Ed Koch says Spitzer has a screw loose?
firmer ny mayor ed kock thinks there may a screw loose in Spitzer.
from an interview on CNN
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Admiral Fallon Steps Down, differs with Pres Bush ?
Admiral Fallon Steps Down
Admiral Fallon Steps Down differs with Pres Bush ?
Admiral William Fallon, head of U.S. Central Command,
is stepping down by the end of March, because of perceived differences
on policy with the Bush administration, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said today.
Fallon held the post for almost a year as the commander of all U.S.
forces in the Middle East, with responsibility for the wars
Admiral Fallon reached this difficult decision entirely on his own,''
Gates told a news conference at the Pentagon. Gates said it
was a ``misperception'' that Fallon differed from the administration.
Admiral Fallon Steps Down differs with Pres Bush ?
Admiral William Fallon, head of U.S. Central Command,
is stepping down by the end of March, because of perceived differences
on policy with the Bush administration, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said today.
Fallon held the post for almost a year as the commander of all U.S.
forces in the Middle East, with responsibility for the wars
Admiral Fallon reached this difficult decision entirely on his own,''
Gates told a news conference at the Pentagon. Gates said it
was a ``misperception'' that Fallon differed from the administration.
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Powerball lottery rolls over to $230 millions
see the hottest/coldest Powerball lotto numbers for the
Powerball lottery
Popularity Report
Hot numbers ???
Note: Powerballs not included here
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times Last
Ranking Number occurred hit on
1 B30 32 02/09/08
2 B54 32 01/30/08
3 B02 31 03/01/08
4 B19 31 03/01/08
5 B35 31 01/26/08
6 B43 31 02/09/08
7 B08 30 02/23/08
8 B13 30 02/23/08
9 B16 30 03/05/08
10 B42 30 02/06/08
11 B23 29 03/05/08
12 B38 29 02/13/08
13 B40 29 01/05/08
14 B24 28 02/27/08
15 B26 28 02/02/08
16 B48 28 02/27/08
17 B55 28 03/01/08
18 B12 27 02/20/08
19 B15 26 03/05/08
20 B47 26 02/23/08
21 B50 26 12/15/07
22 B10 25 03/05/08
23 B14 25 02/02/08
24 B22 25 02/20/08
25 B27 24 01/19/08
26 B37 24 02/27/08
27 B49 24 03/08/08
28 B53 24 02/27/08
29 B03 23 02/16/08
30 B34 23 03/08/08
31 B45 23 09/19/07
32 B20 22 02/27/08
33 B28 22 01/19/08
34 B36 22 02/20/08
35 B41 22 01/30/08
36 B01 21 12/05/07
37 B04 21 02/16/08
38 B07 21 12/12/07
39 B21 21 03/01/08
40 B31 21 03/08/08
41 B32 21 02/13/08
42 B39 21 01/26/08
43 B09 20 02/20/08
44 B11 20 01/26/08
45 B18 20 01/16/08
46 B05 19 02/06/08
47 B51 19 02/13/08
48 B52 19 11/17/07
49 B17 18 03/08/08
50 B46 18 11/07/07
51 B29 17 03/08/08
52 B44 17 02/02/08
53 B06 16 11/10/07
54 B25 16 02/02/08
55 B33 14 01/05/08
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does Paul Pelosi Jr have a no show job at Countrywide?
FBI Investigating Countrywide
Sunday March 9,
FBI Begins Investigation Into Countrywide Financial Corp. for Securities Fraud
doesn't Paul Pelosi Jr., son of Nancy Pelosi have a no show job there?
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Federal authorities are investigating Countrywide Financial Corp. for securities fraud, according to media reports.
The FBI is in the early stages of an inquiry into whether company officials misrepresented its financial position and the quality of its mortgage loans, The Wall Street Journal first reported Saturday, citing law enforcement officials and finance executives with knowledge of the development.
Sunday March 9,
FBI Begins Investigation Into Countrywide Financial Corp. for Securities Fraud
doesn't Paul Pelosi Jr., son of Nancy Pelosi have a no show job there?
