Der Spiegel: Deutschland Obamaland ist !

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Wednesday June 11, 2008 · 5:05 PM PDT

2008/06/11 · 17:05

In a wonderful new article (in English) Spiegel talks about how there is a concensus for Obama among the left and right in Germany and how Germany's influential conservative foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has become has become a huge Obama promoter after a 15-minute telephone conversation with Barack which impressed Steinmeier that Obama is extremely concerned and educated about foreign affairs.

But the foreign minister hasn't been alone in his admiration for the candidate -- Berlin has been teeming with Obamamania for weeks now. Even conservatives are taken by the Democrat. After the Bush era, Chancellor Angela Merkel of the conservative Christian Democrats can easily imagine working together with a liberal Democrat in the White House. And Norbert Röttgen, chief whip for the Christian Democrats in parliament, sees Obama as the messenger of a new wave of politics that could also provide a model for Germany.

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Monday June 09, 2008 · 5:44 PM PDT

2008/06/09 · 17:44

The New Republic has started a series of VP articles after an initial article on why HCR's not gonna happen. The first is on often controversial and seldom understood Jim Webb. The Washington Post article during the Virgina senate race on the paradox he is has been one of the better articles but never captured the essence of Webb as we have come to know him. As proud of being a white man as Obama is of being a black man, Webb is prone to hyperbole that makes people think he is more aggressive than he is.

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Webb as VP?

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Webb as VP?

too controversial

33 votes

our toughest fighter

66 votes

An Obama/Clinton/Clinton Ticket is Unacceptable

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Tuesday June 03, 2008 · 9:05 PM PDT

2008/06/03 · 21:05

With few good insights other than into the minds and schemes of the Clintons, Dick Morris offers a clear reason why an Obama/Clinton team would be certain to fail in November.

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Are the Clintons seeking a co-presidency?

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Are the Clintons seeking a co-presidency?

yes

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Best Political Commercial Ever? Thx moveon.org

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Monday June 02, 2008 · 6:08 PM PDT

2008/06/02 · 18:08

After months of blah blah blah commercials the folks at moveon.org have come up with the cheeriest jingle satirizing McSame. Tip of the hat to the originator (I think this was a volunteer from a contest). The commercial is blanketing CNN and MSNBC now and I immediately went on line and threw another $25 at moveon (I give $25 per week to O's campaign already).

Satire is the best form of ridicule and if McSame goes down heavily it will be because he's too much like Bush.

Unfortunately this is my first attempt at embedding youtube. Thanks so much to ek hornbeck for instructions on how to embed youtube.

If the embed doesn't work hopefully someone can embed the mccain bush cousins video from youtube in a comment. Otherwise I've also posted the link.

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More commercials like this?

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More commercials like this?

yes

44 votes

no, too satirical, GOP might come back at us with same

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Shia Factions Uniting Against US Occupation

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Saturday May 31, 2008 · 4:52 PM PDT

2008/05/31 · 16:52

In a remarkable turn of events not only Sadr but now Hakim and even Sistani have come out against Iraqi government authorization for US forces to stay in Iraq past the end of this year when UN authorization ends. This is a blow to the US as Hakim has always been considered a US ally and Sistani has always stayed away from any position.

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Friday May 30, 2008 · 10:12 AM PDT

2008/05/30 · 10:12

Maurice Ferre, former mayor of Miami has a good article in today's Miami Herald on the importance of the Puerto Rican vote in Florida.

(Of course there are many Puerto Ricans in other states, especially New York, but those other states tend to be overwhelmingly blue).

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Tuesday May 27, 2008 · 7:55 PM PDT

2008/05/27 · 19:55

As Gomer Pyle said: SURPRISE, SURPRISE !

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Monday May 26, 2008 · 7:04 PM PDT

2008/05/26 · 19:04

Last year there was a lot of talk that Clinton might forgo the presidential race and instead concentrate on replacing Harry Reid as Senate majority leader. Now it seems she has created so many enemies in the Senate during the primaries that those chances are null. With the famous Clinton trait of holding grudges, it's likely that her future in the Senate will be hindered by bad feelings with the likes of Dodd, Durbin, McCaskill, and many others. As 36th-ranking Democratic Senator out of 49 and no important chairmanship, she may find herself on the short end of those grudge matches.

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An Obama/Clinton/Clinton Ticket is Unacceptable

Best Political Commercial Ever? Thx moveon.org

Shia Factions Uniting Against US Occupation

Puerto Rico Critical--(To Florida)

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell Goes Down

Is Clinton Burning Her Bridges in the Senate ?