« Poll: Hillary With Wide National Lead For Dems, Beats Rudy In General | Home | Obama Appears On Saturday Night Live »
Hillary Has Majority Of New Hampshire State Senate Dems
Long-time New Hampshire state Senator Lou D'Allesandro (D) has endorsed Hillary Clinton. With this endorsement Hillary now has the endorsement of eight out of 14 Democrats in the state Senate — a clear majority.
During the 2004 campaign, D'Allesandro supported John Edwards.
Advertisement















Eight out of 14 is a "clear majority"? Compared to what, 7 out out 14, which is precisely half?!!
What a shilling joke?
November 3, 2007 11:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Er... well, yes, having 1 more than half is a clear majority. Having half openly supporting her means that she might or might not have a majority. #8 makes the majority status 'clear'.
November 4, 2007 12:13 AM | Reply | Permalink
Campaign Diaries came out with its new detailed Senate rankings, so check it out as there has been much movement in the past month!
November 4, 2007 1:54 AM | Reply | Permalink
What is amazing is all the bloggers and columnists, Maureen Dowd today, criticizing Hillary, yet amongst the rank and file she steadily keeps moving ahead. Somebody likes her.
November 4, 2007 2:17 AM | Reply | Permalink
Words to avoid, according to some:
"Clear," "clearly." If it's clear, why say it's clear? How does a "clear" majority of 8/14 differ from a majority of 8/14?
Others have suggested, more intriguingly, to avoid using the word "very" as well. The theory is that is sounds overly insistent (a bit like clear/clearly), and thus drains the author of authority. For example, "a very large difference" can be simplified (and these people would say strengthened) by merely saying "a large difference."
November 4, 2007 7:09 AM | Reply | Permalink
Yawn, question for the day. How many hillary winning, victorious, kicking butt, taking no prisoners, unbeatable, etc., headlines can you fit on one page of this site? Anybody?
Any headlines about legit policy positions of her majesty over the last month? Oh, that's right ZERO, other than war and beating war drums.
Is there anybody else running? Why should they, she has it all wrapped up.
Signed, wacko, left-wing, pinko, commie, anti-american, naderite, uninformed, hillary-hater, leftie.
November 4, 2007 8:42 AM | Reply | Permalink
Gee, Michael, it's upsetting: TPM does such a good job of following the horse race aspects of this election.
Precisely what headline would you think was appropriate for this story? Oh, that's right, when Hillary is winning the story shouldn't be covered.
Once TPM decides to cover the horse race aspects of this election it is not bias to keep reporting that Hillary is winning. They do that because she IS winning and there would be just as many stories on Obama winning but he isn't.
Get a grip.
November 4, 2007 9:48 AM | Reply | Permalink
The presidential nominations are still up for grabs. The American people still have a choice, be it for the Democratic or Republican nominee, and, ultimately, for President.
It is high time that voters stop following the mainstream media and fundraising hype like lemmings over a cliff. If you support a candidate, donate to that candidate. Even if it is just a dollar.
If the media is sincere about endorsing candidates who truly have the support of voters, it will begin focusing on the number of contributors to a campaign, rather than the amount of the contributions.
If you agree with this concept and are familiar with Mike Huckabee's message, I urge you to take my challenge by visiting: www.abuckforhuck.com
Help me prove that we are the voice of America.
November 4, 2007 9:57 AM | Reply | Permalink
Ok, AJM, I agree to a certain extent. However, there was a poll last week that was reported as HILLARY WINNING, I think it was florida or va and actually she was trailing mr. 9/11, but she was beating the other dems in another category. Why wasn't the headline HILLARY TRAILING RUDY or something to that effect? Also, what about policy positions being compared between the candidates? They don't do any comparisons, because she doesn't have any with all the triple talk.
November 4, 2007 10:08 AM | Reply | Permalink
Shes the consensus of the GOP, the enabling establishment dems. Lets see if she is of the voters.
November 4, 2007 10:21 AM | Reply | Permalink
Michael wrote:
"They don't do any comparisons, because she doesn't have any with all the triple talk."
Michael, you sound to me like you are attempting to get all your information about my candidate from 30-second sound bites.
If you are interested in Senator Clinton's ten top priorities, how she plans on going about reaching her goals, and how she will pay for them, I highly recommend her VERY public website at www.hillaryclinton.com.
If you then agree with her ten priorities, how she plans on achieving them, and paying for them, I encourage you to vote for her.
If you instead agree with another candidate's ten top priorties, I encourage you to vote for him.
But to say that Hillary Clinton talks "triple talk" is Rightwing Slime Machine propaganda.
If you want the Rightwing Slime Machine to win the election in 2008, continue to spread their propaganda for them.
Otherwise...
www.hillaryclinton.com
for the FACTS.
Try it.
You'll like it.
November 4, 2007 10:52 AM | Reply | Permalink
Hillary's Gall
Mo Dowd
November 4, 2007 11:02 AM | Reply | Permalink
John McCutchen, do you have an actual point or do you just like cutting and pasting Mo Dowd's articles as if the rest of us are incapable of using the internets ourselves?
What's your point, Big Boy????
November 4, 2007 11:12 AM | Reply | Permalink
Jan, I hear that all the time, the "right-wing slime machine propoganda" and statements to that effect. Is that a Clinton II talking point? Otherwise, give me some references to right-winger's saying that all she does is "triple talk." I don't recall Lott, Newt, Rove, the king, any of the king's men or women, McConnell, any of the "family values" crowd, any of the repuke candidates, Fox entertainment, Roger Ailes, Britt "luddite" Hume, William "light-weight" Krisol, or any other leading repuke saying anything even close to what I said. All I hear them say is that she is going to be the dem nominee, she makes a tough candidate, she is the best dem, she gets the GWOT, she understands Iraq more than any of the other dem candidates, she is who the repukes will be facing, watch out she runs a great campaign. That sounds like the right-wing and clinton II propoganda and it's one in the same. Kind of makes you wonder doesn't it.