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Federal authorities are investigating Countrywide Financial Corp. for securities fraud, according to media reports.
The FBI is in the early stages of an inquiry into whether company officials misrepresented its financial position and the quality of its mortgage loans, The Wall Street Journal first reported Saturday, citing law enforcement officials and finance executives with knowledge of the development.
Saturday, March 08, 2008
Pres Bush explains veto of waterboarding bill
Pres Bush explains veto of waterboarding bill
President Bush said Saturday he vetoed legislation that would ban the CIA from using harsh interrogation methods such as to break suspected terrorists because it would end practices that have prevented attacks.
The bill Congress sent me would take away one of the most valuable tools in the war on terror," Bush said in his weekly radio address taped for broadcast Saturday. "So today I vetoed it," Bush said. The bill provides guidelines for intelligence activities for the year and includes the interrogation requirement. It passed the House in December and the Senate last month.
"This is no time for Congress to abandon practices that have a proven track record of keeping America safe," the president said.
JENNIFER, AP
President Bush said Saturday he vetoed legislation that would ban the CIA from using harsh interrogation methods such as to break suspected terrorists because it would end practices that have prevented attacks.
The bill Congress sent me would take away one of the most valuable tools in the war on terror," Bush said in his weekly radio address taped for broadcast Saturday. "So today I vetoed it," Bush said. The bill provides guidelines for intelligence activities for the year and includes the interrogation requirement. It passed the House in December and the Senate last month.
"This is no time for Congress to abandon practices that have a proven track record of keeping America safe," the president said.
JENNIFER, AP
Friday, March 07, 2008
is Nancy Pelosi's son, Paul Pelosi Jr, a ceo with Countrywide Mortgage ?
is Nancy Pelosi's son, Paul Pelosi Jr., a ceo with Countrywide Mortgage ?
Nancy Pelosi's son, Paul Pelosi Jr., is an mortgage executive at
Countrywide Loans in California. , also a registered lobbyist for
Countrywide Mortgage.
He also works part time for InfoUSA for $180,000 a year providing
credit background info to government agencies
wow, show me the money...............
Nancy Pelosi's son, Paul Pelosi Jr., is an mortgage executive at
Countrywide Loans in California. , also a registered lobbyist for
Countrywide Mortgage.
He also works part time for InfoUSA for $180,000 a year providing
credit background info to government agencies
wow, show me the money...............
Mccain-Kerry in November ? Mccain gets pissed
Mccain-Kerry in November ? Mccain gets pissed
Sen. John McCain flashs anger at a reporter after being asked
about John Kerry as a possible running mate.
anger management class for Mccain ?
Sen. John McCain flashs anger at a reporter after being asked
about John Kerry as a possible running mate.
anger management class for Mccain ?
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
was Perot was right about NAFTA sucking jobs away ?
Perot was right about NAFTA sucking jobs away
was Perot was right about NAFTA sucking jobs away ?
where is Perot now that we need him?
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Examines Visa Waiver Program
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Examines Visa Waiver Program
On Thursday, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) testified before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security about problems implementing the new visa waiver requirements Congress adopted last year. In particular, GAO testimony revealed that Homeland Security's strategy to detect visa overstayers will likely fail. (GAO Testimony, Visa Waiver Program: Limitations with Department of Homeland Security's Plan to Verify Departure of Foreign Nationals, GAO-08-458T, February 28, 2008)
The Visa Waiver Program, established in 1986, permits foreign nationals from 27 countries to enter the U.S. for up to 90 days without having to obtain a visa from a U.S. Embassy or consulate. Until recently, any country could be eligible to participate in the visa waiver program if on an annual basis less than 3 percent of nationals who applied for entry to the U.S. were denied. According to the 9/11 Commission, Mohammed Atta was able to enter the U.S. without a visa interview because he was considered a citizen of Germany, a visa waiver country, and remained in the U.S. to plan the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. (9/11 Commission, Staff Monograph on 9/11 and Terrorist Travel, Chapter 2) Because of this weakness, some argued that Congress should have suspended the program last year when it passed H.R. 1, the Implementing of the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-53).
