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Please note retitles, otherwise article is as published 8/18/08.

Regarding the FEC Status Reports for Presidential Candidates and PAC’s, Due August 20th, 2008.

How to Find Obama’s Contributions and Contributors

In her article, (Must read!) about the Clinton emails, which were published in the Atlantic Monthly, BlueLyon said something with which I wholeheartedly agree:

[“It was always best, we were told, to go to the original witness or document for source material.  Furthermore, leaving out key parts of a document, just to further an ideological point of view reduces a journalist’s credibility, so Don’t Do It.”]

If original source material is the gold standard of reference material, it follows that when it comes to reporting the monthly expenditures for Candidates we should go to the original source. What is that?

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Thoughts on the Announcement of Clinton’s Name in Nomination

Some of us are going to be satisfied with Senator Clinton’s name being placed on the nominating roll call. For them, simply allowing the honor of her name on the cover for history’s sake will be enough. Others aren’t. You can find both views expressed in the following article: (more…)

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I don’t think Senator Obama’s determination to text message his VP decision to all who sign up can be tossed off as just a gimmick in the normal sense. It is a gimmick, but it has cache, white lighter mysticism and techno-nerd groove all rolled into one. (more…)

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Remember all the “fun”, we had this year, wondering, wondering? Just in case you forgot, the City Edition has a great synopsis on many things labeled Obama: (more…)

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Caucus Away!

You know they tried. Here is the Iowa Independent’s View. What is the next step? We don’t want to wait for no stinkin’ Rules Committee! (more…)

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“No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.”

– MACHIAVELLI

 2004 was a tragic year, for it was the year that the DNC Civil War started. Having been in the wilderness for years, the bridgehead was not reached, and ashen despair marked the brow of the Liberals. It was the year that the Liberals followed the Muse over to the dark side. Rather than fight Machiavelli, they added him to their email list. Rather than fight the Republicans, they decided to dump the whole shebang and throw everyone under the bus. In a effort to prevent the final death, they let the Great Bat in at night. (more…)

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What a way to approach the huge Farm Bill issue in advance of a convention in Denver! Maybe Chicagoans don’t understand the interconnectedness of environmental issues in the West.  Of course voting records are known! Tom Harkin’s ethanol bid, Obama’s backing of the corn states is naturally going to rub against up against the Rockies, and all points west. (more…)

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UPDATE

The Denver Post had an article about The Denver Group. Heidi Li posted it. Send 5 bucks today:

Saturday, August 9, 2008

The Denver Post covers The Denver Group

http://thedenvergroup.blogspot.com/2008/08/denver-post-covers-denver-group.html

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Although I had a dental appointment and missed it, it appears from Hillary’s website that a fine light, but strictly scripted web chat was had. Any public chat is not going to produce the words that most PUMAs would love to hear. We can’t know the details or what is really going on in “negotiations” in preparation for the Convention. (more…)

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Clinton Supporters Await Her Thursday Chat

Lynn Sweet

The scoop from Washington

Obama, Clinton teams joint “working together” statement issued as her convention role remains unresolved.

By Lynn Sweet on August 6, 2008 7:42 PM

A decision has still not been made whether Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s name will be placed in nomination at the Democratic convention.

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