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One Vote Matters

Archive for May 2008

May 31st, 2008

The Rules Committee has Ruled.

The panel members voted to distribute the Florida and Michigan delegates.
The Florida decision was a little easier to determine and to get passed. Although some members would have wanted 100% of the delegation to be seated, it was (essentially) a unanimous vote to seat all of the Florida delegates, but each with 1/2 vote; […]

By maddy -- 1 comment

May 31st, 2008

Rules and Bylaws Committe holds hearing

The Demoratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee is holding a hearing today to consider testimony from leading party members on what to do about the Florida and Michigan delegations.
The 30 member committee is made up of senior party members, with a wide range of experience and loyalties. 13 of the 30 are Clinton […]

By maddy -- 1 comment

May 30th, 2008

The Hillary Clinton T-Shirt Contest

In light of all that’s happening in the Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton has decided to…hold a t-shirt design contest? T-shirt sales can be a good way to raise money for online campaigns, I suppose, but I can’t say that I saw this one coming.
You can go over to Clinton’s site and vote among the top […]

By thursday -- 1 comment

May 29th, 2008

Rupert Murdoch on Obama: “I think he will win…”

Per Hilary Rosen of the Huffington Post:
Rupert Murdoch, Chairman of News Corp, owner of WSJ, and outspoken conservative, was quoted on Wednesday night at the “All Things Digital” conference stating that he thinks that Barack Obama is a “rock star” and that “he will win and I am anxious to meet him.”
He also commented on […]

By maddy -- 0 comments

May 29th, 2008

One Vote Matters. But will it be counted?

On Saturday the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Rules and Bylaws Committee will meet to decide the “fate” of the Florida and Michigan delegations.
As you will recall, both Michigan and Florida violated DNC rules and held their (respective) primaries earlier than permissible; as a result, the DNC negated the results and has refused to include the […]

By maddy -- 2 comments

May 28th, 2008

Cynthia McKinney: a New Green Nominee

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I have to admit that I’ve gotten pretty used to seeing Ralph Nader’s name on the ballot, right next to the Green Party. But, according to various sources, Cynthia McKinney seems to have tied up this year’s Green Party nomination. She’s managed to […]

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May 27th, 2008

Idaho shall not be forgotten!

Today is the Idaho Republican primary.  John McCain and Ron Paul are on the ballot.  
No Live Blog tonight - we’re going to go ahead and predict that McCain is going to win.
There are only 2 more primary days remaining -Puerto Rico holds its Democratic primary on June 1st -
On June 3rd: South Dakota holds […]

By maddy -- 0 comments

May 27th, 2008

Republican Veepstakes - Who will “win”?

MSNBC.com has a new twist on predicting the selection for Vice President.
The Veepstakes - sets up a bracket (much like we see for the NCAA basketball tournament) of political hopefuls/possibilities - each “candidate” is seeded and pitted against a particular rival.
Each participant can check out the biography of each “seed” and then pick the most […]

By maddy -- 1 comment

May 26th, 2008

Barr Wins Libertarian Nomination

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I’m happy to report that one political party is entirely ready for November (aside from a little campaigning between now and then). The Libertarian Party confirmed Bob Barr as their presidential nominee this weekend after six rounds of balloting. Barr chose Wayne Allyn Root (another presidential […]

By thursday -- 2 comments

May 24th, 2008

With Filings and Reports out of the way, the McCains can relax and entertain their guests

or so it would seem…
Leading up to a weekend “grilling” party at the McCains’ Arizona home, attended by, several prominent GOP (and one notable Democrat) leaders, the McCain campaign released both medical and financial reports.
Senator McCain released a 1100+ page medical report. The team of doctors report that McCain is “in excellent health and displays […]

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