On her website, that's a waste. Facts, ha, ha, ha, ha. If I want fluff and generalities I'll go there. Otherwise, I guess I'll have to wait to 2012 to get any real information about your candidate. By then, it will be too late. I guess I just have to assume the worst.
November 4, 2007 11:18 AM | Reply | Permalink
Michael, re:
"On her website, that's a waste. Facts, ha, ha, ha, ha. If I want fluff and generalities I'll go there. Otherwise, I guess I'll have to wait to 2012 to get any real information about your candidate. By then, it will be too late. I guess I just have to assume the worst."
Ignorance must be bliss.
You choose to get your information from 60-second soundbites and 30-second ads. Good for you.
She has her ten top priorities posted on her website, how she plans to achieve them, and how she will pay for them.
Yeah, a real "waste"...
Just a bunch of "fluff"...
Feel free to assume the worst about Hillary Clinton. It's absolutely obvious that you already do.
I'm not here to change you.
I'm here to counter Rightwing Slime Machine propaganda that is posted as fact, rather than as the Rightwing Slime Machine propaganda that it is.
Peace.
November 4, 2007 11:56 AM | Reply | Permalink
I don't get my facts from 30 second sound bites. In fact, I do not watch television. I read and I study. Clinton's web site is not only fluff, but a significant percentage of dishonest fluff. I learned that by taking every claim in every sentence on her website and searching for whatever facts did or did not exist behind the fluff.
That study took me long days last spring, and I have stored my dozens of pages of notes. What took the longest was trying to pin down certain claims on her website, claims presented in vague 'generalities', of legislative initiatives attributed to Clinton. Turned out Senator Clinton has dishonestly taken credit for the work of others. I was and remain furious about wasting my time on that official site. But, having done so exactly is why I am not trusting her or her supporters to do anything beyond offer more fluff.
So, any Hillary supporter who tells us to go to that website, beware. That is a Hillary supporter who hasn't done their own due diligence, and who only wants you to wear blinders and rely on fluffy generalities as they themselves have done.
November 4, 2007 12:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
Jan
The point is the Gall...Read the column and you'll find out
This entire site is nothing but a Clinton Scam for the Herd
Do you bleat for Hillary?
November 4, 2007 1:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
To put a finer point on it Jan...Read today's newspapers. The US foreign policy, thanks in no small measure to Hillary Clinton, is in full collapse from Waziristan (on her nuke target list) to the Mediterranean.
Why? Because she triangulated a war of aggression for four years until she went for the do-over and then again on Iran...
That's what is known as "Experience" (blah.bleat ba ba in Hillary Hurdu)
Meanwhile, Sargent and Kleefeld parade the Clinton Hackocracy as if it really meant something
Jan you get? Got it? Good for you Jan
November 4, 2007 1:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is the Democratic Wing of the Vast Clinton Slime Machine, Jan
Signing off
For now
Whine on
Bleat on
Cause you ain't seen nothing yet
November 4, 2007 1:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
John, I don't know what site you think you are on if you believe that all that empty name calling is going to be effective.
Michael, Fair catch on the Florida headline.
If the media kept more of a focus on policy and character it might help voters get more useful information.
However, as a practical matter, candidates who releases details presents a lot of targets to their opponents while
a glowing generality often sells. Reagan's Morning in America is a horrible case in point -- vacuouss but effective.
In the Iowa caucuses voters get the chance to move to their second choice candidate if their first can't make it. There is no such mechanism in an election but reporting on the horse race factors allows the voters to do it themselves. As in 'Oh dear, my favorite candidate is going no where so I have to vote for my second choice or that terrible other guy will be elected.'
November 4, 2007 2:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
John, you are a very poor loser.
November 4, 2007 2:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
While we're on the subject, its worth noting that John Edwards has the most state legislative endorsements in Nevada, with 8.
November 4, 2007 3:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
I hope the people of NYC are getting a good look at who they elected for so many years. I dont see how such a fascist like Rudy can get elected in NYC. Guess the same way Romney was elected as the gov of Mass. I hope the dems will finally get out next year & vote or take advantage of the absentee option for a change. The repubs are by far a minority, but, they vote! If they win elections, it's because non-repub's let them!
November 4, 2007 4:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
Girlfriend has a bad week
And Sargent Kleefeld trots out the Inevitabilty Campaign
Quel Surprise!
And here's another
November 4, 2007 7:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
AJM
If the name calling were empty, you wouldn't have responded
Again....Clinton and her gaggle of supporters are trying to give the party the bums rush and expect all of us to fall in line like sheep lest we be branded "slime ball conservatives" (was it?)
November 4, 2007 7:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
PS
What site is this?
Oh yeah TPElectHillaryCentral
November 4, 2007 7:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
What's wrong with polls? It's just the betting before the race, right? Wrong. The media uses the numbers to determine coverage. Coverage equals votes. Unless a poll can prove it's above the money involved in presidential elections, it should be ignored.
November 4, 2007 9:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
Still waiting Jan, point me to those right-wing slime machine quotes. Give me some quotes from fox entertainment all the way to trent lott that they say clinton II triple talks or double talks even. You can look and look and I know you won't find a one. Right wing slime machine my a**, more like clinton II propoganda at its finest.
November 4, 2007 10:03 PM | Reply | Permalink