Hillary’s power lust and Dollar Diplomacy

    Secretary of State James Madison was President Thomas Jefferson’s chief advisor and stategist; his biggest effort as secretary was, of course, overseeing the negotiations and ratification of the Lousiana Purchase from Emperor Napoleon’s France in 1803. The man’s memory will have nothing on Hillary. According to the partisan New York Times, Hillary is already setting herself up to be the most powerful State secretary in | Read More »

    A Show of Unity behind Barack Obama?

    Does anyone have an over/under for the duration of any riots in Denver next week? That political party, the Dem one, is not united and excited. The Miami Herald ran a story today by Beth Reinhard: Clinton stumps for Obama in South Florida. It deals with Hillary talking to 1,000 senior voters who in a town north of Miami who, it is reported, hate President | Read More »

    Hillary to get her roll call in Denver!

    In Denver, the Democrats will place the name of Hillary Rodham Clinton in contention for the Dem nomination. The State delegations will vote for either her or for Obama. Obama is slated to win. What’s in this for Hillary? The same thing that was in it for Ronald Reagan in ’76. Reagan did the ballot thing in Kansas City, 1976, and he made himself the | Read More »

    Hillary still has an “opponent” for the Dem nomination

    Last week, Hillary was in California telling her supporters that while she supports her opponent, Barack Obama, and is aware that he has secured her party’s nomination, she is going to demand that her delegates be permitted to vote for her in Denver. “I happen to believe that we will come out stronger if people feel that their voices were heard and their views respected. | Read More »