Instead, H.R. 1 made it possible for Homeland Security to expand the visa waiver program to admit citizens of countries that have refusal rates between 3 and 10 percent. However, before the government may consider whether a country is eligible for the visa waiver program under these new, relaxed standards, Homeland Security must:
Certify that an electronic travel authorization system is fully in place that would require foreign nationals to provide the U.S. with biographic information before boarding a flight to the U.S.;
Implement a biometric exit system at U.S. airports utilizing fingerprints and other biometric identifiers to verify the departure of foreign nationals from the U.S.; and
On Thursday, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) testified before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security about problems implementing the new visa waiver requirements Congress adopted last year. In particular, GAO testimony revealed that Homeland Security's strategy to detect visa overstayers will likely fail. (GAO Testimony, Visa Waiver Program: Limitations with Department of Homeland Security's Plan to Verify Departure of Foreign Nationals, GAO-08-458T, February 28, 2008)
The Visa Waiver Program, established in 1986, permits foreign nationals from 27 countries to enter the U.S. for up to 90 days without having to obtain a visa from a U.S. Embassy or consulate. Until recently, any country could be eligible to participate in the visa waiver program if on an annual basis less than 3 percent of nationals who applied for entry to the U.S. were denied. According to the 9/11 Commission, Mohammed Atta was able to enter the U.S. without a visa interview because he was considered a citizen of Germany, a visa waiver country, and remained in the U.S. to plan the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. (9/11 Commission, Staff Monograph on 9/11 and Terrorist Travel, Chapter 2) Because of this weakness, some argued that Congress should have suspended the program last year when it passed H.R. 1, the Implementing of the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-53).
Instead, H.R. 1 made it possible for Homeland Security to expand the visa waiver program to admit citizens of countries that have refusal rates between 3 and 10 percent. However, before the government may consider whether a country is eligible for the visa waiver program under these new, relaxed standards, Homeland Security must:
Certify that an electronic travel authorization system is fully in place that would require foreign nationals to provide the U.S. with biographic information before boarding a flight to the U.S.;
Implement a biometric exit system at U.S. airports utilizing fingerprints and other biometric identifiers to verify the departure of foreign nationals from the U.S.; and
that 3am phone call and Hillary's PMS factor ?
that 3am phone call and Hillary's PMS factor ?
could be a nasty response /reply ?
has anyone charted Hillary Clinton menstrual cycle and mood behavior / mood changes
during the campaign. Looking for radical emotions, mood swings.
www.mccainalert.com
could be a nasty response /reply ?
has anyone charted Hillary Clinton menstrual cycle and mood behavior / mood changes
during the campaign. Looking for radical emotions, mood swings.
www.mccainalert.com
does Senator John Mccain have Parkinson ?
does Senator John Mccain have Parkinson ?
is the constant repeating of a phase such as "my friends"
a symptom of Parkinson ?
is the constant repeating of a phase such as "my friends"
a symptom of Parkinson ?
Monday, March 03, 2008
does Senator Mccain resemble Grandpa Munster ?
note the similiarity of noses and the beady eyes.
but grandpa was 378-year-old, Mccain is 72years old.
but grandpa was 378-year-old, Mccain is 72years old.
Sunday, March 02, 2008
does John Mccain really resembles Grandpa Munster?
does John Mccain really resembles Grandpa Munster?
credit given to Bill Maher on HBO for this mental image
credit given to Bill Maher on HBO for this mental image
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Senator Larry Craig is Seeking Interns
Attention, Parents: Larry Craig is Seeking Interns
If you've ever wanted to be a fly on the wall in Sen. Larry Craig's office, now's your chance.
The Idaho Republican has just announced he's taking applications for summer internships in his Capitol Hill office, which has been the brunt of gossip and many a colorful "wide stance" joke ever since last summer, when Craig was busted in a Minneapolis-St. Paul airport men's room sex sting.
"Interns have the chance to be an essential part of a working congressional office," Craig said in a press release issued Tuesday. "They participate in the legislative process as well as ensure that constituent services run smoothly. For those interested in politics, it is an incredible opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes look at how our government functions while serving the people of Idaho."
