http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/hillary/ en-us Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:02:32 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2051346/posts Terry McAuliffe is known for being loyal. As Hillary Clinton’s longtime friend and campaign manager, he battled on her behalf until the bitter end of her long quest for the Democratic presidential nomination. So the former Democratic Party chair made waves this week after he told a crowd of Virginia Democrats the politician he thinks Barack Obama should choose as his vice presidential running mate. It wasn’t Clinton –- a possible clue that the Senator from New York has been bumped from Obama’s list of potential VPs. If you needed a clue. Instead, according to the Falls Church News-Press, McAuliffe... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2051346/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:02:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050630/posts Of the 311 fundraisers who bundled more than $100,000 in donations for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, only eight are on the list of contributors to Barack Obama’s campaign in June. Their total for the month: just $19,250. “The fact that fewer than 3 percent of Clinton’s donors have donated any money directly to Obama in his first month as presumptive nominee is likely to raise the eyebrows of some leaders in the Democratic Party who are hoping to see signs of unity,” the Huffington Post observed. NewsMax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050630/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:59:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050369/posts Washington - In a campaign week dominated by Barack Obama's trip abroad, the pro-John McCain camp has made headlines by complaining about coverage of Senator Obama's trip abroad. For Senator McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, crying foul on the news media represents a double-edged sword. On the plus side, he plays into the longstanding narrative that asserts reporters are rooting for Obama, the likely Democratic nominee, to win in November. Hillary Rodham Clinton played that card during the primaries, to some effect, but ultimately unsuccessfully. The Christian Science Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050369/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:32:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050360/posts In 15 years the Clintons have never been this far removed from the limelight. Im guessing that Denver will be something special to watch. Here's betting the notorious Michelle tape appears or a super delegate fight breaks out. I don't trust them a one bit! Your thoughts. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050360/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:12:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050222/posts Hillary used to go ballistic in frustration at the latest rather shameless incarnation of Obama, and McCain should not fall into the same malady. He understandably is angry because Obama, whose opposition to the surge and erstwhile desire to be done with Iraq by March 2007 would have lost the war, rode the anti-war wave when it was popular, and now, in his current metamorphosis to centrist, has piggy-backed onto the good news in Iraq as if it had nothing to do with the surge — as if McCain's lonely support for it either never happened or was irrelevant. And... The National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050222/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:33:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050302/posts As many have been saying all along, Senator Barack Obama is only the presumed Democratic nominee. And that fact has given heart to some of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s supporters, who are investing tens of thousands of dollars to pressure the party to put her name to a binding vote at the convention next month. NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050302/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:58:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050237/posts WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Party Unity My A--! Not exactly the slogan you want heading into your presidential nominating convention, but one that is being repeated online and in neighborhood bars by a group of disenchanted Democrats, who have dubbed themselves PUMAs. Why are they angry? It all depends on whom you ask. Some of the PUMAs accuse Democratic leaders of rigging the primaries to favor Sen. Barack Obama, while others feel that he is not qualified to be the party nominee, let alone competent enough to lead the country. Kim Mann said she thinks that Obama is too liberal. Webster... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050237/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:54:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2049756/posts Oh yes there’s trouble! Right here in Obamessiahland! Apparently, quite a few Democrats read up on their party’s nomination rules and they found something that I was saying last month. Barack Obama isn’t the nominee until there’s a vote in Denver at the convention. Those folks aren’t at all happy with the Exalted One and they, in the words of Malcolm Reynolds, aim to misbehave. In response to the grumblings, the former Chair of the Democratic National Committee and its current Secretary sent out an e-mail that basically says that the PUMAs (as the disgruntled ones call themselves) are a... The Sundries Shack http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2049756/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:32:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049662/posts Question: On the Motion Category: Motion Vote description: This $120 billion dollar package was passed in the Senate by an 80-14 vote on May 24. The bill primarily focuses on funding for the Iraq war but also addresses other unrelated topics. A previous war funding bill was vetoed by the president because it included troop withdrawal deadlines, which were largely supported by anti-war Democrats. Ten Democrats opposed this new bill with no withdrawal deadlines, while 37 supported its passage. Congress had to act to replace war funding that would have ended May 28. According to the Washington Post, this bill... washingtonpost.