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Hillary Clinton Endorses Barack Obama 2008-06-07 15:22:12 Today, as expected, HillaryClinton
made a thank you speech to her supporters that served both as her announcement of the suspension of the campaign and as a venue to endorse BarackObama
. She spoke, to the applause of the audience, "The way to continue our fight now, to accomplish the goals for which we stand, is to take our energy, our passion, our strength and do all we can to help elect Bara Read more:Hillary Clinton
Obama's Vice Presidential Search 2008-06-06 15:23:25 Recently, several newspapers have reported that John Edward's has no interest in being the Vice President on this year's Democratic ticket. This revelation puts further emphasis on the possibility of a joint ticket between Sen. Obama
and Sen. Clinton. Last night, further hints at the possibility of the "dream ticket" emerged when Senator Obama and Clinton met for a private one on one meeting l Read more:Presidential
, Search
Pentagon Interference 2008-06-05 16:30:19 "'What are you, some kind of a nut?' Mr. Rumsfeld cut in, drawing laughter. 'You don’t believe in the Constitution?'" (NY Times) I don’t know if it is just me, but government officials joking about breaking the Constitution doesn’t give me a great amount of confidence in our country. Last month, the New York Times released an expose on the connection between the Pentagon
and senior military
Sen. Clinton Decides to Step Aside 2008-06-05 14:14:22 Today, after increasing pressure from the Democratic party it seems that Hillary Clinton
's campaign will come to an end, and that she will endorse Senator Obama in an effort to help unite the sharply divided party. Her official announcement will come this upcoming Saturday. Many of her strongest supporters are now attempting to lobby for Senator Clinton to become the Vice Presidential candidat
Obama Seals the Nomination 2008-06-05 13:36:10 Last night Senator Obama
sealed the Nomination
for the Democratic Party, becoming the first African American ever to do so. Even though he has clinched the nomination, Senator Clinton still has yet to suspend her campaign. If she does not end her campaign and give Obama a glowing endorsement, the party will effectually still be divided, and Sen. Obama will have a upwards battle against both Cl
Clinton Wins Puerto Rico Primary 2008-06-01 22:16:38 Senator Clinton
won the Puerto
Rico primary today with 68% percent of the vote, compared to Obama's 32%. This is a commanding victory, however it does not do a whole lot in way of improvining Sen. Clinton's odds in the nomination. The delegate total is now 2,070 to 1,915 in favor of Senator Obama, with 2118 needed to secure the nomination now that half of the votes from Michigan and Florida will Read more:Primary
, Puerto Rico
The Seating of Florida and Michigan Delegates 2008-06-01 19:29:42 Lawyers from the Democratic Party have decided that the DNC will only be able to seat half of the delegates from Michigan
and Florida
when it meets this coming Saturday. This comes as a blow to the Clinton campaign, as this means that she will now not be able to pick up enough delegates to significantly halt Sen. Obama's seemingly unstoppable momentum. While the Obama campaign itself has said th Read more:Seating
Rules Committee Seats Half the Delegates 2008-06-01 19:29:06 As expected, when the RulesCommittee
met today to decide how to seat the delegates from Michigan and Florida, they decided that only half the delegates will be seated. This means that Senator Clinton gained only 24 delegates overall on Obama, not nearly as many as she was hoping for. This battle is quickly becoming ridiculous, and it is time for Senator Clinton to drop out of this race, for fear Read more:Seats
Hillary Clinton's Assassination Remark 2008-05-24 17:17:43 Explaining her resistance to dropping out of the race, HillaryClinton
said today, "My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. I dont understand it". The comment immediately sparked off controversy, as it seems to imply that she's staying in the Read more:Hillary Clinton
, Assassination
McCain comes into his own Reverend Troubles 2008-05-22 23:11:25 McCain, like Obama in weeks past is coming under increased scrutiny for his relationships with and endorsements by Reverend
John Hagee and Rod Parsley. John Hagee has been quoted as saying that Hitler was fulfilling the will of God by increasing the Jewish peoples desire to reclaim Israel, while Rod Parsley advocates that Islam is an inherently violent religion. It will be interesting to see how Read more:McCain
, comes
, Troubles
Results of the Oregon and Kentucky Primaries 2008-05-22 00:30:47 Sen. Clinton won the Kentucky
Primary tonight by a margin of ~35% while Sen. Obama seems to have come out on top in Oregon
with what appears to be roughly 58% of the vote. Although Hillary's win in Kentucky was decisive to say the least, Obama picked up enough delegates tonight for him to claim that he was won the majority of pledged delegates (delegates assigned due to primaries/caucases). This
General Election Finance: Where's all the Money Coming From? 2008-05-20 19:12:02 In approaching the general election, it is interesting to note where the candidates are receiving their money, and how they are handling the finances of their campaign. While both John McCain and Barack Obama initially indicated that they would rely upon public financing to try to take big money out of presidential politics, it seems that likely that Senator Obama will renege on his commitment, a Read more:General
, Election
, Money
America's Problems: Part Two - The Military Industrial Complex 2008-05-18 12:54:03 In the second segment of this series, I address the next fundamental problem with America
; the MilitaryIndustrialComplex
