Hillary Clinton I entered this prolonged campaign season with an open mind towards Mrs. Clinton. But after months and months of speeches, sound bites and debates, I still have no idea what Hillary Clinton wants to do as President. What I hear Mrs. Clinton say is that she wants to...
If you watched coverage of the Iowa caucuses last week the only conclusion one could make is that God is a Republican. Any discussion of evangelical Christians revolved around Republicans and Mike Huckabee. When breaking down how Republicans voted it was reported that 60% of Mike Huckabees votes came from...
“I’m a black guy running for President named Barack Obama. You’ve got to have hope.” Barack Obama, Democratic Presidential candidate The quote above is not direct, but it was relayed by CNN correspondent Suzanne Malveaux from the campaign trail. On the same set, Donna Brazile said “African-Americans have always lifted...
The Iowa Caucuses really are making for amazing television tonight. CNN is giving an inside look at what's going on at the caucus sites. One of the striking images came from Persia, Iowa. At the Persia caucus, 48 people gathered in the Raines family living room. 16 people supported Clinton...
According to The Des Moines Register's final Iowa Poll before the 2008 nominating contests, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has widened his lead over Hillary Clinton and John Edwards. The phone survey of 800 likely Democratic caucusgoers was taken Dec. 27-30. Obama was the choice of 32 percent of likely...
As soon as I grabbed my copy of the Dallas Morning News today, I turned straight to the Points opinion section to see who the paper would endorse for the Democratic and Republican nominations. To my surprise, The News recommended Barack Obama on the Democratic side, and Mike Huckabee for...
Renee Hartley has thrown her hat in the ring to become Vice-President of the Dallas County Young Democrats (DCYD). This is great news, as I have admired Renee's work with the party for the last year and a half. Visit Renee's campaign website by clicking here. I first became...
Jon Nielsen of the Dallas Morning News tells the story of a Waxahachie man who was shocked twice by a stun gun after police responded to a diabetic seizure call. This event occurred last April, as more and more stun gun abuses are coming to light. According to...
A couple of days ago, I wrote a post about an Omnibus Appropriations bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. As I was reading through some of the projects that the bill will fund, one that stuck out was Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) which was allocated $25,043,000. I remember...
ESPN is reporting that the George Mitchell investigation into drug use in baseball will name Roger Clemens among players who have received steroids. The station has been reporting this morning that a former New York Yankee strength trainer supplied information to Mitchell about supplying Roger Clemens with steroids. Mitchell's...
