http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/nomination/ en-us Wed, 5 Nov 2008 16:55:39 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2126050/posts Republicans might want to consider a lesson from the last 40 years of presidential elections: When we nominate a conservative, we win: 6 out of 6 times. (1968, 1972, 1980, 1984, 2000, and 2004). When we nominate a moderate, we lose: 4 out of 4 times. (1976, 1992, 1996, and 2008). The only time a moderate won was when he was perceived as a conservative (1988 - Bush 1 as Reagan's heir). Can we learn from this? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2126050/posts#comment Wed, 5 Nov 2008 16:55:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072215/posts Last Thursday evening at the Democratic National Convention, presidential candidate Barack Obama tried to score a political touchdown on the 50 yard line of Denver's Invesco Field stadium. Instead, he won the all-time governmental convention award for the best over-the-top political spectacle of sight, sound, speech and pyrotechnics – complete with superstar performances, Braveheart-like epic music endings and an Olympic-sized fireworks show. For a week prior to the event, newscasters, commentators and pundits were trying to guess what exactly that Greco-Roman, column-structure was that served as a stage backdrop, and what it was supposed to be representing and stating on... Worldnetdaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072215/posts#comment Mon, 1 Sep 2008 05:11:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2064986/posts Image from Gawker.There are very few sure things in politics. One is that Barack Obama will change his opinion on the issues. The other is that the Clintons are nearly impossible to destroy. And so, since Barack Obama will not be the nominee until the Democrat Convention is over, and it ain't over yet, Hillary cannot be counted out. There are reasons to think something is cooking over in Camp Clinton. The Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2064986/posts#comment Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:55:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025362/posts Barack Obama effectively clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, based on an Associated Press tally of convention delegates, becoming the first black candidate ever to lead his party into a fall campaign for the White House. Campaigning on an insistent call for change, Obama outlasted former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in a historic race that sparked record turnout in primary after primary, yet exposed deep racial divisions within the party. The AP tally was based on public commitments from delegates as well as more than a dozen private commitments. It also included a minimum number of delegates Obama was... Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025362/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jun 2008 17:37:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2024620/posts Hillary in 2002 "Bush was Selected, Not Elected." Black Leaders in 2001, "Bush is an Illegitimate President." Gore in 2000, "Bush lost the popular vote." This will dog Obama right through election Day. Pass the popcorn. The Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2024620/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 03:36:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021590/posts John McCain's Navy Flight Instructor Weighs In International Politics [This is a DumpMcCain.com/SiaNews.com EXCLUSIVE] May 19, 2008 Greetings! I was John McCain's Navy Flight Instructor --- in formation tactics and air-to-air-gunnery. I could write a book about this man. Suffice to state, I shudder (and I'm fearless) at the nightmare thought of this man becoming our next President and Commander in Chief. I am not alone as to this man's former shipmates, instructors and senior officers --- as to who and what this man is really all about. Although politics is really theater and the best performing actor gets to... http://www.dumpmccain.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=25 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021590/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 21:37:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019419/posts Obama inching ever closer to nominationUpdated Wed. May. 21 2008 3:06 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff Barack Obama, having now secured a majority of pledged delegates, is inching ever closer to securing the Democratic presidential nomination. Obama, including Tuesday's primary victory in Oregon, has won 1,642 pledged delegates in primary and caucuses held so far -- enough for a majority. Overall, including superdelegates, Obama has a total of 1,956 delegates. Clinton, including superdelegates, has 1,776, reports The Associated Press. Obama is expected to climb within 60 delegates of the 2,026 delegates needed to clinch the nomination after results from the... CTV.ca http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019419/posts#comment Wed, 21 May 2008 23:27:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018070/posts AUSTIN — Deirdre Delisi once aspired to be a diplomat, and Gov. Rick Perry may have finally granted her wish. As head of the Texas Transportation Commission, Perry's former chief of staff will test her diplomatic skills in an emotion-filled arena in which a state senator has already called her a "political hack." In an early sign of her peacemaking potential, the 35-year-old Delisi scheduled one of her first meetings as chair with that senator, Transportation and Homeland Security Committee Chairman John Carona, R-Dallas. "I was left with the impression that she genuinely wants a new and fresh start for... