ELECTION 2008

"Notes From the Cracked Ceiling: Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, and What It Will Take for a Woman to Win" (Crown, 288 pages, $25), by Anne E. Kornblut: If you thought the 2008 election was a triumph in the cause of getting a woman closer to the White House, political reporter Anne E. Kornblut begs to differ. In her retrospective "Notes From the Cracked Ceiling: Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, and What It Will Take for a Woman to Win," Kornblut...  

At the end of the 21st century’s first decade, Americans have decided on the women they admire the most — and their picks might surprise some. (Although probably not if they’re looking at these photos.) One is a woman who once lived in the White House — Hillary Rodham Clinton. And the other is a woman [...]  

Even better, Michelle Obama is a distant fourth (behind Oprah).... WASHINGTON — President Obama is the man Americans admired most in 2009, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, while Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and former Alaska ...  

Dems Move To Sack SuperdelegatesDemocrats are moving to eliminate from the party's national convention the superdelegates, the elected officials and party leaders whose role in the presidential nominating process came under intense scrutiny in last year’s closely-contested primary. Those superdelegates provided, for a time, a lifeline to then-Sen. Hillary Clinton's flagging campaign, and the effective end of their independent role would be a...  

President Obama is the man Americans admired most in 2009, according to a USA TODAY/Gallup poll. Obama was picked by 30 percent of those polled, and former President Bush was second with 4 percent. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was the most-admired woman, edging former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin 16 to 15 percent. Other top [...]  

Martha White has a very odd column about Arianna Huffington's attempted boycott of the big four banks. Her math is simple: the four banks have $209 billion between them in transaction deposits, and the average American bank account has $4,000 in it, which means that in order to reduce the deposit base by 5%, or $10.5 billion, a whopping 2.6 million Americans would need to go through the hassle of changing banks. But White here is missing the...  

New York Daily NewsMichelle Obama not most admired woman -- even among DemocratsWashington Examiner (blog)Talk show host Oprah Winfrey is third, with eight percent, and First Lady Michelle Obama is fourth, named by seven percent. Gallup says Mrs. Clinton has ...Most favorable: Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton win out over presidentCNNHillary Clinton is the most admired woman of 2009 - but Sarah Palin's not far ...New York Daily NewsGallup...  

A senior adviser to former North Carolina senator John Edwards approached representatives for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in an effort to secure a vice presidential nomination during the 2008 election, according to a new book by Obama’s campaign manager David Plouffe.  

As it stands now, Hillary Clinton has a slight lead in delegates over Barack Obama with each hovering around 1100 each. The democrats award delegates on a proportional basis to the percentage of votes they get in each state and it takes ...  

This is delicious. Why? I can’t forget how annoyed Hillary Clinton’s supporters were with then-DNC chairman Howard Dean during the 2008 Democratic primaries, blaming Dean for mis-handling the controversy over Michigan and Florida delegates.  Dean’s refusal to count these delegates (along with thinly-veiled threats to Mrs. Clinton that she should drop out of the race) then-candidate — [...]  

During President Obama’s speech in Allentown, PA today he scratched his head with his extended middle finger as he named the mayor of Bethlehem, PA. John Callahan supported Hillary Clinton during the Democratic primary. source:breitbart", posted with vodpod Posted in NObama Tagged: Hillary Clinton, Video  

New York Daily NewsRepublicans could make electoral history in New YorkWashington Examiner (blog)Hillary Clinton, elected in 2000 and reelected in 2006, resigned in 2009 to become secretary of state. In contrast, seven of the eight Republican senators ...Next decision for Giuliani: A run for Senate?Newsday (subscription)Is Giuliani Planning a Senate Run?CityfileRudy Time, Again?FOXNewsABC News -Wonkette (satire) (blog) -Newsweekall 571 news...  

Maybe I got it wrong. During the presidential campaign I wrote columns blasting Sen. John McCain for siding with the big bankers on deregulation, citing...  

After 10 years, Tavis Smiley is ending his annual State of the Black Union conference, which spawned best-selling books and his critical stance toward Barack Obama.  

Four Dems, all pulling the plug on their campaigns, offer a glimpse at election year ahead.