Craig is giving preference to "Idaho applicants attending Idaho schools who are in their junior or senior years of college (including graduating seniors)."
The interns Craig seeks are "expected to fulfill some administrative duties such as answering phones, sorting mail and greeting constituents."
Better hurry, kids. This will likely be your last chance to be a summer intern in Senator Craig's office. Craig, who was rebuked by the Senate Ethics Committee this month for his bathroom conviction, says he's retiring next January when his term expires.
If you've ever wanted to be a fly on the wall in Sen. Larry Craig's office, now's your chance.
The Idaho Republican has just announced he's taking applications for summer internships in his Capitol Hill office, which has been the brunt of gossip and many a colorful "wide stance" joke ever since last summer, when Craig was busted in a Minneapolis-St. Paul airport men's room sex sting.
"Interns have the chance to be an essential part of a working congressional office," Craig said in a press release issued Tuesday. "They participate in the legislative process as well as ensure that constituent services run smoothly. For those interested in politics, it is an incredible opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes look at how our government functions while serving the people of Idaho."
Craig is giving preference to "Idaho applicants attending Idaho schools who are in their junior or senior years of college (including graduating seniors)."
The interns Craig seeks are "expected to fulfill some administrative duties such as answering phones, sorting mail and greeting constituents."
Better hurry, kids. This will likely be your last chance to be a summer intern in Senator Craig's office. Craig, who was rebuked by the Senate Ethics Committee this month for his bathroom conviction, says he's retiring next January when his term expires.
William F. Buckley Jr. dies at 82
William F. Buckley Jr. dies at 82
NEW YORK (AP) — William F. Buckley Jr., the erudite Ivy Leaguer and conservative herald who showered huge and scornful words on liberalism as he observed, abetted and cheered on the right's post-World War II rise from the fringes to the White House, died Wednesday. He was 82.
His assistant Linda Bridges said Buckley was found dead by his cook at his home in Stamford, Conn. The cause of death was unknown, but he had been ill with emphysema, she said.
NEW YORK (AP) — William F. Buckley Jr., the erudite Ivy Leaguer and conservative herald who showered huge and scornful words on liberalism as he observed, abetted and cheered on the right's post-World War II rise from the fringes to the White House, died Wednesday. He was 82.
His assistant Linda Bridges said Buckley was found dead by his cook at his home in Stamford, Conn. The cause of death was unknown, but he had been ill with emphysema, she said.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Initiatives to Improve Border Security
Homeland Security and Justice Department Announce Initiatives to Improve Border Security
At a joint news conference on Friday, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey, announced the federal government is undertaking several new initiatives to improve border security. First, Secretary Chertoff announced that a twenty-eight mile virtual fence using radar and surveillance cameras has been approved for use along the border near Nogales, Arizona. The virtual fence employs 98-foot surveillance towers equipped with radar, sensors and cameras capable of discerning whether border crossers are persons or animals from a distance of 10 miles. (Washington Post, February 22, 2008) The virtual fence, built by Boeing as part of a $20 million project, was scheduled for completion in 2007, but ran into delays when some of the technology failed to operate as planned. Commenting on the deployment of the virtual fence, Chertoff stated, "I have personally witnessed the value of the system, and I have spoken directly to the Border Patrol agents . . . who have seen it produce actual results."
At a joint news conference on Friday, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey, announced the federal government is undertaking several new initiatives to improve border security. First, Secretary Chertoff announced that a twenty-eight mile virtual fence using radar and surveillance cameras has been approved for use along the border near Nogales, Arizona. The virtual fence employs 98-foot surveillance towers equipped with radar, sensors and cameras capable of discerning whether border crossers are persons or animals from a distance of 10 miles. (Washington Post, February 22, 2008) The virtual fence, built by Boeing as part of a $20 million project, was scheduled for completion in 2007, but ran into delays when some of the technology failed to operate as planned. Commenting on the deployment of the virtual fence, Chertoff stated, "I have personally witnessed the value of the system, and I have spoken directly to the Border Patrol agents . . . who have seen it produce actual results."