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049662/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:10:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049634/posts Dear ________, Since 2001, I have served as the honorary chair of HillPAC, an organization dedicated to helping working families. It is our goal to fight for a better future for every child, and for every family. To keep fighting for those who get up every day, no matter what the odds, and never give in. For those who never back down, and those who always stand their ground. HillPAC works to elect Democratic candidates to office who share these same ideals and goals and I'm proud to serve as the honorary chair and I hope you will join me... Hillpac http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049634/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:21:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048670/posts Excerpt- Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton lent her campaign another $1 million at the end of June, underscoring the difficulty she was having staying ahead of creditors and retiring a mountain of campaign debt, filings with the Federal Election Commission show. ~ snip ~ The New York Times (excerpt) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048670/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:15:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048605/posts Vince Foster's Death In July 1993, Clinton aide Vince Foster was found dead in a Virginia park. The death was officially pronounced a suicide, but rumors abounded that Foster was murdered. Foster's death has ties to several White House scandals, including the administration's handling of "Travelgate," the Waco incident and the Whitewater affair. The Whitewater Connection Kenneth Starr, special counsel in charge of the Whitewater investigation, investigated Foster's death and what relationship it might have had with Whitewater. In three articles in the Electronic Telegraph, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard reported on the investigation and the possibility of a coverup. In March 20,... boogieonline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048605/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:42:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048580/posts Link only. KDKA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048580/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:27:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048068/posts OBAMA DONATION PAGE Since he won't do it, John McCain needs to have surrogates raise hell about the issue of Obama and foreign money online. A fake column, purportedly written by Maureen Dowd, has been discredited. What is interesting is that the column has been discredited, but the information has not. Who is verifying the info from the foreign servers? Although she was probably getting a boatload of money from illegal sources, at least Hillary made the appearance of trying not to take illegal money online. On her website, those not in the U.S. could only donate by mail... Obama and The Beast's websites http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048068/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:37:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047718/posts A company associated with Hillary Clinton's top presidential campaign advance staff has purchased a website domain that hints of a 2012 presidential bid for the vanquished senator from New York. HRC2012.com was bought by the Markham Group on June 8, according to whois.com Greg Hale of the Markham Group served as a key advance aide to Sen. Clinton, organizing political events for the campaign. The Markham website calls him the "lead consultant for advance and visual messaging." Partners Paul Neaville and Robert McClarty (the son of former White House chief of staff Thomas "Mack" McClarty) also worked on Clinton's advance... the atlantic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047718/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:04:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047555/posts “This is our ethanol”So an exasperated Sen. Barbara Boxer screams that the farm-belt senators better support her regional selfishness in opposing California off-shore drilling against the national interest, in the same manner she went along with the ethanol boondoggle. Odd that she was so brazen in her confessional.Jackson’s N-wordI give some credit to Barack Obama. His ‘hope and change’ mantra drives some to near madness and has proved a wrecking ball of liberal careers. First, in 90 days he destroyed the Clinton political machine, leaving Bill’s past 7-year effort at PC rehabilitation, after Monica and the pardons, in shambles. Now... pajamasmedia.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047555/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:29:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047305/posts Lifelong Democrat Caren Turner doesn’t plan to vote for Democrats out of a sense of nostalgia. In fact, she’s not sure she’s going to vote Democratic in the coming presidential election. Turner, a Hillraiser who worked as part of the powerhouse New Jersey fundraising arm called the Group, was among those Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) holdouts who yesterday took part in a feel-out session with a surrogate of Sen. John McCain’s (D-AZ). Of the group formerly known as "The Group," Michael Kempner last month indicated his absolute adherence to the Obama campaign, as did the Rev. Reginald Jackson; John Graham... Politicker New Jersey http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047305/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:33:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047227/posts The Wall Street Journal reports that Carly