http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/eatingtheirown/ en-us Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:33:09 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029530/posts WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Even as Democrats controlling Congress continue to struggle with a long-overdue war funding bill, they are starting work on a series of spending measures for next year that are doomed by veto promises from President Bush. The first of those 12 bills, funding agency budgets for the budget year beginning Oct. 1, would award an almost 6 percent increase to the Homeland Security Department. A House Appropriations panel approved the $39.9 billion measure unanimously on Wednesday. The measure is likely to earn a Bush veto threat for costing too much and it's unclear whether Democrats will even... AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029530/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:33:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023730/posts A day before the Democratic National Committee's Rules and Bylaws Committee is set to determine how to seat the delegations of Florida and Michigan, the Clinton campaign's chief lawyer said the committee is compelled to seat both delegations fully and not award Sen. Barack Obama any delegates from Michigan. In a letter addressed to the co-chairs of the committee, Clinton lawyer Lyn Utrecht said both states have already been sufficiently punished because of lack of campaign activity. Florida Democrats voted 50 percent for Clinton and 33 percent for Obama. "It is a bedrock principle of our Party that every vote... CNN.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023730/posts#comment Fri, 30 May 2008 22:07:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022800/posts San Francisco -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she will step in if necessary to make sure the presidential nomination fight between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama does not reach the Democratic national convention - though she believes it could be resolved as early as next week. Pelosi predicted Wednesday that a presidential nominee will emerge in the week after the final Democratic primaries on June 3, but she said "I will step in" if there is no resolution by late June regarding the seating of delegates from Florida and Michigan, the two states that defied party rules by... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022800/posts#comment Thu, 29 May 2008 04:07:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018995/posts An East Bay assemblywoman and state senate candidate says a recent mailer slamming her record on education shows nothing more than an American Indian tribe's vengeance about her opposition to its big casino plans in San Pablo — and even her main rival came to her defense. Democratic voters in the 9th Senate District recently received a mailer accusing Assemblywoman Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley, of trying to weaken state academic standards in legislation she sponsored in 2006. Hancock faces off in the June 3 state Senate primary against former Assembly Majority Leader Wilma Chan of Alameda. But the mailer wasn't paid... Oakland Tribune via CoCo Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018995/posts#comment Wed, 21 May 2008 02:47:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013931/posts The long race for the Democratic presidential nomination has been about votes, money and political power, but in the final days it's coming down to one thing more: the public relations war. And as they head for the finish line, both Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are scrapping for the advantage. Perception: Obama, as superdelegates march to his side, has already "won" the Democratic nomination, a view underscored by the latest cover of Time magazine, which shows a smiling Obama with the headline "And The Winner Is ..." Even longtime Clinton loyalist Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel said Friday that... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013931/posts#comment Sat, 10 May 2008 06:10:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013075/posts Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton made it clear Wednesday that she is not going away just because of an underwhelming victory in Indiana and an overwhelming defeat in North Carolina. No surprise there. Resiliency, defiance and a high threshold for shame have been among the defining traits of the Clintons' political life. "I'm staying in this race until there's a nominee," she told reporters in Shepherdstown, W. Va. She has every right to stay in the race. There may be an unwritten rule that candidates should drop out and rally around their party nominee when the math becomes implausible, but the... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013075/posts#comment Thu, 8 May 2008 15:55:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011494/posts HICKORY, N.C. --It spans the spectrum from moderate to militant, but it's not difficult to tap into a potential backlash among African-American supporters of Barack Obama if superdelegates give the Democratic presidential nomination to Hillary Clinton. Some in North Carolina, site of a crucial primary on Tuesday, fear it will happen. Some expect it to happen. Some think it could cause a rift in black voters' long-standing allegiance to the Democratic Party. And some, like Sharon Crosby of Lawndale, N.C., say they'd stay home rather than vote for Clinton in November. "How would I feel? I would feel cheated, cheated,... Cox News Service via Commercial Appeal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011494/posts#comment Mon, 5 May 2008 17:05:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2009697/posts Sources close to Arianna Huffington are claiming just that. Arianna Huffington is currently on book tour for her new political tome Right Is Wrong: How The Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded The Constitution, And Made Us All Less Safe. She's booked all over CNN, ABC, and CBS (but not Fox News Channel because she chose not to go on there). And NBC? Well, one insider says she was booked on Keith Olberman and Morning Joe to talk about her tome -- and then unbooked. " Arianna's accolytes are pointing the finger at Tim Russert, well known to be ridiculously thin-skinned,... Deadline Hollywood http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2009697/posts#comment Thu, 1 May 2008 14:41:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008045/posts WASHINGTON -- As Democratic leaders try to end the continuing fight for their party's 2008 presidential nomination, the contest