Pew Research Projects Population Will Reach 438 Million
Pew Research Projects Population Will Reach 438 Million in 2050; 82 Percent of Growth Attributable to Immigration
Last Monday, the Pew Research Center released a study which projects that U.S. population will grow by 48 percent between 2005 and 2050, and that 82 percent of this growth will come from immigration — both legal and illegal — to the United States. The report, authored by Jeffery S. Passel and D'Vera Cohn of the Pew Research Center, predicts that the population of the United States, which was 296 million in 2005, will be 438 million by 2050 if current trends continue. Of these 142 million additional people, 67 million will be immigrants and 50 million will represent the children or the grandchildren of these immigrants. (Pew Research Center, U.S. Population Projections: 2005-2050, February 11, 2008) The findings of the Pew Research Study are similar to that of a 2006 FAIR study which found the U.S. population in 2050 would be a minimum of 445 million. (Projecting the U.S. Population to 2050: Four Scenarios)
The report also estimates that between 2005 and 2050, the foreign-born population will more than double from 36 million to 81 million. As a result, the foreign-born share of the population will rise from 12 percent of the population in 2005 to nearly 19 percent of the population in 2050. Pew Research also estimates that sometime between 2020 and 2025, the foreign-born percentage of the population will exceed its historic peak of 14.8 percent reached in 1890. Commenting on these findings, Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies stated, "we need to ask ourselves if we want the 100 million more people immigration will bring. Do you want 80 million more cars on the road, or 40 million homes occupying what's now open space?" (Washington Post, February 12, 2008)
In announcing the report, co-author Jeffery Passel carefully pointed out that the projection is simply an extrapolation from current trends that could change through intervening events. For example, Passel pointed to its conclusions regarding the ethnic composition of the population in 2050, noting that it assumes the same definitions and categories used today will continue to be used in the next 50 years. Thus, predictions could change not only in the face of changed immigration policy, but due to shifting categories and perceptions about the population. (USAToday, February 11, 2008)
To read the Pew Research Center population in its entirety, click here.
Last Monday, the Pew Research Center released a study which projects that U.S. population will grow by 48 percent between 2005 and 2050, and that 82 percent of this growth will come from immigration — both legal and illegal — to the United States. The report, authored by Jeffery S. Passel and D'Vera Cohn of the Pew Research Center, predicts that the population of the United States, which was 296 million in 2005, will be 438 million by 2050 if current trends continue. Of these 142 million additional people, 67 million will be immigrants and 50 million will represent the children or the grandchildren of these immigrants. (Pew Research Center, U.S. Population Projections: 2005-2050, February 11, 2008) The findings of the Pew Research Study are similar to that of a 2006 FAIR study which found the U.S. population in 2050 would be a minimum of 445 million. (Projecting the U.S. Population to 2050: Four Scenarios)
The report also estimates that between 2005 and 2050, the foreign-born population will more than double from 36 million to 81 million. As a result, the foreign-born share of the population will rise from 12 percent of the population in 2005 to nearly 19 percent of the population in 2050. Pew Research also estimates that sometime between 2020 and 2025, the foreign-born percentage of the population will exceed its historic peak of 14.8 percent reached in 1890. Commenting on these findings, Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies stated, "we need to ask ourselves if we want the 100 million more people immigration will bring. Do you want 80 million more cars on the road, or 40 million homes occupying what's now open space?" (Washington Post, February 12, 2008)
In announcing the report, co-author Jeffery Passel carefully pointed out that the projection is simply an extrapolation from current trends that could change through intervening events. For example, Passel pointed to its conclusions regarding the ethnic composition of the population in 2050, noting that it assumes the same definitions and categories used today will continue to be used in the next 50 years. Thus, predictions could change not only in the face of changed immigration policy, but due to shifting categories and perceptions about the population. (USAToday, February 11, 2008)
To read the Pew Research Center population in its entirety, click here.
Ask Congress to fully fund new enforcement efforts
Ask Congress to fully fund new enforcement efforts
This new fax has been posted in your Action Buffet based on your answers to the Interest Survey.
