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I Am a Strange Loop
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I Am America (and So Can You!)
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The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End
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by James Risen


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Larry Johnson's review


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Wait a minute. Murphy's wife switched parties to vote IN THE PRIMARY for Obama. But, she plans on switching back? Um, when? For the General? Or after? This really bothers me and I'd like to get an answer. Is Mrs. Murphy a Democrat this month or this year?
by sjct on Sat Apr 5th, 2008 at 07:48:02 PM EST
I honestly think that they play off her Republican roots as a kind of schtick to prove how non-ideological he is.  It plays in the district.
by BooMan on Sat Apr 5th, 2008 at 07:55:35 PM EST
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PA is a closed primary state...so she needs to switch for the primary.  She can vote for anyone she wants after the primary regardless of what her registration says, but she has to switch now to make sure Obama is the nominee if she wants to vote for him in the general as an Obamacan.

I'm pretty sure she votes Dem for her congressperson anyway, regardless of her chosen voter registration.  :)

by CabinGirl on Sat Apr 5th, 2008 at 08:09:42 PM EST
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In a not so glowing article in The Sunday Times, UK,

Rapid rise of Hillary's fortune Congressman Patrick Murphy is quoted:

It's a must read... Air Force Two?

Excerpts

THE meteoric rise of the Clintons to the ranks of America's wealthiest families has presented a challenge to Hillary Clinton's presidential ambitions at a critical stage in the battle for the Democratic nomination.

[.]

The former president reeled in at least $12.6m - and a possible further $2.7m last year - from a business partnership with his friend Ron Burkle, the supermarket magnate and financier. Bill Clinton has his own room in Burkle's mansion in Los Angeles and travels so frequently on Burkle's private jet that he jokingly calls it Air Force Two.

[.]

The Clinton campaign claimed that more than $10m of the earnings had been donated to charity, but the huge sum still raises more questions than it answers.

The bulk of the cash went to the Clinton Family Foundation and served as a tax write-off. The foundation has distributed only half its money - and most of that was after Hillary Clinton began running for president last year.

[.]

ED:another whopper

Clinton told a convention of Democrats in North Dakota when her tax forms were made public: "Don't get me wrong, I have absolutely nothing against rich people. As a matter of fact my husband, much to my surprise and his, has made a lot of money since he left the White House by doing what he loves most - talking to people."

[.]

Defeat in the Pennsylvania primary would administer a seismic shock to Clinton's campaign and send superdelegates - the party leaders who hold the casting vote at the Democratic national convention this summer - racing to crown Obama as the victor.

"If she loses, the race is over," said Tad Devine, a senior Democratic strategist.

Congressman Patrick Murphy, an Iraq war veteran and chairman of Obama's campaign in Pennsylvania, said a narrow loss to Clinton would count as a victory: If he keeps her lead down to single digits, it's a win, given that the Clinton people have proudly told people they will win by 20 points."

(highlights added)

Yeah Hillary is surprised.

Imho, HRC campaign will find it difficult going forward to fund raise. The couple, as the article notes, is now among the 14,500 richest families in the country.

Truly from rags to riches, selling influence.

A business with a brand. No business expenses to meet. No inventory, - the product is sleaze.

Need to shower anyone?  I do.

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

by idredit on Sat Apr 5th, 2008 at 08:57:08 PM EST
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