Convention buzz- August 14, 2008 A deal has been reached to put Hillary Clinton's name in nomination at the convention, on August 27th. She is supposed to then cast her superdelegate vote for Obama, ask her supporters to do the same, and turn over her delegates. We'll see if it goes down that way.Meanwhile, a judge says Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick CAN go to the convention, without an ankle bracelet! ... leading me to wonder, why in the hell does Kwame Kilpatrick think he should be at the convention Is his goal to just keep..http://blog.reidreport.com/2008/08/convention-buzz.html Military votes for Obama with their dollars- August 14, 2008 A few interesting stories this morning that are not about Russia or Georgia...An analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics finds that U.S. troops stationed overseas are giving to Barack Obama 6 to 1 over military veteran John McCain:During World War II, soldiers crouching in foxholes penned letters assuring their sweethearts that they'd be home soon. Now, between firefights in the Iraqi desert, some infantrymen have been sending a different kind of mail stateside: two or three hundred...http://blog.reidreport.com/2008/08/military-votes-for-obama-with-their.html Irony alert: McCain sounds off on 'invasions', Krauthammer decries 'regime change'- August 14, 2008 In his scrambling to sound coherent on Georgia, John McCain came up with his most ironic statement to date this week, when he pronounced that "in the 21st Century, nations don't invade other nations." Really Watch:More irony: Charles Krauthammer in the WaPo today says he knows what Vlad Putin's REAL objective is in Georgia:His objectives are clear. They go beyond detaching South Ossetia and Abkhazia from Georgia and absorbing them into Russia. They go beyond destroying the Georgian army,...http://blog.reidreport.com/2008/08/irony-alert-mccain-sounds-off-on.html Hey Scheunemann, it's Georgia calling ... they want their $800,000 back- August 14, 2008 Exactly what did the nation of Georgia expect in return for the $800,000 they paid to Randy Scheunemann's two-man lobbying firm over the last couple of years And did they renew the contract this spring, for $200,000, expecting that they were buying a guaranteed U.S. response to any belligerence by Russia, as if they were already in NATO The Washington Post bombshell about Schenemann's lucrative Georgian lobbying deal was explained brilliantly tonight on "Countdown":Details now from the...http://blog.reidreport.com/2008/08/hey-scheunemann-its-georgia-calling.html Limbaugh pulls an Imus on Elizabeth Edwards- August 14, 2008 Three rules for talk radio: never attack disabled children, African-American women college students, or Elizabeth Edwards. Well, Limbaugh just broke rule 3:In case you missed that, what El Rushbo said was ... John Edwards stepped out on Elizabeth Edwards "because he found someone ... who would do something with her MOUTH ... besides talk."Yep. That's what he said. Here's the full quote, courtesy of Media Matters (note that Limbaugh appears to be aware of the mine field he's about to step into,.http://blog.reidreport.com/2008/08/limbaugh-pulls-imus-on-elizabeth.html Obama's new ad: hitting McCain on Iraq- August 13, 2008 Sure it's not funny like the DSCC ad against Liddy Dole, but the new Obama ad targeting John McCain's Bush-like policies on Iraq is pretty darned good, and ends with a line that should be a keeper: "Barack Obama: Middle Class First," a good retort to McCain's jingoistic "America first" strategy. Watch:http://blog.reidreport.com/2008/08/obamas-new-ad-hitting-mccain-on-iraq.html DSCC scores!- August 13, 2008 The DSCC messes around and launches the best political ad so far this season, targeting Elizabeth Dole's reelection bid in NC:http://blog.reidreport.com/2008/08/dscc-scores.html Obama veepstakes continue- August 13, 2008 A guy called William, a Hillary supporter who writes thoughtful analyses of the election that wind up in the in-boxes of political junkies like myself, has done a pretty damned thorough run-down of whose name might be in that Obama text message to supporters regarding his veep choice. (I'm not sure if he wants his full name used, so I'm just going with William.) His assumptions:His choice will not be a woman - other than Senator Hillary Clinton. Will not be someone who has already received...http://blog.reidreport.com/2008/08/obama-veepstakes-continue.html China's kiddie engineering- August 12, 2008 To ensure a perfect opening ceremony, the Chinese dubbed in fireworks, jailed protesters, and swapped a 7-year-old girl with the perfect voice for a 9-year-old lyp sync star with the perfect looks. Seriously.http://blog.reidreport.com/2008/08/chinas-kiddie-engineering.html The McCain mispronounciator- August 12, 2008 Poor John McCain. Just when he's got the neocons salivating over his Russia stance, and the media rapt with attention to hear his expertise on foreign affairs, he mispronounces the name of his good friend, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili ... three times.The Washington Independent's Matthew Delong suggests McCain's aides add some pronouncers in his scripts. Very helpful idea. Perhaps they could borrow some from Wikipedia while they're using it to write McCain's scripts (allowing him to...http://blog.reidreport.com/2008/08/mccain-mispronounciator.html |