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Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff and Attorney General Mukasey have announced three new penalties and requirements for companies that deliberately hire illegal aliens:
(1) For the first time since 1999, fines on employers (any employer) who knowingly hire illegal aliens will increase:
Previous minimum penalty: $275. New penalty: $375.
Previous maximum penalty for a first violation: $2,200. New penalty: $3,200.
Previous maximum civil penalty for multiple violations: $11,000. New penalty: $16,000.
(2) All federal contractors will be required to use the E-Verify system. Secretary Chertoff does not want federal contractors hiring illegal aliens to help build the fence along the southern border. He noted that 53,000 employers currently use the E-Verify system on a voluntary basis, and 1.7 million new hires were checked this fiscal year.
(3) All companies will be encouraged to follow up with workers if there are discrepancies with the Social Security numbers they use. Out of approximately 250 million wage reports the SSA receives each year, as many as four percent belong to employees whose names and corresponding Social Security numbers do not match SSA’s records.
Please send this fax to your Member of Congress and encourage them to fully fund these enforcement measures, and to bolster them by opposing any effort to reward illegal aliens with a 5-year work visa.
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Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff and Attorney General Mukasey have announced three new penalties and requirements for companies that deliberately hire illegal aliens:
(1) For the first time since 1999, fines on employers (any employer) who knowingly hire illegal aliens will increase:
Previous minimum penalty: $275. New penalty: $375.
Previous maximum penalty for a first violation: $2,200. New penalty: $3,200.
Previous maximum civil penalty for multiple violations: $11,000. New penalty: $16,000.
(2) All federal contractors will be required to use the E-Verify system. Secretary Chertoff does not want federal contractors hiring illegal aliens to help build the fence along the southern border. He noted that 53,000 employers currently use the E-Verify system on a voluntary basis, and 1.7 million new hires were checked this fiscal year.
(3) All companies will be encouraged to follow up with workers if there are discrepancies with the Social Security numbers they use. Out of approximately 250 million wage reports the SSA receives each year, as many as four percent belong to employees whose names and corresponding Social Security numbers do not match SSA’s records.
Please send this fax to your Member of Congress and encourage them to fully fund these enforcement measures, and to bolster them by opposing any effort to reward illegal aliens with a 5-year work visa.
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OBAMA’S REAL EXPERIENCE: HIS CANDIDACY
OBAMA’S REAL EXPERIENCE: HIS CANDIDACY
By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN
Published on DickMorris.com on February 25, 2008.
The best evidence of Obama’s readiness to lead the nation is the ability with which he has run for president. After all, what is more difficult, complicated, or challenging than getting elected president? What other life experience better illustrates one’s qualification to hold the office than a manifest skill in seeking it. For anyone who has ever been elected president, the race that sent them to the White House was the single most important event in their lives and dwarfs any other experience they might have had before running.
As we have watched Obama surmount the hurdles that lay in his path, we cannot help but be impressed with his judgment. Adam Wallinsky, who served on Bobby Kennedy’s staff, once singled out good judgment as JFK’s most salient characteristic. Obama has faced so many delicate questions and issues and seems always to have the right feel for how to handle them.
At the start of the contest, he chose to avoid running as a black candidate for president and ran, instead, as a candidate who happened to have black skin. He crafted a middle course between the determined rejection of his race and its grievances of a Clarence Thomas and its emphatic embrace by a Jesse Jackson or an Al Sharpton. While Hillary invoked her gender at every turn, Obama decided to transcend his race rather than invoke it.
He began his candidacy eschewing donations from PACs and lobbyists, preserving his purity and giving him ground on which to stand in his claim to represent a new kind of politics, rejecting the special interests. When Hillary, whose campaign decisions have been as faulty as Obama’s have been flawless, wallowed in such donations, the Illinois Senator used the difference to paint her into the corner of the status quo candidate.
Beyond simply avoiding special interest money, Obama learned the lesson of Joe Trippi and the Howard Dean campaign of 2004 (even though Trippi was working for Edwards) and used his star power to develop a massive cyber-roots fund raising base which he mobilized again and again by the click of a mouse. He realized the potential of the Internet to democratize campaign funding in a way the other candidates in general, and Hillary in particular, did not. (Mrs. Clinton invested tens of millions in direct mail instead with all of its costs and limited returns).
