Elections Blog

In his first major essay since surviving his family tragedy, Andy Ostroy writes:
Why Al Gore Will Run for President

Picture use courtesy of draftgore.com
Is there any sane Democrat out there who believes, at this juncture, that there’s a more electible candidate for president in 2008 than Al Gore? That there’s an individual with a more impressive political dossier [...]

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A continuing series of “out of school” Oscar reviews by Motion Picture Academy Member Roger L. Simon

Two of this year’s notable films – Babel and The Pursuit of Happyness – share a theme of concern for children. I don’t know whether that constitutes a trend. But it’s certainly in the air. And who could deny this theme’s importance or its drama?

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The keys to a surprising military campaign.
by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross for Pajamas Media
Edited by Richard Miniter

The startlingly rapid retreat of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), a Taliban-like group linked to Osama bin Laden, surprised military intelligence officers who less than a week ago were predicting a total route of Somalia’s secular transitional federal government.

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John Edwards, the eternally youthful, former North Carolina senator today announced his intention to run for president. While the news barely received an audible ripple in the blogosphere, one issue about Edwards continues to trouble me.
Why did John Edwards turn his back on AIDS victims?
Many people on the left adore John Edwards. They say he was the best thing [...]

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things aren’t going so well for senator rodham in her possible bid to be our next president. is it possible that she would decide that ‘08 is not her year after all? well…no. just because a few polls haven’t gone her way, that doesn’t automatically translate into votes or a nomination for any of the [...]

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The theme? Eliminating poverty via big government programs. Via the Wall Street Journal:
After the 2004 election, Mr. Edwards became director of the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he has solicited policy ideas for fighting poverty. He previewed his emerging antipoverty program most comprehensively [...]

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Columnist Michael Goodwin at the New York Daily News writes:
[Sen. Hillary] Clinton has been the front-runner for the Democratic nomination, but she’s suddenly looking tired next to two surging opponents. Recent polls from Iowa and New Hampshire, two of the first states to cast nominating ballots, show Illinois Sen. Barack Obama [...]

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PJM is making public on this website for the first time the report by the Inspector General’s office regarding Sandy Berger and his theft and destruction of classified national security documents — named in the report as, “The ‘W’ Intelligence Files.” This document was obtained for review by Pajamas Media.

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BREAKING
An unconfirmed campaign source tells From the Left that Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) made up his mind while vacationing with his family in Hawaii and he will definitely run for president in 2008.
He will make an official announcement after the 110th Congress convenes in January. 
Meanwhile, columnist Robert Novak also confirms Obama has decided to throw his hat into the race. Novak says [...]

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Look out, Hillary!
In the latest Research 2000 poll Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) would beat both Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) or former mayor Rudy Guiliani in the race for president in 2008.

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If the Democratic primary were held today, Obama would be in a statistical dead heat with Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY.)
Although Clinton commands considerable [...]

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The organizers of a grass-roots campaign to convince U.S. Sen. Barack Obama to run for president are hoping that the Punahou graduate is watching TV on Christmas morning.

The volunteer group Draft-Obama.org has purchased air time on Honolulu’s ABC, CBS and NBC affiliates on Monday morning to run a 60-second spot highlighting Obama’s leadership potential and the [...]

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by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
A Pajamas Media Exclusive

Al Qaeda’s allies in Somalia are on the verge of seizing the secular government’s last stronghold - opening the possibility of a “new Afghanistan” to shelter America’s enemies.

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Nominating either Giuliani or McCain is political suicide for the Republican Party. That’s probably why the MSM is pushing them so hard.

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ramesh ponnuru on romney and the abortion question:
I think we ought to be unsentimental about this question. Those of us who favor Romney’s position on sanctity-of-life issues ought to care less about its sincerity than about its stability. We ought to care about whether he will abandon the position, that is, not whether he truly [...]

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It’s a Martha Stewart Christmas at the Glenn and Helen Show! Well, it’s a show about Martha Stewart at Christmastime, anyway. We interview law professor Joan Heminway about her book, Martha Stewart’s Legal Troubles, which comes out next week. We’re joined by Professor Ellen Podgor and talk not only about Martha Stewart’s legal troubles, but about the Sarbanes-Oxley bill, white-collar crime, and the criminalization of nearly everything.

Christmas music by Audra and the Antidote.

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So the question is: Will Newt be a hero to the conservative pundits, but a victim to the “wisdom of crowds”? Or is America finally ready for a “Philosopher-in-Chief” like Newt Gingrich? Only time will tell …

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Election data and maps from the 2006 General Election for U.S. Senate and Governor for most states have been uploaded to the site. A few states remain to release their official data, including my home state of Massachusetts. The expectation is for these data to be available within the …

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Promise, Dick? Promise? Why I’ll even help you pack.
Rightwing political strategist Dick Morris said ”I’m leaving the country if this happens” if Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) wins the presidency.
Appearing on FOXNews (GOP-TV), Morris dissed the Clintons, saying “Both suffer from Attention Deficit Disorder: “When they don’t get enough attention, they’re disordered.””
Morris dismissed Sen. Barack Obama’s chances of [...]

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i will never completely understand why being the president of the united states is such a desirable job. yeah, sure, you get a cool jet to fly around in, and there are quite a few other great perks, but ultimately it’s your job to figure out what to do about iraq. let’s not forget about [...]

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Sounding very John Kerry-esque, Senator Clinton announced yesterday that she would not have voted to go to war with Iraq if she had known then what she did today:
Clinton has often been asked if she regrets her vote authorizing military action and she usually answers that question with an artful dodge, saying that she accepts [...]

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