Politics

Barack Obama Wins The Democrats Abroad Contest

Yeah i know, you're going, WHAT? Yup, there was a vote with the Americans who are living in other countries around the world for various reasons. The vote began on Super Tuesday, the day Hilary Clinton was to begin picking out her limousines, and concluded with a vote tally today of 65% Obama - 32% Clinton.

The vote carries with it 22 delegates and the 11'th straight victory for the Illinois Senator. Great Briton, Canada and Mexico carry the most Americans abroad that helped Obama win yet another primary.

But Mark Penn, the Clinton campaign manager says that "Primaries don't indicate the winner will win the general election". Although the statement is technically correct, it's particularly true if you don't win the primary.

John McCain Has His Own Monica Lewinsky! Breaking!!

The New York Times has just broke a story that lays out a trail of love and lobby centered around John McCain and a 40 year-old lobbyist Vicki Iseman. Apparently this is something that has been known for quite sometime in Washington but is now being leaked.

Vicki Iseman is a Lobbyist for companies that John McCain has very close ties to which brings into question his own squeaky clean lobbyist issue. Ouch!! This could get REAL bad folks.... I think we just found out why Huckabee is staying in the race.

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Barack Obama Projected Winner In Hawaii Caucus

With 51% of the precincts reporting, Barack Obama has been the projected winner in Hawaii the state the Illinois Senator was born in.

So far the tally is as follows:

Obama 76% 11,691 votes
Clinton 23% 3,584 votes

51% of precincts reporting

Obama has now won 10 straight victories over the New York Senator and former first lady who was by all accounts supposed to be at this time cooling her heels waiting to be crowned.

Obama's victories in Tuesday's Primary/Caucus where he also won a crushing victory in Wisconsin by 17% points, has made him the undeniable front runner for the democratic Presidential nominee, leaving many to say, Yes We Can.

Barack Obama Wins In Wisconsin!

CNN and NBC have projected that Barack Obama has won the State of Wisconsin, and by very significant numbers. The exit polling indicates the he once again made huge inroads into what is said to be her base: White men, White Women under 50, the so-called lunch box workers and hard line Democrats.

Hilary Clinton: Words Are Cheap!

Today in a campaign speech in Texas, the candidate that long ago expected to be the "President in-waiting" changed her tune from "Change, I'm Ready" to "Words Are Cheap". So by that logic, I say don't listen to a word she has to say.

Clinton has found herself in a place no one on the planet expected her to be in. Now even long time inspirational speaker Bill Clinton is telling voters "not to listen to inspiration" but look at the record. Bill Clinton had NO record when he ran for President.

By this logic, I believe one should look at her record. Her record for saber rattling against Iran, voting for the war, supporting NAFATA and CAFTA and taking Lobbyist money from every lobby on the hill.

Win or lose, it's becoming great comedy watching her REACH against the most unlikely candidate imaginable. A inspirational Black candidate who is running on a campaign of HOPE and sweeping change. All of which are exact mirror images of Bill Clinton's first Presidential run. So if you think about it, Hilary Clinton is getting her butt kick by her husband, and Bill Clinton is campaigning against himself.

House Holds Miers And Bolton In Contempt

The Republicans walk out and the House continues its vote to hold Josh Bolton and Harriet Miers in contempt of Congress for blocking investigations into the charges of unwarranted firings of US Attorneys.

Bolton and Miers did not comply to supenas in the investigation, which by law is contempt. Get mad if you want, but it's the law. The vote passed in the House so we are on our way to a whole bunch Political battles.

This is a far better use of the governments time then grilling baseball players.

Mitt Romney To Endorse John McCain

People from the Mitt Romney camp, the android who dropped out of the GOP primary and arch enemy of John McCain, will announce today that he will endorse the Senator from Arizona.

The old saying "Politics makes strange bedfellows" has never been more true, these two hate each other. If Romney can give McCain his 282 delegates, that's it game over for Huckabee (even though he can't win anyway). Some are speculating that this is the reason for this move by the Romney camp, shoring up his chances for a 2012 bid.

BREAKING: Republicans Walk Out Of The House!

In a stunning move that will once again assure another clean GOP wipeout in the next elections, republicans have just staged a walkout out of the House because the Democratic Majority wants to bring up a fight against Harriet Miers and the whole dust up of Bush administration cronies who covered up the firing a attorneys. Basically doing what Americans voted them in there to do, hold people accountable.

The Republicans and the Bush administration want the congress to push through the FISA act to ensure your phone can still be tapped.

IMHO, what you have at this moment is this administration doing what it does best, trying to scare the hell out of Americans so they can run a campaign based upon keeping you safe. They've got an extremely weak candidate and they know it, so they will be pushing the envelope.

The Government has and has always had the ability to get retroactive warrants to listen in on your phone calls.

Retroactive Immunity For Everyone...In Bush's Telecom Spy Gate

You just gotta love those "get tough" democrats up there in the Senate. Millions of voters flocked to the polls in 06 because candidates said they were going to get in there and turn back the tide that Bush wiped democracy away with. So far they haven't done a single thing, not one single thing.

One of the main continuos Bush administration secrets that came to light was the fact that he was spying on millions of Americans without their knowledge. A clear violation of the law of the land. He did so with the quiet help of the telecom companies that you and I pay each month. A clear violation of trust.

Without any foreknowledge, the administration with the help of the then ruling Republican party pushed through immunity for all the telecom companies that took part. Quest, the one company that wouldn't go along, found it's CEO in jail soon after the company released it's decision, on unrelated charges.

An ammendment that would have held those telecom's accountable by removing the immunity was stopped in the Senate. Not because the democrats don't have enough of the majority to stop the Republicans from tow-the-line voting, no. Telecom companies that allowed the government to spy on your phone calls and personal information without your knowledge were given a stay of immunity with the help of 31 Democrats who were voted in to turn back these Constitutional violations by the Bush administration.

Here is the list of democrats that voted for spying.

Sens. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Evan Bayh (D-IA), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Herb Kohl (D-WI), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Ken Salazar (D-CO), Tom Carper (D-DE), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Jim Webb (D-VA), Ben Nelson (D-NE), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Kent Conrad (D-ND), and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)

Barack Obama who was present for the vote, voting against letting them off the hook.

When asked by peers who I think would be a good Democrat running mate, I answer with two people who are on this list. They are no longer on my list.

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Yes We Can - Barack Obama Music Video

It's somewhat ridiculous that a working musician such as myself can be so late to the musical. I don't do the MTv thing, or the music video thing until someone sends me something they think I may like.

I had heard about this video and had seen quick clips of it on television, but until early this morning had not watched it from beginning to end.

If you're hard wired to not like this particular democratic candidate, you may want to "fight the funk" as George Clinton used to say. But it's hard to deny the power and passion melted into this piece. It's also beautiful INMHO to see so many of all walks take politics as a passion, instead of talking about how many gold rings they have, how good their butts look or milkshakes in the yard.

Take a minute and watch this video.