Tag Archives: Election 2008

The Obama Team’s Farewell Gift for Hillary Clinton

Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:41 am by Bob Cesca

This is too damn cool: Last week campaign disclosure reports revealed that Hillary Clinton had finally retired the debt from her 2008 presidential campaign—with a little help from the guy who beat her, Barack Obama. Clinton’s debt once totaled more … Continue reading →

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Jake Tapper Drinks the Halperin Kool-Aid

Posted on August 22, 2012 at 11:53 am by Bob Cesca

This is crazy wrong. Jake Tapper — you know, another member of the liberal media, appeared on Laura Ingraham’s show and said this: “I have said before… [that I] thought the media helped tip the scales. I didn’t think the … Continue reading →

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The Better Candidate?

Posted on July 17, 2012 at 4:45 pm by JM Ashby

“Oh come on, because we thought that Sarah Palin was the better candidate. Why did we not take [Tim] Pawlenty, why did we not take any of the other 10 other people. Why didn’t I? Because we had a better … Continue reading →

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This Could Have Cost the Election

Posted on April 25, 2012 at 6:40 pm by JM Ashby

Testimony from the trial of John Edwards is making a bad situation look even worse. The ex-aide said that he complained to Edwards’ campaign finance chairman Fred Baron about hiding Hunter, but was rebuffed because the campaign hoped Edwards would … Continue reading →

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Game Changer or Whatever It's Called

Posted on February 1, 2012 at 9:14 am by Bob Cesca

The HBO movie based on Mark Halperin’s unsourced, index-free book about the 2008 election has a new trailer. I’ll probably watch it, but I probably won’t like it for several reasons. 1) It’s based on a Mark Halperin book. 2) … Continue reading →

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The Change We Believe In

Posted on November 20, 2011 at 3:00 pm by JM Ashby

Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago, President Obama’s much-maligned former chief of staff, spoke last night in Iowa regarding the current state of the Republican field and President Obama’s accomplishments during his first few years in office. The entire speech is … Continue reading →

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Of Course She Can Win

Posted on May 29, 2011 at 3:20 pm by JM Ashby

Of course Sarah Palin could defeat President Obama in a presidential election says John McCain, but she may decide not to. How convenient is that? Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has no doubt that his former running mate Sarah Palin can … Continue reading →

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Ted Sorensen's 2008 Convention Speech

Posted on November 6, 2010 at 2:06 pm by Bob Cesca

I almost forgot about this. In 2007, Washington Monthly asked Mr. Sorensen to write the speech he wanted the Democratic nominee to deliver in Denver at the convention. Read the full text here. And take some time today to reflect … Continue reading →

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A Dangerous Game

Posted on August 20, 2010 at 8:45 am by Bob Cesca

This is a fascinating discussion on Hardball with Mark Halperin about the president and the ridiculous Muslim rumors. Halperin is right, of course, but he’s hardly innocent in all of this. Flashback two years and Halperin’s advice to the McCain … Continue reading →

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Evil Mandates

Posted on December 17, 2009 at 7:44 am by Bob Cesca

Mandates are suddenly the devil. Even the progressive movement’s favorite presidential candidate in 2008 devilishly included individual mandates as a component of his healthcare reform plan. Like all three major Democratic candidates, however, John Edwards also proposed “at least one … Continue reading →

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