Okay, clearly team Obama needs to work on the 65% of the people who think McCain has more "knowledge of world affairs."

For crying out loud, this is a man who doesn't understand the basic religious dynamics that are fueling much of the political infighting and actual violence in Iraq.

Here's a man who seems perfectly comfortable starting another war in Iran.

And what exactly does he know about Russia? China? India? Even Europe for pete's sake.

Posted at May 13, 2008 8:38 AM in response to ABC/WaPo Poll: Obama Ahead Of McCain

Louisville, who exactly do you think is going to be at the convention? It's going to be pledged delegates, super delegates and add-on delegates. So at some point, whether they make an official endorsement now, or wait and surprise us all in August, the super delegates are going to have a vote and their vote would be required by both candidates, since neither of them have enough pledged delegate to fully put them over the top. One simply has more than the other and so that gives him greater legitimacy.

Posted at May 7, 2008 3:44 PM in response to Paper That Endorsed Hillary Calls On Her To Exit Race

So will that 22% & 26% hold their noses and vote McCain in November or will they just stay home?

Posted at May 7, 2008 12:53 AM in response to Many anti-McCain votes in Republican Primaries tonight

These were fliers being delivered to the public, so yes they count as "general public political advertising." The only advertising that the FEC exempts from this description are internet ads.

The only items that do not require a disclaimer are:

situations where a disclaimer notice cannot be conveniently printed, the notice is not required. This provision affects items such as pens, bumper stickers, campaign pins, campaign buttons and similar small items. Further, a disclaimer notice is not required for communications using skywriting, clothing, water towers or other forms of advertisement where it would be impracticable to display the disclaimer notice.

You need to work on your reading comprehension skills.

Posted at May 5, 2008 10:20 PM in response to Labor War: Change To Win Hammers AFSCME For "Lying" In "Deplorable" Pro-Hillary Leaflet

According to the FEC website, this sounds like a violation of the law.

A disclaimer is required on any political communication.

As defined in FEC regulations, the term "public communication" includes:

* Broadcast, cable or satellite transmission;
* Newspaper;
* Magazine;
* Outdoor advertising facility (e.g., billboard);
* Mass mailing (defined as more than 500 pieces of mail matter of an identical or substantially similar nature within any 30-day period);
* Telephone banks (defined as more than 500 telephone calls of an identical or substantially similar nature within any 30-day period); or
* Any other general public political advertising. General public political advertising does not include Internet ads, except for communications placed for a fee on another person’s web site

And on messages not authorized by the candidate the disclaimer must read:

On a public communication that is not authorized by a candidate or his/her campaign committee, the disclaimer notice must identify who paid for the message, state that it was not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee and list the permanent street address, telephone number or World Wide Web address of the person who paid for the communication. 11 CFR 110.11(b)(3).

Example: "Paid for by the QRS Committee (www.QRScommittee.org) and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee."

Posted at May 5, 2008 7:58 PM in response to Labor War: Change To Win Hammers AFSCME For "Lying" In "Deplorable" Pro-Hillary Leaflet

Although I'm not keeping nearly as close a track on the superdelegate race as many others it seems that lately Obama has been picking up more and more party officials. I wonder if this support is in any way related to his willingness to participate in a DNC fund raiser. That kind of cooperation and support has got to sit well with the party.

Posted at May 5, 2008 9:20 AM in response to Obama Nabs Another Super-Delegate

An inappropriate, callous and most of all completely non-instructive comment.

Posted at April 28, 2008 10:03 AM in response to Howard Dean: Party Elders All Agree Race Shouldn't Go To Convention

And she must have come across a lot of those working folks in the Wal-Mart Board Room.

Posted at April 17, 2008 12:43 PM in response to Hillary And Obama Camps Duke It Out Over Her Alleged "Screw 'Em" Comment

Indeed Foreigner,

The seemingly constant accusation from you and other Hillary supporters is that Obama are so dazzled by his fine oratory and inspiring rhetoric that they don't see his not more than an "empty suit" (not your words, but ones that have been used on the site before).

I for one support Obama for his policy position, which I think reflect an understanding for pragmatic solutions and compromise that are the reality of getting legislation passed. I also have deep respect for his organizing background, which says something to me about his commitment to social justice and as a city girl, so real understanding of urban issues, which given all the talk and attention paid to small-town, rural voters, really don't get much traction at all in the public debate.

The fact that Obama IS inspiring and gives a mighty fine speech are simply additional pluses and says something to me about his potential to rally people to his side, something that will be necessary if we want to pass major healthcare initiatives and pull out of Iraq.

Posted at April 17, 2008 12:30 PM in response to Hillary And Obama Camps Duke It Out Over Her Alleged "Screw 'Em" Comment

Much, much worse to have accepted money from lawyers who work for firms that do some lobbying than to have actual lobbyists RUNNING YOUR CAMPAIGN.

Glad I got that straight.

Posted at April 16, 2008 10:38 AM in response to Obama Facing Scrutiny On Lobbyists