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  • Thoughts on Obama’s Political Skill

    01/27/2008 11:43:23 AM PST · by jdm · 14 replies · 142+ views
    It’s hard to evaluate whether Barack Obama has the political skill to take on the Clinton machine but this recent 1-2-3 political punch suggests he might: * First, he won the South Carolina primary in a decisive manner that pulled in a noticeable amount of non-black votes.* Second, following immediately after the SC win that was questioned as a racially divided vote, Caroline Kennedy endorsed Obama in today’s New York Times in an op-ed entitled “A President Like My Father.”* Third, this ABC report states Ted Kennedy will also endorse Obama. Obama’s spin on the campaign tactics used against him...
  • Bush has mastered D.C. politics Halfway into first term, he's seen as 'far better than his father'

    01/27/2003 10:37:31 AM PST · by Redcloak · 12 replies · 5+ views
    The San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Monday, January 27, 2003 | Marc Sandalow
    <p>Washington -- George W. Bush has not only embraced the art of politics, he has become a master.</p> <p>Such a statement would have sounded ludicrous in early 2001, when Bush had just six years of public service under his belt, and, by virtue of a few hundred contested Florida ballots, succeeded a man many regard as among the sharpest political minds of the 20th century.</p>