When Hillary criticized him for lacking experience, he brilliantly seized the opening she provided by becoming the candidate of change. He realized, as Hillary and Bill did not, that America wanted a change beyond the Bush/Clinton oscillation and grasped the fact that Hillary’s emphasis on experience would play into his hands.
And when the Clintons tried to use race to derail Obama, he countered skillfully by making Super Tuesday a referendum on tolerance and inclusivity, overtly rejecting the racial polarization which seemed to have set in after South Carolina. Underscoring his message with victories in white states like Utah, Idaho, Colorado and North Dakota, he buried the race issue.
While the Clintons went for the knockout blows of winning New York and California, Obama created a fifty state organization to win each caucus state. As Hillary’s campaign wasted half a million dollars on flowers, Obama’s husbanded his resources to put teams on the ground in the small states where his organizing paid off and brought him sufficient victories to survive the loss of the two big Super Tuesday states.
And when the Clintons went to full time negatives, Obama carefully parsed the attacks he would answer from those he wouldn’t and disdained to engage in the tit-for-tat negative campaigning, realizing that the process turned voters off more than the negatives themselves ever did.
Will he be a good president? If he is half as skillful in serving as he has been in running, he can’t miss.
see more at mccain alert.com
By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN
Published on DickMorris.com on February 25, 2008.
The best evidence of Obama’s readiness to lead the nation is the ability with which he has run for president. After all, what is more difficult, complicated, or challenging than getting elected president? What other life experience better illustrates one’s qualification to hold the office than a manifest skill in seeking it. For anyone who has ever been elected president, the race that sent them to the White House was the single most important event in their lives and dwarfs any other experience they might have had before running.
As we have watched Obama surmount the hurdles that lay in his path, we cannot help but be impressed with his judgment. Adam Wallinsky, who served on Bobby Kennedy’s staff, once singled out good judgment as JFK’s most salient characteristic. Obama has faced so many delicate questions and issues and seems always to have the right feel for how to handle them.
At the start of the contest, he chose to avoid running as a black candidate for president and ran, instead, as a candidate who happened to have black skin. He crafted a middle course between the determined rejection of his race and its grievances of a Clarence Thomas and its emphatic embrace by a Jesse Jackson or an Al Sharpton. While Hillary invoked her gender at every turn, Obama decided to transcend his race rather than invoke it.
He began his candidacy eschewing donations from PACs and lobbyists, preserving his purity and giving him ground on which to stand in his claim to represent a new kind of politics, rejecting the special interests. When Hillary, whose campaign decisions have been as faulty as Obama’s have been flawless, wallowed in such donations, the Illinois Senator used the difference to paint her into the corner of the status quo candidate.
Beyond simply avoiding special interest money, Obama learned the lesson of Joe Trippi and the Howard Dean campaign of 2004 (even though Trippi was working for Edwards) and used his star power to develop a massive cyber-roots fund raising base which he mobilized again and again by the click of a mouse. He realized the potential of the Internet to democratize campaign funding in a way the other candidates in general, and Hillary in particular, did not. (Mrs. Clinton invested tens of millions in direct mail instead with all of its costs and limited returns).
When Hillary criticized him for lacking experience, he brilliantly seized the opening she provided by becoming the candidate of change. He realized, as Hillary and Bill did not, that America wanted a change beyond the Bush/Clinton oscillation and grasped the fact that Hillary’s emphasis on experience would play into his hands.
And when the Clintons tried to use race to derail Obama, he countered skillfully by making Super Tuesday a referendum on tolerance and inclusivity, overtly rejecting the racial polarization which seemed to have set in after South Carolina. Underscoring his message with victories in white states like Utah, Idaho, Colorado and North Dakota, he buried the race issue.
While the Clintons went for the knockout blows of winning New York and California, Obama created a fifty state organization to win each caucus state. As Hillary’s campaign wasted half a million dollars on flowers, Obama’s husbanded his resources to put teams on the ground in the small states where his organizing paid off and brought him sufficient victories to survive the loss of the two big Super Tuesday states.
