Month: January 2008

Bill Clinton’s Troublesome Role

You know, I do not discount Bill Clinton’s effectiveness on the stump or whenever he does some kind of townhall event in this campaign. He is an excellent speaker and his ability to connect with an audience is probably...

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NH Recount: Look at the 5th Ward

There is a recount going on in New Hampshire and most of the numbers are checking out (more or less) but Ward 5 in Manchester has a curious result. DieboldResult HandCount CLINTON 683 619 EDWARDS 255 217 OBAMA 404 365 A look at...

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Thursday Dog Blog (and general critter blogging)

For those of you who missed him in the lounge, here’s the baby pademelon we had over-night a few days ago. We had an even younger baby possum a few days later (more downy than furred), but unfortunately he was camera shy....

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Homework – Three Nice Things

1. Barack Obama was a good progressive when he was an organizer and state legislator in Illinois and has a good telecom policy. 2. John Edwards has done a tremendous amount of work to highlight inequality and corporate power in...

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Leahy endorses Obama!!

I’m not much impressed by endorsements, typically, but there are few people I DO listen to, because I feel so in line with their own actions and words. Senator Patrick Leahy is one of them. He’s been a real...

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