August 6, 2008

MAUREEN DOWD AND THE CRISIS OF THE “SORE WINNERS” by Amy Siskind

I coach young children in team sports.  I teach them that there are two important life lessons which you will learn playing sports.  One is the notion of “teamwork” – working with and depending on others.  The second lesson is that in each game there is a winning team and a losing team.   When you [...]

August 6, 2008

Have the Clintons gotten over it?

Wonders TIME in a long article starting with simo fish videos
“For so many of my supporters, just like so many of Barack’s supporters, this was a first-time investment of heart and soul and money and effort and sleepless nights and miles of travel,” Clinton said. “You just don’t turn it off like that.”
Those comments—now playing [...]

August 6, 2008

Polling for Hillary

Please call or email and insist that major polls include HRC in polling data for President, now!  (from Ricki Lieberman, via email)
Rasmussen Reports, LLC    Phone: 732-776-9777
Email: info@rasmussenreports.com
Quinnipiac University    THE POLLING INSTITUTE   203-582-5201
Email: pollinginstitute@quinnipiac.edu
Gallup    Sarah Van Allen    Phone: 877-242-5587 or 202-715-3030    Fax: 202-715-3045
Email: sarah_van_allen@gallup.com

August 6, 2008

PUMAS make news in Denver

Update
The news is on CNN now
Clinton supporters to stage ‘18 Million Voices’ march
A grassroots organization of Hillary Clinton supporters has announced plans to march in Denver on the same day the New York senator is set to address her party’s faithful during the Democratic convention there.
Rocky Mountain news takes notice
Hillary supporters not giving up

Hillary Clinton supporters [...]

August 6, 2008

McCain: Paris deeper than B0

The last in the celebrity voley:
n the unkindest cut of all, McCain’s spokesperson Tucker Bounds tells TMZ that on the subject of energy, Paris is deeper than Barack. He says, “Sounds like Paris is taking the ‘All of the Above’ energy approach that John McCain has advocated — both alternatives and drilling. Perhaps the reality [...]

August 6, 2008

NARAL: Fight to keep the Democratic party pro-choice. Huh?

Huh? I thought Roe was Obama’s ace in the hole to bring wayward bitter women back into the fold.
I thought the democratic party was pro-choice – isn’t that why NARAL endorsed Obama during the primary (against Hillary?)
Now they send this letter:
The Democratic Party has invited activists across the country to meet and make suggestions about [...]

August 6, 2008

Polls: Gender Gap grows while Obama stalls

Politico reports on a policy poll that finds
Economic anxiety among women
According to a poll released Wednesday by the National Women’s Law Center,
According to an advance copy of the poll, provided exclusively to Politico, 59 percent of women said they were “worried and concerned about achieving [their] economic and financial goals over the next five years,” [...]