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018070/posts#comment Mon, 19 May 2008 14:42:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015956/posts Washington, DC -- One of the leading pro-abortion groups issued its endorsement on Wednesday for Barack Obama, apparently believing he will represent the Democratic Party against John McCain. NARAL has supported Hillary Clinton throughout her career but Obama appears more likely to win the nomination. LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015956/posts#comment Wed, 14 May 2008 19:47:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2013437/posts 'ODE TO OBAMA'Written by: Publius IIRecitation: MineThere once was a man named Obama His life began with drama An African Muslim father An eccentric white mama Obama's white grandparents They gave him a charmed life Raised on the beaches of Hawaii Far from ghetto strife He went to private schools Fourteen thousand dollars a year Working-class white folks They were nowhere near He attended Columbia Then Harvard Law A very soft and liberal upbringing Something Americans eventually saw He then went to Chicago Nation of Islam, Farrakhan, Black Panthers and Jackson The only friends he made All from the extreme... Youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2013437/posts#comment Fri, 9 May 2008 03:52:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011886/posts On Wednesday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced he had appointed Deirdre Delisi, his former chief of staff, chairwoman of the Texas Transportation Commission, which oversees the Texas Department of Transportation. As of today, I will not vote to confirm her appointment in the next legislative session. Ask almost any Texan, especially those who have the need to travel frequently on Interstate 35, about our Texas transportation system and they will tell you that many of our roads have extreme congestion, while other construction projects have experienced significant cost overruns. Last year, TxDOT notified the public that it had experienced a... The Austin American-Statesman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011886/posts#comment Tue, 6 May 2008 12:35:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002746/posts REGARDLESS of what happens Tuesday in the Democratic presidential primary in Pennsylvania, Hillary Clinton will not quit. Call it Divine Right or chutzpah, the Clintons believe she is entitled to the presidency. They've been planning it since their days at Yale. more stories like this They are also convinced Barack Obama will be clobbered in a general election, on a par with George McGovern and Michael Dukakis. Ties that bind. Clinton campaign leaders regard quitting as an admission that they couldn't elect a once-sure thing. Think of it: No interviews on the Sunday talk shows. No best table at the... The Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002746/posts#comment Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:16:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993830/posts Senior Democrats mull Al Gore's nomination By Tim Shipman in Washington Last Updated: 2:23am BST 30/03/2008 Plans for Al Gore to take the Democratic presidential nomination as the saviour of a bitterly divided party are being actively discussed by senior figures and aides to the former vice-president. The bloody civil war between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has left many Democrats convinced that neither can deliver a knockout blow to the other and that both have been so damaged that they risk losing November's election to the Republican nominee, John McCain. Former aides to Al Gore now believe he could... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993830/posts#comment Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:46:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992707/posts I caught a bit of a panel discussion last night on MSNBC's new show "Race to the White House." The commentators were conversing about Hillary's prospects for capturing the nomination, and all but one of the panelists gave Hillary insurmountable odds. The discussion followed a familiar refrain: Hillary can't win because she will always trail in pledged delegates and the super-delegates are obligated to follow the "will of the people." Only the intervention by fellow panelist Joe Scarborough prevented the discussion from morphing into an unpaid campaign commercial for Obama. What Scarborough did was point out the obvious. The unvarnished... Beacon Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992707/posts#comment Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:06:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987418/posts I have been troubled by Former President Bill and Senator Hillary Clinton's "presumptuous" offer to Senator Barack Obama to serve as vice-president during her presidency. Her assumption is that she would be more electable by the public at large and become the nation's first female president. While we would be ecstatic to have Barack as vice president, all of this is totally ignoring the fact that he is clearly the Democratic frontrunner in the race. After listening to the Clintons, I had a chance to talk to my dear friend Rev. Art Forbes when he came by the office to... Black Voice News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987418/posts#comment Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:50:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1986272/posts My post Obama will win the nomination but lose the election got a lot of attention and caused quite a stir. It informed about his views on Israel, his church and its connection to SABEEL and Farrakhan, his pastor, his statements in his book and his association with the Palestinian cause and much more. I got many emails accusing me of conducting a smear campaign, making arguments that were "nonsense" or "bullshit" and so on. Some attempted to convince me he was no different on Israel than the other candidates and was really a good guy. Today, a new video... Israpundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1986272/posts#comment Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:13:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984938/posts Were it not for the 12th Amendment, ratified on June 15, 