Fiorina, former Hewlett-Packard CEO and senior adviser to Sen. John McCain, met with a group of 25 prominent supporters and fundraisers for Sen. Hillary Clinton at a private home in Westchester County, NY. The group included several so-called "Hillraisers," each of whom have raised in excess of $100,000 for Clinton's failed primary campaign. The meeting was repeatedly sought by the Hillary supporters and is at least the second such meeting between backers of Clinton and the McCain campaign. An organizer of the meeting, Amy Siskind, said that the pro-Hillary groups represented pledged to... aol.com/wall street journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047227/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:37:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046736/posts From the Maha - Guess who's been involved intimately with Fannie Mae? Does the name Jamie Gorelick ring a bell? This woman is everywhere, and Jamie Gorelick got a 26 million payout when she left the place. Jamie Gorelick got 26 million to leave, one of Clinton's guys, Franklin Raines, Franklin Raines, he was kicked out after corrupting the place. He left shortly before he was taking it in the shorts, but he got out of there with no penalty whatsoever. What is it with these Clinton people? This is why we don't get any tell-all books on the Clinton... Rush Limbaugh .com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046736/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:43:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046646/posts Caught this via a Luciannne to Alegre’s Corner to Powerline link… all hitting the blogosphere yesterday. Politico documents the DNC happy face is all but that under the surface. It appears that the DNC leadership is feeling left out in the cold with BHO not checking in to coordinate his campaign talking points with them. And as the party leadership smiles, their underling staffers are whining: Privately, however, there is a different message coming from some Democratic quarters on the Hill and on K Street. Some Democratic leadership staffers complain that, having defeated the vaunted Clinton political machine in the... floppingaces.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046646/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:36:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046261/posts <p>Just six weeks after reluctantly surrendering to Barack Obama in the brutal 2008 Democratic primary race, Sen. Hillary Clinton has begun raising money for what she says is her 2012 New York Senate re-election campaign.</p> <p>Clinton still faces some $20 million in debts from her unsuccessful presidential effort this year. As part of a so-called "unity drive," Obama has appealed to his supporters in recent weeks to give to Clinton to cover the costs she incurred while raking him over the coals in a bareknuckled bid to return to the White House. Some Obama backers have balked.</p> Las Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046261/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:44:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2046148/posts Big news folks - it looks like our efforts in contacting those Superdelegates are starting to pay off, so keep on writing to them (ok, maybe Donna B's a waste of time). There are unconfirmed reports, based on phone banking efforts to reach out to Super Ds, that eight previously Obama SDs expressed that, given the opportunity, they would vote for Hillary at the convention. I heard about an interview Will Bower of PUMA did recently, where he said delegates are starting to say they'll vote for Hillary in Denver if the DNC did the right thing and ran an... Alegre's corner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2046148/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:39:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045616/posts Sen. John McCain on Monday accused his Democratic presidential rival of flip-flopping on the war in Iraq, as a pair of new polls showed the Republican's strategy of painting Sen. Barack Obama as politically expedient is beginning to take hold with voters. As Mr. Obama repositions himself for the general election after exclusively targeting the Democratic base of committed liberals, it leaves some voters on the left feeling he is abandoning them on their top issue - Iraq - and has independents questioning his veracity. "If a perception takes hold that a candidate is flip-flopping on core convictions, that will... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045616/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:14:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045672/posts Hillary Clinton's campaign is sending out letters to donors asking permission to roll a $2,300 contribution to Clinton's 2008 general election coffers to her 2012 senate election fund instead of offering a refund. The letter, read to me by one recipient, includes a photocopy of a handwritten note from Clinton that says, "Dear friend, your commitment has meant so much to me over the course of my presidential campaign. You were there for me when I needed you the most and I'll never forget it. I hope you'll help me continue to fight for the issues and causes we believe... NY Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045672/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:30:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045782/posts Hillary Clinton's campaign is sending out letters to donors asking permission to roll a $2,300 contribution to Clinton's 2008 general election coffers to her 2012 senate election fund instead of offering a refund. The letter, read to me by one recipient, includes a photocopy of a handwritten note from Clinton that says, "Dear friend, your commitment has meant so much to me over the course of my presidential campaign. You were there for me when I needed you the most and I'll never forget it. I hope you'll help me continue to fight for the issues and causes we believe... New York Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045782/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:05:38 GMT