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An instant guide to the contretemps:
In the beginning, Obama opposed the war (and was correct). Hillary favored it (and wasn’t).
In the Republican Senate, Hillary and Obama had the exact same positions–both favored funding the troops, both favored the Levin-Reed inexact withdrawal plan and opposed the Kerry firm withdrawal date.
In …
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Today on the trail is a rundown of notable campaign events. It is pieced together by the Swampland Intern, who wishes everyone would be quiet.
Bill Clinton headlines a South Carolina NAACP fundraiser, while Hillary visits New Orleans’ Ninth Ward.
Barack Obama hosts a townhall in Rye, NH, then attends a meeting of the New Hampshire …
Sam Brownback has now joined Hillary Clinton in calling upon Iran to release Dr. Haleh Esfandiari, director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Background on her case, the latest developments and links to several online petitions available here.
In President Bush’s news conference today, he cited security concerns in dodging a question on the former Deputy AG’s dramatic showdown-at-the-hospital account:
PRESIDENT BUSH: Kelly, there’s a lot of speculation about what happened and what didn’t happen; I’m not going to talk about it. It’s a very sensitive program. I will tell you
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Eric Pooley’s exceedingly good profile of Al Gore, as well an excerpt from the not-a-candidate’s new book.
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In which the Republican debate is discussed.
Both TNR’s The Plank and Wonkette have comment threads devoted to suggesting alternative — and more appropriate — choices for Clinton’s “Choose Our Campaign Theme Song” poll. The official choices include Dixie Chicks, Jesus Jones, and the Smash Mouth cover of “I’m a Believer.” (Between this and the text-messaging gimmick she announced …
The missing sidebar to Karen’s cover story on the Mittster.
Today on the Trail is a listing of notable campaign events. It is digested and reconstituted by the Swampland Intern.
Today’s busiest candidate is John McCain, who’s combining his daughter’s graduation from Columbia University with a fundraising spree that ranges from a low-dollar “Young Professionals” event — co-hosted with …
Peter Swire at Think Progress finds some 2006 Gonzales testimony regarding the NSA wiretap program that’s looking a tad, um, inconvenient at the moment:
GONZALES: Senator, here is a response that I feel that I can give with respect to recent speculation or stories about disagreements. There has not been any serious disagreement,
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Why do I have the feeling that all those pundits who swooned over Giuliani’s ferret moment last night (with Ron Paul, fittingly, in the role of the ferret) will wake up sometime this afternoon and hurriedly search for their high heels and party dress, hoping to slink unnoticed past the RA’s room before someone catches them? Sure, it was …
Today on the Trail is a compendium of notable campaign events. It is pulled together by the faceless Swampland Intern in exchange for scraps of bread.
Almost-candidate Chuck Hagel discusses “America’s Role In The World” at the Center for National Policy in Washington.
Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards & Bill Richardson meet …
