama - 45%, McCain - 44%.
FLORIDA (Strategic Vision-R): McCain - 49%, Obama - 42%, Barr - 1%.
NEVADA (CNN/Time/Opinion [...]

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This seems to speak for itself.

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This article was just too good to pass by… Obama’s own state party has complete control over his home state, and can’t get their act together.

Illinois Dems offer little for Obama to brag about

When Barack Obama announced his candidacy for president from the steps of the Old State Capitol, he described Springfield as the [...]

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Granted, it’s way too early for these to mean anything, and with the conventions coming up these numbers are horribly skewed and will continue to be so for a few weeks.  But here’s some quick and dirty recent poll numbers:
ARIZONA (Mason-Dixon): McCain - 47%, Obama - 41%.
CALIFORNIA (Rasmussen): Obama - 51%, McCain - [...]

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Joe Biden?  C’mon…
From Congressional Quarterly this morning:
From the perspective of Siobhan “Sam” Bennett, the party activist who’s the Democratic challenger in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley-based 15th Congressional District, Barack Obama could not have picked a better running mate than Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. of neighboring Delaware.
“There’s a reason that he’s called the third senator [...]

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Here’s news that everyone should have already known…
Former Democratic US presidential hopeful John Edwards has admitted that he had an extra-marital affair and that he lied about it during his campaign.
Although we chuckled at this statement from Mr. Edwards:
“I started to believe that I was special and became increasingly egocentric and narcissistic,” [...]

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Well, at least sick of the media attention to Obama.  A new Pew survey shows most people are sick of hearing the media sing his praises.
Barack Obama may be the fresh face in this year’s presidential election, but nearly half say they’re already tired of hearing about him, a poll says.
With Election Day still three [...]

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There’s *LOTS* of rumors that Virginia Governor Tim Kaine is Obama’s top pick for his running mate swirling right now.  Count us among those seemingly few that don’t believe the hype.
First, we remember back to 1996 and 2000, where one of our favorite Republicans, then-Gov. Tom Ridge of Pennsylvania was a “shoe-in” to be both [...]

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Sorry haven’t updated anything in a day or so.  Real life things got in the way, trying to roll out a new division of the firm and spare time is a luxury at the moment.
Here’s some of the latest presidential polls…
FLORIDA (Quinnipiac Univ.): Obama - 46%, McCain - 44%.
IDAHO (Research 2000): McCain - [...]

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