between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton heads into an unusual phase: of the final seven states to vote, only one, Oregon, has supported a Democratic nominee in the last two White House contests. The fate of Obama and Clinton could rest in the hands of voters in states that could have little impact on the outcome of the general election this fall, beginning May 6 with two reliably Republican states, Indiana and North Carolina, and ending June 3 with even more... Cox News Service via Commercial Appeal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008045/posts#comment Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:46:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002392/posts The demolition derby that now defines the Democratic presidential primary race looks headed for another smashup tonight when Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama meet for a debate in delegate-rich Pennsylvania, site of the nation's next big primary on Tuesday. With the Democratic presidential hopefuls locked in open warfare as the last primaries wind down and the battle for delegates heats up, the questions now are: How much intra-party bashing will voters tolerate, and how much will the Republicans benefit? Although past one-on-one debates between the New York and Illinois senators have been virtual lovefests, the terrain is... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002392/posts#comment Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:04:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994208/posts State Sen. Carole Migden's growing campaign finance problems caught up with her today when delegates to the California Democratic Party's convention overwhelmingly refused to endorse her for re-election. Migden, who's locked in a tough three-way race with San Francisco Assemblyman Mark Leno and former San Rafael Assemblyman Joe Nation for the San Francisco/Marin County/Sonoma County Senate seat, managed to grab the local endorsement Saturday after a raucous campaign that saw chanting crowds of competing supporters marching through the San Jose convention center. While the convention delegates typically quickly ratify the local endorsements, Leno, who has been running against Migden for... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994208/posts#comment Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:15:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994165/posts Sen. John McCain’s "Straight Talk Express'' will roll out for a nostalgia tour this week, a bus-storming tour of many of the touchstones in the senator’s long life. Yet, for the two Democrats still battling over their party’s presidential nomination, this will be a season to forget – if they can. *snip* How much will it matter this fall, should Obama claim the Democratic nomination, that he devoted two decades to a church whose pastor spoke of damning America for its racial practices? *snip* How much will it matter, should all or half of the delegations of Florida and Michigan... The Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994165/posts#comment Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:31:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993995/posts If ever the stars were aligned against a Republican winning the White House, 2008 is it. There's war. And not just any war, but a war that a majority of the public firmly and consistently believes is not worth fighting and that has dragged on longer than World War II and cost more than Vietnam. There's a likely recession. And not just an ordinary recession, but a financial crisis that involves millions of home foreclosures among the middle class. Then there's President Bush, a deeply unpopular Republican in his second term. Plus a fractured party that harbors profound suspicions about... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993995/posts#comment Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:34:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993672/posts For all their delight in soaring voter registration and strong poll numbers, some Democrats fear the contest between Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton might have a nightmarish end, which could wreck a promising election year. The chief worry is that Clinton may carry her recent winning streak into Pennsylvania, Indiana, North Carolina and other states, leaving her with unquestioned momentum but fewer pledged delegates than Obama. Party leaders then would face a wrenching choice: Steer the nomination to a fading Obama, even as signs suggested Clinton could be the stronger candidate in November; or go with the surging... AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993672/posts#comment Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:21:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992904/posts In further evidence that the Democratic primary is straining the party, liberal activist organization MoveOn.org is circulating a petition that attacks a group of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) donors, who had “threatened” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for her stance on superdelegates. “This is pretty outrageous: a group of Clinton-supporting big Democratic donors are threatening to stop supporting Democrats in Congress because Nancy Pelosi said that the people, not the superdelegates, should decide the presidential nomination,” said MoveOn, which is backing Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), in an e-mail to supporters. A group of deep-pocketed donors had, in a letter... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992904/posts#comment Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:04:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992441/posts Some Democratic Party leaders are growing more concerned that the protracted, caustic fight for the presidential nomination will cripple the eventual nominee, and there are new signs they have reason to worry. More party leaders are saying that the increasingly personal crossfire between the Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama campaigns serves only to write the script for Republican ads in the fall and to give John McCain, the presumptive GOP nominee, a head start in framing his candidacy. While the Democrats have been arguing almost daily the past two weeks about each other's electability and integrity, McCain has visited Iraq... Boston.