1804, presidential nominees could, and probably would prefer to, run alone, without being saddled with pesky vice presidential running mates, who can be embarrassments. Unfortunately, the presidential election of 1800 happened. It was “a magnificent catastrophe” (that is the title of a splendid new book on it, by Edward J. Larson of Pepperdine University). As the two-party system, unanticipated by the Constitution’s otherwise farsighted Framers, was crystallizing, Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr each received the same number of electoral votes. This made a hash of the Framers’ plan for... Primetime Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984938/posts#comment Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:41:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982427/posts Last night, Bill O’Reilly asked Al Sharpton the $64,000 question — what happens if Hillary Clinton gets the nomination even if Barack Obama comes into Denver leading in pledged delegates? After the losses in Texas and Ohio, the new meme has the superdelegates wondering whether Obama can win a general election. If Hillary can make it closer by the time the convention rolls around, say to within 70 or so pledged delegates, the superdelegates will throw their support to the most competitive candidate.After hesitating a bit, Sharpton makes it clear that he and his supporters won’t accept a brokered outcome:... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982427/posts#comment Sat, 8 Mar 2008 14:23:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980870/posts John McCain getting endorsed by President Bush outside the White House. Primetime Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980870/posts#comment Wed, 5 Mar 2008 20:04:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980693/posts I have put this question out in many of the Mccain threads and either no one sees it or they do not care to respond. Does Mccain automattically get the '12 nomination? Has there been a sitting president that didn't get his party's nomination for his next term? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980693/posts#comment Wed, 5 Mar 2008 14:47:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980511/posts WASHINGTON - Arizona Sen. John McCain, a political maverick and unflinching supporter of the war in Iraq, clinched the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night. Barack Obama defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic primary in Vermont, and the two rivals dueled in Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island in a riveting race for their party's presidential nomination. McCain, 71, gained the 1,191 delegates needed to claim the Republican nomination with a series of primary victories, completing a remarkable comeback that began in the snows of New Hampshire six weeks ago. President Bush invited him to the White House for a show... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980511/posts#comment Wed, 5 Mar 2008 02:04:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1973302/posts WASHINGTON (AP) - Barack Obama cruised past a fading Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Wisconsin primary and Hawaii caucuses Tuesday night, gaining the upper hand in a Democratic presidential race for the ages. The twin triumphs made 10 straight for Obama, and left the former first lady in desperate need of a comeback in a race she long commanded as front-runner. "The change we seek is still months and miles away," Obama told a boisterous crowd in Houston in a speech in which he also pledged to end the war in Iraq in his first year in office. "I opposed... News Max http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1973302/posts#comment Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:57:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1970547/posts In a Valentine's Day surprise, Mitt Romney commanded media attention today as he endorsed Senator McCain and urged his previously pledged delegates to vote for the Senator from Arizona during a press conference in Boston. In an immediate response to the endorsement, rival candidate Mike Huckabee vowed to fight on while claiming that this is not, "game over" for his campaign. However, despite Huckabee's insistence that it's far from over, the facts appear to contradict this ever optimistic outlook on his bid for the nomination. The electoral math spells out what is likely to be a very short road ahead... BarniReport http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1970547/posts#comment Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:13:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970406/posts Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will endorse former rival John McCain, officials have said. Mr Romney will release his 288 delegates and urge them to back Mr McCain. The former Massachusetts governor dropped out of the race last week. It became apparent that toppling McCain would be near impossible. The Press Association http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970406/posts#comment Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:24:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969651/posts In the end, the Mike Huckabee surge in Virginia fell far short of victory. John McCain swept the Potomac Primaries last night, winning by nine in Virginia and winning among conservatives in Maryland. The delegate count now makes his nomination inevitable: Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) swept Republican primaries in Virginia, Maryland and the District last night, defeating former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee and adding to his vast delegate lead in the race to become his party's presidential nominee. But even as he dominated the Potomac Primary, McCain lost conservatives in Virginia, as he has across the South and parts of... Captain's Quarters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969651/posts#comment Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:20:06 GMT