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Monday, February 25, 2008

The Morning News

posted by on February 25 at 8:05 AM

Leading Polls: Clinton ahead by eight points in Ohio.

Dodging Bullets: Secret Service nickname “Renegade” not worried, but his friends are.

Extinguishing: Supreme Court denies case from tobacco firms.

Testing: Virgin Atlantic takes biofuel flight.

Selling: Visa to go public for over $15 billion.

Dying: Two oxygen tanks empty and defibrillator broken on American Airlines jet.

No Country for Old Men: The Oscar went to…

No Country for Gay Cops: Gay Jamaican officer flees for his life.

No Comfy for Drug Addicts: Work therapy was “like slavery.”

No Courtesy for Gay Couples: Denied portraits in church directory.

Shot: Two in Federal Way.

Found: Man dead in Renton alley.

Same Shit, Different President: “Raul has put old guard people in, but they will die at some point, and he will have a problem.”

Same Shit, Different Countries: Bombings in Pakistan and Iraq.

Soda Cop: Obama wants schools to “reexamine how easily they make soda available.”

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1

DH gets morning news duty two weeks in a row?

Posted by Mike in MO | February 25, 2008 8:46 AM
2

Clinton up by 8 points in Ohio?

Last poll, she was ahead by twenty, so wouldn't this really make her down by another 12?

Posted by NapoleonXIV | February 25, 2008 8:57 AM
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@2, yeah I read in Daily Kos how Clinton is DOWN to an 8 point lead.

Posted by Andrew | February 25, 2008 9:07 AM
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Thank God Michael Moore didn't get an Oscar for 'Sicko'!

Posted by raindrop | February 25, 2008 9:33 AM
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1 & 3, you're right that Clinton's lead has shrunk. But she's still leading, or "up" on Obama, by eight points, which is what I meant. Anyhow, I changed it to "ahead" to avoid ambiguity. Perhaps I needed more coffee this morning...

Posted by Dominic Holden | February 25, 2008 9:33 AM
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Don't read too much into the polls. Some of them don't include all likely voters, just Democrats. Both Ohio and Texas allow Independents and Republicans to vote across party lines.

Posted by FYI | February 25, 2008 9:53 AM
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Goldy's filling in for Dave Ross (9 to noon) on Kiro this week. I just heard him ripping on Hutch in the first hour.

Posted by Mike of Renton | February 25, 2008 9:57 AM
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EXACTLY @2! Exactly. Nice how that article is "spun" to formulate a position. LMFAO.

When she ran for the US Senate Seat in New York in 2000, she went around to every county promising jobs. She even boasted she would create 200,000 and promised to deliver them in 6 years.

I was curious so I checked Chuck Shumers website, and sure enough she delivered 32,000 jobs. Mind you she had 6 years to create these jobs which she promised to the people of New York.
Remember Hillary will do anything to win, first she was for the war in 2002, and now she is against the war. First she was for Bill Clintons NAFTA for years and now she is suddenly against it. She is an opportunist and in this economy we dont need anymore promises, just action.

I hear her mention appointing a trade prosecutor. Guess what folks that was not her idea, it was lifted from another US Senators website specifically Debbie Stabenow of Michigan

She is in bed with corporate America and they are her biggest donors. Dont expect changes from her, it just wont happen.

Every time I think of her thirty years experience claim, I remember the last two years in the White House. (Soap Opera) I wonder what would've happened if she had show her outrage "Shame on you, Bill. Shame on your" and then tossed the bum out. NO WOMN IN AMERICAN HISTORY has ever tossed out the President
That takes courage. The thing is, she didn't think she could win the presidency without him.. Poor girl

Everyday she remains in the election she drives a wedge through the party. They don't differ in any substantive sense from each other but she is unlikeable and polarizing. Everyday she remains is a bold statment that says "I'm more important than the party and its goals"

Who is she really trying to represent at this point?

Seriously?

Posted by Reality Check | February 25, 2008 10:04 AM
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Posted by ironymaiden | February 25, 2008 10:44 AM
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Get over yourself, Reality Check. She's a presidential candidate. She's not stealing your lunch money. This kind of random factoid "look at this!" post just looks petulant.

Posted by Fnarf | February 25, 2008 11:14 AM
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It must hurt to be down to an 8 point lead from a more than 20 point lead. Especially in traditional polling, which doesn't work anymore, since it concentrates on "likely voters" and this Election is all about the "unlikely voters" who turn out in masses that overwhelm the polls.

Gonna be close - she might make it.

Posted by Will in Seattle | February 25, 2008 11:30 AM
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But might make it isn't enough for her--she needs a blowout.

And those don't seem to be forthcoming.

Posted by NapoleonXIV | February 25, 2008 11:36 AM

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