And when the Clintons went to full time negatives, Obama carefully parsed the attacks he would answer from those he wouldn’t and disdained to engage in the tit-for-tat negative campaigning, realizing that the process turned voters off more than the negatives themselves ever did.
Will he be a good president? If he is half as skillful in serving as he has been in running, he can’t miss.
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fighting illegal immigration
The leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives continues to believe that the American people are worn out fighting illegal immigration and will allow her to, at the least, gut new enforcement against illegal immigration and, at the worst, pass an amnesty this year.
Please check your Action Buffet corkboard to make sure you have sent all your latest faxes and made your phone calls to encourage more enforcement and to block all amnesties.
Today's editorial in the Washington Times (see below) describes our situation in the U.S. House well.
In a nutshell, your efforts to push the SAVE Act (H.R. 4088) of Rep. Shuler (D-N.C.) and Rep. Bilbray (R-Calif.) are increasingly successful. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi fears that the current 136 co-sponsors will succeed in forcing a House floor vote on the bill to take jobs away from millions of illegal aliens. She desperately wants to keep the 12-20 million illegal aliens in this country. So, she is maneuvering to attach a 5-year amnesty proposal of the Hispanic Caucus. Her hope is that she will either win with the amnesty or just make the bill so bad that we will help her kill the enforcement.
LESS-EDUCATED AMERICAN WORKERS DISPLACED BY FOREIGNERS
Our researcher, Joe Jenkins, has just reconfirmed for me these horrifying figures:
2 million -- The increase in the number of Americans without a high school degree who became jobless between 2000 and 2005.
1.5 million -- The number of immigrants without a high school degree who were imported by Congress between 2000 and 2005 to take American jobs.
Not surprisingly during that same period, the wages for both these immigrants and native-born workers without a high school degree have plummeted. The cheap labor lobbies may want to do away with immigration law, but they can never rescind the law of supply and demand.
Later today, we will put on your Action Buffet corkboard a new fax concerning these figures for you to send to your Members of Congress.
ADMINISTRATION ROLLING OUT TOUGHER ENFORCEMENT
Even as we may be fighting to a stand-still in Congress over better enforcement laws, the battle to curb illegal immigration is actually turning in our favor because of efforts on the state and local level ...
Please check your Action Buffet corkboard to make sure you have sent all your latest faxes and made your phone calls to encourage more enforcement and to block all amnesties.
Today's editorial in the Washington Times (see below) describes our situation in the U.S. House well.
In a nutshell, your efforts to push the SAVE Act (H.R. 4088) of Rep. Shuler (D-N.C.) and Rep. Bilbray (R-Calif.) are increasingly successful. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi fears that the current 136 co-sponsors will succeed in forcing a House floor vote on the bill to take jobs away from millions of illegal aliens. She desperately wants to keep the 12-20 million illegal aliens in this country. So, she is maneuvering to attach a 5-year amnesty proposal of the Hispanic Caucus. Her hope is that she will either win with the amnesty or just make the bill so bad that we will help her kill the enforcement.
LESS-EDUCATED AMERICAN WORKERS DISPLACED BY FOREIGNERS
Our researcher, Joe Jenkins, has just reconfirmed for me these horrifying figures:
2 million -- The increase in the number of Americans without a high school degree who became jobless between 2000 and 2005.
1.5 million -- The number of immigrants without a high school degree who were imported by Congress between 2000 and 2005 to take American jobs.
Not surprisingly during that same period, the wages for both these immigrants and native-born workers without a high school degree have plummeted. The cheap labor lobbies may want to do away with immigration law, but they can never rescind the law of supply and demand.
Later today, we will put on your Action Buffet corkboard a new fax concerning these figures for you to send to your Members of Congress.
ADMINISTRATION ROLLING OUT TOUGHER ENFORCEMENT
Even as we may be fighting to a stand-still in Congress over better enforcement laws, the battle to curb illegal immigration is actually turning in our favor because of efforts on the state and local level ...
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