. To begin, the military industrial complex is defined by dictionary.com as being "a network of a nation's military force together with all of the industries that support it". The problems that this complex creates are immense however, and reveal a great shortcoming in the ca Read more:Part Two
America's Problems: Part Four - Guns 2008-05-18 12:53:34 The fourth installment of America
's Problems revolves around the issue of guns. The Second Amendment to the Constitution states that, "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed", and it is one of the most hotly debated and seemingly widely misconceived amendment to the Constitution. The passage
America's Problems: Part Three - Value Added 2008-05-18 12:53:14 In part three, I focus on the America
n economy. The problem right now is that, children see the profession that they deem as successful as youth, and then a disproportionate amount of them flock to that profession in later life. Thus in the 80's there was a boom in the numbers of businessmen and MBA's, in the 90's we switched over to becoming lawyers, and in the 2000's it we are seeing a larger Read more:Three
, Value
Candidates Change Tactics 2008-05-18 12:52:29 Senator Obama and Senator John McCain have made drastic changes to their campaign strategies in response to Senator Clinton's demise in the Democratic primaries. Senator Obama has already sent forces to Ohio and Pennsylvania to try to garner more support among independents in the states that he lost to Senator Clinton in primary battles. McCain and the RNC on the other hand have already designed Read more:Candidates
, Change
Clinton's West Virginia Win 2008-05-18 12:51:56 For all intents and purposes Clinton
's win in the West Virginia
campaign today is meaningless. While she will most likely attempt to use the win as further evidence that she can carry battleground states in November against John McCain, it doesn't make up for the fact that Obama has won twice as many states as she has. The exit polls also show an interesting cross section of sentiments in the ra Read more:West Virginia
Clinton's Win Overshadowed by Edwards' Endorsement 2008-05-18 12:51:21 The news of Sen. Clinton
's win in the West Virginia primary was overshadowed today by John Edwards
endorsement of Sen. Obama. This represents in no light terms that the race is over, as John Edwards has seemed to remain on the sidelines waiting for the nominee to be picked. His endorsement could potentially help Barack Obama to win more of the white working class vote, and if it seems to do so i Read more:Endorsement
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a Nominee 2008-05-08 18:41:23 While the Democratic nominee is still not officially determined, the results of last nights primaries in Indiana and North Carolina have all but ensured that Senator Barack Obama will be the nominee of the Democratic party. At this point, the mathematics are against Sen. Clinton. Her long time supporter Senator George McGovern announced that he was switching allegiance because the race was for a Read more:Nominee
America's Problems: Part One - Career Politicians 2008-05-07 20:25:31 This blog entry starts a series of posts entitled America
's Problems. The first problem that will be addressed in this series is the issue of politicians seeing politics as a career rather than an interlude from their actual life. The Federalist Papers states on the issue of election to the House of Representatives that besides the limitations that you must be a citizen for at least 7 years and be Read more:Career
Interlude: Dalai Lama Visits Colgate 2008-05-07 18:38:53 A couple of weeks ago the Colgate
University Community welcomed the Dalai
Lama to speak on the topic of Happiness. Given the current issues regarding China, Tibet, and the upcoming Olympic games, I encourage everyone to watch his speech, especially the end where he answers questions. In response to a question asking him how students at Colgate could help non-believers to find faith, he responded Read more:Interlude
The Search for Good Information 2008-05-05 20:20:49 In the last few weeks with the breaking of the military analysts Pentagon connections, it became pressing for me to distinguish between news sources that I considered honest and trustworthy and those that I do not. While before I thought of CNN and MSNBC on one side of the spectrum and FOX News on the other, both supplying accurate information with a spin, this is however possibly not the case, a Read more:Search
The Gas Tax Holiday Sham 2008-05-04 21:24:16 Both Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator John McCain are proposing a tax holiday in which the excise tax on tax will be eliminated for the summer months. As quoted in the New York Times, Hillary Clinton said that , "I believe it is important to get every member of Congress on the record. Do they stand with hard pressed Americans who are trying to pay their bills at the gas station or do they onc Read more:Holiday
Loss of Pentagon Interference 2008-05-04 21:23:29 While this post shadows my article from the previous week, I think it is important to once again ask, "What happened to the Pentagon
interference story?" and why is it not still one of the top features on the New York Times. If you have not yet heard about the manipulation and connections between senior military analysts and the Pentagon (as well as high up members of the White House, such as Do
Man your Battle Stations, General Election Here We Come 2008-06-09 00:49:11 In preparation for the weeks to come it is important to start with a general perspective of what is going to come in a general election battle between the Democrats and the Republicans. This campaign is going to be particularly interesting because of the moderate manner of both candidates. States that have not been hotly contested in the past are going to be hotly contested in the upcoming elect Read more:Battle
, Stations
, General
, Election
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