Posted on Sat Aug 02, 2008 at 12:55:07 PM EST
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I love Survey USA's poll reporting. They provide you the demographic breakdown to REALLY analyze their poll. In today's Missouri poll, SUSA has MCCain up 5. But getting into the numbers is always the fun part of a SUSA poll.
Here are the basics, McCain wins men 53-41 (49% of the electorate), Obama wins women 48-45 (51%). McCain wins whites 53-39, with 7% undecided (86% of the electorate), Obama wins A-As 88-10 (11% of the electorate.
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For seven years, the identity of the person who mailed letters contaminated with anthrax has been a mystery. The FBI, once quite certain that Steven Hatfill was the culprit, eventually expressed regret at ruining an innocent man's life with its false accusations. Now the FBI has decided that Army scientist Bruce Ivins was the guilty party. Ivins' apparent suicide conveniently allows the FBI to close its investigation without being bothered to prove that he was any more guilty than Hatfill.
The FBI views the suicide as a confession. In the absence of a suicide note that actually admits the crime, that assertion is speculative. Ivins' lawyer points out that people who are dogged with life-ruining accusations, true or false, might lose the will to live.
Tom Daschle correctly argues that the public deserves to know whether the evidence against Ivins was compelling. If not, the true criminal may still be at large. [more ...]
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John McCain's approach to crime:
Asked what he would do about crime, Mr. McCain pointed to Rudolph W. Giuliani’s success lowering crime in New York City.
You'll recall that the Giuliani approach sacrificed civil liberties for "safe streets" and encouraged the NYPD to engage in misconduct and brutality. New York City residents who were homeless, particularly those who tried to make a living by washing windshields with squeegees, were endlessly harassed so that more affluent residents could have a better "quality of life" (i.e., a life that didn't expose them to the less fortunate). Giuliani is not a model we should want anyone to emulate. [more ...]
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Posted on Sat Aug 02, 2008 at 11:39:07 AM EST
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Your turn.
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Posted on Sat Aug 02, 2008 at 08:40:26 AM EST
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Barack Obama is having a press conference this morning and it is being dominated by questions about the 'race card.' That makes it a good press conference for McCain. The big hook for McCain is the fact that Obama supporters disgracefully smeared Bill and Hillary Clinton during the Democratic primaries. The McCain riposte to pushback from Obama supporters is "that's what you said about Bill and Hillary Clinton." Take Bob Herbert for instance. Today he writes:
John McCain didn’t appreciate them. RACE CARD! RACE CARD! The McCain camp started bellowing, and it hasn’t stopped since. With great glee bursting through their feigned outrage, the campaign’s operatives and the candidate himself accused Senator Obama of introducing race into the campaign — playing the race card, as they put it, from the very bottom of the deck. . . . Senator McCain is the head of a party that has viciously exploited race for political gain for decades. He’s obviously more than willing to continue that nauseating tradition.
Here's the problem -- Bob Herbert spent the entire Democratic primary accusing Bill and Hillary Clinton of having no class, being persons without scruples and of playing the race card. He is now disqualified from pushing back against John McCain's race baiting and disgraceful campaign. Indeed, McCain welcomes a blast from Bob Herbert. Why? Because he can quote what Herbert wrote and said about Bill and Hillary Clinton. More . . .
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Lollapalooza opened today in Chicago, the biggest one yet. The Chicago Tribune will be live-blogging it all weekend. Here's the lineup.
Will Sen. Barack Obama make an appearance? He's nuts if he doesn't. Rather than pitching them on his candidacy, since most probably already support him, he ought to welcome them to his home town and use the opportunity to encourage them to register to vote. And reach out and text a friend with the same message.
Three-day attendance is expected to top 200,000 for the first time since Lolla made its Grant Park debut in 2005.
8 stages,120 bands, 700 journalists and record high heat. Last year, we were all at Yearly Kos in Chicago when Lollapalooza kicked off. Too hot with too much humidity for me, but I can see why it's such a big deal.
Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine,Wilco, Kanye West and Nine Inch Nails seem to be among the more well-known groups. The clip above is Radiohead's House of Cards.
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Via Digby, all three Bush men, George I, GW and Jeb got on the phone today to call Rush Limbaugh and congratulate him on the 20th anniversary of his show and his "excellent and important broadcasting." The transcript is here. At one point, Bush I, who didn't realize they were on the air, says to Rush,
Do you see our man Ailes at all?
Another open thread.
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Update: Sitemeter is causing blogs to crash in Internet Explorer 7. Try using Firefox or Safari, it works fine in those.
Update: Skippy is having different problems, blogger has blocked his site as spam. For those of you looking for his site, it's temporarily here at Skippy, Jr.
As an aside, Facebook disabled TalkLeft's page, it's now two days and no explanation. Sometimes the internets just suck.
Update: Susie at Suburban Guerilla is laid off and needs 3 operations and her insurance is running out. If you can send a few bucks her way, that would be great.
It's hot in Denver...104 degrees today. Too hot to even search for a unique summer song. Summer in the City, Heat Wave, even Boys of Summer, I'm tired of them.
Here's Bryan Adams and The Summer of '69...at least it rocks.
This is an open thread.
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Posted on Fri Aug 01, 2008 at 06:58:25 PM EST
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The judge in the Jena 6 case has been removed due to inappropriate comments about the arrested teens.
Judge J.P. Mauffray Jr. had acknowledged calling the teens "trouble makers" and "a violent bunch" but insisted he could be impartial. Defense attorneys disagreed and asked that he be removed. Judge Thomas M. Yeager, who was appointed by the state Supreme Court to decide whether Mauffray should be taken off the case, found there was an appearance of impropriety.
"The right to a fair and impartial judge is of particular importance in the present cases," Yeager wrote.
Where the case stands now: [more...]
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Posted on Fri Aug 01, 2008 at 04:33:22 PM EST
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Emily's List has just sent out a press release announcing that on August 26th at 2pm it will hold a gala reception at the The Sheraton Denver Hotel, 1550 Court Place in Denver, featuring Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and "Special Guest" Michelle Obama.
You can get a ticket here for as little as $50.
This will be one of the highlights of the week for me and I'll be there live-blogging the event
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Posted on Fri Aug 01, 2008 at 04:00:49 PM EST
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The DNC Platform Committee is meeting this weekend in Cleveland.
The sessions begin Friday afternoon when policy experts suggest planks for the Democratic platform. On Saturday party leaders will hear comments from the public and then will turn their attention to writing a draft platform.
The draft goes before the full platform committee Aug. 9 in Pittsburgh....The platform is expected to closely reflect Obama's views.
In 2004,John Kerry insisted on removing support for the death penalty from the platform. It was the first time since the 1980's that the Democratic platform did not contain an endorsement of the death penalty. Will Obama keep it out or put it back in?
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Posted on Fri Aug 01, 2008 at 03:16:08 PM EST
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There are public accounts that Hillary Clinton will speak the second night (Tuesday night, August 26) of the Democratic National Convention. It is unknown if Bill Clinton will speak, but if he does it no doubt would be Monday night, August 25. Thursday night, Barack Obama will deliver his speech accepting the Democratic nomination from Invesco Field before 75,000. One of the previous nights there will be a so called "keynote" address.
On Wednesday night, August 27, the Democratic nominee for Vice President will speak. What a tough spot. To have to speak the night after Hillary Clinton speaks and the night before Barack Obama speaks? This is the occasion when the Vice Presidential nominee will be introduced to the country. How can the Vice Presidential nominee deliver under such circumstances?
Not a spot to envy in my opinion.
By Big Tent Democrat, speaking for me only
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