Hillary Spends Freely When It Is Not Her Money
Nov 7, 2006 Political
Hillary Clinton is positioning herself for a run at the White House. She has amassed a great deal of money though she is virtually unopposed in her home adopted state of New York. It is obvious that she is building up a war chest for the 2008 fight. What is amazing is that she outspent all Democrats, many of whom are actually in tight races.
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has spent more money in the midterm election cycle than any other politician running for office this year, campaign finance records show, investing more than twice as much as most candidates in tight races across the country.
To secure her Democratic re-election bid in New York, Mrs. Clinton spent $29.5 million through the middle of October, according to the Federal Election Commission, suggesting that she may have her sights on a future national campaign. While much of the amount is devoted to television advertising, it is the bills for catering, flowers and photography that elevated her tally far above other Senate candidates’. The New York Times
There are two dynamics in play here. Conventional wisdom indicates that she spent all that money to ensure a landslide thus following the George Bush model of winning. It would appear that Hillary agrees with at least one thing that George Bush has done.
The other thing, and the way I view it, is that she is a typical Democrat and spends money that is not hers like she is a drunken sailor on shore leave in the Philippines. Now this is not to say that all politicians are not basically the same. They spend OUR money with no regard for fiscal responsibility. Clinton likes to portray herself as some sort of moderate when in fact she is a typical Democrat. If she makes it she will push an agenda that calls for higher taxes and more spending and as long as she does not have to foot the bill it will mean absolutely nothing to her.
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News You’ll Hardly See Mentioned
Nov 7, 2006 Political
Here are some stories that you won’t see get a lot of air time.
Did you know it is more dangerous in US suburbs than in Iraq?
“It is much worse in Miami than it is in Baghdad,” Gittoes said in Sydney today.
“There is a sense of people with guns, drug dealers lairing at you … and being there, I knew I was in a war zone.”
Pelosi says only way Republicans can win is to cheat
Pelosi cautioned that the number of Democratic House victories could be higher or lower and said her greatest concern is over the integrity of the count — from the reliability of electronic voting machines to her worries that Republicans will try to manipulate the outcome.
“That is the only variable in this,” Pelosi said. “Will we have an honest count?”
October temperatures at or below normal. How is that for global warming?
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Let’s Send Them Diving Under Their Beds
Nov 7, 2006 Political
The New York Times has a piece about what would happen to Democrats should they fail to take control of the House and/or Senate:
“Two years ago, winning 14 seats in the House would have been a pipe dream,†said Matt Bennett, a founder of Third Way, a moderate Democratic organization. Now, Mr. Bennett said, failure to win the House, even by one seat, would send Democrats diving under their beds (not to mention what it might do to all the pundits).
“It would be crushing,†he said. “It would be extremely difficult.â€
Mr. Cook put it more succinctly. “I think you’d see a Jim Jones situation — it would be a mass suicide,†he said.
Now is the time to get out and vote. We need to retain control of the House and Senate and send the Democrats and their pundits running for cover. Retention of both chambers would be a fatal blow to the Democrats and that means we need to strike that blow now.
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A Must Read
Nov 6, 2006 Political
Rarely do I come across an item that I feel is a must read. I come across a lot of things that are a good idea to read (like my blog entries so read them) but I have to say that this piece is one of, if not the best items I have read. It is rather long and takes a bit of time to get through but it is worth every moment it takes to read it.
Please go here and read this article. It lays out things so clearly that it makes one wonder why Democrats can not see this. I wish I could have put it so eloquently.
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