absent Anita Hill, Thomas easily get 60 votes. Where Biden goofed was in not allowing the additional woman, Angela Wright, to testify. Absent her testimony - and she was in DC prepared to testify - Republicans were able to argue that the pattern one sees in sexual harrassers was not present, that it was just Anita Hill v Clarence Thomas.

Had Wright testified, even if the Republicans had tried to discredit her, it is quite probable that the three vote switch necessary to kill the nomination could have been achieved

Posted at June 18, 2008 5:09 PM in response to Joe Biden Rips Rudy For Having "Zero National Security And Foreign Policy Experience"

The relationship is much deeper than his service in the cabinet. He got to know Bill on the boat over to England when they were both Rhodes Scholars heading to University College Oxford in 1968, only Reich was quite seasick and Bill took care of him on the trip.

But he goes back further with Hillary, whom apparently he dated when they were both college undergrads, her at Wellesley and him at Dartmouth, at least, I think that is when he dated her. He attended Yale Law at the same time as both of them.

Posted at April 18, 2008 11:40 AM in response to Hillary: Tough Questions At Debate "Nothing Like The Pressures You Face Inside White House"

umm - on Indiana

1) she trails in the polls
2) much of Democratic voge-heavy Northwest Indiana is the Chicago media market, which means they are already quite familiar with Obama

she MIGHT break even in Indiana, but that would not necessarily be a smart bet

Posted at March 13, 2008 6:57 AM in response to In Private Pep-Talk To Top Donors, Hillary Predicts: "We're Gonna Win This"

Real change is not supporting No Child Left Behind, voting for it in committee, serving as a Senate Conferee on the bill, and voting for it on final passage, and then saying you will abolish it when you are running for President.

Posted at March 1, 2008 2:45 PM in response to Game On! Obama And Hillary To Trade Blows Over National Security In Speeches Today

yep typo last 4 presidential

Posted at May 11, 2007 8:09 PM in response to The Citizenship Wave & the 2008 Election

hye whiterosebuddy, you need to study an electoral map. To be elected president you need 270 electoral votes. At a minimum, that requires 11 states: CA, TX, NY, FL, PA, IL, OH, MI, NJ, NC and either GA or VA.

of those, CA (unless Arnold were on the ticket), NY (except Rudy vesus anyone except Hillary, who beats him there), IL & NJ (except maybe Rudy, and that's doubtful) are definitely off the table for the Republicans. No Republican has carried MI or PA in any of last 43 elections, and both have Dem governors. One would think that increased Hispanic registration in SW and W would largely be a reaction against Republican party.

Id' be careful what I were smoking were I you - if your perception is that far off the DEA might make inquiries.

Posted at May 11, 2007 3:20 AM in response to The Citizenship Wave & the 2008 Election