Bill Clinton’s Secretary of Labor Criticizes HRC

Robert Reich has taken to Barack Obama’s defense in his personal blog, correcting falsities her campaign has been spreading in regards to his plan for Social Security: Obama wants to do it by lifting the cap on the percent of income subject to Social Security payroll taxes, which strikes me as sensible. That cap is [...]

Bill Clinton’s 1992 Presidential Campaign Manager Endorses……Obama

Bill Clinton’s campaign manager from his 1992 Presidential campaign, David Wilhelm, has decided to back Senator Barack Obama’s bid for the presidency. Wilhelm is currently a superdelegate and is a former chair of the Democratic National Committee. Clearly this demonstrates the huge change of momentum Obama’s way if someone who dedicated part of their life [...]

Hi, Big Brother: Senate passes bill to expand warantless wiretapping

The Senate voted Tuesday on a bill that would grant intelligence agencies permanent authority to conduct foreign intelligence without a warrant, as well as grant immunity for telecommunications companies that illegally cooperated with Bush after Sept. 11th by letting the National Security Agency eavesdrop without warrants on the international communications of Americans. Democratic opponents, led [...]

McCain Wins Three More but Fails to Silence Huckabee

John McCain cruised to another three victories in the Potomac primaries on Tuesday, further solidifying his role as the Republican front-runner. While Mike Huckabee briefly gave him a run for his money in Virginia, the final results for all three primaries strongly favor the Arizona senator. Regardless of the fact that it is almost mathematically [...]

Independents Vote Obama, Huckabee in Virginia

In a race where the prominent Republican and Democrat both strongly attract independents, tonight’s race in Virginia showed a large pull of these voters moving toward Barack Obama and away from John McCain. One-fifth of voters in both the Democratic and Republican primaries identified themselves as independent. They voted for Obama over Clinton 67 to [...]