Archive for August 4th, 2007
Saturday, August 4th, 2007
Clinton’s Defense of Nuance
Clinton’s defense of lobbyists would seem inexplicable but it’s actually of a piece with her last three conflicts with Obama, around his plans to meet with foreign leaders, his Pakistan policy, and his remarks on the use of tactical nuclear weapons. I am starting to think there’s actually less calculation going into these fights than […]
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Saturday, August 4th, 2007
A Defining Moment
During the still ongoing Yearly Kos Presidential Forum, Hillary Clinton just issued a full-throated defense of Washington lobbyists, who, she says, often represent regular Americans, such as nurses. It was an odd issue to go against the grain on.
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Saturday, August 4th, 2007
What Does Obama Have Against Women Bloggers?
One of the things women bloggers and netroots activists here at Yearly Kos have been buzzing about is why Barack Obama failed to send a representative to the recently concluded BlogHer conference, held here in Chicago just days before Yearly Kos began. Hillary Clinton and John Edwards sent staff representatives, and Elizabeth Edwards wowed conference […]