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992441/posts#comment Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:08:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992113/posts Twenty top Democratic donors who are supporting Hillary Rodham Clinton criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for saying superdelegates should support the presidential candidate with the most pledged delegates. No matter what the outcome of the 10 remaining contests, it will be nearly impossible for Clinton to overcome rival Barack Obama's lead in pledged delegates, because they are awarded proportionally based on the outcome. So it will be up to the nearly 800 superdelegates — party activists and elected officials who aren't bound by any vote — to put one of the two candidates over the mark of 2,024 delegates needed... AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992113/posts#comment Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:29:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983850/posts Freshman Democratic Rep. Jerry McNerney of Pleasanton has enough to worry about this year: He's in a swing district, and Republicans are working feverishly to unseat him this November.Now he has another headache: As one of 796 Democratic superdelegates, he could help tilt the presidential nomination to Illinois Sen. Barack Obama or New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. But supporting either one could alienate fans of the other - which could cost McNerney votes he needs this fall.No surprise, then, that the 56-year-old former wind engineer would prefer to avoid the choice altogether: "I'll make a decision when I have... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983850/posts#comment Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:15:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982035/posts Los Angeles (AP) -- The National Labor Relations Board wants a federal judge to order immediate reinstatement of eight newsroom employees fired by the Santa Barbara News-Press. In December, Administrative Law Judge William Kocol ordered the reinstatement with back pay after finding they were fired for union activities. The judge condemned the News-Press for flagrant misconduct . . . The News-Press is owned by Wendy McCaw's Ampersand Publishing LLC. AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982035/posts#comment Fri, 7 Mar 2008 18:13:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1766144/posts Rep. Doris Matsui's Sacramento office has become a battleground in the Iraq war.Anti-war protesters occupied her office for a third day Wednesday, even though she opposes the war and President Bush's plan to send more troops.The protesters want her to act on her opposition by vowing to vote against spending bills that fund the war. That's something she won't do, Matsui said. She said it could further endanger troops there. "I have the utmost reluctance to embrace policies that increase the dangers any further," she said.The response didn't soothe John Reiger, one of eight or nine protesters who showed up... Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1766144/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:34:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1732254/posts The following report is from an political insider: If the truth be known, HF Sr would have succeeded in promoting Jake's candidacy, if some Democrats had not alerted Clinton’s office about what the President was getting ready to step into when he came to support Jr. In fact, the Fords were going to have Jake on the dais with Clinton and Jr, Cohen was just given seats in the audience. Clinton would have appeared to lend his support to the Independent candidate, Jake, who is running a racist, anti-Semitic campaign against the elected Democratic candidate for the 9th District, Steve... TMB http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1732254/posts#comment Sat, 4 Nov 2006 17:58:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1684820/posts It has finally happened. The left is beginning to turn against New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr., known far and wide as “Pinch.” It is simple to understand why: the New York Times is becoming a failing business under his stewardship, and the Left needs the NYT. Faithful readers of The American Thinker have known this for over two years, as we have chronicled the journalistic and economic decline of the New York Times Company. We started warning investors that their money was at risk before the common stock lost half its value. We slogged through to SEC... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1684820/posts#comment Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:47:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1670895/posts Bogota, Jul 23 (EFE).- Five members of Conservation International and a cameraman working for the environmental organization were kidnapped in northern Colombia by suspected members of the National Liberation Army, or ELN, guerrilla group, Colombian media reported. The group was caught by surprise by ELN fighters in the hamlet of La Paz, which is close to Sincelejo, the capital of Cesar province, some 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) from Bogota, according to radio and television reports. The environmentalists had left Sincelejo last week and were working on a project to protect sections of the Serrania del Perija, a mountain range rich... Agencia EFE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1670895/posts#comment Sun, 23 Jul 2006 17:52:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1651743/posts In yesterday's EDITION of the DUmmie FUnnies, the KOmmies at The Daily Kos asserted the wishful thinking that AM talk radio is fading fast. Perhaps they were thinking ONLY of leftwing AM radio. Just a couple of years ago, the leftwing Air America Radio was hailed by the MSM as the "answer" to Rush Limbaugh and other conservative talk show hosts who dominate the AM airwaves. What ended up fading fast wasn't AM talk radio but the dream of competing with conservative talk radio. The left in general has pretty much given up on Air America as you can... DUmmie FUnnies http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1651743/posts#comment Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:56:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1643634/posts You can't turn on a TV without being hit with either state Treasurer Phil Angelides slamming state Controller Steve Westly for taking campaign money from a crook, or Westly slamming Angelides for being in the pocket of big developers. But that's nothing compared with the behind-the-scenes beef in the Democratic gubernatorial primary between Angelides and Garry South, Westly's campaign manager. Angelides calls South the "King of Mean.'' South retorts that Angelides "is a sleazy campaigner at the core.'' To hear South tell it, the feud started in 1993 when Angelides -- who was winding up his tenure as chair of... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1643634/posts#comment Mon, 5 Jun 2006 14:44:51 GMT